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As Rolantia's voice, both melodic and mournful, echoed, the starlight cocoon in the sky also underwent a transformation. Its shell, resembling a giant bud, slowly unfurled into a five-petal shape. Then, the inner layers continuously unfolded until the core revealed a dazzling galaxy, radiating a myriad of silver beams.

Simultaneously, the starlight cocoon began to rotate, aligning the direction of its unfolding parts. When the cocoon fully opened, the core galaxy directly faced the raging earth-forbidden curse "Desolate Sands" in the south.

"Akin to bees flapping their wings grew from faint to loud, reverberating through the atmosphere." The source of this sound—the core of the starlight cocoon—had countless firefly-like specks of light, swirling and converging with the rotation of the core galaxy, gradually forming an expanding light sphere in front of the cocoon's opening.

All intelligent beings within a thousand miles couldn't help but look up, witnessing the light sphere continuously expanding, stirring ripples in space. Layer upon layer of ripples overlapped, distorting even the light, finally reaching its peak. With a thunderous "boom," it shot towards the forbidden curse's dust and sand in the south.

Although the core of the "Six-Star Demon-Slaying Array" had been repeatedly compressed, it was still at least a kilometer in size. Upon its eruption, it immediately overwhelmed all brilliance between heaven and earth. An immeasurably vast force shot straight along a luminous path, with countless light rings emanating from the axis—the aftermath of the immense force tearing through space. Except for a few individuals of extremely high power, all onlookers involuntarily closed their eyes. Only a powerhouse of Chen Xuanfeng's caliber could clearly see the silver light column blasting into the hundred-kilometer area ravaged by the forbidden curse "Vast Sands," instantly provoking a fierce resistance from the curse's power. In an instant, the earth power nurtured by the yellowish dust and sand in the entire space condensed, as if forming a colossal yellow jade stretching from heaven to earth, yet it still couldn't withstand the destructive force of the starlight column. Half of it was instantly blasted away, with the contact surface almost entirely turning silver and continuously disintegrating.

"Pfft————" As the earth-forbidden curse disintegrated, the linked forbidden curse mage Ajiabi also spat out a mouthful of blood, his legs and half of his abdomen suddenly turning into sand and gravel, leaving only half of his body. Yet, his face showed no pain or fear. He doubled his magical power and shouted, "Go all out, seize this chance to annihilate the elves..."

Before he could finish, the starlight column from the "Six-Star Demon-Slaying Array" increased its attack intensity once more. With a "boom," the "Desolate Sands" covering a hundred kilometers was completely shattered. Simultaneously, Grand Mage Ajiabi's body turned into dust and sand, and the "Earth Mark Crystal" lost all its light, quietly falling to the ground.

The "Six-Star Demon-Slaying Array," having shattered the forbidden curse, also dimmed its light. The silver starlight cocoon in the void closed again, its volume reduced to about a quarter of its original size.

The life of a forbidden curse mage ends with the casting of the curse, so those who dare to cast it fear no death. Thus, Falayer and Jia Ruoling showed no sympathy for their comrade's tragic state. Instead, they simultaneously activated their forbidden curse marks, gathering the vast forbidden curse energy they controlled, preparing to detonate it, aiming to obliterate the "Six-Star Demon-Slaying Array" along with the Primeval Golden Tree while the elves dealt with the earth-forbidden curse.

Just as their forbidden curse energy was gathering, a brilliant emerald light suddenly surged above the elven capital. Within the light, a hundreds-of-meters-tall female phantom floated in mid-air, countless vines, leaves, and flowers entwining her body, forming her attire and ornaments, exuding a fresh, natural yet elegant and noble beauty.

"It's the illusion of the Nature Goddess, the elves have used the divine descent technique 'Dew of the Nature Goddess'! It's the work of those elven mages who returned with the Golden Tree," frowned Grand Mage Jia Ruoling of the water element. Although they were far from the elven capital and couldn't see the specific scene with their eyes, the water-forbidden curse "Fantasy Bubbles" had a unique ability to transmit the images reflected in the bubbles to the forbidden curse mages. Thus, while the other forbidden curse mage Falayer could only see a massive green light sphere appearing out of nowhere on the magic map, she clearly captured the elves' specific movements.

Grand Mage Falayer turned his head and said, "No need to worry, right? Although the Nature Goddess's divine descent technique is the strongest super combination magic of the elves before the 'Six-Star Demon-Slaying Array' appeared, with only twenty to thirty thousand elven mages, it's impossible to surpass our forbidden curse."

Jia Ruoling, however, smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple. Have you forgotten that elven magic, unlike forbidden curses, can be manipulated? Although the power of this divine descent technique is inferior to a forbidden curse, but... if combined with that elf, it's different."

The female forbidden curse mage drew a circle in the air, and a ripple immediately appeared at the center, expanding and solidifying into a mirror. The mirror suddenly displayed the scene of the elven capital over a hundred kilometers away. The image rapidly zoomed in, revealing a female elf clad in simple archer attire, standing high atop the Primeval Golden Tree, a plain longbow drawn in her hands. The illusion of the Nature Goddess stood behind her, with endless emerald light continuously pouring into the bow and arrow in her hands, the arrowhead pointing directly at Jia Ruoling's water-forbidden curse "Fantasy Bubbles."

"Who is she, capable of bearing and guiding the magic power of tens of thousands of elves?" Falayer also sensed the crisis, asking in surprise.

"Karin Ling, the legendary elven archer known as the 'Arrow God of the Sky,'" Jia Ruoling shook her head and said, "If her archery combined with the Nature Goddess's divine power, it might not be impossible to break my 'Fantasy Bubbles.' If that's really the case... everything will be up to you."

"You... rest assured," Falayer nodded. Although Jia Ruoling didn't say it definitively, with Falayer's insight, he could guess that 'Fantasy Bubbles' might truly be unable to threaten the elves.