The Northern Duke could never have imagined that the young man named Leilin, whom he had once met briefly and even held in high regard, would actually be a member of a foreign race!
Moreover, the black Fire Feather Technique that Leilin had unleashed gave him an overwhelmingly terrifying feeling. If not for the dignity of a soldier and the will of a powerhouse sustaining him, he would have already been thinking of fleeing.
What was more, Leilin had actually fought against his most respected Supreme Leader without falling behind — and even seemed to hold a slight advantage?
"By the Mother Phoenix! Am I dreaming? Please let me wake up soon!"
Though the Northern Duke's willpower was extraordinarily strong, even he couldn't help but feel a few threads of absurdity rising from the depths of his heart.
"Phoenix Egg!!!"
And just at that moment, two more powerful auras arrived at the scene. Jessia looked at the enormous red egg at the center of the battlefield, his face covered in undisguised greed.
Archibald's condition was even worse — after all, this was the pinnacle of all fire-type creatures!
"This is mine! The Phoenix can only appear in our Fire Worship Empire!"
Archibald roared, the entire earth trembling beneath him as he charged forward, his massive hand reaching directly for the crimson egg.
Whoosh! Faster than him was Jessia, who had transformed into a bolt of black lightning, hurtling toward the Phoenix Egg.
"So this is the true form of the Fire Source Stone! The Fire Phoenix Egg can only belong to me! With it, I can even advance to the sixth rank..."
"Get lost!"
A wall of black fire appeared before Jessia, the scorching heat forcing him to stop involuntarily.
"It's you! Warlock Leilin! A fourth-rank Morning Star dares to stand in my way? Are you not afraid that I'll annihilate your Ouroboros Circle? Hand over the Fire Phoenix Egg immediately, and I guarantee your Ouroboros Circle will receive a generous reward!"
Jessia's expression turned ferocious.
But what answered him was an overwhelming tide of fire.
"Evil Phoenix Takes Flight!"
An enormous black fire-phantom phoenix sent Jessia flying far away. The black flames constantly devoured the radiating energy emanating from his body, inflicting even more severe secondary damage.
"Hmph! A heavily injured clone dares speak to me like this? Is something wrong with your head?"
Leilin snorted coldly. Seeing Red Pupil also entangled with Archibald, he turned his gaze behind him.
Because of his protection, the ripples from the earlier battle hadn't spread to that side, and Gilbert and Emma's preparations hadn't been interrupted.
A luminous gate radiating starlight had already materialized.
"There's no time! We must end this quickly!"
The black flames on Leilin's body gradually weakened, replaced by four terrifying crimson halos.
The energy halos representing his innate spells flickered one after another before merging together, forming a terrifying spell — Morning Star Killer Move: Comorin Serpent Transformation!!!
BOOM!!!
An ancient fierce beast tens of thousands of meters long materialized throughout the city of Transas. Its massive body crashed down and instantly destroyed a vast number of buildings. After this, even if Red Pupil could remain in office, they would surely have to relocate the capital.
"Hsss... hisss..." the Comorin Giant Serpent hissed, its terrifying majesty radiating from its body. Even ordinary Morning Star powerhouses couldn't help but tremble inwardly.
This was the primal fear shared by all lower creatures when facing an apex predator at the top of the food chain!
Compared to his previous transformation, the Comorin Giant Serpent that Leilin assumed after reaching the peak of Morning Star was vastly different from before.
Not only was its body significantly larger than the previous giant serpent, but crimson streaks now traced across its scales. Shadow and fire energy particles swirled around its body, even coalescing into massive banks of mist.
"A Comorin Giant Serpent of this size..." Even Gilbert and Emma, who were themselves Morning Star Comorin Giant Serpent warlocks, were startled by Leilin's Morning Star Killer Move.
"How can this kid's body be so enormous? It's almost three times the size of my transformation..."
Gilbert stared at Leilin's nearly hundred-thousand-meter form, his face filled with shock and unconcealed envy. Clearly, even among the true ancient Comorin Giant Serpent tribes, Leilin would absolutely be considered a king.
"Perhaps... Leilin can be called the strongest Comorin warlock in all of history!" Emma sighed from the other side.
"Eyes of the Comorin!"
Two pairs of amber vertical pupils, gleaming like twin stars, locked onto the hurtling Jessia.
"Not good!" Before Jessia could even react, the magical artifacts on his body detonated in succession. A layer of petrified skin began spreading from his face, and his movements came to a sudden halt.
A petrification spell cast by an ancient Comorin Giant Serpent — even a Radiant Moon Wizard would be affected!
BOOM! The Comorin Giant Serpent whipped its tail, striking the petrified Jessia. The ground trembled violently, houses collapsed in large numbers, and spiderweb-like cracks spread outward.
CRACK! Jessia's entire statue shattered into a cloud of dust, and a bottomless pit appeared in the ground.
Before the enhanced Comorin Giant Serpent, the clone of a fifth-rank Radiant Moon Wizard — fallen!