Releasing the Tiger Back to the Mountain? No, Two Mushrooms

The voice shifted from calm to terrified in an instant.

Boom!

The ground suddenly bulged as a gigantic sandworm with a cross-shaped scar on its head burst out from beneath the earth.

The enormous sandworm was wreathed in black flame clouds. Close behind it charged a spotted boar wrapped in black flame clouds, followed by a Gyuki spider.

"Retreat!"

A shriek rang out from the enormous flower bud.

The gigantic plant bud that had been used to bind them suddenly tightened.

"Trying to run?"

Dunn snorted. In the next instant, a ball of fire, driving a figure before it, blasted through the enormous flower bud and crashed heavily onto the ground.

The immense force made the ground shudder.

Green-haired Aramaki spat out blood. His chest had caved in, but it was recovering at a visible rate.

The three Five Elders who had emerged at Aramaki's command reacted swiftly as well.

The moment Aramaki warned them, they split up and charged toward the flower bud.

Because high-temperature flames were spraying outward from the tunnel they had emerged from.

Yet before they could hit the flower bud, they discovered that the bud prison created by Aramaki had already turned black and carbonized.

"One less."

As Dunn spoke, he rose to his feet and casually watched the three awakened ability users land again.

Aramaki, whose chest had recovered, climbed up from the ground and stared solemnly at Dunn.

"This time, did you leave yourself a backup plan?"

Dunn turned to Aramaki, his voice full of curiosity.

"A backup plan?"

Aramaki's heart tightened at those words.

How was he supposed to answer that?

No matter how he answered, Dunn would surely strike him with devastating force.

"Aramaki, stop him!"

Gyuki roared at Aramaki. As if they had a tacit understanding, the sandworm immediately drilled