The sudden change before their eyes put everyone on guard. They all took to the air, avoiding contact with the sea of blood beneath their feet. Unable to reveal his strength, Chen Rui was "carried up" by Dodo, hovering in midair.
The river of blood grew ever more turbulent, filling the air with suffocating heat and the stench of blood. It was as though they stood within molten lava itself; even their vision warped.
Specks of crystalline light emerged from the sea of blood. They were red flowers, their petals like translucent crystals, radiating powerful vitality. They bloomed within the scorching river of blood, utterly unaffected by the temperature, beautiful in a bewitching and sinister way.
"Abyss Flowers!" Chen Rui cried in a deep voice. These flowers could trigger further mutations in abyssal creatures. Though the effect was time-limited, it was terrifyingly powerful.
Lola was of one mind with him. Clusters of purple lightning flew forth, splashing up bloodwater as the Abyss Flowers shattered into specks of crystalline light. Yet amid the rolling blood river, those scattered fragments of light gathered together again, reforming into flowers.
It seemed the Abyss Flowers could endlessly regenerate within the sea of blood. They were practically immortal.
Lola's delicate brows furrowed. The lightning vanished, and her violet hair began to drift without wind. As it danced, waves of blue ripples spread outward in every direction. The scorching, suffocating air swiftly began to turn cold.
It was a bone-piercing cold. Though dwarves possessed an innate weakness in their understanding of magical elements, both Hodehek and Stekelin could clearly sense the incomparably pure and powerful elemental energy surrounding Lola. Once that energy erupted, even if the two joined forces, they absolutely would not be able to withstand a single blow.
Under this powerful force of cold,