The emaciated Emperor Rick fell beside the bed. He had completely lost the momentum he had at the beginning, like an old man who was about to starve to death. His eyes no longer shone like gemstones, but instead looked like gravel on the roadside, gray and colorless.
In sharp contrast to him was Adam, who seemed to have a glow emanating from his face, and as his eyes moved, there seemed to be a layer of light flowing in his pupils.
"You said this is fate." Rick's voice was hoarse and broken. His scream just now completely destroyed his throat. "That's right. One day you will be like this too."
"Maybe, but not now." Adam took the storage ring from Rick's hand, took it off, and put it on his own hand. "Don't you think this is the continuation of life? You are about to die, but the glory of the black dragon has a new successor. A part of you is also reborn. Tell me how to open this ring, don't let the treasure inside go to waste."
Rick lowered his eyes, took a long sigh, and told the method to open the ring. As long as the fighting spirit or mental power is input according to a specific rhythm, the information of the ring owner can be erased, and anyone can open the ring.
After Adam did as he was told, he opened the ring and began to search for it anxiously.
At this time, Morey also found a way to open the ice coffin. Under his operation, the blue barrier on the cube dissipated.
"Don't come over!" Adam stopped searching and shouted to Luo Ling and others.
"Mr. Adam, are you going to go back on your word?" Luo Ling asked.
"Humph, I killed the Saint by myself, why should I share this with you?" Adam took out a red sphere from his ring. The thing was about the size of a small watermelon, but it was engraved with runes. "I found an interesting thing in Rick's ring. This is a 'Fruit of Destruction', invented by the Black Dragon Empire. It was made by collecting a lot of precious originals, but it was not used on the battlefield in time. Rick, your explanation is more convincing. Tell them, what is this?"
"Ahem, it will trigger an elemental storm and blow up the entire house, or even the entire space. Its power is comparable to a full-strength attack from a saint. None of us can survive. This is something prepared for self-destruction, but we didn't have time to use it." He whispered.
"Look, if you come over here, I will explode this fruit, which will not benefit anyone. Why not retreat with your harvest? It will be better for everyone."
"To put it bluntly, this is a bomb made of crystal." Morey stared at the fruit and said, "You all know that crystals are objects with highly concentrated energy. I guess what he said is true."
"Let's retreat." Luo Ling said.
Aola was confused when she saw the two sides quarreling. She didn't know which side she should stand on this time. "Brother, why is it like this? Why can't we just cooperate?"
A Dan did not answer her, but just said: "Don't come over here either. No one is allowed to get close to me now."
He placed the Fruit of Destruction on the bed beside him, making sure he could detonate it instantly, and then continued to search in the ring.
Suddenly he let out a long laugh and said, "Okay. I found what I wanted, and now it's time to leave. Please make way."
He looked at Luo Ling and the others warily, and reached out to grab the "Fruit of Destruction", but unexpectedly he grabbed nothing.
He looked back in panic, only to see the Fruit of Destruction appear at the farthest end of the bed, with all the runes on it activated. A terrifying energy was brewing in this small fruit, about to break out of its shell!
"You!" He glared at Rick, only to find that he was shaking his head.
A Dan quickly burst out his fighting spirit and prepared to escape from the ice coffin, but at this time a pair of strong arms appeared in the void and tightly clamped his arms and waist.
"Invisibility cloak! Who is it!" Adam shouted.
During the struggle, the hood of the cloak fell off, revealing Yassen's face.
He burst out his fighting spirit with all his strength, like a ball of fire. He shouted at Ji Yijun, "It's too late to run, quickly open the bag I gave you and activate the scroll inside!"
Although Adam was a high-level warrior, his body was already weak after his life energy was sucked away, and his fighting spirit was disturbed by magic. However, Yasen, a mid-level peak warrior, was in good condition. In addition, the physical strength of a dwarf was much stronger than that of a human, so after Adam was hugged by him, he was completely unable to move.
"Let go! Do you want to die too?"
"It doesn't matter whether I live or not, as long as all of you demons die! No more dwarves will be tortured by you. 1,827 souls can rest in peace." The muscles on Yasen's face trembled with excitement. He roared, "I also carry a 'Destruction Fruit' obtained from the Black Dragon Empire. I was worried that I couldn't kill you, but now the only two remaining 'Destruction Fruits' in the world have exploded together. You can't escape anymore."
Emperor Rick was calm at this time, with a faint smile on his face: "Dwarf! I have to thank you. Being destroyed by the most powerful weapon created by the empire is in line with my status."
He used up his last bit of strength, sat upright, and watched the light on the fruit of destruction grow brighter and brighter.
"No, let me go!" Adam struggled and roared desperately, but his voice was drowned out by the dwarfs' heritage hymn. Yasen was singing alone, but the song was so majestic and magnificent, like the Valley of Ten Thousand Hammers and the River of Lava. It seemed as if the wronged souls of the dwarves in the entire underground palace were singing with him.
On the other side, Luo Ling had already opened the scroll and started to pour her mental energy into it, and began to trace the trajectory on it. Even though she was always calm, she was sweating profusely from nervousness at this moment.
Morey quickly drew a solid magic circle on the ground to stabilize the surrounding magic power, in order to prevent the energy of the fruit of destruction from affecting Luo Ling's spellcasting.
Ji Yijun hugged Aura to prevent her from rushing towards the ice coffin.
"Please, let me save my brother!" She begged with tears streaming down her face. However, she was unable to break free from Ji Yijun's arms as her fighting spirit had not yet recovered.
"You don't have time to run over, and you can't pull the dwarf away. Even our own fate is still tied to Sister Luo Ling." Ji Yijun said in a deep voice.
Ola looked back into Ji Yijun's eyes, her lips moved slightly, but she couldn't say anything.
"You'll have to pay for what you've done. He, Yassen, and Rick will all be held accountable for their choices, but you don't. You have your own path. I think your brother will thank me for holding you back now."
At this time, Adam's eyes turned here. Maybe he had run out of strength, or maybe he finally accepted his fate, but there was some calmness in his eyes.
Immediately afterwards, dazzling flames burst out from both his body and behind him.
Ji Yijun turned around abruptly and protected Aura behind him, but before the fire reached them, the silver light centered on Luo Ling enveloped them first. The fixed-point teleportation scroll was finally activated in time.
At this time, Ji Yijun saw from the corner of his eye that two lights, one white and one black, shot out from Adam's hands. Before the raging fire swept over, they entered the teleportation field and disappeared in this space together with Luo Ling and the other three.