Despite Jacob’s startling entrance, Matriarch Ephyra’s reaction was instantaneous.
A dozen runic arrays flared to life, weaving protective circles that converged upon Jacob like spears of radiant light.
But before they could even reach him, Jacob simply raised his skeletal hand, which was like jade, which was different from the Deathless Prince’s hand, and ti froze!
However, it was still nothing; the next instant, the spells died mid-flight, their light extinguished like a candle fla, and then only silence remained.
Matriarch Ephyra’s eyes widened as her heartbeat faltered, for she could feel the suppression wasn’t just of mana but the law itself.
At this mont, she finally looked at Jacob with vigilance and dread before she breathed, her tone trembling between awe and dread, "Who might esteed guest be? What business does soone like you have with our witch race?"
Hearing Matriarch Ephyra’s polite yet wary tone, Jacob’s reply was a whisper, calm as falling snow, "Soone who has no ti for introductions. Hand the Life Essence and all the knowledge of Witch Race!"
Matriarch Ephyra was startled when she heard Jacob’s demand as if he were collecting so debt. Still, she could only suppress her fury in front of an opponent like Jacob, who was both mysterious and unfathomable.
Nonetheless, she couldn’t just do as Jacob told her, so she replied while her hands clenched, "Sir, you are being unreasonable! The Life Essence belongs to the Life Faction, and the knowledge of the Witch Race is sacred. Even if you are an exalted Myth, the Queen herself must grant—"
Before she could finish, Jacob took a single step, and the dais beneath her shattered like glass!
The next instant, she found herself pinned midair, an invisible force gripping her entire being.
Even her soul totem quivered under the crushing pressure. Her runes tried to respond, to restore balance, but they faltered and were devoured by the law of Yin-Yang distortion spreading from Jacob’s hand.
"Your Queen isn’t here now, is she? Oh, and I don’t give a damn about the hollowed Life Faction..." Jacob said softly, his voice devoid of emotion. "However, you hold the key, so don’t waste my ti unless you want this beautiful place to turn into a cetery!"
Matriarch Ephyra’s eyes widened because she could feel Jacob’s killing intent behind his words, and she knew he ant every word that he just uttered.
For a long, suffocating mont, she resisted. Then, with a faint gasp, her resistance broke. From her trembling palm, a sigil of radiant green light erged, spinning slowly before shattering into countless motes that converged into a shining erald rune.
Jacob’s eyes flickered with a hint of satisfaction because it was a cosmic gateway mark.
The next mont, air behind her quivered, and a vast, circular mirror of living light opened, rippling with verdant energy; it was the Gateway to Verdantia Life Galaxy!
Not only that, but the gateway seed to open at a specific location as the fragrance of seemingly endless vitality spilled forth; it was as if all creation exhaled at once.
Jacob’s sockets flickered with pale light as he glanced at Matriarch Ephyra aningfully, and the latter showed a pleading expression.
"You chose well!" Jacob uttered before he raised his hand, and the essence threads from the open portal coiled toward him, responding like living rivers to a supre command.
It was the Law Essence of Life, and it belonged to him!
’The Law of Life! It’s the law of life!’ Matriarch Ephyra’s eyes widened when she felt a faint trace of life law emitting from Jacob’s palm.
It was a completely unexpected situation, even more so than Jacob controlling the law of Ti and the unknown laws of Yin-Yang.
At that mont, Matriarch Ephyra knew that she might have avoided a calamity for Witch Race, and her decision to hand over the Life Essence without any resistance was a correct one.
Nonetheless, she watched helplessly, her lips trembling as the reality of the mont sank in. The Witch Race’s sanctuary, their holy galaxy, was being plundered by a being who seed to stand beyond the laws she’d devoted her entire life to mastering.
Jacob gathered all the Life Essence without leaving behind a single drop and sent it back into the Infinite Space, where he had already arranged a location for it.
Once he was done, he turned slightly, his tone soft but final, "Your race will remain untouched, Matriarch. Be grateful for that."
Jacob didn’t need to ask where the witch’s knowledge was, not to ntion he wasn’t just after the knowledge at this point. Since Matriarch Ephyra knew what was best for her and the witch race, Jacob knew she wouldn’t dare to fight back or do anything stupid.
The next mont, he vanished into the glowing gateway, leaving behind only silence and the faint scent of crushed dais, lingering like the mory of sothing sacred, defiled.
The force gripping Matriarch Ephyra also vanished, but her body instinctively trembled because she knew she had just escaped from the gates of hell.
At that mont, Jacob’s final words rang in her head, and she looked at the opened cosmic gateway with a complex yet frightful expression, "The entire legendary plains is in chaos, and now even our witch race is being targeted...O’ Sacred Mother, could it be an unavoidable calamity for myriad races?"
No one knew who she was praying to, but at that mont, she seed like a helpless worshiper with nothing but her ’Lord’.
"I can only pray for your protection and hope for the betternt of your children..." Her muttering turned into weeping whispers.
However, neither Matriarch Ephyra nor Jacob noticed an invisible ripple within the Cosmic Gateway, for it appeared in an instant and then vanished without any trace, like a vague mory.
But the very next mont, sothing terrifying happened that was beyond Matriarch Ephyra’s expectations, and even beyond Jacob’s.
A speck of golden particle suddenly appeared right within the cosmic gateway, and it instantly turned into a golden radiance, releasing a mysterious and profound power beyond Legendary Plains.
Matriarch Ephyra finally felt it, but she couldn’t do anything, even if she were able to feel it, because her mind went blank as if that power couldn’t be comprehended by the likes of Matriarch Ephyra or even Quasi-Myths.
The next mont, the cosmic gateway blasted into countless light particles, aning the cosmic gateway has been destroyed, which shouldn’t be possible unless soone claid the Legendary Vestige!
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