Heaven, Earth, Me

Chapter 1115: Restraining Yasenia.

When the Galaxy Domain expanded, countless stars began falling from the sky. The stars didn't target the cultivators surrounding her, though. Instead, all the summons that were surrounding her were bombarded to oblivion. Kali's face twitched as she saw the army they had slowly prepared being decimated even before they could fight Yasenia. "This skill is cheating."

Valeria smiled faintly. "Her strength is very close to the Transcendent Realm, it is normal."

"Huh?" Evelyn made a confused sound and turned to looked at Valeria. "What do you mean?"@@novelbin@@

Valeria looked closely at the fighting Yasenia and explained. "Her cultivation realms have reached the peak."

Evelyn nodded. "I understand that. We are also at the half-step, though."

Valeria shook her head. "No. You are not understanding. While her Beast and Body cultivation are indeed at a state of recently-having-broke-through, her Spiritual Cultivation is at the peak."

The girls frowned for a second before their eyes widened when a terrifying thought crossed their minds. Kali waved her hand, sending several healing rays to the people fighting on the front-lines. "Valeria. Do you mean that she is in a state that she could push and break through into the Transcendent Realm?"

Valeria nodded solemnly. "Yes."

Evelyn blurted. "Impossible! That should take many years! After all, you need to compress the core to the limits, until it is basically incompressible." 

After hearing her, a solemn feeling weighed on their hearts. The Half-step was a big cultivation level. Those who entered it were very different in strength depending on how much they had perfected their Solid Energy Core. The only reason this level was not divided into sub-levels was because there were no clear indications of breaking through. It was a long and continuous improvement in strength, with no jumps in between.

Valeria rushed forward, attacking Yasenia with her staff. However, Soluna stepped forward and unleashed a palm strike with the volatile energies of the Moon and the Sun. Valeria's eyes squinted and she defended. 

BOOM!

Valeria took a few steps back, while Soluna flew back a few dozen meters. Such a result was a surprise for the Spirit Queen. A gentle smile spread on her lips. "You've also reached the peak, Soluna. It seems that Yasenia's breakthrough has affected all things in her dantian." Looking at the rest, she spoke aloud. "I'll take care of Soluna!"

As soon as she said that, Soluna and Valeria became beams of light and soared upward, clashing in the sky. 

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! 

The sky shook terribly while Valeria and Soluna exchanged moves. 

Tatyana looked at the surroundings and clicked her tongue. "We can't continue to fight in this room. The formation is being weakened."

Mirrory could also see it and asked, confused. "Didn't you set it up to resist Yasenia's advancement?"

Tatyana's lips twitched as she continued painting the suppression formation with Angel. "How could I have guessed that Yasenia's strength would reach this point after reaching the Half-step?"

Angel frowned and looked at Tatyana, confused. "Huh? Isn't Yasenia's berserk state making her strength much higher than usual?"

The two seniors looked at Angel with confusion. Tatyana shook her head. "Not at all. That's her current actual strength."

"WHAT?"

Evelyn had been eavesdropping, and her heart almost jumped out of her throat in fright. "This is her actual strength!?"

Even the maids and other girls were stunned by this revelation. 

Tatyana chuckled. "When she was at the sixth level, she could already face against half-steps. Even some maids had trouble defeating her. Now, she has stepped through the high and peak levels! That's two relatively major improvements in strength. Did you expect her strength to be only slightly stronger than a normal half-step?"

Evelyn complained. "We are not normal half-steps!"

Tatyana countered. "That's why there have been no deaths yet!" 

Evelyn grumbled as she prepared to charge forward. "That makes so much sense that I want to bite something!"

Then, she rushed ahead and activated her God Inheritance skills.

RUMBLE!

Thunder echoed as Evelyn's presence multiplied several times over, making Yasenia react to it. The dragoness quickly slashed at the people around her, blasting them off. Then, she rushed toward Evelyn shield first.

BOOOM!

Evelyn's spear landed on Yasenia's shield, and the sheer raw strength behind the strike pushed the dragoness back several steps. Before she could regain her balance, Evelyn's body zapped forward and released a barrage of attacks.

BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG!

The sound was like hail hitting a metallic rooftop. Andrea raised her eyebrow and smiled. "Tsk, tsk. She is not one to talk, eh?"

After releasing her combo, Evelyn stopped for a fraction of a second to recover her breath, intending to continue her barrage. However, the instant she stopped, Yasenia's pupils thinned and her tail slapped against the ground, launching her body forward as she slashed toward Evelyn's neck.

Evelyn's pupils shrunk, but as worry started to grow in her heart, another spear descended from the sky. 

BOOM!

Looking up, Evelyn saw Alaia's majestic wings and broad back appearing in front of her. "That was a great combo, Madam. Let's attack together now!"

Evelyn grinned and stepped forward. "Let's go!"

With Evelyn having unleashed her God Inheritance skills, the balance of the battle tilted in the favor of the girls. Still, even when Yasenia was being pushed to a defensive position, they were unable to land significant damage on her. Her scales were stupidly sturdy, and her body was softer, but even her flesh was harder than a high-level Heaven Ranked shield. Not to mention that with her ridiculous reflexes, the dragoness could use her tail to protect her weakest parts, transforming her weak points into easily defended locations. 

Tatyana looked around and clicked her tongue. "Mirrory, cover my side of the formation for a few seconds."

Mirrory nodded and quickly spread her energy on the formation. Tatyana stepped away from the formation and slapped the ground. The Skeletal Warship activated and soared skyward, breaking through the atmosphere in a few instants. 

Then, making a few hand signals, Tatyana summoned the controlling formation. "I'll teleport us out! We'll be fighting in space, so you won't have to hold back!"

Evelyn shouted. "Wait!"

But it was too late, and they were all transferred outside. Tatyana naturally heard Evelyn, so she quickly asked. "What's wrong?"

Evelyn spoke hastily. "I think Yasenia was also holding back because she didn't seem to want to destroy the ship as much!"

As soon as she said that, Yasenia's aura suddenly skyrocketed and exploded outward, pushing back all the maids and girls. Then, from the explosion a gargantuan dragon appeared.

The empyrean dragon spread its wings and roared. "ROAAR!"

Even in the middle of space, the roar was deafening as it spread through energy. Yet, another two presences suddenly manifested and roared back at Yasenia.

"ROAAR!"

The girls were stunned and looked behind them. Two gargantuan beasts floated there, imposing and prepared to fight Yasenia. One was a magma dragon long enough to look like a mountain range. The other was an ethereal-looking eight-legged Qilin with ten piercing eyes. They were Vairon and Fylia. 

Evelyn blinked and then laughed. "I forgot about you two! Why didn't you appear earlier?"

Vairon answered with a smirk. "That place was too stuffy to fight with my entire strength. Why would I appear when you had it controlled?"

Fylia answered similarly. "Cecile didn't want me to damage the warship."

Yasenia looked at the two new opponents with a cautious gaze. These two had actual sixth-realm strength. Even if they had not developed an Intent Domain, they were creatures that gave a hint of a threat to Yasenia. 

Still, she didn't back down and released her bloodline pressure.

Vairon and Fylia felt their faces change as their strength dropped by a tenth when the overbearing pressure fell on them. Vairon grinned incredulously. "As expected of My Queen. She is a ridiculous existence."

Fylia nodded, agreeing wholeheartedly. "Her strength is already like this. When she reaches the sixth realm… I can't even begin to imagine."

Vairon then charged forward, his long, draconic body leaving behind a red trail. Yasenia rushed forward to meet him as well.

BOOOM!

Yasenia's body was blasted backward for several tens of kilometers, making the girls open their eyes in surprise. "As expected. A dragon is not to be underestimated."

Of course, Vairon didn't stay unscathed. He was pushed back as well from Yasenia's monstrous bodily strength. Still, he easily recovered. 

Fylia moved quickly, galloping through space like a shooting star and arriving behind Yasenia. Then, she struck with her hind legs.

BANG!

Yasenia's eyes opened wider with pain as she received the strike on her back. "ROAR!"

Vairon saw that the girls and maids wanted to join and he stopped them. "Leave this to Fylia and me. Her strength is high, but it is not a threat if we both work together. Just wait there and if you see us struggling, join us."

The two Sixth Realm beasts then proceeded to exchange countless blows with Yasenia. 

After a few minutes, Tatyana shouted. "Vairon! Fylia! Retreat!"

Both beasts delivered a few extra attacks, keeping Yasenia in place from the impacts. Then, they flashed backward. 

Yasenia's pupils suddenly thinned to lines as she looked above her head. Several yellow and red chains descended from the sky at a terrifying speed. Yasenia wanted to dodge, but even with her reaction speed and swiftness, she failed to do so.

The chains reached her and tied around her limbs, wings, body, neck, and tail. Then, they anchored on the space around her and tensed.

CLANG!

A melodic clang echoed as Yasenia's dragon body was restrained. Seeing the monstrous woman finally restrained, they all sighed in relief. Valeria also came back at this moment, carrying a fainted Soluna between her arms. Even if Soluna was strong, her opponent was the Spirit Queen.

In the same realm and in a one-on-one, defeating Valeria was impossible. Valeria looked at Yasenia and asked Tatyana. "What if she undoes her transformation? Will the chains still remain?"

Tatyana explained briefly. "This formation is called [World Beast Chaining Formation]. It chains a creature, regardless of size, and it works even if the creature has the ability to grow or get smaller. Don't worry, even with her Celestial Energy, Yasenia is unable to move."

Valeria nodded and floated forward with Tatyana and Mirrory. The rest of the girls followed behind. 

"ROAR!"

Once they approached, Yasenia roared at them, her eyes lost in bloodlust and wrath. The girls felt a bit of heartache. To push Yasenia to this extent, how harsh was the backlash from her cultivation? 

Not fearing her now that she was restrained, the girls flew upward and started caressing and kissing Yasenia's face. "There, there. We are going to heal you soon. Don't worry, love."

They heard Tatyana ask. "Mirrory, can you peer into her Dantian to know what happened?"

Mirrory nodded and closed her eyes, her spiritual sense piercing deeply into Yasenia's soul and then into her Spiritualized Dantian. Once there, she was surprised. 'Hm? Why is there nothing out of place?'

The only thing strange that she could see was a strange, violent energy emitting from the [Celestial Energy Star].