Heaven, Earth, Me

Chapter 1101: Dangerous Escape!

The one controlling the ship was Tatyana. Once they were outside the cave and the shadow of the giant white owl covered them, her face turned serious. Her current body was at the peak of the fifth realm, so even with her skills and understanding of laws, fighting a beast of the owl's strength was impossible. 

The saying "Those below the sixth realm are ants" also applied to her. She was just a bigger ant. Only someone like Yasenia might be able to do something about this insurmountable gap with all her benefits. 

Regardless, Tatyana knew that the warship's strength was really high. It was a Flying Ship made to fight Transcendent Realm cultivators in the first place. Even if she couldn't activate all of its abilities with her current strength, she was not helpless.

Her fingers moved gently, and two giant cannons popped upward, aiming at the owl. Then, she fired them once. 

Whoom!

The cannons' energy beams rushed skyward, creating a menacing vibrating sound. However, the owl's body disappeared from where Tatyana shot and reappeared by the ship's side. Its speed was ridiculous. Tatyana didn't panic and activated the shields in time.

BOOOM!

The flying ship blasted down the mountain, piercing through the layer of clouds and streaking toward the ground at a terrifyingly high speed. Everyone held onto the railings tightly, just in case. 

Tatyana asked Yasenia. "Did you do it?"

"Done!" Yasenia nodded firmly. "Whenever you want."

Tatyana nodded and said. "Wait for my signal."

Right when she stopped speaking, the cloud layer exploded, creating a circular hole through which the owl was rushing at them. Tatyana ordered calmly. "Now."

Yasenia placed her palms together in front of her and muttered. "Activate."

Back on the mountain, several sources of energy exploded as talismans floated upward and lit up with Yasenia's energy. In less than an instant, those talismans broke, and several copies of Yasenia appeared.

The owl was attacking the ship's shield several times a second, hitting them like a storm with terrifying ferocity. It was confident that there was a trace of the Natural Treasure on these people, so it was seriously angered. How dare these weak creatures rob it and threaten its children!? Only death was good enough!

However, as it was attacking and trying to crack the defensive formation around the shield, the owl suddenly felt several auras spawn in front of its cave. It looked upward, confused. 

Tatyana's eyes flashed with killing intent, and powerfully sunk both her hands into the floating formation. "[Skeletal World Shattering Cannons]!"

The owl felt a powerful threat and turned to look toward the ship. Right then, the two cannons fired with such strength that comparing the attack with the one before would be insulting. At first, Tatyana used less than ten percent of their strength to lower the owl's guard. 

With Yasenia's distraction and the owl's disregard, she was able to take it off guard. 

At this moment, the world around them seemed to come to a stop. The beams fired from the cannon moved in slow motion through this accelerated space with the owl. With an agile and powerful flap of its wings, the owl dodged. Both beams grazed it but failed to hit.

Tatyana's pupils shrunk as her face fell. For most of the girls and maids, it felt as if the owl had become intangible, letting the beams pass through it. Andrea asked, confused. "What happened? Is it able to become intangible?"

Vairon shook his head, his voice tinged with nervous laughter. "Not at all. It dodged."

This surprised our girls, and Tatyana smiled wryly. "No wonder this beast is the king of the mountain. It has understood [Speed Intent Domain]."

"Speed…" Evelyn was going to ask, but the owl disappeared from their view. Tatyana turned the ship instantly and spoke. "Use all of our Purple Crystals without holding back a single one! GO!"

The maids in charge of funneling energy into the formations poured everything into them, and the entire ship began to glow. Then, the ship shot skyward with enough speed to make the girls feel as if the surroundings were stretching. 

Yasenia shouted. "It killed the dummies!"

The talismans that Yasenia had used were actually those she gained back in Distancia's Secret Realm Challenge. They had been stored in her ring for many years already. These talismans could create copies of herself with a significant chunk of her own strength. 

Sadly, these copies had been eliminated in the time the ship took to take off. Tatyana looked toward the mountain and saw a small dot in the distance speeding toward them. "Here it comes! Fire the lateral cannons!" 

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! 

The ship's side lit up with flashing lights, several beams shredding the air and rushing toward the owl. However, the massive bird continued flying forward while dodging. It moved up, down, left, and right, its afterimage appearing as if the beams were voluntarily trying to avoid hitting it.

The Skeletal Warship was terrifyingly quick, and even then, the owl behind them was catching up while dodging their barrage. Evelyn muttered, shocked. "How fast is that thing!? Not even Star Beasts can compete in speed!"

Valeria spoke seriously, her energy gathering in front of her. "[Speed Intent Domain] is one of the most dangerous ones. It's no wonder that it was able to catch up to us leaving its nest. Thankfully, its Intent Domain feels quite undeveloped. It is barely a Level 1 Intent Domain. If it was Level 2…" 

Mirrory finished her sentence. "If it had understood Speed Intent Domain Level 2, we might be unable to leave unless we killed it."

Everyone felt their stomach sinking. 'What a monster.'

The owl's gaze was locked on the ship as a terrifying pulse of energy spread from it. The surroundings once again felt as if they were slowing down, making Tatyana's face crumple. "It's slowing us down with its Intent Domain."

Valeria's lips twitched. "I take back what I said. Its understanding of the Intent Domain is well into the first level."

Mirrory looked at Angel and said seriously. "Angel, you need to create a Transcendent Realm formation before we are helpless. You will consume all your energy and be unconscious for a year after this to recover. Are you willing?"

Angel didn't even hesitate for a single second. "GO!"

Mirrory rushed toward Angel and spoke softly. "Relax your body, and let me take over. Sorry."

Yasenia didn't say anything this time around. The owl was terrifying to that degree. 

Mirrory's body merged into Angel's, and the little girl's hair and eyes changed instantly. Her hair became gorgeous and glossy bright red, while her eyes glowed like emeralds. Then, behind Angel, a terrifying pressure emerged that immobilized everyone on the ship, including Tatyana and Valeria. 

Tatyana's eyes widened faintly as the space behind Angel twisted, and a human-sized piece of mirror appeared. 'No wonder… She is manifesting a part of herself.'

When the small part of Mirrory appeared, the World shook with ferocity. 

RUMBLE!

Terrifying Heavenly Tribulation Clouds spawned above the ship with lightning so strong that even the owl hesitated. Still, the owl's eyes steeled when it thought about its children. Her children would benefit too much from the Luna Essence to give it up right now because of a minor threat.

With the owl closing the distance from below and the tribulation looming ominously above them, the girls held their breaths.

At this moment, Angel spoke up, her voice and Mirrory's combining into one. "[World Shattering Blood Formation]."

Angel's skin split up, and blood burst outward like a geyser. Yasenia's heart felt as if it was ripping apart when she saw that. 

Angel didn't stop moving even when her skin was splitting apart. She waved her hand, and all the blood around her rushed toward the mirror behind her, mixing with it.

Then, the mirror shattered.

The owl's heart sped up as a sense of threat rose sharply in its heart. It stopped dodging all of the cannons shot by the ship and tanked a few of them to close the distance even faster.

Meanwhile, above them, the black clouds had gathered enough lightning and struck down.

RUMBLE!

In between the world-shaking Heavenly Lightning Bolt and the stretched claws of the massive owl below them, Angel and Mirrory manevuered the blood-soaked mirror and transformed it into a complex circular formation that extended for ten kilometers horizontally.

For a second, it felt as if the sky and earth were divided. The formation activated, making the surroundings feel as if they were falling apart into pieces.

The image of the lightning bolt, the owl, the ship, and the girls. Everything was shattering like a mirror, as if someone had hit reality with a massive hammer. 

At this moment, Mirrory and Angel spoke again, their combined voices echoing in the shattered reality. "[Spatial Jump Formation]."

The flying ship and its occupants then disappeared, and then the world returned to normal. 

A sharp cry of pain spread in the sky as the owl's body exploded with blood from the space-shattering. However, it was not dead or maimed. Its skin was cut down to a bone-deep level, making blood flow in rivers. 

Simultaneously, having lost its target, the tribulation lightning exploded and dissipated, the dark clouds following right after. 

The owl looked around, confused, and tried to find the treasure's aura. However, regardless of how much it tried, the owl failed to find a trace of it. Anger filled its heart as it hooted with a terrifyingly powerful aura. 

At this moment, when its anger was high, it felt a presence in front of its cave. The eyes of the owl almost went bloodshot when it thought that more thieves had entered its domain. Using its peak speed, the owl returned and arrived there a few moments later.

There, a large furry snake was trying to sneak inside. The owl activated its domain and proceeded to vent its anger by slaughtering the Mythical Core Realm snake. 

Even when it was injured, the snake had absolutely no chance and was eventually killed and used as nourishment for the owl's children. It was not the best, but for the owl, the snake would serve as a substitute to the Natural Treasure it lost.

Since that day, the owl refused to leave the cave and stayed there until its children safely hatched. After its children were born safely, relief filled the owl's heart.

Meanwhile, far into space, Yasenia's group was traveling between the stars in the direction of the blinking star Yasenia had noticed while coming in this world's direction.