The battlefield is now divided into two sides.
He stands alone on one side, facing countless eyes filled with resentment, as well as the stormy winds that churn the cloud sea.
Compared to the enormous wind elemental creatures, Angel appears particularly small. Yet, his demeanor is incredibly tenacious, even in the face of malevolent thunderstorms, he remains unfazed.
"Kill!"
"We must kill him!"
The cries continually reach Angel’s ears, and the wind around him begins to grow restless.
Hurricane stands at the forefront; instead of directly initiating combat, it takes a deep breath, inhaling a large mass of wind and cloud into its chest. Its upper body instantly enlarges by a third.
About two seconds later, Hurricane releases its breath slowly, having swollen considerably.
This breath is long and serpentine, stretching straight up into the sky for hundreds of meters before transforming into a black cyclone of ghostly shadows, overlooking all from the battlefield’s height.
"That’s the last trace of Aimer’s wind; it will witness your demise." Hurricane gazes coldly at Angel, announcing the beginning of the battle.
Angel also notices the black whirlwind in the sky, the same great whirlwind that fought Toby before self-destructing.
So that’s called Aimer.
Angel feels no disturbance at Aimer’s presence. Aimer voluntarily initiated battle, and death was its destiny.
However, Angel wasn’t particularly interested in playing out the drama of "defeating the young ones, only for the old ones to show up." Even though Hurricane was another wind leader entity, he initially wanted to see if they could talk.
But from the series of reactions, talking is clearly not possible for the moment.
Then battle it is.
With Hurricane mourning Aimer and expressing anger, the battle finally began.
Facing dozens of figures enveloped by whirlwinds, Angel exhibits no retreat, but instead, he summons Earl Mi from his shadows with a thought.
As soon as Earl Mi appears, the dark aura on him begins to blend slowly with the surrounding ferocious winds.
His cold eyes turn blue, and at this moment, he transforms into a true wind elemental magical creature.
"Handle Hurricane first, I’ll manage the others." Angel communicates spiritually with Earl Mi.
Then, Angel reaches out, touching Earl Mi lightly, infusing him with Nightmare Illusion Breath. This breath helps Earl Mi avoid being affected by illusion techniques, allowing him to traverse illusionary realms effortlessly.
After doing all this, a ghostly light flashes in Earl Mi’s eyes; he exchanges a glance with Angel, and amidst the howling winds, they split in two directions.
As they leave, countless wind blades rush into the spot where they previously stood. Though chaotic, once these winds converge, they demonstrate terrifying power, penetrating a hundred-meter cloud layer, leaving a hole. Through the hole, one could vaguely see the flying sand and stones stirred up below.
This is the might unleashed by dozens of wind elemental creatures at once.
Sufficient power to pierce through the eternal storm cloud sea!
This sight leaves Arnott and Jack on the distant gondola in shock. Against such a terrifying force, can Angel and Earl Mi truly prevail?
Dangross is also frightened by this scene; the cloud sea here is composed of the purest energy, unlike the outside, requiring formidable energy levels to penetrate. Yet, the opponents managed it with just one strike, breaking through the cloud sea. Previously confident in Earl Mi, Dangross now feels some fear, even contemplating retreat: "Lord Toby, should we, should we retreat a bit? Even if we don’t retreat, we could first go to Wind Island?"
However, Dangross receives no answer; it turns to look and realizes Toby is already gone from the ship’s bow.
Meanwhile, a gryphon engulfed in raging flames is confronting a black python towering in the clouds a hundred meters away...
Elsewhere, Hurricane was also keeping tabs on Angel, but the scent of fire carried by the wind made it turn its head in confusion.
It sees Toby in confrontation with the python.
Upon seeing Toby’s blazing form, Hurricane immediately recalls the memory Aimer left, about the terrifying creature that killed it.
"So you’ve been hiding here." Hurricane had wondered where that flame creature had gone, not expecting it to be lurking near the strange flying boat.
Hurricane knows well that the flame creature was what truly led to Aimer’s death. Thus, even to fulfill Aimer’s final wish, Hurricane resolves to kill Toby first.
It turns around, rushing towards Toby swiftly.
However, the more it focuses on Toby, the stranger Hurricane feels. Aimer’s remaining memory didn’t show detailed details of Toby’s appearance. And now, with Toby standing starkly in the distance, Hurricane gets a chance to observe.
Somehow, Toby’s appearance seems familiar, as if it’s been seen somewhere before.
Hurricane, while rushing towards Toby, tries to recall where it’s seen Toby’s form.
But before Hurricane can remember, a wind shadow appears before it. Before it can identify the shadow, a wind spiral attacks directly at its face.
As a wind elemental creature, Hurricane can almost be immune to wind to some extent, much less a seemingly insignificant wind spiral.
Yet, watching the incoming wind spiral, Hurricane feels a thrill of fear.
Its spiritual sense tells it that avoiding it is necessary to prevent injury.
Ultimately believing its spiritual sense, Hurricane dodges the wind spiral. To check if its sense was deceived, it then creates its own wind spiral infused with divine thought, clashing directly against the incoming one.
Upon collision of the wind spirals, Hurricane is shocked to find its own spiral has been obliterated, and most importantly, its divine thought is gone as well!
The obliteration of the spiral suggests the opposing wind spiral had a higher energy level, but the destruction of its divine thought is no ordinary feat.
This means that when facing such an attack, immunity due to similar elemental nature won’t apply, and it may even harm its core.
What on earth is this wind spiral?
Also, who released it?
Hurricane stopped searching for Toby and instead looked at the silhouette opposite him.