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She raised her hand and summoned a floating mass of "Undying Bright Flame"
, and its cold white glow drifted forward, illuminating the scene at the end of the passage.
As everyone passed through the passage one after another, the view abruptly opened up-a sleeping mechanical city lay beneath the rock strata.
Countless pipes extended from every direction like blood vessels, and densely packed tracks were embedded in the ground.
Beneath the rocky dome, structures of metal and glass overlapped and interlaced, revealing a cold, chaotic industrial beauty.
"Zeus, lend me some power."
"Huh?"
The hand controlling this body suddenly reached for the thundercloud floating nearby.
Before Zeus could react beyond a startled cry, the other hand had already aimed at the outline of the city ahead.
"Thunder Dragon."
A long roar pierced the air.
Lightning surged wildly out of Zeus, coiling around the boy and darting about with a hiss.
The streams of light gathered ever more densely, bright enough to make their eyes ache, before finally twisting into a silvery-white lightning dragon as thick as a giant beast's torso and lunging at the deathly silent city!
Zoro frowned, and Nami opened her mouth.
Robin, however, instinctively took half a step forward.
This city had clearly been abandoned for many years.
Why was her teacher attacking it?
The answer soon emerged.
The instant the thunder dragon struck the city, the expected collapse and thunderous crash did not follow.
That bolt, powerful enough to cleave mountains, abruptly shattered in midair into countless tiny arcs. As though guided by an invisible hand, they leaped, flowed, and traveled along the densely packed pipes.
-it was being absorbed by the city.
The destructive lightning dispersed like streams, surging along metal pipes toward the towering structure in the city**.
Spiraling metal coils wound