Getting spoiled in a woman dominating world
Chapter 207: The Empyrean [1]

Chapter 207: The Empyrean [1]

Brandon’s chest heaved and his vision blurred as he barely managed to lift his bloodied head from the dust.

Pain was throbbing in every nerve and his leg was twisted, his ribs likely cracked.

Yet his trembling fingers clung desperately to the mobile device he took from his storage ring and that is his only chance of calling Elize, or Charlotte, or anyone.

His thumb hovered over the screen.

But then-

CRUNCH.

A sound like snapping wood echoed through the air as Lingsha’s heel stomped down right onto his hand.

"GAHHHHH-!!" Brandon let out a loud scream.

The bones in his right hand shattered instantly beneath the weight of her power.

His fingers crumpled like paper and blood sprayed out from between her heel and his ruined flesh, torn muscles and tendons squelching beneath the brutal pressure.

The mobile device slipped from his grasp, flickering, tumbling uselessly to the side as the emergency call failed to go through.

He could barely think and his vision began to fade into static, but Lingsha wasn’t done.

She leaned down and grabbed him by the throat, her fingers sinking into his bruised neck.

Blood smeared across her palm as she hoisted him into the air and the dead weight of his body dangled above the rubble.

Brandon choked and coughed and his bloodied face was streaked with bruises.

Lingsha’s gaze locked on him and then she smiled.

A terrible, slow, cruel smile stretched across her otherwise composed face.

"Elizabeth’s boy..." she whispered.

"I can finally get my revenge."

Her smile widened as she leaned in and her hot breath hit his cheek.

"I will not let you die easily. You’ll scream like she did. Maybe louder."

She activated the storage ring on her finger and plucked a small metallic device, a strange, compressed object, no larger than a coin.

She dropped Brandon for a heartbeat, only for the device to activate midair with a burst of blue light.

VRRRRRMMMMMMMM—!!!

The device expanded rapidly and unfolded into a spherical cage of ether-etched metal, snapping into place around Brandon’s body.

He had no time to resist as the metallic tendrils coiled around his limbs, binding his arms and legs, pulling him into a hunched position.

His body was completely immobilized, encased in a tight, suffocating shell.

Ether suppression energy began to glow along the interior, draining his strength, muting his energy.

Inside the sphere, he could only tremble and gasp.

However, in the next instant, a sudden blur of silver light flashed in the air.

A second shadow entered the field and Lingsha’s eyes narrowed.

In that instant, a hand reached toward her from behind, aiming for Brandon to take him from there.

Lingsha turned around and with perfect reflex, raised her arm-

THWACK!

Her fingers wrapped around the attacker’s neck, stopping the motion instantly.

It was Yverine.

Her body was ablaze with silver flames roaring across her skin.

Behind her, eight flaming fox tails swirled in the air, each one crackling with heat and raw ether.

Lingsha’s gaze condensed in confusion "...You’re still alive?"

She tilted her head, hair fluttering in the heat from Yverine’s tails "I was sure I killed you..."

Yverine didn’t speak and her mouth was bleeding and her eyes were wide driven by fury and instinct.

Her nails dug into Lingsha’s arm as her ether flared dangerously.

For a moment, it seemed like she might overcome the Empyrean.

Lingsha’s voice dropped cold again. "Doesn’t matter."

Her grip tightened.

"I’ll kill you again."

Then she squeezed.

CRRRAAAAACK-!!!

Yverine’s eyes went wide and then blank as Lingsha crushed her throat in her bare hand.

Her neck caved in, bones shattered, and arteries ruptured in a splatter of blood.

Her breath came out as a wet gurgle and the silver flames flickered violently... then dimmed.

"Hhh-hk...khaaa—"

She couldn’t even scream.

Blood gushed from her mouth in a thick stream as her body convulsed.

Lingsha held her for a breath longer... then tossed her aside like garbage.

Yverine’s broken body flew in an arc through the air, trailing crimson, before slamming into a cracked stone pillar.

The impact crumbled the structure and sent up a cloud of red dust.

Her mangled corpse crumpled in the ruins and she lay there with her eyes open... dead.

Inside the ether cage, Brandon watched everything.

His screams were silent, choked by blood and helplessness as he watched the death of Yverine.

He slammed his broken hand against the inside of the shell, screaming until his throat gave out.

But there was nothing he could do.

Nothing.

And Ji Lingsha turned back toward him with that same smile on her lips.

"Now then..." she whispered. "Where were we?"

Lingsha turned back toward him as her hand reached forward, fingers ready to tear the device open and begin whatever torment she had planned.

But then... CRACK-!!

A shockwave erupted as a fist collided against Lingsha’s face and a sonic boom tore through the silence like a thunderclap.

Lingsha’s arm snapped up at the last second, blocking the punch, yet even then she slid backward, her boots digging trenches into the rubble as sheer force carried her several meters away.

Her smile faded and she raised her eyes.

There she saw Naevora limping toward her with blood trickling from her nose and chin.

Her eyes burned with golden ether, and her long black hair danced with violent arcs of residual energy.

"Hmm..." Lingsha flexed her arm, feeling the residual sting. "You’re not bad."

Naevora wiped blood from the corner of her lips with the back of her hand and her cracked gauntlet steamed from the force of the punch.

One of her powerful artifact broke just from one punch to an Empyrean.

Then, she spread her arms, and the air around her ignited with golden-white energy.

Ether crackled like lightning around her, forming rings of runic symbols that rotated around her body, growing faster by the second.

"Yverine..." she murmured under her breath, "You’ll be avenged."

Lingsha raised an brow "You think you can match me?"

"No," Naevora replied, stepping forward.

"I intend to break you."

And then, her ether core flared.

Suddenly, the sky above ruptured.

A beam of light shot down from the skies like a divine lance, illuminating Naevora in a pillar of golden radiance.

Her body began to rise off the ground, suspended in the beam.

Behind her, six radiant wings formed and they folded like living blades, humming with power that warped the air.

Lingsha’s expression darkened now, "Interesting..."

Naevora extended her right hand toward the sky-

And from the ether field above, a massive spear descended.

The spear embedded itself into her grip like it was always meant for her.

’Sovereign Halo: Celestial Dismantling.’

The moment she stepped forward-

BOOM.

The ground beneath her disintegrated, unable to withstand the pressure of her ether burst and her wings launched her with terrifying speed.

THOOM!

She clashed with Lingsha.

Their strikes sent out shockwaves that flattened what was left of the nearby ruins.

Brandon could only watch, his prison shaking violently with every impact.

Lingsha blocked the first blow with her forearm, but Naevora’s second swing broke the ground beneath her feet.

The force behind it was warping space, creating gravitational ripples that bent nearby light and sound.

Lingsha retaliated, slashing with ether-edged blades formed from her own SSS-ranked arsenal.

But Naevora was faster now.

Her wings flared, and she teleported, using an advanced technique that sliced through space in arcs of gold.

Lingsha spun and parried just in time, but Naevora feinted, then brought down her spear in a wide, cleaving arc.

CRAACKKK-!!!

A gravitational fissure opened up behind Lingsha and swallowed part of a mountain in the far distance.

Lingsha’s feet skidded backward as blood leaked from her lips "You’re stronger than I expected."

Naevora vanished again and this time appeared above her as she raised her spear high.

The runes on her spear ignited one by one.

"Judgment Rune: Reversal.

Fury Rune: Multiplication.

Ashen Rune: Final Will."

Lingsha raised her own ether field to maximum and SSS-rank pressure rolled outward like a tidal wave.

But Naevora had no intention of matching her... she was out to obliterate her.

She brought the spear down-

Celestial Dismantling: Final Layer - "Eclipse Severance!"

SWOOOOSSHHHHHHHH

The world turned white.

A searing, golden-white slash split through the sky and the ground like an arc of pure ether so dense that it ruptured every leyline within its path.

Towers far in the distance were bisected, and clouds themselves were carved open, forming a massive scar across the skies.

The impact reached Brandon’s prison seconds later, slamming into it with a concussive boom that fractured the ground beneath it and tossed Brandon.

Buildings around them disintegrated in an instant and everything around them became flat and rubble.

When the light faded-

"Huff..." Ji Lingsha stood panting and a gash ran diagonally from her shoulder to her hip.

Blood gushed freely, and her clothes were burned in some places.

Taking a soft breath, she looked up at Naevora "Who the hell are you..."

Naevora, still floating mid-air with her wings spread, was panting as well.

She pointed her spear toward Lingsha.

"This is your only warning," she said through gritted teeth.

"Touch him again... and I’ll bury you so deep that the world forgets your name."