*Rumble!~*

Space shook, the skies trembled as dark clouds formed, and thunder rumbled above the battlefield!

*Boom!~*

The two powers clashed with intensity, splashing around the area while the sizzling sound of water and fire echoed massively throughout the region! The fog began to spread from the clash, and the two powers came to a standstill as the blazing wheel kept sending deadly flames while the tidal wave was almost endless, almost covertly a part of the air-space they were battling at!

Not all of the places were covered by the blazing wheel, as it only targeted a single place. The aqua wave poured in from the surroundings, trying to overwhelm the Twisting Blaze Ash Wheel from the sides. However, the ashes that spread at this time silently lit up!

*Boom!~*

*Boom!~*

*Boom!~*

The crimson-black volcanic ashes simultaneously exploded at the same time, stopping the water from pouring in by the sides. Furthermore, the ashes that exploded became a fume of flames around the Twisting Blaze Ash Wheel, extending its range!

It turned the entire area into a whirlpool of flames!

Ancestor Dian Alstreim silently appeared in front of the Volcanic Crystal Wall Barrier as his expression becoming a bit contorted. The northern region was completely destroyed.

Flora and fauna present in this place had evaporated into thin air. The magical beasts present here at this time, and even the humans, the members of their Alstreim Family present at this region for whatever reason, had all probably turned to ashes or submerged by the flood and exploded by its pressure!

His mood turned increasingly worse as he thought about this, and furthermore, the wastage of energy on the formation should be enormous, perhaps crossing into the range of hundreds of thousands Peak-Level Spirit Stones!

That was like a few decades of their treasury's savings spent on these few minutes!

Even though the battle between them might not have a conclusion at the end with both sides deciding to cease their attacks, the overall losses rather shot through the skies! And this was still without having the defensive formation broken by an overwhelming attack and having the Grand Alstreim City destroyed!

If the Aqua Flood Dragon broke through the Grand Alstreim City and reigned destruction, then the losses would be massive! Perhaps, powers who were equal to them from mid-sized Territories would start to look at them as prey!

Ancestor Dian Alstreim stood without moving as he took a last stand in front of the barrier. His soul sense swept behind the formation and noticed that neither Ninth Stage Powerhouses were ready to help him anymore. Although he could see that Tirea Snow was somewhat trembling, by this point, he actually suspected if she was acting and purposefully wounded the Aqua Flood Dragon to piss it off to an extreme degree.

In fact, he even suspected if these she and Xanbas Goldsky were perhaps working together to sabotage the Alstreim Family and the ultimate destruction of it. After all, he still didn't know why this foul Aqua Flood Dragon was chasing grand Elder Elise Alstreim. It could be well within their plot because the timing of both of their appearances was near and coincidental.

His heartfelt heavy at the inconceivable thought of Tirea Snow was secretly working together with Xanbas Goldsky as reality taught him it wasn't always what it seemed to be. He felt that he should not merely think of this as something coincidental. However, it didn't matter to him anymore.

The family would be soon within its last legs even if he did not fall as the wealth would drop enormously by the end of this battle. Hence, he decided to take up a stance right here and right now!

..."Although it is unlikely if I die in this battle, I want and plead you to lead the Alstreim Family if I end up dying!"

Davis blinked as he heard Ancestor Dian Alstreim's soul transmission in his mind.

'Eh? What the hell is going on?'

Davis was still unclear about what had happened since the fog was still omnipresent. Not much time had passed for the fog up clear by itself upon expansion, and neither could he enter the battlefield to see what was going as his disguise would be quickly discovered in an instant just after receiving a remnant attack from the Aqua Flood Dragon's water or Ancestor Dian Alstreim's stray flames.

He suddenly felt anxious for some reason and realized that it was because he had already decided to make this power his stronghold. He felt that he couldn't afford to lose this place for various reasons.

However, what is happening? Was the Alstreim Family's Ancestor truly going to fall?

'The other two Ancestors returned, but it should still be possible to thwart the Aqua Flood Dragon, right?' Davis felt suspicious.

Why was Ancestor Dian Alstreim planting a death flag? Had the situation really worsened? He felt that it was more likely that the Ancestor was testing his loyalty but also felt that it was unlikely during this extremely dire situation.

Or was it precisely that this was a dire situation was he being tested?

It was entirely confusing for him, but he didn't know that Ancestor Dian Alstreim made the decision to sacrifice his life and the energy, rather than to sacrifice the treasury, the wealth of the family, which would slightly pave the way for the future generation to become powerhouses.

However, Davis was not only stumped by a single matter but two matters. He frowned at the current situation, feeling that it may get worse with another variable arriving into the fray.

'Should I just stake it all?' He frowned even more as he thought of using his sacrificial method to kill the Aqua Flood Dragon with the incoming entry of the new variable.

Ancestor Dian Alstreim looked at the foolish Aqua Flood Dragon, still doing its best to battle against his Twisting Blaze Ash Wheel that kept it suppressed to a degree in its sea of flames.

The rippling waves of the tsunami that was unending told him that it wouldn't be long before the Twisting Blaze Ash Wheel would be overwhelmed, but he knew that this technique would end itself within a few seconds without him continuing to aid it with essence energy, so he started to prepare himself by accumulating his essence energy to ready a technique anew.

He stretched out his right hand and pointed his palm at the Aqua Flood Dragon.

A crimson flaming palm emerged from his hand, moving a bit forwards in a slow manner as the air shook. He vigorously unleashed two more palms as he intricately circulated the energy through his arm before conjoining it with the previous crimson flaming palm.

The three flaming palms superimposed over each other before they all fused but growing much stronger and much bigger before it started to shrink. It might of the technique did not lessen but grew with its shrinking as it compressed.

'That is!!!'

Both Ancestor Xanbas Goldsky and Ancestor Tirea Snow realized the technique's name, but they were shocked because to see Dian Alstreim use this technique against the Aqua Flood Dragon meant that things were going to completely turn into a bloody mess.

Perhaps, the Alstreim Family and the Aqua Flood Dragon couldn't live under the same sky from this moment onwards!

Ancestor Xanbas Goldsky's face contorted in glee! He silently cast a look at the frowning Tirea Snow, wondering that perhaps, the worsening of the situation was her plan all along, no?