However, he clearly could not escape Quellier's attack. With a scream, he fell out of his own shadow, and before he could beg for mercy, all the blood in his body instantly gushed out, turning him into a dried corpse that fell to the ground.
The faces of the other five Shadowbinders all changed abruptly. They then remembered that a few years ago, Quellier was known as a murderous spellcaster in Asshai. He started from the outer city, paving his way with powerful spellcasters, and finally secured a place in the city center.
All spellcasters in Asshai knew that although he was not the strongest Blood Witch, he was the most difficult to provoke.
However, in recent years, Quellier had converted his residence into the Magic God Temple, and had not committed any more killings. Many people thought Quellier was useless, but now it seemed it was all a disguise. Quellier was not only not useless, but even more powerful, able to control the blood of a powerful Shadowbinder and kill him with just a glance, without needing any spellcasting medium.
Such powerful Blood Witchcraft astonished not only these Shadowbinders, but even the well-informed Jhaben.
Seeing this, the Shadowbinders dared not stay any longer. Even the dwarf Shadowbinder, who had once killed a Blood Witch master, said nothing and left in a hurry.
As Quellier was passing by on his way back to the temple, Jhaben suddenly asked, "Just now you used not only Blood Witchcraft, but also something else mixed in. Did you learn these from Summerhall?"
"Yes." Quellier did not hide it and nodded, saying, "If you want to learn, I can recommend you to study at the Tranquil Court in Summerhall."
Jhaben showed a look of interest, but ultimately shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'm almost at my end. I'm only alive thanks to the power of Asshai. If I leave Asshai, I might die on the way, let alone learn anything."
Seeing Jhaben refuse, Quellier said nothing more and prepared to return to the temple.
At this moment, a bolt of lightning suddenly pierced through the dark clouds in Asshai's sky. The light from the lightning strike even surpassed the sunlight, illuminating Asshai below. A moment later, thunder roared, echoing throughout Asshai and startling everyone awake.
"Lightning? Why is there lightning?" Jhaben leaned against the wall and stood up from the ground, pulling back the hood of his cloak that covered his strange head. He looked up at the sky, his face filled with surprise.
It was no wonder Jhaben was so surprised, because although Asshai's sky had been covered by dark clouds for thousands of years, it had never rained or had lightning. Even when there were storms, heavy rain, lightning, and thunder in the seas outside Asshai, the sky above Asshai remained calm and stable, as if the massive black stone of Asshai had fixed all natural laws with its own power.
Quellier's face was also filled with surprise, but he quickly realized something and a look of excitement and agitation suddenly appeared on his face, along with an unusual smile.
Jhaben also noticed Quellier's expression. He turned and looked at Quellier in confusion, saying, "Do you know something?"
As Jhaben spoke, another bolt of lightning pierced through Asshai's dark clouds, followed by several consecutive lightning strikes traversing the clouds, accompanied by roars of thunder that made all of Asshai tremble. Even the most oblivious person could feel that something was amiss.
"Besides the name god of magic, my Lord also possesses the names of other gods." Quellier looked at the sky and said, "One of those divine names is storm god, the god who controls storms, dark clouds, and lightning. Lord Jhaben, my Lord has arrived!"
"Linde Terra has arrived?" Jhaben was stunned upon hearing this, and a look of anticipation appeared on his face. He released his hand from the wall and walked unsteadily to the square in front of the brazier of undying fire, looking up at the sky.
The name Linde Terra was incredibly resounding, even in a world's edge like Asshai, because everyone knew that Linde Terra was the one who grasped the true meaning of magic in this world. The magical power he possessed was like that of a god, which was why he was called the god of magic.
Jhaben had always hoped to meet Linde Terra, but he could not leave Asshai. Summerhall was too far from him. He originally thought he would never see this legendary figure until he died, but now things seemed to be taking a turn for the better.
As more and more lightning pierced through the dark clouds, the dark clouds that had covered Asshai's sky for countless years were torn open with cracks. The sunlight above the dark clouds passed through the cracks and fell onto Asshai's black stone, instantly being swallowed and absorbed by the black stone. Meanwhile, ships on the distant sea saw the pitch-black land emitting black light that countered the sunlight falling from the sky, feeling as if justice and evil, light and darkness, were at war.
Soon, a huge shadow appeared in the cracks of the dark clouds. Under the effect of the light, this shadow covered half of Asshai, making everyone within the shadow, whether slave or spellcaster, feel an inexplicable sense of oppression.
This sense of oppression was so strong that even as the object at the source of the shadow descended rapidly and the shadow quickly shrank, it did not diminish much.
The moment the object emerged from the clouds, everyone clearly saw its appearance: it was a giant dragon, an extremely strangely shaped giant dragon, with four limbs, two pairs of wings, and a body like a gemstone.
In Asshai, there were numerous documented records of giant dragons. However, none of the giant dragons recorded in all the literature were as bizarre as the one before them.
At this moment, some people who paid attention to outside rumors also connected some things to this uniquely shaped, strange giant dragon, and a thoughtful expression appeared on their faces, their gaze unconsciously turning towards the Magic God Temple in the city.
The giant dragon descended very quickly, almost in the blink of an eye, it had already flown to a position very close to the ground. Many people felt that they might be able to touch the dragon's body if they stood on a rooftop.
Subsequently, the giant dragon glided over the urban area, flying towards the Magic God Temple as most people expected, and finally landed on the square in front of the temple.
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