The electric snake rushed towards its target along the walls, the ground, and the cave ceiling, but suddenly entered slow motion the next moment.
Like lightning captured by a high-speed camera in a documentary, players can even see the electric arc gradually piercing through the air and hear the sharp crackling sounds that follow.
The Amber Dragon's pupils suddenly shrank to black needles, and the words emanating from its massive maw carried a hint of murderous intent:
"You... you were here all along?"
Only then did everyone realize who had made the move.
It was the magician. He had opened his eyes again, and his body had finally broken free from some kind of restraint, slowly descending from mid-air above the crystal cluster.
He gazed into the dragon's eyes and asked with a smile:
"Were you searching the whole world for me?"
The mage was met with an even more surging current of electricity; even the electric snakes that were about to hit the player and the Grand Duke's puppet suddenly changed direction and attacked the two people on the crystal cluster.
Only one of them burrowed into the ground and quickly emerged from under the feet of a nearby puppet that was trying to escape, instantly binding it in place.
"How impressive, Aeldra!"
The mage was undaunted by the attacks coming from all directions, manipulating his magical artifacts to disperse the electric snakes one by one from the "bone planets".
"You will die here today!"
With a low roar, the crystal cluster beneath their feet suddenly shattered, and a long ice spike pierced through the rock wall from the ground.
The dark mage and the female assassin dodged to the side, and then saw the surrounding rock walls instantly destroyed, with countless icicles piercing towards their hearts.
" Aeldra, you've really gotten bolder, haven't you?"
Faced with the dragon's fierce attack, the mage simply dragged the somewhat heavy magical artifact in the air with both hands. In the dim yellow light, the countless ice shards around him were no longer so cold and terrifying. Instead, they became much gentler because of the yellow light, and their growth rate slowed down as they got closer to him.
Just as the icicles were about to hit, the mage suddenly put his hand on the female assassin's shoulder, and then the two of them teleported to the side of the half-tree not far away.
Countless icicles collided together, but the expected Shattered did not occur.
These slender, pure ice shards merged the instant they met, forming a thicker, sharper ice shard with its tip pointing in the direction the two had fled.
Electric arcs began to gather at the tips of all the remaining icicles, crackling incessantly, making the players feel as if they had stumbled into some otherworldly power plant.
A massive amount of Psionic Energy is gathering, and once Aeldra completes its charge, no life will be able to survive in this hell of lightning and ice.
"His temper has gotten much worse than before..."
Gazing at the horrific scene before him, the monk muttered to himself.
The female assassin beside him then reminded him:
"Don't forget what you did to him, run!"
"Yes, we really need to run fast."
He turned to look at the half-tree man still locked in the man's arms and Kebola, who had been locked in the man's arms for a long time, and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, I've located the nearest human settlement. You'll be fine."
"Wait, don't leave the King of Fall Resistance, I Guess!"
The half-tree man suddenly spoke in a deep voice, and the mage thought for a moment before asking:
"Are you talking about that machine with a special Psionic Energy aura?"
"Yes, that's it!"
The mage echoed, and the magical artifact in his hand transformed back into the shape of a staff. He lightly tapped the staff, which resembled a human spine, on the ground, and a teleportation array appeared out of thin air beneath the feet of every creature in the entire cave except for Aeldra. Even the fortress that was advancing at full speed on the ground and a half-dead duke puppet appeared beneath it.
As the staff struck the ground again, a gentle yellow light enveloped everyone just before the lightning erupted.
In this hell formed by flowing light and freezing ice, the stone walls crumbled due to the low temperature, and the crystal clusters were shattered by electric current.
Yet, despite the terrifying scale of the attack, not a single person was harmed...
An electric cage carrying a Hall puppet arrived before Aeldra. Without uttering a word, the dragon opened its massive jaws and swallowed the puppet whole.
He wasn't worried at all about the Grand Duke using his powers to possess him; if he could, then let him try.
On the ground, Ed emerged from the panting hole in the Resurrection Tree.
When he created the clone just now, he seemed to sense a strong but non-aggressive Psionic Energy fluctuation.
When he opened his eyes here, the information around him instantly flooded into his clone.
He clearly realized that the hole below was now completely empty, and even the King of Fall Resistance, I Guess had been teleported away.
I haven't gotten on the bus yet!
This was the first thought that crossed Ed's mind.
However, it wasn't a big problem. Although I arrived a bit late, at least the players escaped safely, right?
The Root Network, however, did not detect any uninvited guests' intrusion. Does this mean they did not go to the Second Holy See?
That's really strange.
But Ed had no time to Ed that anymore, because what came into view wasn't just billowing dust, but also...
Amber Dragon Aeldra.
Looking at the dragon's body, which was even taller and more ferocious than Seraphina, Ed raised an eyebrow expressionlessly, ignoring the Blue Dragon soul trembling at the edge of his vision.
"Oh, what a coincidence."
Last time I was the real body and you were the clone; this time I'm the clone and you're the real body.
Upon hearing this, the dragon suddenly laughed, but its voice remained identical to a dragon roar, a powerful, deep bass resonator.
"The collection speaks for itself."
In that instant, Ed felt a chill that seemed to come from the depths of his soul sweep over his entire body.
It was indeed the Amber Dragon's true form, but its spine now showed some characteristics of Blue Dragon, making it look somewhat incongruous. Upon closer inspection, one could see a slight disharmony in its body, but Ed couldn't quite put his finger on what exactly was out of place.
A chill Spread from his heart outwards, and Ed felt as if he were frozen into an ice sculpture, or as if he were sealed in amber, isolated from the outside world.
After a brief moment of shock, he fell into a deep sleep.
Looking at the completely motionless Ed, Aeldra let out a long howl, and dark clouds immediately gathered in the sky, with lightning flashing.
A lightning storm swept across an area of several miles around him, completely erasing all traces of his presence.
Having done all this, he grabbed the life-size Ed figurine, now with empty eyes, and swallowed it whole.
Having dealt with everything, the Amber Dragon glanced at the still desolate wilderness, flapped its wings violently with a drum-like sound, and then leaped up and disappeared from the spot.