Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2318

The swamp had been refined. Though it'd lost its ability to generate malice, it instinctively followed its core.

Clusters of swamp gathered and swiftly merged with Vlad's true form.

Perhaps because of the returning power, Vlad, who'd remained shapeless while being dragged along by Velquin, was finally able to force his body into human form.

He allowed himself to be pulled along by Velquin's phoenix flames and watched as flames, born of the latter's divine soul, formed a barrier that withstood bolt after bolt of heavenly lightning.

As he watched silently, a smile crept onto his lips. "You chose to die with me after all."

Velquin's divine soul had been rescued, yet he'd chosen to return and entangle himself with Vlad again. Phoenixes, as expected, were annoying.

Velquin didn't respond as he poured all his strength into resisting the heavenly lightning.

Though his divine soul had weakened after being consumed by Vlad a millennium ago, he was still a phoenix's divine soul of a thousand years and not an existence the Divine Power could easily crush with mere heavenly lightning.

Vlad let him stand guard in front and continued mocking, "Give up. No one can stop whatever the Divine Power intends to do."

Once Vlad realized the Alternate Divine Power had allied with Shannon, he knew that its goal wasn't just to cleanse the alternate world. It wanted to use him in invading and corrupting the Ten-Tailed's domain.

He'd realized it too late.

Now, though the scheme had been exposed, the Alternate Divine Power would never stop.

A phoenix like Velquin could never contend against the Might of the Divine Power. He might not be able to get Vlad to where he should be sealed.

Those were Vlad's thoughts, and he uttered them aloud.

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Phoenix flames in Velquin's divine soul had been put out by half under the Divine Power's relentless strikes, yet he had yet to back down.

Hearing Vlad's sarcastic tone, he calmly replied, "I wouldn't have had her remove the seal if I weren't completely prepared."

As he spoke, Shannon was still fighting the Alternate Divine Power, who'd possessed Fennec's body deep within the domain. That was when a burst of mystic light suddenly ignited in her palm.

A familiar glow of mystic light accompanied by a black token slowly rose from her hand.