Royal capital, western district.

Entire city blocks hadcollapsed into chaotic rubble and debris.

Heavy dust clouds rose from the earth likea suffocating brown shroud.

The ground bore countlessimpact craters, surrounded byspider-web fracturesextending likedeep ravines.

A large contingent ofhooded mages in azure uniformswielded various magical implements.

Sapphire magical energyslowly ascendedfrom above their heads, forming atranslucent crystalline barrierin mid-air.

Residents who hadn't been fully evacuated—forced to confront the earth titans—huddled together beneath the magical shield.

They could onlygaze upward helplesslyat their city transformed into ruins.

Within thedeathly silence, atremendous magical surgethundered from the central district.

Terrifyingprismatic light burstsaccompanied bysavage windsswept toward the western quarter.

Theoverwhelming forcecaused everyone toinvoluntarily stagger forward, nearly toppling.

The mages maintaining the magical barrierall frowned deeplyupon sensing this magical disturbance.

Thisintense magical resonanceevendisrupted the magical implementsin their hands.

Even thefluorescent azure barrierabove their heads beganflickering ominously, as thoughabout to collapse.

When they attempted to trace this disturbance's source, everyonelooked skyward.

Crystallinewind and snowfilled their vision, as ifswept into a cosmic storm.

Carryingshattered ice crystalsandmulticolored radiance, streaming overhead.

They stared at thatdistant divine tree-like phenomenon,utterly speechless with awe.

However, just as everyone remainedimmersed in shock, asharp collision soundshattered the silence.

Crack, crack.

Stone after stoneplummeted from above,striking the barrierand raisingclouds of brown dust.

Through the scene before them, everyone witnessedLevi nearbyswinging his right hand.

His right arminstantly transformedinto afluid cyan whip,lashing viciouslyat that massive rock giant.

In that instant, the titanshattered thunderously.

Clearfracture linesspread from the whip's contact point,rapidly coveringthe giant's entire form.

Countlessstone fragmentsexploded from the rock colossus,cascading like deadly raintoward the west.

Theycrashed among the western district's ruins,stirring up massive dust clouds.

Levicasually flicked his arm—the whipinstantly retracted,reverting to an ordinary human limb.

Observing the giant'scomplete destruction, he turned toward the protected civilians and declared gravely:

"We're secure—for the moment."

Hearing Levi's words, the residentsexhaled in profound relief, their expressionsradiating deep gratitude.

Fortunately,Duke Levihad led hismage legionto arrivejust in time.

Those familiar withDuke Levi's legendary reputationwereeven more astoundedby his formidable display.

Duke Levi hadonly recently ascendedtofourth-tier magethis year.

Yet for a fourth-tier mage toengage such a rock titanindirect combatwas alreadyabsolutely terrifying.

The rock giant'sdevastating powerwasdeeply etched in everyone's minds.

Upon its appearance, it hadnearly leveled the entire surrounding area.

If not for the rock giantsuddenly freezing motionless, theycouldn't even imaginethis battle being winnable.

While these residentscontinued marvelingat Duke Levi's strength, they watched himpivot and issue commandsto the mage legion:

"Retreating to the imperial palace is no longer viable. Take these people andevacuate beyond the city immediately."

The mages surrounding the civiliansreceived the orderandnodded in unison:

"Understood."

The civilians, hearing Duke Levi's arrangement,agreed wholeheartedly,hurriedly nodding approval.

Theytrusted Levi implicitly.

After all, he was aduke—how could he possibly harm them?

Moreover, the royal capital's current situation was indeedextremely perilous, exactly as Duke Levi stated.

Not only were thereconstant seismic tremors, butcolossal stone monstrositieslike the previous one would manifest.

Theyabsolutely refusedto experience that terror again.

The crowdmobilized swiftly, formingorderly evacuation lines.

The mage corpstightly encircledthe civilian groups,rapidly and systematicallyevacuating toward thecapital's outskirts.

When themassive processionsdeparted until theyvanished from sight.

He satwearily upon the stone ruins, one foot braced against a rock,exhaling deeply:

"Whew—"

"Earth Calamity, huh... Even though it'snot the main body, it's stillincredibly difficult to handle."

Duke Levipanted heavily, gentlywiping perspirationfrom his brow.

The battle against the rock giant had left himthoroughly exhausted.

Although Levi had broughtnumerous mages, theirprimary missionwasprotecting western district residents.

Expecting them toengage the rock giant directly? These magescouldn't provide meaningful assistance.

After all,mages were generalists—competent in all areasbutexcelling in none.

In magic theycouldn't match wizards; in physical strength theycouldn't compare to warriors.

Therefore, the recent battle wasequivalent to Levi facingan entire rock giantsingle-handedly.

And this creature wasextraordinarily resilient—conventional methodscouldn't inflicteffective damage.

Recalling thefierce engagement, Levirolled his shoulders, seeminglyrecovering considerable stamina.

He couldn't helpsighing to himself:

"IfAubrey were here, he could probablypierce straight through itwithone spear thrust."

Fortunately, that stone giant hadsuddenly ceased all movement, granting Levi theopportunity to eliminate it.

And that magical disturbance just now...

Leviraised his gaze, looking toward thegiant tree shadowin the central district thatnearly covered the entire sky, murmuring:

"Heh... themachinations of a deity."

Hesmiled contemptuously:

"Libeaut."

"You'vegravely underestimated far too many people."

...

Theintense prismatic radiancegradually dispersed, and themagical titan treemanifesting in the clouds alsoslowly faded in color.

Transforming intocountless crystalline fragmentsscattered across the heavens,gradually dissipating.

Richmagical energystillpermeated the atmosphere, faintdust waves and windsundulating across the earth.

After theethereal light dispersed, only amountain peakstanding tall within the dust stormsremained upright.

"That was quite the light show."

Vegalightly moved the wingblocking her vision,sighing involuntarily.

"Nearly blinded me. Next time remember toget me some sunglasses."

Meanwhile, Viktorlowered his head,checking his status and mana reserves.

His conditionremained excellent.

When he was still afourth-tier mage, attempting to release thissuper-tier magiccomposed often war spells.

It would havecompletely drainedall of Vega's magical power.

But sinceadvancing to fifth-tier, hismagical consumptionhaddramatically decreased, while hisspell potencyhadsignificantly increased.

Therefore, afterreleasing such a powerful super-tier magic, he still possessedsufficient manaforadditional spellcasting.

However.

Viktorslowly raised his head.

Smoke and dustfilled the air before him, wind and snowdrifting aimlessly,prismatic lightpouring down likemeteor showersfromcloud fissures.

Themassive mountain rangewasobscured by air currents,disappearing from view.

But thatconspicuous health barin the skyremained clearly visible.

85%

Meaning Viktor'ssuper-tier magical assaulthad onlyreduced the Earth Calamity's health by 10%.

Of course,the battle wasn't concluded.

At this moment, assmoke gradually cleared, revealing theearth-brown rocky mountain range.

Suddenly, as thoughsuffering another devastating attack, the Earth Calamity'sentire form trembled violently.

Rocks across themountain's surfaceshattered thunderously,plummeting to the earthandcreating deep impact craters.

Theelongated health barsuspended in mid-airinstantly dropped another segment.

80%

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

As themountain convulsed again, it seemed as thoughearth-shaking thunderexploded fromwithin the mountain range.

Rockscascaded once more, the health barsignificantly decreasing.

70%

Viktor observed theEarth Calamity's health value, his lipscurving into a knowing smile.

"Looks like they've begunthesystematic elimination."

Strictly speaking, theEarth Calamity differedfrom other calamities through itsfive earth titans.

Each earth titanrepresented 5%of the Earth Calamity'sindependent health pool.

Onceone was destroyed, the Earth Calamity'stotal health would decrease by 5%.

No one could comprehend why the Earth Calamity—already lacking significant intelligence—insisted oncreating five rock avatarsfor others todefeat individually.

Initially, people theorized this was because theEarth Calamity was overwhelmingly powerful,difficult to damage through conventional means.

So thisweakness was specifically designedfor the Earth Calamity.

Although thistruly representedthe Earth Calamity'scritical vulnerability, this advantage only seemedobvious to experienced playerswho hadmastered the game mechanics.

Becausewithout proper technique, choosing toconcentrate all attackson the earth titans.

Would causeUlano to awaken prematurely.

If thereabsolutely had to be an explanationfor thesefive earth titans' purposeregarding Ulano.

They servedonly one function.

Thedeath of earth titanscouldrapidly break Ulano's seal.

[Desolate Ravine Sand Sea]

In that instant, thepreviously swirling wind and snowandbrilliantly colored stellar phenomenaseemed to becompletely erased.

Across theflattened earth, aviolent and chaotic sandstormslowly emerged,countless microscopic fragmentsand dustdancing and tumblingthroughout.

Wavesformed by sand and stoneswelled upward,continuously eroding and devouringthe rocks surrounding the Earth Calamity.

Heavysand and rock tsunamissurged upward,relentlessly corrodingthe stonesembedded in the eartharound the Earth Calamity.

Accompanied byterrifying dust storms rising, theprismatic windcoatswayed continuously through the air, whilemassive stone particlesstruck toward Viktor's face.

However, theinvisible barriersurrounding himdeflected all incoming debris.

Within thedepths of these layered sandstorms, Ulano's formgradually became obscured.

Itssix eyessuddenlyblazed with blinding radiancewithin the dust, likesix colossal moonsburied within the mountain.

Before theseenormous pupils, Viktor appearedas insignificant as a dust mote.

SCREECH—SCREECH—

A series ofrazor-sharp roarslikeelectrical dischargeswept up from the sandstorm,continuously assaultingViktor's eardrums.

As though thechaotic momentumintended tocrush Viktor entirely.

Viktor gazed atUlano before him—seeminglyablaze with prismatic flames—thosesix pupils flashing intermittently,radiating absolute terror.

At this moment,standing at the storm's epicenter, feelingsand particles continuously laceratinghis face, hesmiled with supreme confidence:

"Finally awakened."

Earth Calamity—Ulano.

[SOLID ROCK・PERFECT FORM] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

/BZDXG - Unlock a HUGE stash of advance chapters now!

Dive deeper into the story ahead of everyone else!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

/BZDXG - Unlock a HUGE stash of advance chapters now!

Dive deeper into the story ahead of everyone else!

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com