Everything seemed to return to its original state, and everything fell quiet. It was as if everyone had regained control of their bodies in an instant.
Huang Huo, Ling, Lian, Mr. Liu, and Fang Qi all collapsed to the ground at the same moment.
"Brando!" Aloz screamed—but she immediately realized that she had little time left. In fact, she had only a single instant.
Little Female Dragon immediately turned around, the enormous "Amber" reflected in her golden pupils.
This time, no one stood in her way.
"Brando," Aloz said through clenched, pointed canine teeth, "you have to hold on!"
The next moment, she shot toward the center of the vast galaxy like a golden arrow. The ever-spinning "Amber" was only a short distance away. Her hand had already pierced through layer upon layer of metallic protective structures and was finally about to reach it.
But time froze at that instant.
Aloz heard a cry of alarm behind her. She recognized it as Miss Magdal's voice, but she had no time to turn around. The next moment, she felt a cold hand seize her ankle.
She swung her hand forward with all her strength, but still missed the "Amber" by the narrowest margin.
"Don't!"
Aloz's vision suddenly went black.
She instinctively turned her head and saw a pair of heavy eyes shimmering with dark-silver light—
"That thing doesn't belong to you, Aloz."
"No... Floro..."
Little Female Dragon's voice was almost a despairing moan.
The instant Brando opened the Plain of Extremes, he could be said to have prepared himself for every possible outcome.
He was so familiar with all this, with every possibility that could unfold from it, that he only had to close his eyes for every classic battle tactic from his previous life to seem to reappear before