Earl Mi rejected Angel’s proposal.
From the thought sent from the Blue Lantern Flower, Angel vaguely felt that Earl Mi was showing extreme welcome at the appearance of the magma giant whale.
Initially, Angel didn’t understand why Earl Mi was excited about the appearance of the magma whale.
Until—
The flames spewed by the fire phoenix were blocked by the magma whale; and when the enormous tail flipper of the magma whale slapped the body of the phoenix, Angel began to understand.
Two gigantic creatures lacking coordination, simultaneously battling Earl Mi, were completely hindering each other.
Not only did they fail to leverage their numerical advantage, but due to their enormous size, they occasionally obstructed each other, making it difficult to release their ultimate moves, thereby reducing Earl Mi’s combat risk.
This combination posed less threat to Earl Mi compared to the fire phoenix accompanied by a group of small fire elementals.
Of course, the main reason for all this was the precise control exercised by Earl Mi.
Using agile movements, he constrained the battle within an extremely small area, compressing the fighting space for the fire phoenix and magma whale, making it difficult for them to maneuver.
If it were someone else, it probably wouldn’t be possible to achieve such precise compression and containment.
Under such circumstances, if the fire phoenix or magma whale withdrew, it might pose a bigger threat. But instead, they both refused to retreat.
Witnessing this, Angel felt more at ease; he spread out illusion nodes to set up trapdoors for follow-up actions, while continuing to investigate the situation with the flame giant, searching for Dangross.
The flame giant now kneeled in the snow, its eyes tightly closed, concentrating all thoughts and energy on healing its damaged elemental core.
Having discovered the flame giant’s actions, Angel became more confident in his hypothesis.
Who would silently mend a fatal wound while expressing intense emotions towards the skyward battle?
Evidently, Dangross is not the flame giant and might be hiding somewhere within its body.
Dangross: "How did you collide with Kelonkcro again? Phoenix, get out of the way!"
Angel: "Is Kelonkcro the magma whale?"
Dangross snorted twice, reluctant to respond to Angel, keeping its eyes fixed on the aerial battle.
Angel wasn’t annoyed; he smiled amiably and engaged in conversation with Dangross, steering the dialogue towards the battle between the fire phoenix and magma whale, avoiding any inquiries for intelligence.
Angel: "Kelonkcro actually attacked Phoenix, tsk tsk tsk, internal conflict. The fiery feathers on Phoenix’s head have stood up; it looks really angry."
Dangross said discontentedly: "It wasn’t Kelonkcro who attacked Phoenix! It was Phoenix’s claw that first touched Kelonkcro’s tail fin, causing Kelonkcro to mistakenly believe it was under attack and retaliate instinctively."
Angel chuckled but didn’t proceed with the conversation. However, inwardly he thought: Being able to see the fire phoenix’s claw touching the magma whale indicates Dangross has found quite a good viewpoint.
The right ear and chest-abdomen area of the flame giant would not have visibility of this scene.
Seeing Dangross stopped speaking, Angel continued: "I thought the internal conflict would last long, but didn’t expect it to end so quickly... the battle has reignited."
Dangross: "Hmph, although I dislike Phoenix because it’s the subservient of the new king, Kelonkcro and Phoenix have a personal relationship, they couldn’t have a conflict! Frost Iser spy, what you wish to see is impossible, give it up!"
Angel inwardly raised his thumb, admiring this simpleton’s greatness; without asking anything, he indirectly extracted new intelligence.
Perhaps having Angel, the spy, present, made Dangross excited, commenting further on the aerial battle with lofty insight.
Dangross: "See, the wind tornadoes on Phoenix’s right flank help Kelonkcro fend off the ice spikes. They could never have an internal conflict!"
Angel nodded with a smile, while continuing his analysis inwardly: From my position, I can only see the wind tornado with the naked eye. The ability to track the ice spikes’ trajectory indicates that areas below the right forehead, half of the left forehead, and eighty percent of the spine region can be excluded from the search.
Angel relied on this method to gradually narrow down Dangross’s location.
Throughout the process, Dangross was completely unaware that its casual descriptions of the battle seemed to gradually expose its real location.
As Angel was narrowing down the area, the aerial battle also evolved.
After consecutive clashes, the fire phoenix and magma whale gradually began to coordinate, attempting to break through Earl Mi’s blockade.
Earl Mi also knew that once they formed any cooperation, even without breaking through the blockade, the situation would turn against him.
To avoid losing the initiative, Earl Mi had to finish the battle quickly.
But wanting to end the fight swiftly wasn’t easy; he had to locate the elemental cores of the fire phoenix and magma whale to ensure a direct hit.
The elemental core of the fire phoenix was confirmed by Earl Mi during previous test combats, located in its head below the middle feather among the row of fiery feathers on the forehead.
However, the elemental core of the magma whale remained undiscovered.
According to the original plan, with a few more rounds, Earl Mi could pinpoint the magma whale’s elemental core.
But he didn’t have much time left.
He had to devise an alternative strategy to locate the magma whale’s elemental core in the shortest possible time.
After realizing the need to modify the strategy, Earl Mi quickly formulated the next plan due to his rich battle experience.
He intended to use himself as bait to create chaos, enduring minimal injury, and upon contacting the opponent’s energy output channel, directly inject his energy into the conduit, determining the location of the elemental core based on the energy output position.
Without hesitation, Earl Mi acted upon his thoughts.
After several clashes, Earl Mi exposed a vulnerability, slightly losing balance for a moment, which immediately allowed the fire phoenix to seize the opportunity, blocking Earl Mi’s retreat to a safe location.
Simultaneously, the magma whale blocked the other side, trapping Earl Mi in the center.
Earl Mi instantly found himself in a disadvantageous position.
The fire phoenix’s eyes gleamed with excitement; having been suppressed for so long, it finally found a chance!
Even though Earl Mi decided to be the bait, he could not afford to be injured without a fight. He once again drew upon the remaining awakening power within him...
The fire phoenix sensed the anomaly in the surrounding energy waves and urgently cried out: "It’s trying to... Damn, Kelonkcro, act quickly!"
The magma whale had just trapped Earl Mi, and had yet to react to the unfolding situation. However, knowing the fire phoenix was smarter than it, it didn’t hesitate to open its mouth and spew magma breath towards Earl Mi...