Amid it all, everyone sighed inwardly.
"Toothless, Toothless."
Inside the Longevity Cauldron, Ding Ding's voice was amplified endlessly, crashing beside everyone's ears and making their eardrums ache.
Toothless abruptly opened her eyes, her bronze-bell-sized eyes glaring ferociously at them. "Roar-"
Then the flames surrounding her surged toward the group, enclosing them from every direction.
"Attack."
Dongfang Minghui simply could not bring herself to strike. Sitting on her shoulder, Ding Ding asked in bewilderment, "Why are they all beating Toothless? Is Toothless being disobedient? If Ding Ding is disobedient someday, will you beat Ding Ding too, Little Ninth?"
She really had no time to banter with Ding Ding. She stroked its little head. "We're trying to force the bad fellow inside Toothless out, but it's a little difficult."
Ding Ding thought for a moment. "It's not difficult."
"Hm?"
"Toothless fought this big fellow several times. Whenever she was about to die, I felt the bad fellow in her belly start getting restless." Ding Ding did not quite understand it either. "But once the flames around Toothless aren't so strong, I can try bringing that bad fellow out."
"Thank you, Ding Ding." Only then did Dongfang Minghui understand the true purpose behind Seventh Sister's elaborate mobilization. Fooling that Dragon Core would not be easy. "I hope they can subdue Toothless without trouble."
"They will."
While Qian Wanyu and the others kept diverting Toothless's attention and her fireballs, Dongfang Minghui inexplicably felt a chill down her spine. Instinct, coupled with Pig Immortal Grass's warning in her Soul Sea, sent her darting aside and rolling across the ground.
Ding Ding was also abruptly flung to the ground and said angrily, "Ding Ding is going to break from falling!"
Affected by the spreading fire elemental energy, the enormous creature suddenly woke up. In a foul