Chapter 713: The World Turns Upside Down

"What kind of power is this?"

"Stay right there for now." Lian looked at him for a moment and then answered in a calm tone.

The Forsaken Apostate let out a short roar, and his twelve gray wings moved with all their strength to break the Seals.

The stone ground around him sank even deeper, but the four symbols remained active.

Lian no longer paid attention to him, because Vesperis had moved, that monster was approaching him at high speed from the eastern side of the plateau.

He raised both swords, and a semi-transparent shadow separated from his body.

[ Preceding Echo ]

The Preceding Echo performed the next movement slightly before the real body, and the shadow’s blue sword moved toward his neck.

But young Vorhelm did not even take a step back, and the fifth Seal appeared, a symbol made of energy formed on the semi-transparent figure, and the shadow’s movement slowed greatly.

At that moment, the real Vesperis tried to change the angle of his attack, but the sixth Seal attached itself to his body, and both swords stopped in the middle of their movements.

The Inquisitor tried to break the pressure with his physical strength and mana...his right foot dragged across the stone ground, but he could not reduce the distance.

Lian glanced at him.

"Done."

Then he turned his head.

Six Seals were now active, four on the Forsaken Apostate, and two on Vesperis and his Echo.

Both Unholy were still resisting, but they could no longer move freely across the battlefield.

Even so, Lian knew very well that this restraint was not permanent, especially the Forsaken Apostate, who was still trying to open his wings even under the pressure of four Seals.

He was spending a terrifying amount of mana to maintain the Seals.

[ Warning! Warning! Warning! ]

[ Your Mana Reserves Are Decreasing Rapidly! ]

[ Continuing at This Rate Will Be Dangerous! ]

[ Warning! Your Mana Has Fallen Below 30%! ]

’Then I need to act faster.’ Even so, before doing anything, he took a mana recovery elixir out of his storage space and drank it.

After drinking it, twenty percent of his mana was immediately restored.

He checked his remaining supplies, he had five more mana recovery elixirs, and he could only hope they would be enough.

Young Vorhelm looked toward the northern cliff, below, thousands of Withered were still being sacrificed.

But now, he could see something he had not been able to understand before meeting Hollow Sun.

He activated [ True Sequence ], and the mana flows and corruption became visible before his eyes.

At first glance, the structure looked extremely complicated.

Thousands of faint threads separated from the bodies of the Withered and moved along a shared path toward the Judgment Connection.

But after a few moments, he identified two main sections.

The first section collected the corruption gathered inside the Withered, and the second carried it into the connection between the prisoners and Hollow Sun.

’So there are two of them.’

Lian turned his right hand slightly, and the seventh Seal appeared in the air, but this time, the symbol did not attach itself to any stone or creature.

It connected directly to the section that collected the corruption.

For a moment, the flow of thousands of faint threads slowed.

White Oblivion raised his head, and his smile became slightly smaller, but before he had a chance to do anything, the eighth Seal appeared as well.

This Seal connected to the point where the corruption entered the Judgment Connection, and at that moment, the entire network came under pressure from both sides.

The corruption released from the bodies of the Withered could no longer freely enter the collection section, and on the other side, the gathered corruption could no longer easily pass through the transfer path.

The two Seals acted like two locks, restraining the entrance and exit of the network.

Lian lowered his hand.

All eight Seals were still active.

On the western side of the plateau, the Forsaken Apostate was trying to break free with all his strength.

In the east, Vesperis was trying to move his swords, but each time, they only moved a few centimeters.

And in the north, White Oblivion had turned completely toward Lian for the first time and kept his eyes fixed on him, then he slowly raised his right hand.

But Lian no longer paid attention to him and took a calm breath.

’Now it’s time for the main part.’

The first small stone rose from the ground.

A small piece of stone pavement beside his foot trembled for a moment....then slowly rose and remained floating at a height near his knee.

The second stone moved after it, followed by the third.

A few moments later, hundreds of small pieces rose into the air from the cracks across the plateau.

[ Core of the Fallen Star ]

This time, he did not intend to simply slam an enemy into the ground or pull a few rocks toward himself.

He wanted to change the battlefield in a way that none of his enemies could move freely within it.

Lian raised his index finger slightly, and gravity changed direction in several parts of the plateau, small stones that had been lying on the ground only moments earlier began rising one after another.

Dust rose from the cracks.

Broken pieces of the ancient pillars slowly moved away from the stone ground, going against the natural direction of falling.

Farther away, a huge mass of rock on the western side began to tremble, and a deep sound came from inside the stone.

Then a long crack spread across its surface, and a section of the cliff with an unbelievable weight separated from its base.

But it did not fall, instead, it slowly rose.

In the north, several other masses of rock separated from the damaged mountain slopes and remained floating at different heights.

In a short time, the appearance of the plateau changed.

Masses of stone weighing several tons to several dozen tons, which had remained in their places for centuries, were now floating between the sky and the ground.

’Good.’ He was using the artifact to its absolute limit and could feel a huge amount of mana leaving his body.

Even so, he increased the core’s power.

Farther away, parts of the mountain slopes began to crack under the extreme changes in gravitational pressure.

Huge rocks separated from their bases and slowly moved along the paths Lian had chosen.

But he did not allow any of them to fall without purpose.

The floating masses were now part of the gravitational field’s formation; huge obstacles that limited movement paths and attack angles.

At that moment, the Forsaken Apostate tried to raise his sword.

The four Seals of the Crown were still attached to his armor.

But using his huge physical strength and mana, the knight had managed to open one of his wings slightly.

Without turning his head, Lian changed the direction of gravity in the area around him.

For a moment, the effective weight of the knight’s armor decreased, and the creature tried to use this opportunity to jump, but just as his foot left the ground, a new pressure struck his body from another angle.

The knight lost his balance, and the four Seals of the Crown came under pressure at the same time and limited his movement again.

The sound of stone breaking beneath his heavy armor was heard.

The Apostate roared.

"Human!"

Lian did not even look at him.

"I told you to stay right there." A cold voice came from his mouth, and the pressure on the terrifying twelve-winged knight increased greatly.

His knees sank deep into the ground, and he felt as if the world itself was trying to crush him.

On the eastern side, Vesperis also tried to use Preceding Echo to escape the range of the Seals, but the change in gravity’s direction separated the movement paths of his real body and semi-transparent shadow.

The Inquisitor was forced to lower one of his swords to maintain his balance, and this movement increased the pressure of the two Seals.

Both Unholy were almost completely trapped in place, and a huge gravitational pressure from the sky and ground was trying to crush them.

Even so, Lian knew very well that this situation was not permanent.

[ Warning! Warning! Warning! ]

[ Your Mana Reserves Are Decreasing Rapidly! ]

He turned his attention toward the northern cliff, below, thousands of Withered were still within the ritual’s area.

Some of them had already been sacrificed, but a very large number were still alive, and now, Lian intended to stop their movements.

White Oblivion’s network had been sealed, and now killing these Withered was no longer a problem.

His index finger rose slightly higher.

The first Withered rose from the ground, a small creature with deformed limbs that tried to grab the stone pavement for a moment.

But gravity around it had changed, and its body slowly rose.

Then the second Withered, the third, the fourth, and within a short time, hundreds of creatures were floating at different heights.

But Lian continued increasing the pressure, and larger monsters also rose from the ground.

Creatures with bodies several times larger than humans were pulled into the sky while moving their limbs without purpose.

And finally, thousands of Withered remained floating between the ground and the sky, some were near the huge cliffs, while others could be seen at higher positions among the floating masses of stone.

But none of them had been targeted by a deadly attack yet.

Lian had adjusted the power of gravity to restrain their movements, not to immediately tear their bodies apart.

Farther away, the Bone Minstrel slowed his guitar playing for a moment when he saw the scene.

He raised his head.

"Oh! It seems our performance has reached a magnificent part!" He then said in a cheerful voice.

But hidden fear could be felt in his tone, even he, an undead, felt an indescribable terror at that moment as he watched this scene.

What he was seeing was something that could only happen in his worst nightmares.

But when he felt the huge pressure of the gravitational field, he immediately continued playing.

His melody continued.

The twenty-five percent combat power boost for Lian and the Colony members was maintained, and their injuries were also slowly healing.

Even so, the music could not make up for the mana cost of such power.

Lian could feel this very clearly.