In that instant, the entire world lost all its color.

Only two ultimate lights remained: jade green and azure blue, clashing and annihilating each other in a frenzy!

Terrifying shockwaves of energy, like tangible ripples, swept out madly in all directions.

The clouds in the sky were instantly torn to shreds, revealing the dark, profound void behind them.

Below, the canopy of the Endless Forest Sea was battered as if by billions of tons of seawater. Swaths of giant trees were uprooted and pulverized into dust.

The earth was wailing and trembling. Immense, bottomless fissures spread frantically across the ground.

Just from their first exchange, the two Catastrophe Level Giant Dragons had created a terrifying, apocalyptic scene.

And this was only the beginning.

The heavens collapsed and the earth split asunder.

Natural Magic and Destructive Thunderlight tangled, collided, and annihilated one another madly across the dome of the sky.

Every clash of energy unleashed a terrifying impact powerful enough to tear space itself.

The resulting energy storms plowed bottomless ravines into the earth below.

This was a battlefield for the Catastrophe Level.

Raylo lay prone on Astra’s back, clinging desperately to a hard, protruding scale to keep from being thrown off by the violent shockwaves.

Astra’s Thunder Light Force Field blocked the vast majority of the impact, but the terrifying pressure, immense enough to shatter one’s very soul, still made him feel as if a mountain were crushing his chest, making it incredibly difficult to breathe.

’This is terrifying.’

’This is a Catastrophe Level battle.’

The aftershocks alone were enough to easily obliterate any Domain Level existence.

The Golden Dragon Sun and the Black Dragon Black King were in an even more wretched state.

Despite the protection of the Thunder Light Force Field, their massive draconic bodies were still battered and thrown about. They could only struggle to stabilize themselves, their dragon eyes filled with horror and fear.

For the first time, they so viscerally felt the immense, chasm-like gap between themselves and a truly top-tier powerhouse.

"Now’s the time!"

Raylo’s voice exploded like a thunderclap in the minds of Sun and Black King!

His plan was simple.

Have Astra, the Catastrophe Level Thunder Dragon, clash head-on with the Jade Dragon Emperor, a long-renowned veteran powerhouse, to draw its full attention and leave it with no time for anything else.

Meanwhile, he himself would take Sun and Black King and seize the opportunity—amidst the chaos of the two dragons’ world-shaking battle—to snatch the Divine Wood Fruit growing on the Heaven-Reaching Divine Wood!

"Sun!"

Raylo roared.

"ROAR!"

The Golden Dragon Sun gritted its teeth, suppressed the trembling deep in its soul, and beat its Dragon Wings. Pushing against the violent energy storm, it struggled to get close to Astra.

Seeing his chance, Raylo leaped.

His body carved an arc through the air, landing precisely on Sun’s broad back.

"Black King! Flank us! Keep up!"

"Roar..."

Black King let out a low growl.

’Me? A noble Black Dragon, acting as a flank guard for another Golden Dragon?’

Its pride roared in defiance.

However, the irresistible Contract Power deep within its soul forced its body to react with utmost obedience.

"Lord Astra! I’m counting on you!"

Raylo shouted toward the battlefield in the sky.

"ROAR!"

Answering him was an even higher-pitched, more ferocious dragon roar from Astra.

The next second, the azure Sea of Thunderbolt, which had been contending on equal terms with the jade-green divine splendor of nature, suddenly erupted in a brilliant flash of light!

Astra’s Power burst forth once more!

An endless torrent of Thunderbolt, filled with a destructive aura, surged from its body. It formed a Sea of Thunderbolt more than ten times larger than before and pressed back against the Jade Dragon Emperor with an overwhelming, crushing force!

With its actions, it had answered Raylo.

"Charge!"

Raylo no longer hesitated. Squeezing his legs hard against Sun’s back, he gave the order to charge.

In the instant Astra unleashed its power, the vast Sea of Thunderbolt it created also provided perfect cover for Raylo and the others.

The sea of thunder temporarily blocked the Jade Dragon Emperor’s senses, forcing it to focus all of its attention on dealing with Astra’s tempestuous assault of Thunderbolt.

"ROAR!"

Sun let out a roar. It pushed its Domain Level Power to the absolute limit, forming a thick Shield of the Power of the Giant Dragon around its body. Braving the omnipresent energy storm, it carried Raylo and dove like an arrow loosed from a bow toward the enormous canopy below, which resembled a continent in the sky.

Black King followed close behind, its dark gold vertical pupils fixed on the turbulent energy flows all around. Its massive body shielded Raylo and Sun from most of the impacts coming from the flanks.

After passing through the most dangerous zone where the two Catastrophe-level powers intertwined, they successfully broke through, arriving beneath the massive canopy of the Heaven-Reaching Divine Wood.

At that moment, the pressure around them suddenly lightened.

The Heaven-Reaching Divine Wood itself was emitting a gentle yet immense field of Life Force.

This field formed a natural barrier, sealing off most of the rampaging energy storms from high above.

Beneath the canopy was a world of its own.

Raylo finally had time to carefully survey the scene before him.

They were currently flying between two colossal branches that stretched out like mountain ranges.

Above them were layer upon layer of gigantic leaves.