The battle in Nasir city erupted swiftly, instigated by none other than the "Silver Poet."
She, the "Ice Liquor" of the Words of Tranquility, the "Spirit Essence" within the Alchemy Council, and one of the five witches, "Silver Poet," always fought using alchemical puppets, yet her real body had never been discovered.
She remained silent in the sky, simply raising her hand.
Soon, everyone saw a massive white hand materialize in the sky, resembling a mountain plummeting from the heavens, pointing directly at the army in Nasir City.
Destroying the army, cutting off their continued support, that was the "Silver Poet's" battle strategy.
A correct battle strategy indeed, but it didn't mean that the Fischer family and the forces of the Dawn Church hadn't anticipated it.
Suddenly, a dragon resembling mercury soared up from the ground!
Its body, formed from pure and flawless mercury, shimmered with a cold light under the illumination of the sun, like the brightest constellation, attracting the focus of all eyes.
Its scales shimmered with a silver gloss, both incredibly hard and seemingly containing endless flow and change.
As the Spiritual Dragon roared in a deep and prolonged tone, the surrounding air seemed to tremble; the sound was not of this world but a call from ancient times, breaking through the barriers of time to strike directly at the soul!
It was the Spiritual Dragon raised by Lilian for decades.
The little creature of those early days now possessed power almost close to a Monarch level, undoubtedly a powerful hidden force of the Fischer family!
The white giant's hand plummeting from the sky was scattered halfway, and Archibald quickly created a huge ice barrier, barely resisting the remaining force. However, the ice barrier was instantly shattered, and the residual force still fell into the army, causing numerous casualties.
Fearing the chaos among the troops would lead to a decline in their sustainability, Archibald immediately bellowed:
"Wounded, do not panic! Your injuries will soon be restored by the barrier!"
The Spiritual Dragon soared again, attempting to bite the body of the "Silver Poet," who had just survived an attack without a scratch.
Its eyes were bright, as if they could see through the essence of all things, or perhaps they were gateways to another dimension.
Its wings unfolded, capturing the trajectory of the wind, each flight accompanied by the flow and reconfiguration of mercury, as if the power of the entire universe was under its control.
As it approached, "Silver Poet" suddenly felt her spiritual power and mental power being drained away by an invisible force.
At the same time, the voice of Yeager, the leader of the Dawnbringers, unexpectedly reached several people's ears.
"You all follow my command, attack her together! We cannot let her unleash her power at will! We need to work with that dragon!"
Soon, five viscounts from East Coast Province, as well as Yeager, Moore, Theo, Ian, and Marzo from the Dawn Church—ten people in total—cooperated with the Spiritual Dragon, continuously trying to attack the "Silver Poet," who was flying back and forth in the sky.
Even a two-headed terrapin on the ground exerted its strength in the battle, firing streams of water cannons towards the sky, though its effect wasn't significant.
Both had already consumed various delicious snacks beforehand, and after being strengthened by multiple poems, their strength was significantly stronger than usual.
Under the almost indestructible Spiritual Dragon's leadership, they joined forces in full strength to attack, even suppressing the now-weakened "Silver Poet" who was forced to keep defending.
In fact, compared to those ordinary extraordinary powers, she knew deep inside that what she needed to be more cautious about was the sneak attack by the Forbidden rare artifacts.
Some Forbidden rare artifacts were so powerful that even Monarch powerful experts would fear them.
Meanwhile, "Sword of Salvation" Noah could no longer tolerate Darren's arrogance.
He lifted his hand to transform the Golden Blood into a sharp sword, creating a Golden Sword out of thin air and aiming to claim Darren's life.
Even though his power was suppressed by half by the Boundless Light Barrier, Noah, endowed with the Divine Blood "Blood of Salvation," still possessed nearly mid-level Monarch strength.
To kill such a foolish arrogant person, he felt only a casual strike was needed.
He believed that killing everyone in the entire city was merely a matter of time.
However, Felix suddenly rushed in front of his father Darren, opening a hemispherical barrier of "Counterattack Shield" with rune power, blocking and even reflecting the Golden Sword back!
A Forbidden rare artifact?
"Sword of Salvation" Noah was stunned for a moment, surprised that his attack was blocked.
Though it was just a casual strike, it had never been blocked by any lower Transmutation Level extraordinary exponents unless it was the power of a Forbidden rare artifact.
The reflective Golden Sword transformed back into blood in midair, floating and spinning in front of expressionless Noah.
Seeing that his father was unharmed, Felix immediately sighed with relief, knowing he still had two more chances today to use "Counterattack Shield."
Darren's smile, praising his son, shone through under his mask. Then, locking eyes with "Sword of Salvation" Noah in his sight, he activated another rune power: "Soul Dice"!
"King of Cyart, accept my challenge!"
A faint blue dice phantom appeared in his hand, rapidly spinning.
A powerful treasure desired by the Legend of the Apocalypse, the Forbidden rare artifact identified as number ninety-nine, the intangible Soul Dice began to roll. Your adventure continues at empire
The six faces of the Soul Dice represented six completely different "games."
"Combat Contest," "Quiz," "No Contact," "Hide and Seek," "Race," "Luck Gambling"—six types, the caster would force himself and a target in his sight to randomly start a certain game.
The winner of the game would possess strong power against the loser and their relatives and friends.
The eyes behind the Iron Mask stared at the dice phantom, murmuring to himself, "Let's see what the game is?"
Eventually, the Soul Dice showed a number 4... The content of the gamble was Hide and Seek!
Darren stretched out his hand and pointed to the other edge of the city, speaking very loudly,
"I want to play a game of hide and seek with you! Now, come and catch me! King of Cyart, if you, as 'it', can catch me within a minute, then you win!"
The true nature of the competition was proclaimed, and the wager was established!
Noah, in the sky, furrowed his brows, not knowing what the other's intent was but felt himself bound by an invisible force, similar to "The Oath."
However, his combat experience and knowledge of mysticism told him that the enemy must have profound intentions, and it was best to win the special competition set by the opponent.
He didn't hesitate to use a battle skill, diving down to strike with incredible speed, intending to capture Darren!
However, Felix immediately deployed the "Counterattack Shield" again.
The entire bell tower couldn't withstand the blow and suddenly collapsed.
Felix was sent flying, while Noah furrowed his brows in search of Darren, only to find the latter had suddenly disappeared amidst the rubble.
"What ability is that?"
Noah frowned deeply, feeling as though his opponent was like an elusive insect.
Darren, using his Specter Body, burrowed into the ground and began to move rapidly towards the distance.
And Christine, Helen, Felix, Karno, Vanessa, and Andre, along with the numerous surrounding Extraordinary Exponents, all launched attacks.
However, those attacks were an itch for the powerful Noah, posing no real threat and only causing his life force to deplete slightly, making his body feel a bit heavier.
Actually, there was another effect: the chaotic energy fluctuations completely disrupted Noah's senses, preventing his perception ability from functioning normally.
He had to concentrate his attention to pinpoint Darren's location.
But at that moment, Noah suddenly felt something unusual beneath his feet!
There was a blood-stained Gold Coin, seemingly just dropped by Darren.
Suddenly from within the blood-stained coin, an ancient specter emerged, its evil startling arms ferociously piercing through Noah's chest while uttering a frenzied and hysterical sound.
"Heh heh heh! I got him! I got him, hahahaha!"
The ancient evil spirit was known as "Time Stasis Stone."
A low-level Monarch Extraordinary Exponent hidden by the Fischer family!
Although Noah, even with suppressed power, was still stronger than him, being distracted and suddenly enduring a full-powered sneak attack significantly depleted his life force!
Amidst his shock and anger, Noah suddenly unleashed the Golden Blood of Salvation, transforming it into golden flames burning around him, quickly causing the "Time Stasis Stone" to moan as it fled.
"Ahhh! Divine Blood, this guy has Divine Blood flowing in him!"
The voice of the "Time Stasis Stone" was filled with utter terror, completely unable to confront the bloodline power restraining it!
However, Noah didn't want him to escape but instead looked coldly at quickly killing this evil spirit.
He was keenly aware that the lower Monarch level evil spirit was undoubtedly the only being on the battlefield who qualified to contend with him directly for a brief time, posing a great threat!
He suddenly reached out and grabbed the evil spirit, "Time Stasis Stone," furiously turning his Golden Blood into raging flames, incinerating its body.
The evil spirit howled incessantly.
The almost victorious Noah still looked displeased; there were still thirty seconds left, and he didn't know where the Fischer family's Darren had escaped to!
Just then, Karno, wearing single-lens glasses, cast "Weaving of Destiny", linking the fates of Noah and the "Time Stasis Stone" together, forcing both to suffer the same damage.
Noah suddenly felt an intense burning sensation, unable to hold on any longer, he had to shut down his power, and the "Time Stasis Stone," about to be burnt alive, thus escaped a dire fate.
"Just a few transmutations..."
He furiously struck back, a golden crescent blade instantly severing Karno's body.
However, within the next moment, Karno recovered to his former state.
Karno's temporary "body" was frozen at that specific time point, instantly restoring to its original state after being damaged, though it greatly drained his Spiritual Power, it helped him escape an almost certain death.
Noah was completely dumbstruck.
The Extraordinary Powers possessed by the Fischer family were simply too bizarre, utterly incomprehensible!
"Twenty seconds left!"
Just at that moment, Noah suddenly heard Darren's voice again from the other side of the city, arrogant and incredibly annoying!
Finally, he disregarded everything to rapidly fly there, but at that location, he only saw two Sound Markers. Soon, Darren's mocking voice came from the second Sound Marker.