Chapter 623 - 568: Sword and Dragon (1/2)
”This is going nowhere, Zodiak.”
Sol'khin swung Anduril at Zodiak, sending him flying for the nth time but the latter would just charge again, regardless of the injuries he suffered. It was a one-sided beating, no matter how much Zodiak strengthened himself, he wasn't able to inflict any damage to Leiu's armor.
On the other side, the undead girl finally started showing signs of weakness as Forne's destruction magic was becoming more violent. The sparks which exploded upon contact were cracking the bone longsword and slowly rendering here incapable of moving as fast as a few minutes ago.
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”Tell me again, how is this supposed to work?”
Maxine was questioning the plan told by the lightning spirit. All the contestants present on the 49th floor were holding hands in a circle with Raad in the middle.
Apparently, he'll use them as fuel and strike Sigradzomr, who was close to being freed. More than half of the moon was gone and the frightening and massive body of the Elder Dragon could be seen high up in the sky. Its sheer size brought shame even to the Titan Race of the past, who boasted of size similar to planets, though not all of them preferred being big.
The Elder Dragon had a yellow body with some parts seemingly transparent with a bit of a red shade. His eyes were not open yet but his enormous wings were twitching and affecting the prison-like moon, which caused a meteor that transformed the 49th into a chaotic place utterly void of a steady ground. The sight of this place was even worse than Hell itself, the sky was filled with falling meteors and the ground no longer existed, it was just a bottomless dark abyss.
”This is ridiculous.”
None of the contestants wanted to actually hold hands like little kids but from what Raad said, this method has a high probability of working. They just need to pour their unique magic into the spirit in their center, which will combine their energies and unleash a powerful joint attack.
Unfortunately, they neither had the time to think about it or hesitate as the dragon was almost free and wasting any more time will only complicate things. Arthur held Lucy and 'X's hands, Lucy held Losha's hand, who, in her turn, held Maxine hands, et cetera..
It was a comical thing to witness but after a few seconds, all kinds of colorful energies emanated from the 13 contestants and were sucked into a lightning vortex created by Raad. There was Dark Magic, Yin Power, Fire Magic, pure and sharp Sword Essence, Space and Time Magic, Wind, and Dark Matter… they all went through the center of the vortex, disappearing within.
After one minute passed, Raad, who had the appearance of a head made of blue lightning, merged with the vortex, which expanded in size and pushed away all the contestants, forcing their hands apart.
At the very same time, an ear-piercing reverberated across the floor, causing everyone to hold their bleeding ears and kneel down, unable to handle the pressure or the wild sound waves.
Following the loud dragon cry were unstoppable gales produced by the moving wings. They moved once yet they released wind waves that could even injure an Overgod. Fortunately, Raad was finally done, the lightning head opened its mouth and fired a multi-colored beam which became larger in size the more distance it crossed.
After it crossed half the distance, the colors separated and each took a form. There was a flame snake that spit freezing ice, a black dragon covered in Dark Magic, a spinning sword which periodically turned invisible, and an arrow covered in Raad's blue lightning. They simultaneously hit the humongous Elder Dragon, resulting in multiple loud explosions. The massive target was even pushed a little bit and the rest of the moon shattered, sending its large debris all over the place.
The lightning spirit tried to use its magic to take the others to the slightly visible portal above the dragon but the moment they got close, Sigradzomr's wings started flapping again. Wind blades that were a kilometer in length covered the sky, they were innumerable and unstoppable as they hit the thirteen contestants.
Although they did defend themselves, the wind blades were too sharp and only Ber Von Xin was able to fully block them using his sword, though he was still pushed back.
Right after doing that, the Elder Dragon spit a literal black hole which surprisingly didn't affect its surroundings and, instead, pulled the people on the 50th floor to this ravaged world.
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