Just as both sides were considering negotiations.
Thud...!
The Cloud Ridge Mountain Range trembled faintly once more. A deep, heavy heartbeat stirred up a breeze that spread in all directions. Within the earth vein's Dragon Nest, the phantom mountain range floating above the Flood Dragon's body became more substantial. Even it had not expected the fusion and restoration to accelerate.
The further it went, the more profound and complicated the calculations should have become. Who would have thought they would speed up instead?
What had originally been like struggling to drag a broken cart uphill had become a broken cart gaining sentience and pushing the cart driver into a mad dash uphill.
The sudden pulse of the earth left countless unaware people bewildered. It had happened before, and now it was happening again. Two great powers were fighting until heaven and earth turned dark—what exactly was that underground Flood Dragon doing? What had it done to the earth vein?
The Snake Demon Army commander lowered his head to glance at the life-filled Cloud Ridge Mountain Range, envy swelling in his heart. He thought that he might give it a try himself when he had the time.
Perhaps he could transform into a flood dragon and then into a true dragon, completing some mysterious evolution.
But the timing of this earth vein disturbance was unsuitable. How long had the truce even lasted? On the blood-red slopes, severely wounded soldiers who had not yet died were still wailing and screaming.
Suddenly, his entire body stiffened. So that was it!
The old man in purple robes aboard the tower ship in the distance had thought of it as well, understanding why the recovery had accelerated.
He looked at the vast stretches of the nearly crimson Cloud Ridge Mountain Range. The blood-red color was