Chapter 459: With Just a Slight Effort, I've Already Reached the Limit of This Bracket

Chapter 459: With Just a Slight Move, I’ve Already Reached the Limits of This Realm

“The situation looks rather grim.”

Li Wei gazed down at the battlefield from above.

The pace and progression of events had exceeded his expectations.

Alice had initially displayed an invincible aura, sweeping across the field as if nothing could stand in her way.

Yet in the blink of an eye—before she’d even enjoyed her moment of glory for a full minute—she was brought back down to earth, stabbed in the back, her strength plummeting drastically. Now surrounded and under siege, she found herself in mortal peril.

Bella and Evelyn were nowhere to be seen.

Had they been nearby, perhaps there would still have been a chance to fight back.

But even that was uncertain. After all, Kira still had other formidable allies who hadn’t made their move yet.

Perhaps they were waiting for the right moment. Or perhaps they were simply ensuring Alice couldn’t escape.

This time, Kira intended to kill Alice once and for all, eliminating any future threat.

Having accidentally let her slip away last time had haunted him for years, always fearing her return.

He didn’t want to go through that again.

So he was determined this time—to end her life.

Besides, he already possessed the power of the Hundred Blossom Goddess.

Whether Alice lived or died no longer affected that power.

Thus, every strike he launched was aimed at killing her, each attack given his full strength, without the slightest mercy.

Alice understood Kira’s intent. Clenching her teeth, she dared not relax for even a second, fighting with everything she had against the two assailants.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk. So many people ganging up on one woman—how shameless can you get?”

Kira heard the voice and turned sharply toward it.

“Who’s there?!”

Looking up, Kira saw Li Wei standing midair.

His eyes narrowed, and he barked an order: “Deal with him!”

Not far away, an archer with the Marksman profession raised his bow, aimed at Li Wei, and fired a powerful arrow.

Buzz! Whoosh!

Boom!

The arrow struck Li Wei—and was instantly deflected by an invisible shield.

Unable to withstand the tremendous force, the arrow shattered into countless fragments that scattered across the ground.

Li Wei didn’t even spare a glance at the attacker.

With a flick of his wrist, he scattered sparks of flame. Like a waterfall cascading from the heavens, fire poured forth from his hand, swelling rapidly in the wind. In an instant, it transformed into a river of flames flowing toward the ground.

Everyone panicked, scrambling backward in fear, their eyes wide with terror.

“Ring of Fire!”

Under Li Wei’s control, the flames spread like water, forming a barrier that separated Kira and his companions from the surrounding soldiers.

Some tried to break through the burning wall, but upon nearing it and feeling its scorching heat, they quickly retreated.

Even metal would melt in those flames—mere flesh and bone stood no chance of passing through.

And among them, there wasn’t a mage powerful enough to dispel Li Wei’s spell.

Li Wei descended toward where Kira stood.

Seeing this, Kira’s eyes sharpened, filled with ruthless determination. He drew his sword close, assuming a stance of focused readiness.

He planned to unleash a full-force attack the moment Li Wei entered his range.

But unexpectedly, the ring of fire around them suddenly shifted.

Seven or eight streams of flame burst forth from the wall, converging midair to form a massive fire serpent over ten meters long.

Its eyes blazed with infernal fire, its body crackling and hissing as it burned through the air.

Whoosh!

The serpent coiled, then shot forward like a projectile, hurtling straight toward Kira.

Kira dodged frantically, but no matter how he moved, he couldn’t escape the serpent’s lock-on trajectory.

Forced into action, he had no choice but to retaliate.

“Supersonic Impact!”

Kira swung his sword. The condensed sword energy erupted from the blade, transforming into a streak of light that pierced through the roaring fire serpent.

Boom!

Sword energy clashed with magical flame—the serpent exploded, scattering embers across the ground.

A surge of pride rose within Kira. He looked up at Li Wei and sneered inwardly. *That’s all you’ve got?*

The next second, his expression froze.

A massive fireball plummeted from the sky.

Kira roared inwardly with fury—was this meant to kill both him and Alice?

If he wasn’t mistaken, this should be the most powerful offensive spell beneath the forbidden tier—the Meteor Strike!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The colossal fireball crashed down, landing squarely within the fiery circle Li Wei had drawn.

Boom!

The explosion of flame instantly consumed everyone’s vision.

“Damn it!”

Kira swung his sword wildly, channeling sword energy in a desperate attempt to cut through the inferno.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Alice stood frozen in place, staring blankly at the raging flames around her, unsure what to do.

At the moment the fireball struck and her sight was swallowed by flames—

She felt the chill of death approaching. She thought she was about to die.

Yet the erupting fire bypassed her completely, spreading outward in all directions—except for a one-meter radius around her feet, which remained untouched by the blaze.

Alice lifted her gaze, her face filled with emotion.

Though she hadn’t yet seen Li Wei’s figure, her heart already knew who had come.

Li Wei looked down at the four figures engulfed in flames below.

Within the domain of his fire, he held absolute dominion.

Life or death—it all lay within his will.

The spell he had just cast was merely a weakened version of the Meteor Fireball.

Had it been the full-powered Meteor Fireball, he would have been unable to control its destructive force.

Everyone here would have died.

Several minutes later, the flames within the fiery circle gradually extinguished.

Alice finally saw Levi.

At the same time, she also saw three fallen figures around her.

Gira knelt on one knee, gripping his sword planted in the ground to support his body. Steam rose from his entire form. After the last magical protective item that saved his life shattered, he barely survived by sheer willpower for another minute.

Curis had a purplish-black oval light shield appear around him, blocking all attacks.

The black crystal in his hand was emanating an eerie glow.

This was the power of the Hundred Blossom Goddess.

Curis had borrowed the Hundred Blossom Goddess's power to survive, and appeared completely unharmed.

The last figure lay on the ground, already turned to charcoal, completely unrecognizable as human, burned to blackened coke.

That was the dark cultist who had possessed another's body.

He was already dead.

Gira struggled to lift his head toward Levi, the expression in his eyes a mixture of three parts terror, three parts hatred, and four parts unwillingness.

He no longer had the strength to stand and fight Levi again.

Levi landed beside Alice, sweeping his gaze over Gira and Curis.

He said, "The rest is up to you. How do you wish to deal with these two?"

Alice looked at Levi, nodding after a long pause. "Mm."

Alice turned her gaze to Gira, then immediately shifted to Curis, pain evident in her eyes.

She still had not accepted Curis's betrayal.

Curis stared at Alice, his face twisted, struggle showing in his eyes.

After a moment, he wearily lowered his hands, tossing the black crystal that sealed the Hundred Blossom Goddess's power to Alice.

Using the Hundred Blossom Goddess's power to block Levi's attack had already reached his limit.

Facing both Alice and Levi, he who had not yet fully mastered the Hundred Blossom Goddess's power was simply no match.

Curis abandoned resistance.

"I lost."

(End of Chapter)