Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 998: Seed Of Destruction (2)

[Joey's chest exuded an astonishing heat. Threads of flame could be seen coming out of the wound on his chest. If Joey's chest was cut open, his heart would shine like a light bulb. A ball of scarlet flame rose from the depths of this organ, illuminating every single tiny blood vessel. The flames gradually brightened and began to spread along the blood vessels to other corners of Joey's body.

At this time, every blood vessel in Joey's body was a natural bridge for the violent flame that surged out of his heart. The world in Joey's eyes shone brightly. In the end, he couldn't see anything but a fiery red.

Then the world suddenly darkened.

He let out a miserable scream and spat out a large amount of scarlet flames from his eyes and mouth at the same time. Inside the flames, there were also internal organs fragments inside his body. The old man's inner armor turned red and melted, and his outer robe caught fire. The exposed skin continued to peel off, revealing the muscles inside, but there was no blood. Only strands of heavenly fire sprayed out. At this moment, Joey was like a torch that was lit. The seed of destruction catalyzed by Sargeras had already sprouted and expanded. Skyfire destroyed every inch of Joey's body from the inside out!

As Allen had said, once the seed began to sprout, it would bring about irreversible destruction.

After a shrill cry, Joey rushed towards Alan. He could no longer see it, so he could only rely on his senses to lock onto Alan's position. Joey already knew that his body was like a gunpowder vault, and Alan's Heavenly Flame lit up all the gunpowder inside. He was destroyed, only wanting to pull Ellen on the back before he died.

Alan's expression was calm. When Red King lifted it, there were still dozens of meters between him and Joey. But when the saber landed, Alan had already appeared behind Joey. There was a faint red line at the edge of the knife. The other end of the red line brushed past Joey's waist. At this time, a few drops of blood rolled down from the saber, but they were still in mid-air, and then they evaporated into thin air.

Joey still took a few steps forward, and the red line on his waist gradually widened. The old man's body shook. His upper body fell, but his lower body was still standing on the ground. Only then did he spit out a flame from his broken waist. Only at this moment did a thunderous rumble resound in the dueling arena, and waves of energy overflowed in all directions!

It's over!

This was probably the same thought that floated in everyone's hearts. Joey had already fallen into the sea of fire, and his projection had also disappeared completely in the scattered jade swimming light. As the fanged wolf's projection disappeared, the mountain that lay in the hearts of everyone in the Land of Darkness began to collapse. After occupying this world of darkness for twenty years, the powerful man who possessed the name of Undying finally died today. To the people of the Dark Lands, the mental impact was even more shocking than Joey's death.

"It's over." Alan whispered. Sargeras' figure gradually vanished into thin air. The outcome of the battle was within Ellen's expectations. From the moment he stepped into the arena, he had already predicted the current outcome. However, Ellen was not overjoyed by the fact that he had defeated an expert from the Dark World.

Joey was undoubtedly one of the stones blocking his way, and the bigger one. But that was all, even if he was above Allen. But Allen's advantage was also obvious. First, Origin Energy's quality was far superior to Joey's. Then, he had Red King and the Eternal Guardian armor to assist him. Coupled with the Flame Devil's destructive seed, Joey's mere difference between the two levels wouldn't have any decisive effect.

Even so, Ellen did not win easily. Joey's ability was indeed unique. If it weren't for the Eternal Guardian armor of this grade, it would have been torn apart by Joey in the first strike. Alan wouldn't have been as simple as he was now with just a few flesh wounds. Now that the armor on the chest had been damaged during the battle in the Grand Dueling Arena, it was unknown if it could be repaired.

This was only the first battle. In the future, Ellen would only encounter stones that were harder to deal with than Joey. It was not an easy task to see the gates of the imperial capital.

But no matter what, this step, and it was a crucial step, had finally been taken. After today, the great figures of the Northern Lands would no longer look down on him.

At this moment, a cold aura suddenly rose from the west side of the arena. Alan's heart flashed with astonishment. After he killed Joey, there was actually someone who dared to harbor malice towards him at this moment? On the west side of the stone bridge, Black Warbler had a long, dark bow in her hand. His bow was pitch black, and the bowstring was blue. Black Orioles drew her bow like a full moon and shot at Alan from afar.

There was nothing above her bowstring, and then her fingers loosened. When the bowstring was straightened, a dark blue light appeared out of thin air, condensing into an aqua blue arrow. As soon as the arrow took shape, it had already arrived in front of Alan, and its speed was incredibly fast. At this moment, cries of alarm rang out from the dueling arena. On the stone bridge that no one could occupy, Laura glared at him angrily, and Regis drew his saber out of its sheath, but he was no longer able to stop the arrow from hitting Alan.

Alan had no time to sigh at the precise timing of Black Warbler's arrow, which coincided with his weakest moment. And because he killed Joey, his guard dropped to the lowest point. There was no better chance than this!

Fortunately, Red King still hadn't returned to his sheath.

The long saber bounced up, and Alan did everything he could. In the end, before the arrow hit his forehead, the long saber swept across the arrow and made a ding sound.

The arrow exploded, transforming into tens of thousands of ice-cold strands that invaded Allen's body along Red King's path. A wisp of flame rose from Red King's blade, cutting off most of the ice-cold hairline and annihilating it. However, a small portion of the hairline entered Allen's body. Black Warbler's Origin Energy was cold and treacherous. After entering his body, he was like a hundred small snakes that drilled through Allen's blood vessels, causing the blood to freeze everywhere he passed. Alan shouted angrily. His heart skipped a beat, and the remaining Heavenly Fire Source Energy surged forth, washing away the cold Origin Energy in his body. However, in this way, he would also kill a thousand enemies, damage 800 himself, and immediately spit out a mouthful of blood mist.

At this moment, Black Warbler leapt out from the stone bridge, followed by about twenty Black Feather elites. These elites all held crossbows in their hands and could not help but shoot at Alan. Black Warbler rolled in the air, her gauze skirt fluttering in the air, and the longbow in her hand continuously rang with strings of tension. Every time the bowstring rang, an arrow of water blue feathers shot towards Allen. Along with Black Feather's elite crossbow, the arrows on Allen's head fell like rain!

Red King flipped up and down in Allen's hand, and the long saber formed a continuous saber shadow, blocking the Black Feather Bandit's arrow rain attack. Allen focused his defense on Black Warbler's Aqua Blue Feather Arrow. With his previous experience, Allen pushed the remaining Heavenly Flame Source Energy into Red King, along with Red King's own explosive flames. The heat of the saber was shocking, but it didn't burn. It only evaporated the rainwater from the sky into a patch of green smoke.

Red King repeatedly sent the Aqua Blue Arrow flying and exploding. The arrow exploded, and the icy Origin Energy wrapped around it like a snake, neutralizing and annihilating the shocking heat contained in Red King. In the end, there were pitifully few Yin Frost hairlines that could break through Allen's body, and Allen retreated as he fought back. Seeing this, Black Warbler was anxious. Especially when the silhouettes on the stone bridge that could not be seen to the east jumped down, it was clear that Allen's men had rushed over to receive them. Once Alan joined them, Black Warbler had only one way to go.

The woman gritted her teeth and a dark blue engraving appeared on the back of her right hand. At the same time, a bone-chilling chill rose in her hands. The rain fell on her hands, and before it could slide, it had already frozen into frost. Black Warbler's hands were covered in frost, and when she landed on the ground and turned around, she turned her bow again. The frost in his hands moved strangely and crawled towards the bowstring. The string was like a full moon. Black Warbler released her fingers and shot out a cluster of white frost.

White Frost soared into the air and grew stronger, forming an ice arrow as thick as an adult arm. The ice arrows flowed with blue light, and the rain froze everywhere they passed. One ice ball after another fell to the ground and rolled away.

After the ice arrow arrived, Allen took three steps back before he raised his saber and slashed it down solemnly. The scarlet saber slashed into the ice arrow, and the ice arrow instantly exploded, shooting out a large ball of cold Origin Energy from the body of the arrow. When they met the rain, the water immediately condensed into ice, and in the blink of an eye, a huge flower of ice appeared out of thin air. Alan was at the stamen of the ice flower, and his entire body was covered with ice. Seeing this scene, Black Warbler heaved a sigh of relief.

However, before he could finish his breath, the center of the ice flower turned from blue to red. Suddenly, a flame burst forth, and the ice layer exploded. The huge ice flower cracked, and Alan retreated with his ice water dragging knife. Black Warbler wanted to chase after him again. Two auras rose from behind Alan. A tall woman with a giant sword and a youth with a saber and a sword rushed over at full speed. At their speed, they would only need a few breaths to reach Allen's surroundings.

Blackingale sighed in her heart, knowing that she had missed this great opportunity. That youth was fine, but that woman with a wild aura was actually on par with him. With these two around, Black Warbler could no longer kill Alan. Moreover, there were five exceptional women behind the two of them. Each of them had Origin Energy levels of 16 to 17, which was much higher than the twenty or so elites in his hands. Black Warbler was secretly shocked. She had never thought that Alan would have so many powerful guards under him.

"Let's go!" She made a hand gesture and made a prompt decision. She quickly retreated with more than twenty elites of Black Feather.

By the time Laura and Regis arrived at Ellen's side, Black Feather's men had already left the arena and were heading in the direction of the Eagle Wing Mountain Ridge. Regis was eager to try, but Alan shook his head, "Ignore the women. After I recover, I'll flatten the Eagle Wings Mountain Ridge in one breath."

Regis shrugged his shoulders before giving up on his plan to hunt down Black Feather.

Black Feather retreated. Only then did the Unable and the Buried Shadow get off the stone bridge and surround Allen. General Budara and Shadow Weiss walked at the front, their expressions complicated. There was joy in taking down Joey's mountain, shock in Alan's superb Origin Energy battle skill, and doubt in Black Warbler's adventure. Finally, he was at a loss for the future of the Land of Darkness.

They had definitely encountered quite a few storms in their lives, but they had never experienced such ups and downs as they did today, and they felt somewhat unable to adapt to them.