The branches of the ancient tree gently swayed, emitting a soft glow.
She had long sheltered Lida and her people, thus she was relatively friendly towards Lynn and Hillena at this moment.
"The sap you need, I promise to provide it to you once everything is over," the branches of the ancient tree trembled slightly, "Now, may we witness your power?"
Confronted with this vast, starry-ancient aura, Lynn also appeared somewhat reserved, nodding solemnly.
Then he turned to look at Hillena, only to find her rare drooping her head, deliberately avoiding his gaze.
"This time..." After a moment, Hillena’s voice was as soft as a whisper, only Lynn could hear, "Where do you plan to touch?"
Hearing this, Lynn slightly raised the corners of his mouth.
He didn’t reply, simply extending his hand.
This familiar gesture made Hillena’s body tremble involuntarily, her mind recalling the things Lynn had done to her over the past month.
She was deeply afflicted by the bizarre power of this world, causing Lynn to perform those actions uninterrupted every day.
Therefore, Hillena almost reflexively reached out her hand, a gesture that had become a mutual understanding between them over the last month.
But Hillena was somewhat surprised by this.
If it was just holding hands, perhaps it wouldn’t be enough.
However, the next moment, Lynn demonstrated through his actions that he was not limited to just this.
Lynn skillfully led Hillena outside, followed by Lida and the Spiritual Body of the World Tree.
When Hillena felt confused by Lynn’s sudden move, she suddenly sensed a subtle change in the strength of his grip on her hand.
Not only that, Lynn’s slender fingers gently adjusted their stance to a more intimate way of completely enveloping her palm.
Under the silver-white glow of the Divine Tree, their fingers perfectly intertwined.
This small change made Hillena’s breathing falter in that instant.
Even though it was the simplest physical contact, the feeling it brought was completely different.
Before coming to the Helius Mausoleum, Hillena had often had dates with Xiya, with hand-holding being the most frequent thing they did.
Although Hillena was now in a state of amnesia, she vaguely remembered holding hands with someone else.
Yet only this time, the feeling it brought her was unparalleled.
As if they were a couple deeply in love.
Hillena felt as if a wild young deer was prancing about in her heart at this moment.
She lowered her eyes, observing their intertwined hands.
This feeling of being cherished made Hillena feel a bit of foreign sweetness, yet somehow strangely comforting.
Even though it was just a simple hand-hold...
Hillena sighed softly in her heart, the warmth spreading along the touching skin, reaching the tenderest corner of her heart.
As if sensing her inner thoughts at that moment, the grey clouds over the sky churned violently.
Immediately after, a blinding bolt of lightning struck down—it was so intense it seemed to tear the sky curtain apart, illuminating the stone streets of Morol City as if it was day.
In that moment, the entire Otherworld trembled.
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The holy aura enveloped within the lightning was a natural enemy to creatures like them.
Even just a residual wave made their skin feel like it was being burned by flames, and their souls trembled uncontrollably.
The thunder roared throughout the heavens, and all of Morol City’s people froze, the long spears in warrior hands clattering to the ground, feeling a shiver born from the depths of their souls, and they all instinctively looked to the sky.
A lightning bolt as thick as an ancient tree’s trunk fell through the clouds, the lightning swirling with countless flickering ancient runes, as if Divine punishment had been decreed by the Divine personally, vowing to annihilate the transgressor who defied its rules!
Lynn, being the instigator, squinted his sapphire eyes, standing motionless, allowing the lightning’s brilliance to cast deep and shallow shadows on his face.
Over the past month, he had frequently incited the World Will’s anger.
But this simple act of holding hands showed him something different.
Not only did thunder rampage in the heavens, but countless burning meteors were also bombarding the world barrier.
Lynn speculated internally that his intimate gesture of intertwining fingers had moved Hillena’s heart, causing the World Will’s fury to this extent.
Otherwise, a simple hand-hold would definitely not trigger such a terrifying retribution.
If he were to do something truly outrageous, he dared not imagine what sort of punishment the World Will would deliver.
Lynn’s eyes narrowed slightly, seemingly seeing a trace of hope for leaving this world.
The World Will’s punishment came swiftly but dissipated just as crisply.
In an instant, the clouds cleared away, the sky returned to its oppressive leaden grey, suffocatingly heavy.
Lynn slowly released Hillena’s hand, turning to the Spiritual Body of Gudda and the Divine Tree, saying, "Seeing is believing, do you believe it now?"
"It’s been several thousand years since such a global phenomenon has been seen, yet it’s still insufficient to break through the planar barriers," the ancient voice of the Tree Spirit carried some surprise, mingled with a hint of regret, "However, I am quite curious, even though you did nothing, merely held hands, why did it trigger such a fierce reaction from the World Will?"