Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 5)

Vol 5/Chapter 51: All Gathered Together

"Teleporting won't work here. The space coordinates in every part of this maze have been messed up. The center area is even worse - it's at the edge of a higher dimension. Things there are even more chaotic than where we are now on the outskirts. This path we're on is the only fixed route I purposely left. We just need to go through a few more areas ahead to reach our destination," Galadra explained matter-of-factly.

But someone quickly raised an objection.

"Then how did Michelle find her way there?" Adrian couldn't help asking. The current situation clearly didn't match what Galadra was saying.

"Well... you know, this is the real world. Even with my strong powers, I can only change space to a limited degree. There's no way I could completely isolate the center area," Galadra shrugged and answered helplessly. "Michelle has the ability to sense all elements. So she just needs to follow the source of earth element pouring out, and she'll find the right place sooner or later. As for Liana, I'm guiding her, so she shouldn't get lost either."

In other words, anyone else would have to rely on luck to keep jumping between the cut-off small spaces.

Although this explanation sounded a bit more reasonable, it still felt not quite convincing. But we were in a hurry to get to our destination, so there was no time to dwell on it further.

Luckily, the path ahead seemed relatively normal. However, before we reached our destination, we encountered another surprising scene!

As soon as we stepped into the next area, the first thing we saw was Michelle floating in mid-air, posing with wings spread and sword raised, as if about to swoop down to the ground - a frightening sight!

Of course, this wasn't the real Michelle. It wasn't even a solid form! Any object could pass right through it. It was just a lingering image left behind just before the Cycle of Rebirth descended. Because Galadra had separated this space from its original location, we only stumbled upon it now by chance.

"She's been frozen here?" Cyra got excited at the sight and couldn't help flying several circles around the figure. The two looked almost identical, like twins side by side. Of course, there were many differences too, like their clothes and hair color, as well as the color and number of wings. Also, on closer comparison, Michelle's face actually looked a bit older.

"Huh?"

This image shouldn't have been dangerous, but for some reason, its location seemed to be getting brighter and brighter, as if about to glow. It instantly gave people a sense of spatial displacement.

"Quick, get away from there!"

Suddenly, Galadra, who was standing on the ground with us, seemed to sense something wrong and hurriedly shouted a warning to the sky.

"What? What's happening?" Cyra was startled by the shout and didn't understand what was going on.

The next second, cracks appeared in the middle of Michelle's image like breaking glass. Red light kept pouring out from the cracks, instantly tearing through the whole space.

"Go!"

There was no time to worry about Cyra anymore. Galadra turned and waved his hand, pushing me and Adrian directly into the nearest spatial seam. The scene behind us was like a volcano erupting sideways. A large amount of fierce flames gushed out from the cracks, forming a dazzling wall of fire that instantly split the entire area in two!

This was a true split in half. It felt like the whole world had shattered and started turning upside down. Thankfully we had Galadra's help, otherwise it would have been hard to say if Adrian and I could have survived on our own.