“Boom~ Boom~ Boom~”
Explosions rang out continuously.
Crimson energy and blood-red energy intertwined, and the scattered energy particles formed a blazing hurricane...
Rising high into the sky, causing immense commotion.
Dago's eyes were fixed on the two, his Detection Art constantly sweeping the battlefield, and his Meditation continuously replenishing his depleted mental energy.
The terrifying energy storm instantly cleared all traces of spells remaining on the open ground.
A fierce gale was whipped up, and everything around seemed to bow and tremble under this power...
The two were essentially evenly matched, facing each other from a distance and continuously blasting each other with minor spells.
From the sky to the ground, throughout the entire Town, the ear-splitting sound of spells colliding suddenly erupted!
Numerous houses were set ablaze and cut apart, and the entire Town became a hell of blood and fire.
However, in a place they didn't notice, the Wizard Hall's protective shield became transparent at a visible speed.
Crack~~~
The Wizard Hall's protective shield shattered.
Blood waves instantly crashed against the Wizard Hall's dome, transforming into countless blood tentacles that drilled inside.
Countless people cried in despair, wailing loudly, or even committed suicide on the spot.
Life after life perished, merging into the Blood Mother's body, becoming her sustenance.
The only two remaining airships immediately turned around and headed back to the academy upon seeing this.
And after devouring so many lives, the blood waves coiled above the Wizard Hall, forming a mountain-like mound of flesh and blood, resembling a volcano.
A throbbing heartbeat emanated from within, and at the same time, the blood-filled opening at its apex continuously sprinkled blood drops into the sky.
The entire Town was showered in blood rain, and the black-robed members of the Dark Blood Council prostrated themselves on the ground, receiving the grace of Blood Mother Esoch.
Some black-robed figures even used sharp objects to cut themselves, using their wounds to collect the blood rain.
The entire Town transformed into a blood ritual site; her presence even caused the "blood to boil" in the surrounding areas, and a certain barrier was weakening.
Dago stared blankly at the Blood Mother's descent upon the Wizard Hall, thinking to himself, "It's over, it's completely over."
Upon seeing the Blood Mother transform into a hill, Flax abandoned his battle with Dean Jodes and flew towards the blood hill.
A pure blood crystal flew directly towards his forehead, and blood clung to his body, instantly enveloping him in a cocoon of blood.
Dago was waiting for his mental energy to recover; wasn't Flax also waiting for the Blood Mother to devour the Wizard Hall?
Dean Jodes flew next to Dago, who was stepping on the Ice Crystal Raven, and the two opened their mental energy fields and protective shields, jointly resisting the erosion of the blood rain.
The sky-high blood rain dyed the entire Town red, turning it completely into a dead land.
In Dago's Detection Art's vision, they were now enveloped by countless blood energies, like a small leaf boat in a storm, swaying with the wind.
When the blood rain ceased, he felt an unprecedentedly powerful pressure, coming from where Flax had previously transformed into a blood cocoon.
"How is this possible?!"
Upon seeing Flax's current appearance, even Dago's current will couldn't help but waver.
Standing there was a Flax, approximately two meters tall, with a muscular but deformed and twisted physique, exuding a terrifying aura.
Beneath his blood-red robe, one could see constantly surging dark red blood vessels and the blurred outline of fleshy lumps; his head was covered in toad-like growths, oozing foul-smelling black blood.
Three thick tentacles grew from his spine, covered in dense barbs and blood-red eyes.
His two blood-red eyes, glowing with a red light, gazed at the two, filled with evil and madness.
"He has been corrupted by the Blood Mother and has become her loyal dog."
Dean Jodes said with a solemn expression, "He is now guarding the Blood Mother Esoch, who is in a state of slumber. Her heart is still beating, constantly eroding reality, attempting to descend in her true form."
"I will sacrifice all of you to the great Blood Mother, so you can feel the pain of your flesh and souls being slowly sucked dry by her!!"
The corrupted Flax became even more twisted and deformed under the influence of the high-pressure energy field, and a dense killing intent and powerful mental energy surged out of his body in waves, like a tide.
"Let's kill him together!"
Jodes let out an urgent growl, and the moment he spoke, fireballs had already formed around him, flying rapidly towards Flax.
Dago, meanwhile, raised his Ice Crystal Magic Wand and quickly condensed an Air Bullet, pointing it at Flax.
However, the corrupted Flax merely gave them a cold glance, and a giant python-like blood-colored tentacle whipped over with a whistle.
With almost no effort, it directly shattered Jodes's fireballs and Dago's Air Bullet.
The three terrifying blood-colored tentacles only scorched out faint wisps of white hot air, completely failing to cause any noticeable damage to him.
In addition, with a casual swipe of the three tentacles, three blood-colored giant scythes flew rapidly towards the two.
The trajectories of these blood scythes were almost imperceptible in the air, only a faint afterimage could barely be seen.
The faces of the two instantly changed drastically, and they both flew apart to dodge.
"Whoosh—"
The sound of air being torn like cloth.
The blood scythe reached Dago's mental energy field, piercing through his protective shield.
He raised the ice claw on his right hand and barely managed to shatter the remaining power of the blood scythe; the ice claw was cut open, and the skin inside was already visible.
Dago had already considered retreating after Flax's corruption; he wasn't an official student of the academy, so why should he risk his life for it?
But if he retreated, and Dean Jodes was killed, Flax would then relentlessly pursue him like a mad dog.
Now, he was in a dilemma, neither fighting nor not fighting was an option.
Dean Jodes was in the same predicament, being sent flying by the blood scythe in a disheveled state, his body askew.
The two exchanged glances, intending to work together to give the corrupted Flax a taste of their power.
The Ice Crystal Raven beneath Dago flew out with a whistle, flying directly towards the corrupted Flax.
And behind Dean Jodes, a fire ring spell seal reappeared, and a several-meter-long fire dragon, formed by condensed flame energy, flew out.
"Bang! Bang!! Bang!!!"
As the Ice Crystal Raven approached the corrupted Flax, it was struck three times by the tentacles behind him, shattering more than half of its body.
Within the corrupted Flax's red pupils, an incomparably icy core suddenly lit up!
The moment the ice core shattered, there was no expected sound of breaking, but rather a dull "crack" that cut through the air.
Blue ice crystals grew wildly along the patterns of the blood-red robe like living things, quickly covering his ugly face along his clothing.
In just three breaths, the corrupted Flax was encased in a translucent ice shell!
However, his active red eyes and the cracking ice shell all indicated to Dago that this ice would not contain his mutated body for long.
Dago exploited the corrupted Flax's mindless nature, playing a trick to deceive him.
He shouted to Dean Jodes, "Now! Kill him!"
The several-meter-long fire dragon unhesitatingly lunged directly at the frozen corrupted Flax.
Boom!!! A surging, roaring pillar of flame energy!!!
The pillar of flame energy lasted for a full minute, even the ground where the corrupted Flax was frozen shattered and melted.
When the scorching flame dragon slowly faded away.
The gusting hot wind and scorching air currents echoed through the streets.
Only a charred outline of a body, gnawed by the flames, remained in the melted crater.
Dean Jodes and Dago both let out a long sigh of relief in their hearts; this battle was won with extreme difficulty.