As if to confirm Bai Pu’s words.

As soon as the words fell, a thunderous explosion echoed from afar!

Nearby, above the underground lake, the magnificent and vast rune array also encountered a change.

At the top of an energy pillar, the phantom image of a rune stone instantly dissipated! The energy pillar simultaneously developed numerous cracks, shattering apart.

The energy beams originally projected by the rune stone also disappeared without a trace, leaving the once dense network missing a corner in an instant.

"No, someone’s destroying the rune stones!"

The Bound was shocked.

The pre-installed rune stones were the foundation of the rune array.

The destruction of a rune stone is akin to a tree losing its roots or a soul being severed. No matter how hard Our Lady of Thorns tries, it is impossible to restore the array to its complete form.

What horrified the Bound even more was that a second rune stone was soon destroyed, and the energy pillar disappeared. The defect in the rune array became even larger!

The Creator Spirit, originally bound by the rune array, gradually lost its power to resist. With the issue in the rune array, its fierce aura increased again, and those Thorn Warriors presiding over the array spewed blood from their mouths.

Our Lady of Thorns let out a shrill screech, releasing a ball of white light that transformed into four white chains, binding the four limbs of the Creator Spirit.

The white chains, covered in thorns, quickly contracted, forcibly squeezing into the spiritual body of the Creator Spirit! The latter could only roar softly, temporarily weakened.

Yet, this move by Our Lady of Thorns did not come without a price!

Bai Pu could see that after Our Lady of Thorns acted, layers of eerie black cracks rose in the surrounding space, silently imprinting on her wrists, ankles, and other parts.

The black cracks seemed to have an annihilating and corrosive ability, as her originally snow-white wrists and ankles were partially annihilated without any resistance, exposing the stark white shinbones and wrist bones beneath.

"Is this the retaliation of the Spirit Realm Law?" Bai Pu seemed to murmur to himself.

However, there was an ’answer’ to Bai Pu’s question.

A line of text appeared on Bai Pu’s retina.

[Our Lady of Thorns acted forcefully in the Awakened’s world and faced backlash from the Spirit Realm Law. Since she acted upon the world matrix, she was also suppressed by the Power of the World.]

[The Power of the World, with the help of the Spirit Realm Law, produces an effect where one plus one is greater than two, with a power outbreak capable of killing a Divine Envoy.]

[Currently, the Master of Suffering has corroded over 60% of the Original Sin World, greatly reducing the suppression of Our Lady of Thorns by the Power of the World.]

Bai Pu nodded in understanding.

Firstly, the Creator Spirit is the "matrix" of the Original Sin World.

To act against the Creator Spirit would be to be suppressed by the Power of the World.

As a Divine Envoy, when Our Lady of Thorns forcefully acted in the Awakened’s world, it violated the Spirit Realm Law.

Originally, the Power of the World combined with the Spirit Realm Law would be enough to instantly kill Our Lady of Thorns, but the corrosion of most of the Original Sin World by the Master of Suffering only caused her to suffer certain injuries.

Seeing the might of Our Lady of Thorns, Bai Pu felt a chill down his spine. Honestly, neither the Creator Spirit nor Our Lady of Thorns was an existence Bai Pu could contend with.

He muttered softly, "Great Gaia’s Will, if Our Lady of Thorns acts against me, you must not stand by idly!"

The Spirit Realm Will Bai Pu belonged to was called "Gaia."

Gaia’s Will did not respond.

Summoning his resolution, Bai Pu sent out a new command through his bloodline sense.

In an instant, another explosive sound came from afar! Two more rune energy pillars burst apart.

"No! The Creator Spirit can’t be restrained!" a Holy War Legion Commander exclaimed in panic, his face flushed red, as his Holy Wave Power was already being fully output, clearly at its limit.

Boom!

The Creator Spirit’s tail swept across, severing three energy pillars, and emitted a thunderous roar. The heavy shell on its back flew off and spun around the surroundings!

Crack!

The heavy shell, like an unstoppable siege hammer, cleared the remaining energy pillars around it!

All the Thorn Cultists were knocked away by the tremendous force, each spewing blood from their mouths. Even Our Lady of Thorns trembled violently, the fruit on her chest rising and falling continuously.

She glanced at the battlefield situation.

The Bound and Rosen had originally had the upper hand against Bai Pu, but the four annihilation beams appearing from afar saved Bai Pu, forcing the Bound and Rosen to focus on defense.

The combined power of those four annihilation beams was by no means inferior to a Spiritual Lord.

Nearby, the Creator Spirit went berserk, wielding the giant shell to strike indiscriminately. The surrounding stone hills wobbled under the terrible force, stalactites broke and fell in succession, and even the lake, shaken by the giant force, surged with waves ten feet high!

"Lady Holy Mother, please guide us!" the Thorn Cultists were at a loss and could only pray.

"Everyone, enter the Lost City." Our Lady of Thorns pointed with one finger, and a vine woven from thorns descended from the giant shell, "This time there are no restrictions. Bound, you must find the Holy Artifact Platform... My God’s grand plan relies on you!"

The Bound used bandages to connect, while Rosen cast flight spells, stumbling as they approached the giant shell along the thorny vine.

Bai Pu murmured softly, "So this giant shell is the Lost City?"

Upon closer inspection of the giant shell, after the layers of rock peeled away, it indeed revealed a series of neatly arranged square grids, identical to the Lost City he had seen before, only without the apparition of the Seven Holy Artifacts.

At that moment, Bai Pu could use Gang Step. He flew through the air, pouncing toward the Lost City.

Our Lady of Thorns looked down at Bai Pu, and coldly said, "You transgressor, how dare you be so impudent in my presence!"

She raised her hand to point, and Bai Pu’s chest tightened, as if struck by a heavy hammer, sending him flying backward as if he were riding the clouds.

But in the next second, a blue light surged in the void, and a grand female voice echoed:

[The Thorn Divine Envoy unauthorizedly attacked Awakened Gangxin, who belongs to Gaia’s Will.]

[According to the first item of the third article of the Origin Oath, Gaia’s Will has activated the sanction authority.]

[According to the second item of the tenth article of the Origin Oath, a sanction against the Thorn Divine Envoy is imposed...]

"No!"

Our Lady of Thorns screamed desperately, staring at Bai Pu, "How could you possibly receive the active attention of Gaia’s Will?

She glanced at the deep blue light overhead, shouting loudly, "This is entrapment! I just pushed him a little, didn’t truly harm him!"

The grand female voice amidst the blue light remained unmoved, continuing the announcement:

[Initiated by Gaia’s Will, jointly adjudicated by Chiya’s Will, Wuya’s Will, and Noah’s Will, the sanction result is as follows: The Thorn Divine Envoy is prohibited from any form of contact with the Awakened World. All consciousness incarnations in the Awakened World will be eradicated.]

Our Lady of Thorns’ figure paused for a moment, then vanished instantly. The space even left a momentary blank, as if an eraser had forcibly rubbed away a humanoid outline!