Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2155

Had Shannon's spiritual energy not fully returned, she would never have dared enter the mountains and chase after Scarsore.

The thunder talismans were imbued with the phoenix's presence, and each carried the power of phoenix.

Shannon flung over a dozen talismans into the air. They floated above the array and glowed alongside her rapidly shifting mudras.

"With all laws reduced to flame commands my divine power. With the talisman as my seal, with thunder as my guide... By the decree of pardon, all shall burn and roar!"

As her chant concluded, a mass of dark clouds surged across the sky, just like she first used the thunder talisman infused with the power of phoenix against Alaric.

This time, its power was stronger.

Shannon could feel the gathering might above her and faintly realized that this force might be richer than in her original world.

Assuming this timeline's spiritual energy was richer, she stayed focused on her mudras. Her eyes swept over the slowly shifting stones on the ground, and her voice dropped low for the final command.

"Thunder strike!"

As the words left her lips, a deafening rumble roared across the sky. Dozens of fire lightning with the power of phoenix crashed downward, each targeting the precise location marked by her tracing array.

Deep in the forest, Scarsore sensed humans had wandered far away and smugly allowed its clones to roam freely through the woods.

Then, it looked up and saw the gathered dark clouds. There was a strange, lethal force that got its guard up.

It immediately tried to summon its clones back to shield its true form, but it was too late.

Bolts of fire lightning struck with a terrifying force. In a span of breath, it felt every one of its clones simultaneously take heavy damage.

Scarsore's clones carried energy from their true form. Wounding one or two didn't matter, but when all of them were hit at once, half of its strength scattered instantly.

Scarsore stared at Shannon for a long moment before letting out a dry, guttural laugh. Then, it said, "You may have caught me, but your people will die."

It was Scarscore, after all. Born of the battlefield, it fed on the rage and bloodlust of war. Wherever it went, malice followed, and its presence ignited humanity's hunger for conquest.

Though weaker than powerful demons, its strength lay in the armies of chaos and the bloodthirst of mankind.

"Your enemies have crossed the mountains. They're hiding in these very hills. When your soldiers run into them, they will die."

As it spoke, it longed to see the panic and fear on Shannon's face. But instead of what it'd expected, Shannon's expression remained unchanged.

Her voice was still calm as she said, "Think about it… Why did I bring an army of a thousand elite soldiers when I never needed one to defeat you?"

The truth was… She had a greater purpose for Scarsore's capture.