Disaster Movie Montage
(It seems Ragnaros is doomed. I never expected Azathoth to be so powerful; even Ragnaros is no match for him.) The other three Elemental Kings secretly rejoiced that they hadn't intervened earlier, and they all thought the same thing.
The battlefield before them gave them a direct understanding of Azathoth's strength. In terms of power level alone, Azathoth's strength was not very high, perhaps barely reaching Al'Akir's level, or even weaker. At least he had not mastered the skill of freely using elemental power. However, the ability to change the type of power allowed him to deal with pseudo-kings of a single elemental attribute with ease, easily suppressing enemies of the same or even higher level than himself.
Judging from the current situation, Ragnaros is really in trouble.
Saizel (Lord of Still Waters): "Congratulations, Your Neptulon. It seems your nemesis Ragnaros is about to be defeated."
Neptulon (Tidehunter): "Ragnaros won't fail so easily. He still has a lot of power he hasn't shown yet. Besides, although I don't like Ragnaros, it doesn't mean I'll let a junior become the Elemental King and stand above me."
Saizel (Lord of Still Waters): "What do you mean?"
Neptulon (Tidehunter): "Prepare the army, we are about to attack the Throne of the Elements."
Saizel (Lord of Still Waters): "Should we attack alone? Should we contact the Stone Mother and the Wind Rider's forces?"
Neptulon (Tidehunter): "No need. They're not stupid. They know when to conserve their strength and when to go all out. If I'm not mistaken, they're already preparing to make their move."
Just as Azathoth was leading the adventurers in battle against the Elemental Lords, a green dragon suddenly flew over, carrying a person—one of Mephist's dragon knights.
"Lord Azathoth, General Mephist has instructed me to inform you that Neptulon's army is stirring, Therazane's earth elemental army has begun its advance. Al'Akir is facing a storm. If the three elemental pseudo-kings attack together, they won't be able to hold out for long."
"What!" Xiao Yu hurriedly abandoned the two Elemental Lords in front of him and flew into the sky, looking down at the area around the Throne of the Elements. Sure enough, the other three elemental armies had also begun their attack, and it looked like they were about to engage in battle with the defenders of the defensive perimeter.
(Hmph, so they couldn't resist after all?) Xiao Yu glanced at the time; there was still an hour and a half left in the 24-hour period. If they continued to hold out, at the current rate of attrition, even if his troops were wiped out, they wouldn't last until then. Therefore—
Xiao Yu thought to himself, "So it's finally going to be a group fight after all? No problem, I'll play along."
Azathoth (Source of Chaos): "Tell General Mephist to withdraw the troops from the Throne of the Elements, let a few of them in. You just need to hold off the main army behind them. I'll personally deal with those few Elemental False Kings!"
Faced with the four menacing Elemental Pseudo-Kings, Azathoth's army wisely stepped aside, allowing a few of them to lead their core forces through the defensive perimeter. However, this blocked the main force behind them, instantly plunging all three lines of defense of the Throne of the Elements into a chaotic melee. Not only were Xiao Yu's troops, the first Throne of the Elements, engaged in battle with the elemental armies of the four Elemental Pseudo-Kings, but the elemental armies of the four Elemental Pseudo-Kings were also attacking each other. In addition, Xiao Yu also had four elemental creatures with Elemental Will under his command, as well as his own Water Elemental army, making the scene a complete mess.
Xiao Yu flew over the battlefield of Ragnaros once again. Ragnaros's health had been reduced by a third, but at this moment, he also entered an Enrage state, smashing his massive Sulfuron Warhammer one blow after another, clearly resentful that he could not go to the Throne of the Elements.
Azathoth (Source of Chaos): "Adventurers, your quest is complete. Make way, for I await his arrival at the Throne of the Elements."
The adventurers weren't so obedient. With victory seemingly within reach, how could they give up so easily? So they buried their heads in their weapons and continued fighting.
However, the other two Elemental Lords soon arrived and joined Ragnaros. The adventurers were immediately overwhelmed by the triple fire AOE damage, suffering heavy casualties and scattering in all directions.
With less than an hour left before the deadline, all the Elemental Lords were fighting desperately.
Ragnaros, Neptulon, Therazane rushed to the Throne of the Elements with only a small number of troops, surrounding it and eyeing the Scepter of Elemental Domination within the Throne of the Elements with greedy gazes.
The four elemental pseudo-kings faced each other, none daring to be the first to attack, and none willing to retreat even a fraction; the entire scene seemed to stand still.
Suddenly, a dark shadow descended from the sky. It was Azathoth in disguise, the Chaos Dragon, who appeared before Ragnaros and breathed a blast of dragon breath into his face.
Ragnaros (Firelord): "Damn it, get out of my way!" He unleashed a Lava Burst, a fireball the size of a locomotive, hurtling towards Azathoth. At such close range, there was no way to dodge, but Xiao Yu didn't need to. He simply transformed into human form, and the fireball flew over his head, striking Neptulon on the opposite side.
Neptulon, naturally unwilling to be outdone, was already a mortal enemy of Ragnaros. How could he tolerate being beaten up like this? Regardless of whether it was intentional or not, he unleashed a Tidal Shock that drenched Ragnaros, causing the flames on his body to tear and emit puffs of white smoke as they were drenched by the seawater.
Ragnaros was furious and, ignoring Azathoth who had flown off to who-knows-where, activated his Flame Barrier and immediately began unleashing Meteor Storm.
Both the Flame Barrier and Meteor Storm Sculpture are area-of-effect (AOE) skills, and when they are released, they attack the entire screen. As a result, Therazane and Al'Akir were naturally affected as well. Al'Akir was sent flying into the sky and hid above the Meteor Storm.
Therazane, having nowhere to hide, simply joined the fray. Neptulon was clearly no match for Ragnaros in a one-on-one fight, but at that moment Therazane the Stonemother also rushed over, and the two of them began to gang up on Ragnaros with perfect coordination.
The three elemental pseudo-kings were locked in a fierce battle, exchanging blows.
Haha, this is the rhythm! Azathoth, floating in mid-air, felt a surge of smugness. With your hostile relationship, let's see how you fight me.
Azathoth, who was flying in the air, couldn't help but sigh again. He still couldn't hold on until the end. Although he knew that the four elemental pseudo-kings couldn't stay out of it, he was still a little unhappy to see them finally arrive at the Throne of the Elements. But it was okay, the three elemental pseudo-kings were still evenly matched for the time being. He just needed to find an opportunity to send them on their way.
Suddenly, a whooshing sound of wind and thunder came from the opposite side. Looking up at the sky, they saw Al'Akir fly into the air from the ground. The two of them tacitly refrained from attacking each other, and instead simultaneously unleashed various AOE skills towards the Throne of the Elements.
Al'Akir unleashed a barrage of powerful attacks from the sky, including Thunderous Force Lightning Storm, World-Ending Thunder Strike.
Azathoth also used a variety of attacks in turn, including Blizzard, Meteor Storm, and Netherstorm.
The two added fuel to the fire in mid-air, blasting several elemental pseudo-kings who were engaged in a melee into a sorry state. Their henchmen had long since died in the chaos. The Therazane the Stonemother was blasted black and had to temporarily withdraw from the battle. When she looked up at the sky, she was furious and immediately cast a Gravity Barrier, dragging Al'Akir down from the sky. Although Al'Akir barely managed to stay afloat thanks to the effect of the Wind Control Barrier, he couldn't fly very high anymore.
Azathoth was almost pulled down as well, but having learned from his previous experience, he immediately transformed back into human form before landing. Since his body was not as heavy, he continued to fly in the air.
Al'Akir was floating dozens of meters in the air and was about to retreat when he was blasted down by Ragnaros and Neptulon attacks. He was then brutally beaten to the ground. Al'Akir was fearless in the air, but once he landed, his true form was revealed. The weakest elemental pseudo-king was no joke; he was completely powerless to resist.
Fortunately, Ragnaros, Neptulon, Therazane were not of one mind, and they started attacking each other as they fought.
In the end, the four elemental pseudo-kings simply unleashed an area-of-effect attack together, since all but themselves would be hit anyway.
The area around the Throne of the Elements was instantly engulfed in thunder and lightning, torrential rain of fire, howling winds, heavy snow, and the earth raging, causing mountains to collapse—it was as if dozens of Hollywood disaster movies had been montaged together in a five-minute video.
Azathoth, who was in the air, was also slightly affected, but he immediately activated his fourth form— the Raven of Chaos form!
After reaching level 60, Xiao Yu gained the ability to create a fourth form. After much deliberation, inspired by Medivh, he ultimately chose Raven as his final form.
Because his mobile combat form is the Chaos Dragon, his stationary combat form is the Chaos Old God, and he usually appears in the Source of Chaos form, he already has enough forms for combat. What he lacks is a form that allows him to act discreetly, so the Raven of Chaos was born.
Because crows are small creatures, although their health and combat abilities are greatly limited after transforming into this form, their agility makes them very inconspicuous in such a large-scale battle. Moreover, their small size and enormous energy allow them to be almost unaffected by Gravity Barrier, making it easy for them to observe the battle from the air.
PS: I'll be updating three times a week starting tomorrow.