The ice-blue Dragon Egg lay quietly on the ice-crystal platform.
The cracks on its surface seemed more numerous than before, and a little deeper.
But that faint pulse of life seemed to have vanished.
Had that terrifying clash just now exhausted its last shred of life?
Lynn's heart sank.
No way.
I busted my ass and nearly died.
And now you fucking give up on me?
No, you can hold on a little longer.
Refusing to give up, Lynn reached out again and carefully touched the stone egg.
It still felt cold and hard.
But this time, Lynn sensed something different.
Beneath that deathly cold, there seemed to be a trace of warmth, so faint it was almost imperceptible.
Like an unyielding ember buried deep beneath millennia-old ice.
Lynn slowly channeled ice magic into his palm.
He wanted to see whether it would provoke a reaction.
Yet nothing happened.
Like a stubborn rock, the Dragon Egg showed no response to his power.
"Fuck."
Lynn could not help cursing under his breath.
Was there really no hope?
Lin Ye thought back to what had just happened.
The dragonfire aura and magic within the Valyrian steel sword seemed to have saved his life.
With that thought in mind.
Lin Ye pressed the sword against the Dragon Egg.
This time, he not only summoned ice magic, but poured the dragonfire aura into it as well.
Ice and fire.
Two utterly opposing powers flowed into the petrified Dragon Egg at the same time.
At that very moment.
Something changed again!
The ice-blue stone egg shuddered violently!
Then the dragon-scale patterns on its surface began to blaze with dazzling light!
It was no longer the faint, flickering light from before.
Instead, it was a searing, golden-red radiance that seemed ready to illuminate the entire cavern!