She pointed her sword toward the sky, ice qi spreading, creating an icy mist. In the next moment, the whole area was sealed inside an ice lotus.

MingYue does this to prevent the enemy from escaping or disturbing Alex's reunion with his mother.

Back on the ground, Aldric let out a chuckle seeing everything that was happening. "It seems I am not needed here now. I will look for Jake." He said to Luca, then left without waiting for her answer.

Luca just let out a bitter smile. Seeing Alex and Emily now, she suddenly felt like she had left them for ten years. They had changed a lot.

Emily still had the same actions, but Luca could feel the strength in her body. As for Alex, it was like he completely changed in her absence.

His face showed someone who had experienced so many things.

Luca patted Emily's head gently as she tried to comfort her. But as she did this, her eyes were locked on Alex.

They didn't open their lips, but many things were exchanged at that moment. Alex quickly understood the gist of what was happening and the reason why Luca chose not to tell them.

As for Luca, everything she learned just raised many more questions in her mind.

Alex sighed, then his lips curled into a warm smile. He walked toward his mother.

"Mom, trust me." Alex said as he raised his finger toward her forehead.

In the next moment, the tip of his finger glowed with warm energy. Luca's eyes kept questioning Alex as she felt this weird energy spread over her body. She could also feel something being carved on her forehead.

Alex's finger moved with finesse. Throughout all this, Emily had calmed down. She now sat patiently beside Luca, waiting for Alex's procedure to be finished.

It didn't take long for Alex to finish. "Mom, I will explain after we rescue Dad."

He then addressed Emily, "Protect mom and her friend, Emily."

After saying that, Alex disappeared from sight, surprising Luca. Her questioning gaze moved to Emily, "Tell me everything you know."

Emily meanwhile turned her head around as she was wondering who Alex meant by her mother's friend. She couldn't feel Seraphine's presence despite her standing not far from them.

Seraphine's eyebrows creased together as interest started growing in her heart. This was the first time someone could feel her presence without her announcing it.

'Just how could he do it,' Seraphine thought while looking around, trying to locate where Alex was.

Meanwhile, Alex, using his foot technique, already blinked toward the spire. Read exclusive content at m_v-l'-NovelFire.net

He knew the monster wouldn't pose any problem for MingYue's current strength. She was also supported by Zold and Quartz; in his mind, the monster's fate was already sealed.

His main concern now was the weird life energy he detected deep under the spire. He could feel it had some similarity to the eye being he had met before.

Reaching in front of the spire gate, Alex turned his gaze upward, seeing the dungeon portal right on top.

His hand flicked forward, and light came out, materializing into many figures kneeling.

"Petricia, check the portal. Don't go in, but make sure nothing comes out. If it's something out of your power, escape."

"Yes, my king," Petricia replied as she led a squad of goblins toward the top.

The goblins she led now had cultivation levels at the early core formation stage. Added to Petricia's ability, Alex believed she shouldn't have a problem clearing the path, except something really strong came out from the portal.

Petricia herself had already reached the later stage of core formation. She was already close to a breakthrough, but it seemed something was fundamentally different between goblins and humans at the soul level, making her stuck.

Meanwhile, inside the lotus, everything changed. The dark dragon's body was covered in blood, parts of its scales already peeled open.

One of its eyes was stabbed, while the other one kept looking around, trying to find a weak point to escape.

MingYue's presence changed the whole battlefield. She instructed them where to attack, making the monster's mimicry ability completely useless.

In desperation, the dragon opened its mouth, and black energy started gathering.

Seeing this, Isolde, Zold, and Quartz moved quickly to intervene, but MingYue stopped them.

With a teasing smile, she pointed her sword forward. Ice started gathering in front of the sword tip.

Ice started expanding in size, turning into a beautiful lotus.

The Dragari thought MingYue wanted to use it to block his trump card, but unfortunately, he was wrong. Searᴄh the ηovёlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

The lotus, like it was alive, grew in size, reaching the same height as the Dragari.

The petals then dropped as they started to bloom. Inside, a very lifelike ice fox appeared. "Groarr!!!"

The fox leaped forward, its claw smacking the dragon's jaw, dispersing the energy it charged. Its tail moved, grasping the dragon's body, while its sharp fangs pierced their way toward the dragon's scales.

The Dragari grimaced in pain as it desperately tried to fight back. Isolde watched all this with a glimmer of excitement in her eyes.

With one look, she knew MingYue, Zold, and Quartz didn't just use mana. Especially MingYue, who seemed to use a different source of energy.

Isolde had been stuck at her power level for a long time now. Any method to break it would trigger her curiosity to no end.

But she knew this was a great opportunity to kill this so-called fake dragon. Her eyes closed as many elements started appearing around her body.

They spun around until they started to combine. First, it was an earth spike that started growing and transforming into a spear.

It then became covered with ice before electricity started covering it.

Seeing the elements used, Zold and Quartz quickly understood what Isolde planned.

Zold's eyes flickered, and lightning rumbled in the air as he imbued his power into the spear.

Quartz meanwhile moved toward the lotus petals that blocked the area. Her feet dug into the ice as her body crouched down, preparing to jump.