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"Ah? Hey, wait a minute, what's going on?" Before Enrico could react, the ring had already been slipped onto his hand. Just as he was about to ask, he saw the altar in front of him shake violently a few times, and the phantom of Lich vanished with a whoosh. Then, with a loud "boom," the entire altar collapsed.

Subsequently, continuous tremors began to spread, with countless cracks emanating from the altar, gradually affecting the nearby pillars and walls.

"Not good, this place is going to collapse, run!" A young man dressed as a warrior shouted, pulling his companion and turning to flee. Everyone was an experienced escape expert, and although they were a bit disoriented by the series of bizarre changes, they immediately initiated the most efficient escape upon realizing something was wrong. As boulders from the temple and cave continued to collapse and fall, the group was practically running for their lives with boulders crashing behind them, yet no one was hit. By the time the entire cave collapsed with a loud bang, the entire team had managed to escape unscathed.

"Damn—what a cursed place, why did it collapse so mysteriously?" Tia, who had run out of the cave, had lost her ladylike demeanor, panting heavily with resentment.

"I'm not sure either. It seems that once the treasure inside completed its inheritance, the temple fulfilled its purpose and thus disappeared forever," Enrico replied, also panting.

Tia thought about it but could do nothing, so she asked, "By the way, what exactly is that ring you got?"

"Well... when the ring was placed on my hand, a memory about its usage entered my mind. This ring is the summoning medium for that Black Crystal Bone Dragon, allowing it to be summoned at any time. That Black Crystal Bone Dragon is a product of Lich's combination of alchemy and necromancy, possessing not only the aging curse of a bone dragon but also the ability to spew death breath and complete magic immunity. In terms of physical combat alone, it is no less than a top-tier dragon. If these descriptions are accurate, we've really stumbled upon a treasure."

Bone dragons are the strongest summons of necromancers. Even an ordinary bone dragon can rival the Golden Treeants of the elves, and those specially enhanced and modified bone dragons can even match real dragons. If this peculiar Black Crystal Bone Dragon truly possesses magic immunity like a black dragon and the death power unique to the undead, then it could single-handedly take on a mid-tier dragon without any problem. Thus, they have essentially gained a formidable Dragon Knight's combat power, which is indeed a huge advantage.

"That strong? Why not give it a try?" The female mage, hearing this, immediately had her mood lifted and suggested excitedly.

The mage apprentice was startled and instinctively asked, "Try? How?"

Tia smiled slightly, pointing towards the distant sky, and said, "Let's test it on them."

In the distant sky, with the rising sun, nearly a hundred small black dots appeared through the faint clouds in Enrico's vision. They were the orc air force that had been chasing them for days. Today, with a Black Crystal Bone Dragon at his disposal, could the mage apprentice escape the fate of being hunted and launch a spectacular counterattack?

The fate of the mage apprentice was still unknown at this moment, but behind them, in the cave that had turned into ruins, two other people were having a quiet conversation.

Although the entrance to the cave had completely collapsed, the interior space wasn’t completely sealed, with half still remaining open. Amidst the swirling yellow dust, two light circles quietly maintained two dust-free, clean areas. A blue and a white figure stood within these circles, their feet on the collapsed altar. However, the boulders around them were clearly natural stones, with no trace of the temple's stone carvings.

"It seems I really don't have a talent for staging dramas. The whole process was arranged too abruptly. Although my 'Mirage Phantom World' is a ninth-level dark magic, and none of these people could see that the temple was entirely a magical illusion, that kid was suspicious from the start. In the end, I had to force the ring onto him and collapse the cave to drive him out, preventing him from continuing to observe and spot the flaws," the white figure, emitting a young male voice, sighed.

The blue figure, with an elegant and serene female voice, comforted, "Don’t dwell on it. Our goal has been achieved. Since the Black Crystal Bone Dragon has been delivered to that boy, it will definitely not be left idle. Even if they have doubts, they won't give up such a powerful combat force. And after obtaining the Black Crystal Bone Dragon, they will no longer keep fleeing. Whether they like it or not, the human resistance forces will gather around them, forming a direct confrontation with the forces of Orc King."

The white figure smiled bitterly and said, "A bone dragon? That's an undead Black Crystal Bone Dragon we created by modifying the 'Crystal Dragon' we captured from the temple, combined with the 'King of the Undead's' powerful magic and ultimate alchemy. In terms of combat power, it's already stronger than Li Jia's three crystal dragons. Giving such a powerful force to the enemy, I wonder if this decision counts as treason."

The blue figure seemed to shake her head and said, "Haven't we already simulated this multiple times? Engaging in a direct confrontation with humans now would only harm the alliance. If Samantha wasn't so focused on accumulating military achievements to become emperor, he would also realize the harm of such actions. Not to mention the hidden forces of the Light Temple, just their revealed forces alone are enough to cause heavy losses to the alliance's elite troops. Plus, with the guaranteed support from Sacred Dragon Mountain and the Magic Guild, we’d lose more than half our forces to win. Therefore, we must support these human rebels, on one hand to lure out the living forces of the resistance for effective elimination, and on the other hand to delay Orc King's advance. Only after the war preparations on the Elf Island are completed can we strike from both sides, completely dismantling human resistance and fully controlling all territories on the western continent."