Thunder rumbled and flames flared.
At this moment, the top of the forest was in complete chaos.
Crisscrossing flames and lightning bolts rose and fell one after another. Two enormous figures entangled and fought each other.
In this chaotic battle, half of the forest had been completely razed to the ground. But both sides had no intention of stopping. The raging lightning, spewing flames, and violent collisions formed a new theme.
"This damned thing … This is simply preposterous!!"
The Battle Mage was about to go crazy. Logically speaking, he was indeed much stronger than Elise and Sophia. But it was a pity that there were three aspects that affected his performance. First, he elementalized himself. This might be an effective way to deal with humans, but Sophia was a dragon, a Crimson Dragon, and an ancient Crimson Dragon at that … The kind of existence that wouldn't even be afraid of rolling in magma. It just so happened that the Battle Mage's lightning attribute was similar to flames, which made the thunderbolts that he poured down ineffective against Sophia.
Secondly, after he turned himself into a storm, he helped Elyse. If Elyse had to worry that her demonic flames would be dodged by the other party before, now she could release her negative energy flames to her heart's content under Sophia's cover. Anyway, the Storm Giant was so big that it could be as big as it wanted. Although Elyse's strength was still too weak to control the negative energy flames to deal enough damage to the other party, it was still very annoying to be stung by bees all the time.
Not to mention, it was even more depressing to have someone stop you when you wanted to hit the bees.
As for the third point …
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Thunderbolts poured down from the clouds like a torrential rain, striking the Crimson Dragon's massive body and causing Sophia to sink. But this seemed to infuriate her. She bellowed, spread her wings, and leaped into the Storm Giant's arms fearlessly.
Even though the violent storm tore her scales and electric currents flashed along the Crimson Dragon's body, causing a series of explosions, Sophia remained unfazed. She bit down on the Storm Giant's chest and pulled down forcefully. Shortly after, along with a dazzling radiance and furious roar, a huge hole opened up in the Storm Giant's chest. The Storm Giant bellowed, raised his right hand, and punched the Crimson Dragon, sending her flying. But at the next moment, the Crimson Dragon climbed up as though she had gone mad and charged at the Storm Giant without hesitation.
This Crimson Dragon is simply a lunatic!
At this moment, the Storm Giant Battle Mage was in agony. Logically speaking, the battles of dragons were usually elegant and terrifying. But this Crimson Dragon was different. She was like a lunatic who didn't care if she was injured or not. She didn't care about the difference in strength between the two sides. She was like a rabid dog who would bite off a piece of flesh even if it meant death.
He had originally hoped to use the Storm Giant Transformation to increase the distance between them and then leisurely deal with these two enemies.
But now, the Storm Giant Battle Mage didn't expect the Crimson Dragon to become his Achilles' heel. The Crimson Dragon refused to let him leave like a rabid dog biting a person and wouldn't let go no matter how the person hit and scolded it.
Unless the dog was killed. But the problem was that this was a Crimson Dragon!
The poor Battle Mage had lived for so many years and had never seen such a crazy and shameless way of fighting. He didn't have a good way to deal with the Crimson Dragon. Not to mention, Elyse gave him a sudden Negative Energy Blast. This made him extremely uncomfortable. He thought that after transforming into the Storm Giant Battle Mage, it would only be a matter of minutes to deal with these two. He didn't expect it to become so troublesome!
In fact, he wasn't the only one who didn't expect this. Even Zayen was slightly surprised. To be honest, he didn't expect Sophina to fight so wildly. He didn't know if Sophina could see his attributes, but Zayen could see that the Red Dragon Princess's HP was dropping. It had slipped from the initially healthy green to the edge of yellow, and the next step would be the red with low HP!
On the contrary, Zayen was surprised to find that Sophina's attack power had increased from the original 3-star to 4-star. Although it was only temporary, the increase was enough to shock him.
This barbarian-like explosive ability really surprised Zayen. He remembered that there was no description of this in Sophina's attributes, so what was going on?
But no matter what, he could not let Sophina continue. This kind of mutually destructive fighting style was not something that Zayen appreciated. He preferred extreme asymmetries. Weakening the opponent's strength through intrigue and trickery, then crushing them was the way to go.
It wasn't Rhode's style to charge forward and fight to the death like Sophia. Moreover, he didn't have the Soul Corridor to revive combat units. That was something that could only be obtained when the Dungeon reached Level 7.
If Sophina perished here, Jenn would suffer a huge loss.
But it's about time.
Jenn frowned and scanned the surroundings. The Battle Magician's windstorm was powerful, but it would attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.
It was about time, and if he delayed any longer, there would be unforeseen changes. Jenn didn't hesitate any longer. He raised his staff and aimed at the Storm Giant.
At the same time, he gave a series of commands to Sophina.
"Roar!!"
The Crimson Dragon stumbled and fell to the ground. Her wings were riddled with holes, but even so, Sophia still glared at the Storm Giant with bloodshot eyes.
Gazing at the Red Dragon's expression, the Storm Giant sucked in a deep breath of cold air. It wasn't that he hadn't seen dragons before, but he had never seen such a crazy, reckless Red Dragon. So much so that the Battle Mage began to wonder if he had unintentionally offended the dragons, which was why they came knocking on his door.
But in all honesty, he had never had any deep dealings with the Dragon race. It was even more ridiculous to say that he had killed his parents.
While the Storm Giant was deep in thought, he saw Sophia pouncing on him again. He hurriedly raised his arms to defend himself, but this time, Sophia didn't pounce on him and bite him like before. Instead, she let out a furious roar and spat out a dragon's breath, blocking his vision. Then, Sophia abruptly rolled over and her huge dragon body reverted to her petite human form. She flew backward and landed in the forest not far away.
The instant she landed, the Teleport Portal in Elyse's hand took shape. In a flash of radiance, both of them vanished.
"You bast * rds!"
The Storm Giant, who was obstructed by the dragon breath, naturally sensed the spatial ripples in the area. It roared furiously and abruptly lifted its body into the air, looking around furiously.
At that moment, the Storm Giant was beyond furious. He didn't expect to be fooled by two youngsters. He had made up his mind to capture the two little brats and teach them a lesson!
That was the last thought in his mind.
The pitch-black ray of light silently pierced the Storm Giant's heart. He widened his eyes in astonishment and looked down, only to discover a mage shrouded in a black robe and wearing a silver mask standing on a nearby hill. The mage was holding a pitch-black, disintegrated, spinning object that resembled a magic cannon, aiming straight at the Storm Giant.
The pitch-black light beam mercilessly shot out from within, piercing through his body.
"T-This is …"
This was the first time the Storm Giant felt fear. He raised his arms and was about to do something. But at that moment, the sinister power of darkness had erupted entirely. The distorted darkness tore apart the body made of clouds and mist instantly. Then, the black light lines waved like tentacles and entangled the massive body, devouring the power within like venomous snakes.
The clouds and mist stirred constantly as though a prey that was entangled by a python was trying to break free. However, the black tentacles tightened and the Storm Giant was pressed into a ball, unable to move at all.
At the next moment, the raging power of darkness erupted entirely, enfolding the Storm Giant entirely.
"No — — —!"
A shrill, blood-curdling scream pierced the clouds. At the next moment, a furious thunderbolt descended from above, enfolding the entire world in a pure, white radiance.
When the radiance vanished, the Storm Giant was nowhere to be seen. Only the remaining spots of magical radiance drifted in the air.
The clouds and mist shattered as though the entire sky had fallen.
"He actually escaped … It seems like Elise and the others didn't do enough."
Zayen narrowed his eyes and stared at the streaks of lightning in the sky. He snorted and flipped his right hand. The next moment, the gunshots that were originally scattered and floating in the air converged again into an ordinary black cane that looked pitch-black and did not attract the slightest attention.
But even though his tone was regretful, the corners of Jenn's mouth revealed a mysterious, sneer.
"The Mage Association is in for a good show …"