Chapter 147: Soul-Shattering Tear

"Wait, she is the City Lord's daughter. What do you want to do to her?" Bethriana cried out in fury, rushing desperately toward Koli to save her.

"Splat!"

A figure instantly materialized before her, and a razor-sharp lance pierced straight through her abdomen.

Before a Tier 5 Knight, Bethriana was utterly powerless to resist.

The other members tried to step forward to save her, but they were intercepted by the Knights.

"His Highness has given orders. No one is to approach. You must be attempting to assassinate His Highness, you babbling assassin. Isn't the City Lord's daughter gravely ill back at the manor? Heh." Leotis sneered.

He was hardly a benevolent soul; an elf was nothing more than an insect to be squashed.

"She really is the City Lord's daughter. If you don't believe me, ask him." Bethriana pointed in agonizing pain toward the guide.

The guide was a clever man. Seeing Leotis sneer, he quickly blurted out, "I have no idea. I'm just a humble adventurer. How could I possibly know the City Lord's daughter?"

Leotis glared at him with displeasure, his murderous intent bleeding into the air. "Didn't you say you were the most professional guide in Blackstone City? How can you not even recognize the City Lord's daughter? It seems you have a death wish."

"No, no, I just didn't recognize the girl from a moment ago. I have seen the City Lord's daughter before, and she isn't the one from just now," the guide hastily corrected himself.

Only then did Leotis retract his murderous aura with a satisfied look. "Hmph. Being able to help His Highness elevate his power should be her greatest honor. Rest assured, once it is done, His Highness will reward you all handsomely."

Leotis's mindset was beginning to shift. He genuinely hadn't expected the First Prince to actually locate a divinity shard. To pull off something so absurd—could it be that he truly was the Chosen One?

Divinity shards, once absorbed, could not be extracted by ordinary mortals, and the Holy Lance was an exclusive royal heirloom, leaving Leotis powerless to seize the shard himself. For now, changing sides to pledge allegiance to the First Prince seemed like a rather sound option.

Even if the First Prince failed, his family—already secretly allied with the Second Prince—would ultimately ensure his safety. After all, he was a Tier 5 Dragon Knight, a pillar of the kingdom's military might.

If the First Prince succeeded, he could easily smooth things over with his family's ties to the Second Prince.

Harboring such thoughts, Leotis strictly enforced the First Prince's orders. He drew a line on the ground with his lance and declared to the crowd, "Whoever crosses this line..."

"Dies!"

On the other side, Chu Yun had witnessed the entire process. Just moments ago, he had completed the summoning of four Tier 5 Fire Elementals. Lady Luck had smiled upon him, triggering the Dual Casting specialty. Originally yielding only two Fire Elementals, the spell had conjured four.

Without a second thought, Chu Yun issued a command, scattering the four Tier 5 Fire Elementals as they charged toward the positions of Leotis and the First Prince's mirror image.

Crying could still be heard echoing from inside the house. The First Prince was currently breaking the seal on the Holy Lance. There was still a sliver of time—perhaps he could still save Koli.

Extracting a divinity shard exacted a heavy toll; that price was the soul and life of the vessel carrying the divinity.

Although Chu Yun's relationship with Koli wasn't particularly close, he had no desire to watch her perish at the hands of the First Prince. If she could be saved, he would try his best.

The four Tier 5 elite Fire Elementals surged rapidly toward Leotis. Only by annihilating their mirror images first could Chu Yun hope to rescue Koli; otherwise, drawing near was impossible.

Just as Chu Yun had anticipated, the moment the Fire Elementals entered Leotis's perception range, the black dragon in the sky detected the intruders and thrust its ferocious head out from the clouds.

"Roar!"

Another Death Ray materialized. Although the Fire Elementals possessed a higher tier than the dragon, this particular beast had attained Legendary status. Even restricted to its Tier 4 combat capability, it vastly outmatched the elite Tier 5 Fire Elementals.

A single strike tore massive chunks from a Fire Elemental's body, and the residual energy continued to corrode its flesh. Though not dead, its speed plummeted, lagging far behind the group.

Immediately afterward, a second Death Ray fired, striking another Fire Elemental.

Had Chu Yun only summoned two Fire Elementals, his plan would have failed right here.

Fortunately, fortune favored him with the Dual Casting trigger, and the two remaining Fire Elementals successfully closed the distance to Leotis.

Leotis's mirror image had braced for combat, but these Fire Elementals played by no conventional rules. The moment they closed in, without a single word, they detonated their bodies entirely.

Leotis was not wealthy; every coin he possessed had been sunk into his dragon. Aside from a high-grade weapon, his defensive gear was sparse.

Caught in the blast of two Tier 5 Fire Elementals matching his own level, Leotis's fragile defenses instantly collapsed, reducing his body to ash.

Not only was Leotis obliterated, but the surrounding elven maidens, Royal Knight members, and the Third Prince and Koli inside the house were all caught in the blast and killed instantly.

The mirror world suddenly grew much quieter. Although the black dragon in the sky did not perish along with Leotis's mirror image, its connection to the mirror world was severed. Exceeding its host's normal movable range, it was forcibly yanked back to the real sky by spatial traction, ceasing its attacks on Chu Yun.

Gazing at the glittering spheres of dropped loot littering the ground, Chu Yun felt a surge of eagerness. However, he knew time was of the essence; this was no time to scavenge. These items would persist for a long time, and he could return to collect them whenever he wished.

Chu Yun rushed toward the four-leaf clover's residence. Under the influence of the mirror rules, the building was gradually returning to its normal state, though it would take several days for those people to restore their mirror reflections.

Before entering the house, Chu Yun glanced briefly at Bethriana in the real world. Her wounds were severe, but with prompt treatment at the standards of a magical world, she could still be saved.

Yet those damned Knights, acting on Leotis's tacit instructions, not only barred her companions from approaching but also bound her tightly with ropes, seemingly intent on framing her as an assassin.

Chu Yun sighed and stepped into the house, only to be met with a sight entirely beyond his expectations.

The Holy Lance, currently being unsealed by the First Prince, was emitting a golden brilliance that sent a thrill of surprise through Chu Yun.

Divine weapons under normal circumstances did not exhibit such phenomena. To absorb a divinity shard, Chu Yun normally had to drag the divinity or its shard into the mirror world. Yet precisely during the unsealing process, while the divine weapon was at its weakest and most defenseless, the shard could be looted directly.

Chu Yun had no intention of being polite. He stepped forward and snatched the shard straight from the God-Slaying Spear.

[Congratulations, you have obtained Divinity Shard x20.]

[Divinity Shard has been converted into Mirror Divinity Shard. Collect more shards to synthesize a complete divinity.]

[Mirror Divinity Shard: 9/10, Mirror World stay duration consumption reduced by 90%.]

[Congratulations, Strength attribute increased by 5 points.]

[Congratulations, Perception attribute increased by 5 points.]

[Congratulations, you have acquired the specialty "Divine Perception." You can now perceive divinities, divinity shards, and their carriers within your perception range.]

[Congratulations, you have acquired the Tier 7 Divine Spell "Divine Soul Rend."]

[Divine Soul Rend]

Tier: 7 (Curse)

Cast Time: 3 seconds

Range: 15 meters

Components: Verbal

Duration: X seconds

Effects: 1. Your voice batters the soul of a deity, forcing their divine form into a deactivated state. 2. Without divine power present, the effect duration is reduced to 10%.

Description: While in a deactivated divine form state, targets lose all immunity effects and suffer a drastic reduction in defense.