Three Cobblers

As soon as the fifth-tier true dragon appeared, all the fourth-tier lower-level apostles retreated.

But the dragon turned its body and swung out a claw, cutting an apostle's body into four pieces. At the same time, it swept its tail and slammed another apostle from the sky to the ground!

Unable to defeat the true dragon, the apostles could only stall for time while looking for an opportunity to attack the painter's true form.

Mo watched quietly, then gestured to Pandora beside him with his eyes.

Pandora was ordered to quickly descend into the arena, but as soon as she moved, a deafening roar came from the sky!

The opportunity has arrived!

A figure darted out from the clouds and mist; it was a marine creature that looked like an orca. It weaved through the clouds and mist as if swimming freely in the ocean.

That's the Fish King.

Kalen stood on the back of the Fish King, holding Golden Trident in one hand and a dried-up head in the other.

The head was covered with countless black snakes, intertwined like hair.

Kalen, holding the black snakes, turned Medusa's Head towards Mo and the others, shouting, "All eyes, look at me!"

Everyone was drawn to the shout, including Pandora.

They turned their heads and saw Medusa's eyes.

With just one glance, Pandora's limbs immediately froze!

"This is?"

Pandora was shocked. Petrification started from her hands and feet and spread upwards, reaching her head in the blink of an eye!

"Brother, help..."

Click.

Pandora was petrified.

Chen Yuan quickly looked away and then grabbed the falling Pandora statue. It was this grab that led him to discover something strange.

"The weight didn't change after petrification?"

No, this is not petrochemical in the traditional sense.

In the traditional sense, petrification refers to the forced transformation of the entire physical body into stone, a change in a material sense.

When a person is transformed from flesh into stone, their weight also increases because the two bodies have different densities.

But Pandora, who was petrified, did not gain weight.

That's where the problem lies.

Chen Yuan grabbed Pandora and looked at Mo, saying, "Could we step back for a moment?"

Mo waved his hand and said, "Withdraw."

Upon receiving the order, the apostles immediately shook off the true dragon and began to run away.

Mexico withdrew its troops.

Seeing Mo and the others retreat one after another, the conqueror Balroza, who had not made a move until now, couldn't help but sigh, "They really know how to hide."

He was referring to Kalen and the painter; before the fight, both of them looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy and had more defeats than victories.

Having been neighbors for so many years, he had no idea that these two people had so many trump cards up their sleeves.

Kalen's Fish King Medusa's head, the painter's fifth-order paintings—these were things they had never mentioned before the fight.

That's why I say that all the Sequences that have survived to this day have some hidden cards up their sleeves.

"Those who had no trump cards are already dead, aren't they?"

If it weren't for this emergency that forced the three of them to team up, they would never have imagined that the other side was hiding such a method.

To be honest, before the Longwu Empire had even dominated the Central Continent, the three countries were already fighting each other back and forth.

Later, when the Dragon Empire established Datong, they all became vassal states of the Dragon Empire, essentially members of a verbal alliance, and from then on, there was no further warfare.

After the battle, the three of them immediately threw a victory celebration banquet.

"Looking at it this way, if the three of us hadn't been at odds with each other back then, the Longwu Empire might not have been the one to unify the continent!"

"Indeed, with such means, why shouldn't you establish yourself as king?"

Kalen just listened to them bragging, "We have our Zhang Liang's Stratagem, and they have their own way of getting over the wall. You can say that to fool your brothers, but don't fool yourselves too."

"Those who lacked ability are long gone. Who among those who have survived to this day doesn't possess some extraordinary skills?"

The painter stopped smiling upon hearing this. "Let's talk about reality then. The angels may retreat, but they will surely return."

"To repel the enemy in the long term, either the enemy must perish and we must perish, or we must become so powerful that they dare not invade."

"I won't hide it from you, after the death of the Golden King, the Dragon Empire has never touched the vast territory of the Desert Empire."

"In this chaotic world, the Desert Empire is the ladder that will help us rise to the top."

"But the elves have also set their sights on this prize," Balroza said. "To be honest, the elves' military power is rather terrifying..."

"A tireless army of ogres, their trees reach the end of the road, and once a tree takes root, no one can take over that land."

The Tree of Elves, the Ancient Tree, also known as the Blood Tree.

The Blood Tree is a spirit, nourished by the blood and flesh of all things, and is exceptionally brutal; they had suffered greatly because of it before.

Kalen stood up. "To be honest, you're thinking too far ahead. The angel just gave us a heads-up. This is nothing."

"The tough battle is yet to come; we should think more about how to fight the battles to come."

Just as the three were discussing, a soldier ran in to deliver a message.

"Reporting to the Three Gods, reinforcements from the Longwu Empire have arrived. They are the Dragon God's Second, third, and fourth Divine Descendant of the Dragon God, and they have also brought 90,000 Dragon Blood Elite Soldier."

The artist turned his head and said, "They've arrived just in time. The Dragon God's sons are all fourth-tier, with considerable abilities, and are perfect for solving our immediate crisis."

Kalen gestured, "Quickly invite them in. No matter what, this is destined to be a protracted battle. Don't neglect our distinguished guest."

On the other end.

On a lush, green mountaintop, Chen Yuan was studying something in front of the statue of Pandora.

Pandora's stone was broken the next day.

Mo was very curious, "What did you do to him?"

Chen Yuan shook his head. "I didn't do anything, but Kalen's petrification should have a time limit, which should be around thirty hours."

"It's not much different from what I thought. That petrification ability isn't a supernatural power of an extraordinary being, but rather a power Rule System."

These two are fundamentally different.

The supernatural abilities of extraordinary beings are a manifestation of their immense power; for example, they may use magic to transform the flesh and blood of their opponent into stone through absolute power suppression.

Rule System abilities, on the other hand, tend to be more inclined towards opportunism and trickery.

It follows certain rules, is not controlled by the spellcaster, and has the same effect on anyone.

Petrification, as a Rule System ability, is not actually petrification.

It's more like a toxin that spreads through eye contact. Its effect is to stiffen the limbs and consciousness, rather than completely turning flesh and blood into stone.

"Because the weight didn't change, we were all fooled."

Pandora's surface appeared to have turned to stone, but its internal structure remained completely unchanged.

His skin and limbs had all hardened, and even his consciousness had frozen, giving the impression that he was petrified.

"One good, one bad, two conclusions."

"The good conclusion is that petrification is not petrification and cannot kill life."

"The bad conclusion is that although it is not lethal, it has a very strong control effect."