Heaven, Earth, Me

Chapter 539: The Gorgeous [Sun Engulfing Ore Lobster].

Finnegan looked at Andrea with a surprised expression and asked with an unbelieving tone. "What do you mean? How can someone enter another person's soul?"

Yasenia was calm when she faced the stunned looks of everyone there.

Even Ghana didn't know about this.

"As I said, Princess Ebirah is inside Andrea's soul. Humans don't only have the ability to make contracts with them, but if the connection and trust between both parties are close enough, the human can use their soul to hide their contracted beast partner."

Ghana suddenly remembered what she had investigated from the ambush and what others knew. Between all the reports, there was one where Sierra was suddenly summoned by a lightning bolt at Evelyn's call.

'Does Sierra have a contract with Evelyn?'

Finnegan was again doubtful. Everything sounded too mystical, even for them as a cultivator.

Finnegan asked. "Then, why isn't the human calling her out? Does she have the ability to imprison Ebirah in her soul?"

Yasenia nodded. "I understand that all of this sounds foreign and strange. However, you must realize we all love and care about the princess. Ebirah has the ability to leave whenever she wants, but right now, she is not awake."

Finnegan crossed his arms and leaned on the chair, becoming thoughtful. "Can't Andrea wake her up?"

Andrea interjected. "Third Elder. Princess Ebirah is attacking the bottleneck now. If everything goes well, she will advance in about an hour."

Yasenia lifted an eyebrow. "Oh? That girl is already there?"

Andrea nodded. "Yes."

Yasenia stood up and spoke. "Didn't I tell you to warn me about it? Follow me."

Andrea stood up and smiled. "I'm sorry, I had no chance at doing so until now. I wanted to prove that I'm not someone that wants harm to befall her."

Yasenia nodded and walked outside past the giant lobster.

She looked at it and spoke. "Senior, please try not to approach. Ebirah is going to attack the Heavenly Tribulation."

That giant lobster spoke with a soft and breathy feminine voice. "I understand. I would never do anything to hurt her. Thank you for the warning, Lady Yasenia."

Yasenia paused and looked at the enormous creature.

"Hm? Is something wrong?"

Yasenia squinted and smiled. "Nothing wrong."

Then, she kept walking forward. 'That tone had much affection in it. She should be a close relative... Maybe the mother? Most possibly, she is Finnegan's partner.'

The group followed Yasenia and reached a separate clearing with intricate stone slabs and pillars.

The area they covered was circular, and the circle's radius was about three hundred meters.

Finnegan asked. "What is this place, Lady Yasenia?"

Yasenia answered. "It is a sparring place that can resist even attacks from Epoch Core Body cultivators. Moreover, it has an energy-gathering function and defensive formations. In case of an emergency, they can be used to make a slight resistance against Heavenly lightning."

Finnegan nodded and looked at Andrea, who was walking toward the middle and finally sitting cross-legged in the middle.

Then, Yasenia connected with the formation and activated it.

The energy in the surroundings quickly gathered and rushed toward Andrea.

Inside Andrea's soul, the lobster carrying a brilliant and powerful Transcendent Realm mineral on her back woke up from her slumber. Her black pearly eyes gained a beautiful shine as the lobster's body began to absorb energy madly.

Andrea felt that it was time, so she summoned Ebirah before herself.

Once Ebirah appeared, the surrounding energy became much denser because of the presence of the powerful mineral and Ebirah's aura that had reached the Divine Beast realm.

Finnegan and everyone else present were stunned.

"What kind of mineral does that girl have on her back?"

"Wait, that's Princess Ebirah? She is more than double her previous size!"

The giant lobster looking at Ebirah smiled softly. "Yes, she is little Ebirah. Even if her aura is much more profound, I can still feel her pure and beautiful soul."

Yasenia spoke. "Andrea, come back. Everything from now depends on her strength."

A person from the lobster clan complained. "Lady Yasenia, even if that human needs to be sacrificed, Princess Ebirah must live!"

Yasenia disappeared and appeared before that man, punching with all her body strength.

*BANG!*

The draconic strength sent that person flying. "I told you that my patience is limited. One more word and the only lobster alive by the end of Ebirah's tribulation will be her."

Finnegan spoke. "All of you, close your mouths before I'm forced to vanish all of you."

Tatyana and Angel had been watching from afar all the time, so the moment Yasenia moved, they used the formation to make perceiving her movements much harder. Hence, the evaluation in Finnegan's heart has risen a few levels. 'This dragoness looks more than she appears on the outside.'

Yasenia didn't take another action, received Andrea into a hug, and kissed her lips, stunning the lobster kin.

"Thank you for your hard work, darling."

Andrea smiled and caressed Yasenia's cheek. "Let's look at Ebirah. I'm worried."

Yasenia nodded and stepped out from her arms.

They didn't ask because Ebirah's transformation was the most important.

Meanwhile, Ebirah felt waves of energy coming from all around her as the mineral on her back slowly melted and entered her body.

[Sun Engulfing Ore Lobsters] use minerals during their tribulations, and depending on the strength of the mineral, they become much stronger as they grow. That's why Ebirah had a mid-level heaven-ranked item on her back when she met Andrea.

The beautiful claw's shell didn't even lose its iridescent luster as the lightning bolt was smacked into oblivion.

Yasenia lifted an eyebrow. 'Oh? That strength is not low.'

Coraline saw Yasenia's expression and smiled. "Thanks to your mineral and nurturing, Ebirah will be an absolute monster. We are ranked fifteenth because we don't have a good mine to feed our youngling powerful minerals. If not, our bloodline's quality is no weaker than the top races."

Yasenia asked. "Is there no limit for the mineral?"

Coraline. "There is. The mineral you gave was near the limit of what Ebirah can absorb. Either way, now her shell has a hardness similar to that mineral."

Yasenia's eyebrow twitched. 'You are telling me she has a Transcendent Level Body armor all around her body.'

Yasenia asked to confirm. "Identically strong?"

*BANG!*

Another lightning bolt was smacked by Ebirah's pink claw with golden tips.

Coraline shook her head. "Naturally not. If we were to compare it, Ebirah's shell should be similar to a very thick armor of the peak-level Heaven rank. But as time passes, it will continue to harden."

Yasenia nodded. 'That is still absurd. Creatures at the initial levels of the Unification Realm usually had peak-level Earth-ranked defense. My scales are harder than Ebirah's shell's strength, but the comparison is negligible. Even then, Ebirah's shell is much thicker. She has become a super-armored beast. Well, quite fitting to be Andrea's partner.'

The tribulation continued without any complications, and besides a few burn marks that disappeared in a few seconds, Ebirah suffered no damage.

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Author: Uff, that was hard to write.

Angel: Why?

Author: I mean, imagining and describing a beautiful lobster is not easy. When her turn for an illustration arrives, I pray for the illustrator's patience to be deep enough.

Evelyn: Oh? Ebirah is here~.

Ebirah: Hello~.

Author: Yup. Very satisfied. You are beautiful, little Ebirah.

Ebirah: Hehehe~, thank you!

Andrea: I really love your pink eyes. They are so cute~.

Cecile: The tail is nice.

Angel: I like the iridescent glow!

Kali: The pink color reminds me of peach blossoms. So relaxing and calming.

Evelyn: I like the golden markings around her body the most. They are so gorgeous.

Tatyana: I didn't know a lobster could look so graceful and streamlined.

Author: Hm? Why is the pink becoming a bit darker?

Ebirah: Wawawa~.

Everyone: Oh... She is shy~.

Author: Well, without further ado. I summon you!

Lost_Universe: Hello! I'm here again... Whoa! Is that little Ebirah?

Ebirah: Um... Hello.

Lost_Universe: Very cute.

Ebirah: Wawawa~.

Lost_Universe: Well, Tatyana. I have a question for you.

Tatyana: Shoot.

Lost_Universe: What will happen to your new body once you reach the Sky continent, where your original body resides?

Tatayna: Hm? Nothing.

Lost_Universe: Eh?

Tatyana: Remember that although the other is the "main" body. I'm one soul controlling two bodies. Imagine you are walking and doing work while controlling a video game character.

Lost_Universe: So... Complicated.

Tatyana: Well, I must do that but with a full extra human body.

Lost_Universe: I see.

Tatyana: Yes.

Lost_Universe: Well, that's it.

Tatyana: Hm. By the way, using two bodies at night-

Author: Aaand we are done! Bye-bye~.

Lost_Universe: Tatyana, your mouth is too loose.

Tatyana: Heh, those who understand, understand.

The girls: Bye-bye~.