The sturdy altar beneath everyone's feet, constructed of deep-sea blue crystal, was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks!
The massive stone pillars supporting the dome, carved with strange dragon shapes, groaned under the weight, and loose stones rained down!
The deep-sea minerals embedded in the walls and dome, emitting a ghostly glow, burst open!
The entire space shook and twisted violently!
"Oh no! The holy site is about to collapse!" Jules's face changed drastically, and he cried out in alarm.
He instantly abandoned the idea of snatching it. Even if Grom became stronger, he was still a member of the Enlightenment Society, and would always be subordinate to those three.
"The Dragon Clan... has been alerted!" Shadow Claw's hoarse voice carried an unprecedented solemnity.
He could feel countless powerful, furious dragon mights, carrying an aura of destruction, like a dormant volcano, being completely awakened from the depths of the mountains by this collapse, about to erupt!
"Go!" Tobizam shouted, no longer caring about anything else. His body crackled with lightning, and he transformed into a bolt of lightning as he rushed out of the palace.
Grom was also jolted awake from the euphoria of the power surging into him, and his expression changed drastically.
He felt the restlessness emanating from the dragon ball in his palm, and even more so, the terrifying killing intent surging from all directions, as if it were tangible!
That was the fury of the entire Dragon Clan's sacred land!
"Retreat! Retreat immediately!" he roared, instinctively channeling the immense power he had just gained, which he hadn't yet digested, into his legs, increasing his speed dramatically, and becoming the first to rush towards the collapsing palace gate.
Four legendary sages, who had just turned against each other over a priceless treasure, are now forced to become companions on the run for their lives once again in the face of annihilation.
Grom and his three companions emerged from the crumbling, strange palace like four disheveled streaks of light.
What came head-on was the terrifying pressure carrying hundreds of millions of tons of seawater and the bombardment of collapsing rocks.
The collapse of the altar and the breaking of the stone pillars triggered a chain reaction that turned the entire underwater sanctuary into a raging meat grinder.
Seawater surged back into the waterless space of the palace, which was no longer sustained by the power of the Dragon Balls, creating terrifying eddies and shockwaves.
"Contact the puppeteer! Quickly!"
Jules roared in the mental link, his speed greatly reduced by the deep-sea turbulence, barely avoiding a falling boulder.
Shadowclaw's Shadow Veil teetered precariously in the chaotic environment, and Toby Zan desperately mobilized his lightning power.
They tried to tear a sliver of stability through the raging water pressure and turbulent energy currents around them, maintaining the fragile protection of the four.
Tobizan's mental fluctuations surged violently, attempting to penetrate the chaotic seawater and spatial turbulence to send an urgent coordinate and teleportation request to the puppeteer thousands of miles away.
They all knew this was their only way to survive!
However, just as Tobyzan's mental energy detected the puppeteer's response, before even a tiny ripple in space could spread—
boom!
An indescribable, terrifying will, like an ancient behemoth that had slumbered for billions of years, suddenly awakened and instantly enveloped the entire sea area!
That was not just physical pressure, but absolute suppression from the level of rules!
The surging seawater seemed to solidify into trillions of tons of crystal, the raging torrents subsided instantly, and even the collapsing boulders were eerily suspended halfway.
Time, space, magic... everything was forcibly frozen and controlled by an unparalleled power!
Grom and the other three felt their bodies suddenly stiffen, like amber insects thrown into an icy abyss, their thoughts almost coming to a standstill.
The surging magical power within him vanished instantly, like a spark extinguished.
The shadowy veil of Shadow Claw shattered silently, the arcs of electricity leaping from Tobyzan's fingertips were extinguished, and Jules's high-speed movement was abruptly pinned to the spot.
Even as Grom put the Holy Dragon Heart into his spatial ring, its violent power, which was still surging and boiling, was forcibly suppressed by this will, becoming obscure and unclear.
This feeling... is so similar to the oppressive aura they felt when they were recruited into the Enlightenment Society after they roamed all over the mainland and faced the arrival of the Holy Son of the Abyss Church!
No, it's even purer, more savage, and more ancient!
This is... an epic!
"Damn it!" Grom's pupils shrank sharply as the descriptions of the dragon race's top combat power in his inherited memories exploded.
He struggled to turn his eyes toward the source of the tremor.
Opposite the collapsed palace complex, in that dark place shrouded in chaotic energy and smoke.
A massive, unimaginably large shadow slowly emerged from the chaos.
Their scales are not the gold, silver, red, blue, black and green of ordinary dragons, but a deep bronze color that seems to have carried endless years and accumulated billions of starlight.
It is naturally engraved with mysterious and complex runes, as if they connect to the origin of the world.
The mere manifestation of the outline caused the dual pressure originating from bloodline and status to surge once again, making the souls of Grom and the other three tremble and almost kneel down.
Those enormous vertical pupils, like two golden suns burning in the deep sea, pierced through all chaos.
Cold and imposing, it contained a furious rage that could destroy everything, and it locked onto the four tiny figures who had just stolen the dragon's treasure!
"roar--!!!"
A silent roar of the soul exploded directly in the deepest part of the four people's consciousness—
Desecrating the sacred ground and stealing the holy heart, die!
At the same time, the surrounding sea began to churn as if boiling!
A massive shadow burst forth from the darkness from all directions, its enormous dragon body stirring up destructive undercurrents.
The frost dragon breathed out a chilling breath that froze souls, the red dragon was surrounded by molten lava that could incinerate everything, and the blue dragon rode on lightning that tore through space...
Dozens! Hundreds!
They're all pureblood dragons!
Each of them exuded an aura that stood firmly above the legendary level. Like the most loyal royal guards, they responded to the wrath of the ancient being deep within the holy land, completely sealing off this sea area!
The icy dragon eyes, filled with absolute killing intent, focused on the four tiny figures trapped in the solidified "crystal".
The reason why the Holy Dragon Continent is called the Holy Dragon Continent is now fully revealed!
The epic dragon's vertical pupils, like burning golden suns, locked onto Grom and his companions, its destructive will materializing.
Its massive head tilted back slightly, and the runes flowing on its bronze scales suddenly lit up.
The giant mouth opened, and the light brewing in its throat was not the elemental color of ordinary dragon breath, but a primordial darkness that seemed capable of annihilating existence!
The deep sea was forcibly pushed aside by this force, forming a huge vacuum vortex, aimed directly at the four tiny figures who were trapped in space and unable to move!
Before Grom and his companions could even despair, their minds were completely frozen by the impending destructive power.
Toby Zan's mental link was frantically warning the puppeteers, but it was too late to help them in time. The ripples in the spatial passage had barely begun to spread, far from enough to complete the teleportation before they were reduced to dust.
At this critical moment!
Buzz—!
A pure golden light, more intense than the core of the sun, burst forth from Grom's spatial ring without warning!
This light was not Grom's power, but the Dragon Ball he had just forcibly taken—the "Heart of the Holy Dragon"!
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