The black sword energy struck Leo’s original position, carving a deep trench several meters long into the ground.
Naomi’s figure then descended, touching the ground briefly before leaping up again to chase Leo.
Facing Naomi’s relentless pursuit, Leo easily widened the distance with a few light jumps. He then waved his hand, sending a chain into the ground.
After repeating this several times, Leo had embedded over a dozen chains around the magma river.
After a period of intense effort, Naomi suddenly let out a painful scream and collapsed to the ground like a lifeless dog, her fate uncertain.
Seeing this, the eagle-eyed sage’s face turned grim. “Young one, do you truly wish to be my enemy, fighting to the death?”
Leo couldn’t be bothered to respond and embedded another chain.
He then soared into the air and shouted from above, “Break!”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of muffled explosions followed as the ground began to tremble and the magma started to boil.
Cracks appeared in the ground, spreading outward continuously.
As the ground collapsed, the yellow light enveloping the magma began to tremble violently and then shattered with a loud bang, scattering into nothingness.
With the Imprisoning Dragon Array broken, the Magma Giant Dragon, which had been suppressed and drained of its energy, erupted instantly.
It roared furiously and surged out of the magma.
The eagle-eyed sage’s face turned ashen with rage, wishing he could grind Leo’s bones to dust.
However, his immediate priority was to secure the portion of earth dragon chi he had collected. Without it, decades of preparation would be for naught, and he would be devastated.
With a change in his incantation, the inverted Celadon Vase flew toward the eagle-eyed sage.
The Magma Giant Dragon roared and spewed a red beam from its mouth, striking the Celadon Vase.
Crack!
The Celadon Vase was hit and fell to the side.
At that moment, a chain flew through the air, wrapped around the Celadon Vase, and pulled it into Leo’s hand.
Spurt!
As the Alchemical Vase was attacked, a trickle of blood appeared at the corner of its owner’s mouth-the eagle-eyed sage.
“Boy, return my Alchemical Vase!” the eagle-eyed sage screamed hoarsely.
Leo stowed away the Alchemical Vase and quickly fled.
“Stop!” The eagle-eyed sage was furious.
Years of planning had been ruined in an instant!
He wanted to pursue but found the Magma Giant Dragon blocking his path.
The constantly surging magma made the dragon’s body grow stronger.
With a roar, the earth dragon launched an attack on the eagle-eyed sage.
Leo descended from above and grabbed Samuel, who was pale from running. “Samuel, let’s go.”
“Leo, you finally came. A moment later and I would have only left you my last words,” Samuel sighed in relief.
“You bastards! Both of you deserve to die!”
The two Elder Protectors chasing Samuel noticed the changes in the magma and knew their Sect Master’s years of planning had been thwarted.
Knowing their Sect Master’s ruthlessness, they realized their own chances of survival were slim.
Facing certain death, their hatred for Samuel and Leo intensified.
Leo snorted coldly and summoned a purple-glowing dagger.
A flash of purple light pierced through the chests of both Elder Protectors like lightning.
Leo then took Samuel and soared into the air, retracing their steps back.
“Leo, you’re amazing. I admire you immensely,” Samuel flattered him.
“This place is about to collapse. The best strategy now is to flee,” Leo said as he waved his hand. Several chains flew into the magma river, moving upstream with a roar toward its end.
Samuel was shocked. “Leo, what are you doing?”
“Naturally, I’m giving the earth dragon a boost. Do you want the Heaven’s Origin Sect Master to leave alive and come after us?”
Soon, at the other end of the underground space, there was a loud bang. It seemed as if a restriction had been lifted, and a wave of scorching heat rushed in.
Leo and Samuel looked back from within the tunnel and were both shocked.
They saw magma surging like floodwaters from an opened gate, melting everything in its path.
At this point, all they could do was run!
When Leo and Samuel emerged from the tunnel onto the surface, they felt the entire Yellow Dragon Mountain trembling.
“The earth dragon is about to emerge. Where is Pure Ones Sect?” Samuel was terrified.
“Never mind where they are; we need to leave here first.”
The two descended from the mountain and quickly followed a small path away.
Soon they arrived at Heaven’s Origin Sect on the mountainside.
Along the way, they didn’t encounter a single Heaven’s Origin Sect disciple.
“The smell of blood is heavy here. Many people have died,” Samuel said with a sniff, his face showing concern.
They soon discovered numerous corpses strewn outside Heaven’s Origin Sect’s gate. Most were Heaven’s Origin Sect disciples; some were dressed plainly and of unknown origin.
“Let’s go inside and take a look,” Leo said as he led the way in.
Inside Heaven’s Origin Sect, corpses were everywhere, blood flowing like rivers.
Samuel examined several bodies. “I don’t know who did this. Most were killed with a single strike; the methods were extremely ruthless.”
“Those who do evil will meet their end. Let’s not worry about it; let’s go.” Leo had no sympathy for Heaven’s Origin Sect.
As they exited Heaven’s Origin Sect, they saw in the distant sky an azure light pattern manifesting out of thin air, covering an area hundreds of meters wide with shifting light and shadows.
Underneath the azure light came an earth-shaking dragon roar.
Accompanied by the roar, a Magma Giant Dragon burst out from underground.
The earth trembled violently once more as mountains shook and rocks crumbled.
“That’s… an earth dragon!” Samuel was dazzled by the sight.
“You beast! Return to your place!” A stern voice echoed as an azure beam struck the Magma Giant Dragon.
Just as it was about to break free from the ground and soar into the sky, the Magma Giant Dragon fell back to earth with a thunderous crash.
“Disciples, heed my command! Lower the Xuan Light!”
“By your command!”
A chorus of clear responses followed as beams of azure light shot into the sky, connecting with the azure pattern above and bursting into radiant brilliance.
“Suppress the earth dragon!”
With clear voices ringing out, dozens of azure beams drew down the sky pattern to cover the earth dragon’s body.
The earth dragon struggled furiously but could not break free from Pure Ones Sect’s ancient formation after losing part of its energy essence.
Slowly, despite having half its body out of the ground, it was gradually forced back underground by the azure pattern.
“Heaven and Earth boundless! By Three Pure Ones’ decree! Colored Glaze Divine Vase, collect!”
While younger disciples controlled the azure pattern, an elderly white-haired Taoist produced a white jade bottle. With a pinch of his incantation and a wave above his head, he directed it at the earth dragon, emitting strong suction power.
As it resisted the azure pattern, more of its energy essence was stripped away. The earth dragon howled in agony and struggled even more violently.
Seeing his plan succeed, the white-haired Taoist smiled with joy.
But his joy was short-lived as his expression suddenly changed.
The earth dragon’s energy essence was being drained rapidly. Its formidable presence weakened visibly until it showed signs of melting away entirely.
How could this be? Such an awe-inspiring emergence should yield more than just this little bit of earth dragon chi!