Whoosh! Dong Santong kept flying higher into the air, with the enormous wooden dragon relentlessly pursuing him, as though it would never rest until it caught him.
With a deafening bang, the wooden dragon caught Dong Santong in its jaws before he could cast a spell. Under Grand Elder Xu's stunned gaze, he burst apart, dissolving into specks of white light.
"Heh, heh. Did you think that was real?" Dong Santong's voice suddenly rang out in the air.
"I didn't hit you?" Grand Elder Xu cried in disbelief, his expression changing drastically. The sensation transmitted through the Wooden Shield Ancient Treasure clearly told him that he had landed a hit.
"You hit me, but you didn't!" Dong Santong said coldly, then roared, "That's why you foolishly chased the me up in the sky!" With that, he shouted, "Go!"
Whoosh! Several balls of light flashed on the ground. At some unknown point, all sixteen Dong Santongs who had been pursuing Grand Elder Xu had stopped on the ground. Their hands blazed with dazzling white light, illuminating the entire arena floor.
"Damn it! I've been tricked!" Grand Elder Xu finally understood what had happened. Although the wooden shield had struck Dong Santong, he had turned invisible at some unknown point, and the figure leading the wooden dragon away had naturally been a clone. He cried out, but his Short Staff Magic Treasure had already flown high into the sky and could not return so quickly. His hands rapidly formed seals, and with a whoosh, the wooden shield spun back in front of him.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The sixteen Dong Santongs thrust both hands toward Grand Elder Xu with all their might. Enormous beams of light shot out, hurtling toward him in midair.
With a bang, the first beam struck the