A Huge Gamble

Three days later, in the waters near Sunstrider Isle.

The bright sunlight shone on the sea, making it sparkle with a vast expanse of azure. On this azure sea, the Water Elemental army descended once again. More than ten thousand elemental soldiers, along with various auxiliary Legion, were densely packed on the sea.

The Immortal Legion has come out in full force; this time, they no longer need to hide their strength, but are instead showing off their power in a thorough and complete manner.

Looking at the astonishing military force before them, the three leaders of Silvermoon City on the coast couldn't help but sigh, especially Lor'themar. If he had known the enemy had such a large force, he would never have sent the Blood Elf fleet out to hunt them down. In particular, the enormous hydra in the distance, with its body hundreds of meters long, made him dizzy. This must be the legendary hydra demigod.

While such a force might not seem particularly strong to Blood Elf, Lor'themar was confident he could easily defeat this enemy in a land battle (without the help of adventurers). However, at sea, the situation would be entirely different.

The Blood Elf navy was truly no match for the massive army before them.

He looked toward the center of the elemental army, where several Blood Elf warships were sailing, filled with Blood Elf prisoners who would be returned to Silvermoon City that day.

"The time has come, let's begin." Lor'themar nodded to one of the Blood Knights beside him, who responded with a "yes," and then immediately led a few people onto a small boat, heading towards the elemental army opposite.

Soon, the small boat passed through the Elemental Legion's encirclement and arrived at the Blood Elf warships. The weapons on these warships had been removed, leaving only the basic navigation system, which was operated by some murloc sailors and would be returned to Silvermoon City.

The Blood Knights led his men to take inventory of the Blood Elf prisoners, especially finding Liadrin imprisoned in the anti-magic cage. After confirming that she was indeed in the correct position, the Blood Knights sent out a magical signal.

Seeing the red orbs of light rising again from the Blood Elf warship in the distance, Lor'themar knew everything was alright.

"You can set off now. Take care," Lor'themar said to Leah Bloodmoon.

Leah Bloodmoon bid farewell to her fellow Blood Elf on the shore before boarding a second ship. This ship carried five legendary items and a bottle of Sunwell water as the exchange. The small boat slowly sailed out to sea, escorted by a group of Water Elemental. At the same time, several Blood Elf warships filled with prisoners were also heading towards the shore.

The small boat and the warship quickly drew near. Leah Bloodmoon spotted Liadrin standing on the ship's railing. She waved to Liadrin nodded back with a complex expression. Then, they passed each other and disappeared from sight. Leah Bloodmoon sighed, looking ahead. It seemed she would have to readjust to her BOSS identity again.

After confirming that the items on the ship were correct, the elemental army began to retreat.

One day later -- Lost Island -- Yarvis City -- Water Elemental Temple:

The temple was heavily guarded by the Immortals. Inside, Xiao Yu and several core members of the studio were gathered together. Azathoth looked at the Seed of Elements in his hand, feeling extremely excited.

(Finally! The last Seed of Elements is finally mine! Now, I can finally become Chaos Elemental and wreak havoc on the world.)

He still remembered the Unstable Chaos Elemental he had seen in the Tower of Amalarui. Although it only existed for a few minutes and did not use any skills, its Chaos Elemental power still left a very deep impression on him.

(And now, this power will be at my disposal!) Xiao Yu thought.

Leah Bloodmoon stood to the side, equally excited. The birth of the Chaos Elemental was something that aroused great curiosity. As a student of Amalarui and a High Elementalist, she had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Now, I begin! From this day forward, the power of chaos will be at my command, and I will use it to change everything!"

While reciting some cringeworthy lines, Xiao Yu inserted the Seed of Elements into his body and began to absorb it.

Then suddenly, he felt something was wrong; that power seemed to be repelling the energy within his body.

System prompt: Absorb Seed of Elements? Yes/No.

Xiao Yu naturally chose yes.

System prompt: Please select the elemental power you wish to generate.

1. Choosing Wind greatly enhances the wind elemental power within you, and you will mutate into the Calamity Elemental. The given image is a strange elemental creature with crackling lightning on its body, constantly changing shape, seemingly transforming into some kind of energy body.

2. Choosing fire greatly enhances the fire elemental power within you, and you will mutate into Fission Elemental. The image of this Fission Elemental is a strange elemental creature whose body constantly shifts between flames and water, looking somewhat like a giant, ever-changing sphere of light, with faint Lightning Pulse within.

3. Choosing water greatly enhances the water elemental power within you, and your rank is raised to level 4 (Skull).

4. If you choose Earth, Earth elemental power will be generated within your body. You will mutate into?????? (Because the elemental power within your body is already in an extremely unstable state, the result of absorbing Seed of Elements and generating new elemental power will be unpredictable). The given image is a black shadow-like thing, and its specific appearance is completely unclear.

Wait, something's not right! Xiao Yu thought to himself, "In the past, absorbing the Seed of Elements always produced a result, so why is the fourth one showing a string of '???'?"

And what does "unpredictable" mean? Judging from this annotation, it doesn't seem like a good sign.

He then looked at the other three options. Without a doubt, the Calamity Elemental and the Fission Elemental were both very powerful elemental creatures. If he mutated into one of these two elements, his strength would undoubtedly be greatly enhanced. However, in that case, he would be unable to obtain the title of Elemental King from the Throne of the Elements. After all, without the power of the four elements, he could not activate the Throne of the Elements. If that happened, once the Elemental Will and its ilk learned the secret of the Throne of the Elements, the title of Elemental King would probably be theirs.

Of course, he could fight them for the title of Elemental King, and maybe he would have a slight chance, but Xiao Yu didn't hold out much hope for it.

Or perhaps he chooses earth energy, taking a gamble. If he succeeds and becomes Chaos Elemental, it will all be worth it. But what if he fails? Will he self-destruct? That's unlikely, but he might turn into some strange and unusual thing.

As for upgrading to the Four Skulls level, Xiao Yu wouldn't even consider it.

Damn it, this is so frustrating!

"Hey, why aren't you choosing?" Leah Bloodmoon asked curiously from the side.

Since two people can think of different things, Xiao Yu explained the four options he had and their corresponding results.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "The fourth option is a series of question marks, and the result is unpredictable, so I need to ask you something. As a student of Amalarui, you should have some experience in this area, right? What do you think is the probability that if I generate earth elemental energy, it will mutate into Chaos Elemental?"

Leah Bloodmoon pondered for a moment, "I'm afraid it's no more than 50%, because the necessary condition for becoming Chaos Elemental is that the proportions of the four elements must be roughly equal, reaching a state of balance. However, the water element energy within you is clearly the strongest, followed by the fire element, and the wind element is the weakest. If the earth element were to be generated, it would be very weak since it has just been generated. In this way, the four energies cannot achieve balance, and whether they can fuse into Chaos Elemental is anyone's guess."

Xiao Yu thought for a moment.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "What will happen if we fail?"

Leah Bloodmoon (High Elementalist): "I guess it will probably become an elemental hybrid, like what Alamarui became back then."

Xiao Yu did remember the thing that Amalarui transformed into, which could use four abilities at the same time: wind, fire, water, and earth. It seemed pretty powerful. Well, let's take a gamble. Even if we fail, it won't be too bad.

With that in mind, he directly chose to generate earth element.