Faced with eight crystals scattered high above and about to explode, Unas felt a deep sense of despair and immediately wanted to order a retreat, but Du'an had promised that he could teleport everyone back within three seconds.
A gasp came from behind him. He turned around and saw Angela floating in mid-air. Her wide blue robes seemed to be Petrification and remained motionless. An infinite chill emanated from her, indicating that she was about to unleash a powerful attack.
"Trust in the power of the Archmage!" Unas immediately abandoned the idea of retreating and ordered several Warriors to surround and protect the mage and Priest.
The Flamewaker also couldn't escape the explosion it had caused. After being hit all over by the rubble, it lost its ability to hide and was crawling quickly toward a corner of the Cave. Unas couldn't do anything about it for the time being and could only let it hide behind a protruding Rock.
Time ticked by, and the surrounding air grew colder. Unas silently prayed for good fortune. Based on the timing of the previous explosions, the Fire Crystal could explode at any moment after being activated for ten seconds, and now it was definitely past the time limit.
With a crackling sound, like ice shattering, Angela finally finished preparing. No more, no less, eight white streams of freezing energy swirled out from her body and shot directly towards the eight activated crystals.
The white freezing air enveloped the crystals emitting intense red light, quickly forming a thick ice shell. Crackling sounds rang out continuously as the activated crystals shattered one after another along with their ice shells, without any explosions.
With the danger averted, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Angela's spell was not over yet. More freezing air continued to shoot out from her body, and the unactivated crystals were also sealed by frost. In less than three minutes, all the crystals were frozen, Cave suddenly became dark.
After completing this task, Angela landed, collapsing to the ground exhausted, panting, "I've sealed all the crystals; for now, we don't have to worry about them being activated by the Flamewaker."
"Great job!" Unas shouted, leading the cheers. "Follow me, let's take down that monster!"
The Ice Barrier had disappeared as Angela exhausted her strength, but her spell had completely lowered the temperature in the cave. Several Warriors followed the Warden and Charge toward the Flamewaker's hideout.
Turning past the protruding Rock, a gust of hot wind rushed towards him, and a pool of lava the size of a desk appeared at Unas's feet. The Flamewaker was gone again, but judging from the marks on the ground, it seemed to have jumped into the lava.
The sudden appearance of such a small pool of lava was rather abrupt. Unas ordered his men to search the surrounding area, but to no avail. He then summoned several mages and asked, "Could there be a volcano down there?"
Du'an walked to the lava pool, observed it carefully for a while, and then replied, "No, this is the result of spatial displacement, perhaps due to the influence of the Crimson Diamond and the previous chain explosions."
The Crimson Diamond couldn't have fallen from the sky; it must have flowed into this mountain range through Spatial Rift a long time ago. Today's chain explosions reopened the sealed rift, and the Flamewaker likely just happened to end up here.
Du'an's further explanation seemed to make some sense, and Unas wondered again, "Then where does this spatial rift lead?"
"The Flamewaker's habitat is very likely the Firelands," Du'an warned. "This rift must be sealed immediately. That Flamewaker may have just wandered in unintentionally, but now that it knows the whereabouts of the Crimson Diamond, it has fled back. Who knows what kind of enemies it will attract!"
"So this concerns everyone's safety," Unas's heart tightened upon hearing this, "I beg you mages, please close this spatial portal as soon as possible."
Angela, having regained some strength, nodded and said, "Let's begin right away."
Du'an swiftly drew a pentagonal Magic Circle on the ground, enclosing the lava pool in the center. The three mages immediately joined forces to begin casting a spell, a process that seemed to take quite some time.
Leaving a few soldiers to guard the mage, Unas returned to the center of the cave to check on the wounded. The Orcs Warriors ' condition had stabilized, but they would need some time to recover fully. The two lightly injured young men were already lively and energetic. Natasha and Whitemane were both very competent healers.
At this moment, the Crimson Diamond was also dug out by several Fire Elemental and quickly delivered to Unas. The part buried in the stone was twice the size of the exposed part, and the whole thing was the size of four fists. It was heavier than expected. The deep red octagonal diamond had a restrained light, and upon closer inspection, it seemed as if there were nebula-like brilliance surging within the gem. It was quite hot to the touch after holding it for a while.
This was indeed a hot potato. The Blood Elves, Angela, and Du'an all wanted it, but there was only one gem. While he was agonizing over how to distribute it afterward, he suddenly noticed that the Fire Ring on his finger was actively absorbing the energy from the gem.
This greatly surprised him. He hadn't used the Fire Ring at all today, and the Ring should be full of energy. Where was there room for it to absorb more?
He calmed himself down and carefully sensed the energy within the Fire Ring. It was indeed increasing, and in terms of total amount. If measured by the number of Flame Slashes, the previous total was around seventeen, but now it should be more than twenty, and it was still increasing.
Gordon had never told him that the Fire Ring had room for growth. The Crimson Diamond could actually increase the Fire Ring's energy storage capacity. It was indeed an amazing gem. It seemed that Huoye hadn't exaggerated at all.
Just as Unas was immersed in his surprise, a non-human roar suddenly came from the other side of the Spatial Rift. Unas thought to himself, "Oh no!" He quickly put away the gem, took out his weapon, and rushed over. He saw three mages sweating profusely as they cast a spell. A pentagram made of blue light was pressing down on the violently churning lava pool, but they could not calm the lava down.
"What's going on?" Unas asked, pulling Marcus, one of the guards standing nearby.
"Just now, a Flamewaker suddenly tried to leap out of the lava pool, but the mages suppressed it. It looks like it's still inside, trying to cause trouble."
"Is it the same one as before?"
"I didn't see it clearly, but I don't think so."
"Whether it is or not, if it dares to show its face again, beat it!" I don't know if this is the reinforcement brought in from before or another one that strayed in; hopefully it's the latter.
At this moment, Huoye also spoke up to encourage his fellow mages, "Persistence is victory. The Flamewaker is not a pure Fire Elemental life form; it cannot stay in lava for too long."
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge crimson trident shot out of the magma, instantly scattering the five-pointed star of light and splashing out large amounts of magma. A tall Flamewaker wearing a black crown sprang up from the pool and landed steadily on the ground.