Chapter 255

Chapter 255: The Dangerous Boundary

The four Divine Thoughts on standby immediately formed defensive formations. In the next instant, a protective circle lit up around You You like pale golden armor, enveloping her completely and pushing back the surrounding Demonic Energy.

The defenses proved crucial—countless demons crowded their path, and collisions mid-flight became inevitable. The formations prevented disoriented demons from crashing into her during her sudden charge.

You You swerved toward the border, passing the volcanic crater they’d erupted from earlier. A fleeting glance revealed the mountain’s staggering size—its peak pierced the clouds like a blackened Tree of Heaven Pillar, vast enough to blot out the sky.

No time lingered for observation. Pursuers closed in from behind while fresh swarms rose from the mountain’s base, dense as locusts. She pushed her speed to the limit.

With the Divine Thoughts layering formations and protective magic around her, You You focused on escape while checking the System Map. They’d reached the map’s outermost edge—the border loomed ahead.

Heart lifting, she accelerated, eyes locked on the map.

“Wait!” Old Divine Thought shrieked. “Stop!”

“Huh?” You You jerked to a halt as a talisman flared before her, blocking her path.

“It’s the Boundary!” Old Divine Thought’s voice thickened with dread. “The Chaos Boundary!”

You You tore her gaze from the map. At first glance, only darkness stretched ahead—deeper than the Demon Realm’s natural gloom. A closer look revealed a sheer black wall bisecting the world, its surface crawling with shifting patterns resembling cursed sigils.

“What… is this?” You You gaped.

“The Chaos Boundary—a true dead end.” Divine Thought Number Five’s voice dropped from the Divine Calling Order. Despair leaked into the collective divine sense as the other Divine Thoughts wilted.

“I knew it… The Demon God’s absence meant imprisonment. But a Boundary? Unthinkable!”

“We’re trapped. No escape now.”

“The rear demons approach!”

Confused, You You pressed, “Can’t we pass through? The map shows new terrain beyond!”

“The Boundary links to the void,” Old Divine Thought rasped. “Even gods and demons vanish there eternally. None escaped in Ancient Times.”

Divine Thought Number Five added grimly, “The Divine Realm long suspected demons survived in hiding. Now we see the truth—they’re sealed by this!”

“No exit at all?” You You frowned at her map. Had it misled her?

Before the Divine Thoughts could answer, roars erupted behind them. A tsunami of Demonic Energy surged closer, carrying hordes of visible demonic figures.

“They’re here!” Old Divine Thought trembled. “No retreat…”

“Surrounded,” another Divine Thought muttered as they braced for last resistance.

You You glanced between the advancing horde and the ominous wall. Teeth clenched, she recalled Divine Thought Number Five into her divine sense and lunged into the blackness—trusting the map.

“NO!” Five voices shouted as darkness swallowed her.

Silence smothered all sound. Energy cocooned her body, viscous as tar. Invisible forces tangled her limbs, dragging movement to molasses pace. Yet the clinging tendrils felt oddly… welcoming.

Fury surged. She slashed an arm outward. “BACK OFF!”

The restraints vanished instantly. Momentum pitched her forward—

—into blinding light.

She tumbled down a leaf-strewn slope, crashing into a wooded pit before stabilizing.

“You’ll never esca— Eh? OUT?!” Old Divine Thought’s panic cracked mid-wail.

“Impossible!” Four voices chorused disbelief. “That was the Chaos Boundary!”

“Did we… truly exit?”

“A counterfeit Boundary?”

Dazed, You You surveyed her surroundings—ordinary trees, no black wall in sight. She sword-controlled upward to her entry point, hand reaching toward empty air.

“Don’t!” The Divine Thoughts shouted. “Noble Lady, it might be cloaked! Contact could return us!”

“Yes! All efforts wasted!”