Soul Trigger

Chapter 721 City of Black Holes
A violent force swept in, and Bertrand's expression finally changed:
"Damn it... let's go!!!"

The moment he uttered those words, he transformed into a streak of silver light and fled outwards. The others, all powerful experts of the Netherworld Illumination Realm, naturally realized the gravity of the situation and followed suit.

But the force erupted so quickly that a powerful suction force expanded from the core in the next instant, instantly enveloping the entire Saint Martin vault.

The group of people who were fleeing at high speed froze for a moment, and then suddenly flew backwards towards the gate.

This time, the Mud Knight reacted the fastest, quickly transforming itself into billions of malicious muds and spreading them across the ground. But with a cry of alarm, the countless muds were instantly and powerfully absorbed, as fast as a whale swallowing its prey.

Seeing this, Bertrand transformed into a silver light and pinned himself to the ground, while the Bewildered Knight transformed into a flat piece of paint and merged directly into a plane in an attempt to survive.

Faced with the terrifying spiritual energy erupting like a natural disaster, everyone present displayed their unique abilities.

Even Rabbit Girl and Jasmine, who were already in a daze due to the cost, were driven by their survival instincts to try their best not to be sucked away by that terrible gravity.

"Was this... caused by Ji Li?!"

Cherry struggled to freeze himself firmly to the ground with black ice, and then tried to turn around in the ice.

In that instant, the violent suction suddenly stopped.

The next moment, the raging explosion expanded rapidly.

The black ice on Che Li's body shattered instantly, the Black Old Man power activated by Rabbit Girl shrank back into the mechanical container in fear, and the shadow personality that Jasmine had just stirred up was completely destroyed—

A terrifying power instantly enveloped everyone, sweeping across the entire Saint Martin vault.

……

outside world.

Several figures, like stray meteors shot from cannons, crashed into the surrounding buildings in various poses.

A royal guard that had just returned suddenly stopped. Leading the group was a strangely dressed young woman, none other than Countess Veronica.

She transformed into a blood-red bat and fled towards the collapsed building, just in time to see Bertrand Ludwig getting up in a disheveled state:
"Master?? What is this all about...?"

"The remains of a god have been stolen! Immediately request assistance from the Duke's mansion, issue a city-wide notice, and surround and kill the thief!"

The remains of a god have been stolen?!
Veronica immediately thought of Ji Li, who had entered the room, but she was concerned about his safety, as he was a promising junior.

However, too many unusual things have happened today. The Dead Apostles attacking the city is one thing, but now it seems that their real goal is to seize the remains of the gods.

In that case, that junior named Ji Li is probably in grave danger...

Before Veronica could react further, Bertrand had already soared into the air and was grabbing at Cherry and the others who were still in the crater on the ground.

Since they're all in cahoots, taking hostages becomes a necessary tactic, and he's unlikely to pass up this opportunity.

But before he could even touch it, a jet-black beam of light shot into the sky—

It pierced through dimensions, penetrated the dome of the Saint Martins Museum, and swept across the entire sky, converging upon it like a whale swallowing, like a siphon, a terrifying gravitational tornado.

"Damn it... my vault?!"

boom! ! !
The circular black energy wave suddenly expanded, sending all living things around it flying backwards. Even the powerful Netherworld Illumination Realm experts were momentarily unsteady on their feet.

Veronica erected a crimson spiritual shield, desperately resisting, while the black beam of light continued to erupt, rapidly altering the surrounding spiritual environment—

A small black sphere appeared high in the sky, growing rapidly with the wind. In just a few breaths, it became clearly visible, and in a few more breaths, it grew to tens of meters, then hundreds of meters in diameter...

It was a massive black hole, manifesting within dimensions, penetrating three-dimensional space, and almost enveloping the entire city center, with endless spiritual matter and urban debris flowing into it.

Cherry, supporting her long, black hair that was flying wildly in the suction-force wind, struggled to open her eyes:

“Ji Li…”

Jasmine gasped for breath, using countless spiritual steel wires to fix herself in place, like a spider's nest, panting heavily.

Before the surging shadow of personality could take over the body, it was directly shattered by the violent spiritual energy.

Rabbit Girl was dragged along by White Rabbit like a dead dog, barely managing to prop her head up to look at the sky. The mechanical container beside her was trembling, and the old man in black was shaking. As for the Dead Apostle duo, they were trying to escape into the distance, but their path was blocked by countless small black holes that were erupting.

Even though it's called a small black hole, it's still a terrifying void with a diameter of several hundred meters, forcing them to use special abilities to avoid being sucked in and keeping them pinned to the spot.

Governor Marin struggled to support the cross as he looked at Bertrand:

"Master, what do we do now?!"

Before the words were even finished, more black holes suddenly erupted, completely altering the entire spiritual environment.

Large and small black holes surrounded the largest one, which kept exploding and flashing throughout the city.

The crimson underworld flickered and shattered, its boundless, corrosive aura being completely absorbed. Nearby Royal Guard members and malevolent entities were instantly shredded. Birmingham was transformed into a scene of natural disaster. A maniacal laugh pierced through the sonic boom of the explosion—

"...It's over...it's over."

The tombstone had appeared at the scene at some unknown time. It had long since returned to its Dead Apostle form, its armor tattered and its royal sword broken, but its laughter was filled with uncontrollable joy.

It reached out and grabbed the equally tattered helmet, tearing it off with all its might, revealing a cascade of long, pink hair.

Beneath her pale skin were bloodshot, peach-colored eyes that stared directly at the giant black hole in the sky.

"He is back."

A glint of silver flashed in Bertrand's eyes:
"Who is he?"

The tombstone grinned:
"The founder of the great spiritual essence, the witness to the history of White Island, and the master of Valhalla."

At that moment, a piercing scream that shook the entire city erupted, and white light flashed in the sky, like holy light piercing through the world, as endless white light fell.

A sharp, white giant hand pierced through the clouds and reached out to grab the black hole in the sky.

Governor Marin was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up with ecstasy:

"White Ring Spirit Pivot!"

Even though the underworld has been engulfed and the Dead Apostle invasion has been going on for some time, the White Ring Spiritual Pivot is still protecting this city!

But before he could finish speaking, layers of black holes exploded on that large white hand.

The giant hand was immediately blocked and could not advance any further until the ever-expanding giant black hole touched the giant hand, at which point the entire white light arm suddenly shattered.

With a roar that erupted from the depths of everyone's soul, billions of white fragments scattered throughout the city—

"The White Ring Spirit Pivot... is shattered?"

"Hahahahahaha!!!"

The tombstone seemed to burst into wild laughter as she casually scooped up the fragments that were drifting down from the sky and gradually disappearing:
"Otherwise, why would it be called the Broken White Ring? Birmingham... is his now."

The endless black hole suddenly contracted, leaving only the largest one.

The next moment, a figure appeared in the center of the black hole, and a suffocating atmosphere swept over the entire area.

Ji Li opened his eyes, and the reactivated ascension protocol and the head's neural light source took in the entire scene below:
【Odin_T4-002-Ascension Architecture: Destroyer of the Underworld】

[A compact, integrated prosthetic body ascension kit, the first-generation Matrix Crusher.]

[Current power: 100%, Black Hole Engine is running smoothly, all hardware modules are online, connecting to Valhalla—]

Welcome back, Odin.

Ji Li spread his five fingers and saw the precise springs constantly popping up on his claws. Through the gaps in his fingers, his azure gaze locked onto the two Dead Apostles below, and he clenched his fist fiercely.

boom! ! !
The pitch-black gravitational pressure descended from the sky, separating the two instantly, but the Molten Knight was a beat too slow and was instantly crushed by the pitch-black pressure!

(End of this chapter)