Phoenix hurtled toward Pudis, wreathed in a sky-spanning sea of fire.
Feis charged out with his sword as well.
"Get him!"
Bone and Xiao Feng fearlessly launched an attack on hundreds of men.
The brothers rushed past Old Ninth with mischievous grins, just as they had as children.
As they brushed past him, Bone and the others turned back, grinning and pulling faces at their boss.
"Brother Nine, you've always protected us. Today, we'll protect you with our lives!"
"CNM, Brother Nine's brothers aren't all dead yet! Come fight!"
"Get them!"
"Form up!"
The hundreds of soldiers halted.
They drew their great shields, forming something like the Macedonian Phalanx of old.
A massive iron turtle.
The next moment.
Phoenix gave a low, defiant cry in the sky, just before reaching Pudis.
He vanished.
The rain of fire across the sky vanished with him.
At the same time, the light on Feis's Gold Sword disappeared.
As did the brothers' Elemental Skills.
A sharp gleam flashed across the lenses of Pudis's Wire-Rimmed Glasses, and a strange smile curled his lips.
"Do you know where the Spirit-Devouring Net came from?"
"My Special Ability inspired it."
An eerie white light shone in Pudis's palm, instantly enveloping a five-hundred-meter radius.
"I hate fighting, so... my Special Ability is... making the Special Abilities of every Awakened before me disappear."
"Without your Special Abilities, how will you stop my five hundred soldiers?"
"I carefully selected them. Their physiques far surpass those of Awakened at the same level."
"You have no chance."
Certain of victory, Pudis waved a hand. "Show these people from the Dragon Kingdom what happens when they reject my goodwill."
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The battle formation advanced toward them step by step, marching in unison behind shields as tall as a man.
Refusing to believe