Guldon stood on the scorched land where lava flowed, flames shooting into the sky all over its body, mixed with rising ashes.
The blazing sun hung high, and waves of heat kept passing through the trembling air, gradually blowing the dust from the burnt ground into the sky, lighting up red sparks.
Its eyes, like blazing torches, stared tightly at Dozale.
Dozale also floated on the sea surface, its deep blue body now completely revealed.
Under the heavy gloom, enduring the washing of violent wind and rain, white foam kept churning on the ocean surface, as if trying to completely swallow the lava scorched land beneath Guldon's feet.
Its huge eyes, like bright pearls, shone with light, locking onto Guldon.
Facing the giant beast in front of it that gave off a similar aura to its own, Dozale felt a crushing sense of threat.
The fierce presence of both sides made the space tremble, as if an unstable barrier could shatter at any moment.
Cracking sounds mixed into the dry yet humid smell, rushing into the nose and pouring into the ears.
Guldon's massive feet wrapped in flames kept stepping toward the deep sea.
Just at the moment they were about to touch the ocean, endless lava dripped from the scorching flames, completely merging with the sea.
White mist surged upward, and the extreme heat buried the entire sea surface.
The instant its foot landed, black rock appeared above the ocean.
With every step Guldon took, the sea surface gradually turned into burnt land.
Meanwhile, the sea around Dozale grew even more violent. The fierce rain was like a broken dam, as if it wanted to drown the entire world.
It was as though an ocean hanging in the sky had fallen down, drowning everything in water.
As the white mist gradually dispersed, the fleet far away could not help but cast curious gazes toward this part of the sea.
The captain and countless sailors were all shocked beyond words at the scene before them, standing frozen like rocks.
They had never seen such a sight.
Half clear sky, half dark sky.
Half blazing sun, half violent storm.
And beneath that strange sky, two towering giant beasts that seemed able to touch the heavens stood above the sea, confronting each other.
"Is… is this the end of the world?"
Countless people fell silent at the same time, shock rising in their hearts.
Levi stood on the deck, looking at the scene before him, and said calmly, "Next, this place may become dangerous. You can steer the ships farther away, try to stay as far as possible from those two monsters."
"Erica, stay on the ship. Do not leave."
Before Erica could say anything more, Levi flipped over the deck railing and leaped toward the sea.
Seeing this, Erica hurried to the edge of the deck.
She watched as her father, falling toward the ocean, suddenly turned into a stream of clear water in midair. With a splash, he merged into the surging sea.
Erica looked at the turbulent ocean, worry rising in her heart.
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Water and fire cannot exist together.
The moment Dozale recognized Guldon, the anger in its heart had already erupted like a volcano.
It could not allow Guldon to appear in this ocean, to appear in its own territory.
It was the embodiment of the ocean.
This vast sea was its domain.
You, a creature that spits fire and lava, instead of staying properly in a volcano, what are you doing running into the ocean?
Did you get lost and forget the way home?
Enraged to the extreme, Dozale finally could not endure it anymore and directly launched an attack on Guldon.
Its body, shimmering like droplets of water, dived once more into the deep blue sea and began rapidly circling around Guldon.
As Dozale swam, the ocean surged wildly, and the pouring rain gathered crazily.
Its massive body gradually rose into the sky along with the raging rain, its blue black back and pure white belly forming a sharp contrast.
That huge white shadow wrapped around Guldon, stirring up towering waves.
[Angry Wave Twin Blades]
The raging sea waves and the rain in the sky gathered into two reversed giant waves, crashing toward Guldon with unstoppable force.
At the same time, when Guldon saw that Dozale had not dived into the water but instead floated into the sky, it too felt intense anger.
[Grudge Scorch]
The flames covering the giant beast suddenly exploded outward, merging into the vast scorched land beneath its feet.
Thick flames carried red lava, as if setting the rainy sky on fire, lifting a rain of flames.
They turned into a burning lava giant wave, colliding with the two sea waves.
Bang!
BOOM!
The moment the furious lava and sea waves collided, thick steam burst out along with a violent storm, spreading a hundred miles away.
Where the two waves met, hard black rock formed instantly, but in the next moment, it was shattered into pieces by the powerful force.
It turned into countless sharp, irregular rock fragments that were swept up rapidly in the high sky above the ocean by the raging wind.
Under this violent collision, half of the scorched land collapsed rapidly, leaving only the lava ground beneath Guldon's feet struggling to hold on.
Lava kept flowing over the surging sea waves, as if turning into cracks across the ocean.
The sea trembled accordingly, and countless fierce wave marks spread outward once again.
The violent fluctuations of the ocean even reached the sea surface a hundred miles away.
The ocean lifted rising waves that completely flipped the fishing boats.
Under the violent shaking of the sea, all the crew members were completely stunned.
They had not even had time to run away, and this raging wave was already sweeping toward them again.
And this time, Duke Levi was not here.
Although Duke Levi's daughter Erica was here, her strength was naturally not equal to his.
The fishing boats swayed under the push of the waves.
As if in the next second, they would overturn on the sea and fall into the ocean.
Suddenly, a green barrier completely wrapped the ship where Erica stood.
Terrifying magic surged, accompanied by a force that straightened the ship upright.
At the same time, when the huge wave touched the green barrier, it was as if all its power had been taken away. It fell back into the sea, splashing up white foam.
It could no longer affect the stabilized ship.
The crew looked at the calm ship, their eyes filled with shock and confusion.
'What just happened?'
They did not know what had happened. They could only stare in amazement at the green barrier covering the ship's surface, all eyes focused on Erica.
Erica was also surprised. At this moment, she stood at the edge of the deck, cautiously reaching out to gently touch the green barrier.
The instant her fingers touched the barrier, a familiar force came through.
"Could it be…"
Before she could think further, a violent tremor erupted from the surrounding sea.
BOOM!
Countless terrifying and thick green vines, carrying wet seabed sand, rose from below, breaking through the ocean surface and growing rapidly toward the sky.
The green vines quickly became covered with heavy branches and leaves, threads of magic weaving through them like countless strands.
It was as if they formed a giant wall, fully binding the endless vines together.
From high above, the green vines now looked like they had stirred up towering sand and sea waves, completely covering the entire Padalun Sea.
Even Erica was cut off outside, staring blankly at the rising vine barrier in the distance, shocked beyond words.
The massive vines seemed as if they were about to touch the sky.
They looked around for the savior in their hearts, not knowing that Viktor was standing atop Guldon's head.
The windbreaker behind him gave off a faint green glow. A rich natural force overflowed from his body, as if the life of an entire forest had been moved onto the sea.
Viktor raised Ulrust high, watching the staff in his hand bloom with a deep green absolute glow.
[All Things of the Forest]
Looking at the fully raised giant vines around him, Viktor felt somewhat relieved.
The former Sea City had now completely turned into a battlefield for the two Calamities.
Viktor looked at the two giant beasts that had barely been affected by the earlier fierce attacks and said calmly, "A fight is a fight. But dragging others into it is not polite."
Then Viktor raised his staff, pointed at Dozale, and said calmly, "So let me teach you your first lesson."
"Learn elegance."
Behind Viktor, space was completely covered by waves of natural magic, gathering into glowing green whirlpools in midair.
Tens of thousands of giant energy blades of different shapes suddenly revealed themselves from within, all pointing at Dozale suspended in the air.
The air rippled. In an instant, countless sharp blades tore through the fragile space like thin paper, carrying deadly force and stirring up wind and waves as they shot toward Dozale.
[Ten Thousand Arrows Fired Together]
Floating in the air, Dozale saw the fierce energy arrows rushing toward it, and its bulb-like eyes widened instantly.
Millions of arrows completely covered the entire space, leaving Dozale nowhere to hide.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The attacks struck its massive body again and again.
Like a living target, Dozale was pierced by countless sharp blades. The blue membrane shattered, and although no wounds appeared on its body, the natural energy inside it became extremely chaotic.
Green aura kept spilling from Dozale's heavy breaths before it crashed hard into the water.
Viktor stood atop Guldon's head, elegantly lowering Ulrust, and said calmly, "Flying around in front of me?"
"I don't like it."
He looked at Dozale falling back into the water and smiled slightly.
Guldon also became extremely excited and let out a fierce roar toward the sky.
The red patterns on its body began flashing wildly, and lava passed through the ocean, continuously erupting from around Guldon.
Under the extreme heat, the seawater began boiling violently. White steam rose instantly from the base of the lava pillars, echoing within the vine barrier.
[Dark Lava]
The entire sea surface seemed to be ignited by anger under the high temperature, becoming completely restless.
The temperature of the seawater rose sharply. Bubbling sounds echoed nonstop beneath the barrier, growing louder and louder.
Woo!
A sorrowful whale cry rose from the seabed, mixed into the constantly rising steam. The entire space seemed to tremble intensely.
In the next second, the sun in the sky became even brighter.
It was as if the entire sea surface was about to be completely boiled, and the dark clouds overhead gradually thinned and began to slowly disperse.
The people at the harbor could not help but raise their heads, looking at the clear sky above the distant ocean.
'The sky… cleared up?'
Suddenly, from the vast ocean, a gigantic glowing blue heavy cannon shot upward.
Countless water element energies turned into rings of white ripples, rapidly gathering immense power in front of the cannon's mouth.
The moment several ripples completely gathered, the entire water cannon expanded in size.
Guldon had not yet recovered from its earlier Viktory. The moment it lowered its head, it saw extremely dense magic already gathered before it.
[Abyssal Wave]
In the next second, the massive water cannon exploded outward. The ocean was pierced with a deep trench of waves, and the extremely dense water element shell turned into blue light, breaking through the thick white mist and shooting straight toward Guldon.
Viktor looked at the heavy cannon rushing toward them, murmuring words under his breath. Several green formations spread beneath his feet like roots, light flashing rapidly.
The surrounding air seemed to become especially heavy under the rich natural energy.
[Fourth Tier Magic: Tree Realm Descent]
In an instant, countless thick vines broke through the heavy ocean, carrying bits of lava and shattered wind, blocking in front of Guldon.
Layer upon layer of woven nets rapidly wrapped around the surrounding sea, completely covering that blue light.
The moment it touched the vines, terrifying natural energy burst out completely. Violent wind danced, sparks scattered.
And that blue impact light gradually faded away.
Only the restless ocean lifted waves again, and space returned to order.
Looking at the raindrops falling all around, Viktor stood up and let out a confident light laugh.
Not a single drop touched Viktor's windbreaker. He stood up and patted his clothes.
"Honestly..."
"Don't get my clothes dirty."
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