Central area of the main city, beside the Well of Eternity.

On a towering, majestic tower, the Elven Queen and many of her loyal upper-class elven nobles watched coldly, indifferent to the countless ordinary elves dying below.

It’s worth mentioning that the Dark Night Empire has a strict and clear class hierarchy.

The nobles who wield great power and authority call themselves upper-class elves, while the others are just ordinary night elves.

Led by the Elven Queen, the upper-class elves generally don’t care about the deaths of commoners.

Long before the class divisions appeared and gradually widened, the King of the Forest had become increasingly disillusioned with this empire, feeling it was slowly decaying.

The facts proved the King of the Forest’s concerns were correct.

The Elven Queen Azshara, driven by her ambition, initiated this War of the Ancients.

The upper-class elven nobles loyal to her became her accomplices, equally eager to dominate the new world promised by the Dark Titan. The first to pay the price for their ambitions were the ordinary night elves.

Meanwhile.

Numerous green portals were positioned above the Well of Eternity, expanding like vortices, drawing energy from the Well.

Countless demons emerged from them, joining this feast of destruction and devastation.

“By the Moon Goddess, what’s happening inside Aesarin?”

The elven guards showed terrified expressions.

“Damn it, while we were seeking the Black Dragon King, the demon legion quietly descended!”

“Azshara! I thought you were merely blinded by ambition, but you actually colluded with demons, guiding the demon legion to Azeroth. Unforgivable!”

Watching the city he had witnessed grow step by step fall into flames and demon rampage, the last shred of trust the King of the Forest Cenarius had for the Elven Queen Azshara vanished.

The once innocent and lovely little elven girl who earnestly asked him how to live in harmony with nature was completely gone from the King of the Forest’s mind. In her place was the evil queen sitting high on her throne, indifferent to the lives of her kin, coldly watching, even activating the main city’s magic array to turn the place into a slaughterhouse.

The King of the Forest had always been gentle.

But at this moment, boundless anger roiled in his heart.

However, despite the raging fire of anger, the King of the Forest did not lose his rationality.

Just the demons that had already emerged from the portals were more than he could handle alone, and some of them exuded extremely powerful auras.

Moreover, the upper-class elves of the Dark Night Empire now seemed to stand on the same side as the demons.

Besides the strongest Elven Queen Azshara, the Dark Night Empire also had some demigod-level powerhouses, mostly upper-class elves.

At this moment, the Dark Night Empire and the demon legion were not something the King of the Forest could shake.

Not to mention, as time passed, more demons would descend from the portals.

At this time, the human mage Rhonin said with some surprise:

“My magic power has recovered, and it seems that being near the Well of Eternity has made my magic even stronger than before.”

Bright magical light shone in his eyes.

The Red Dragon Krasus beside him was the same.

With a low growl, his body, which had been in human form, began to change and expand in a burst of red light, transforming into a giant dragon with red scales.

However, unlike the Red Dragons in Saga’s impression, Krasus’s form was more slender and well-proportioned, not particularly strong.

These two beings from the future were not simple characters.

“Let’s go help the elven commoners.”

Seeing the ordinary elves in dire straits, Rhonin and Krasus flew through the breach Saga had created, using powerful magic to fight the demons, bringing a ray of hope to the desperate elven commoners.

Inside the main city, on the high tower.

The Elven Queen’s gaze was sharp as she stared at the Golden Dragon that had breached the main city’s magic array, and the King of the Forest beside it.

“Cenarius, I respected you, but you have repeatedly obstructed me, interfering with my decisions, hindering my efforts to lead the Dark Night Empire to a more glorious future.”

The Elven Queen called him by name, no longer referring to him as Father Forest.

“Now my respect for you is gone, and I see you as an enemy.”

The King of the Forest, who was thoroughly disappointed in the Elven Queen, did not respond.

He turned to the Golden Dragon and said:

“We can’t fight the Dark Night Empire and the demon legion alone. Hyperion, please completely destroy the main city’s magic array first, giving the trapped commoners a chance to escape from the demons’ clutches.”

Meanwhile.

Saga raised his dragon head slightly, then opened his mouth again.

Electromagnetic pulse Dragon Breath surged out of his mouth, sweeping across the main city’s magic array as Saga turned his head, tearing the massive array apart inch by inch.

“Damn dragon!”

The Elven Queen’s expression darkened as she stared intently at the dragon in the sky.

Behind her, two elven demigods emerged from the shadows, holding sharp blades, their bodies disappearing as they stealthily approached the Golden Dragon.

Night elves were quite adept at stealth and assassination.

The hidden elven demigods approached the Golden Dragon, ready to strike.

However, as if foreseeing their approach, the Golden Dragon suddenly extended two dragon claws, one left and one right, swatting the two hidden elven demigods like flies with precise accuracy.

Boom! Boom!

Two plumes of blood mist appeared in the air.

“What!”

The Elven Queen stood up abruptly, her eyes filled with intense dread and vigilance.

Her two trusted aides were killed like insects, without any chance to react, under the Golden Dragon’s claws. This scene, combined with the dragon’s destruction of the main city’s magic array, made the Elven Queen realize that the Golden Dragon before her was definitely a being comparable to the five guardian dragons.

“Cenarius, do you think finding a powerful ally will help you deal with me?”

“The demon legion’s strength far exceeds your imagination. A legion that can traverse the vast cosmos is not something a mere planet like Azeroth can resist.”

As if to respond to the Elven Queen’s words.

The most numerous type of demons, packs of hellhounds, began to roar and howl.

These demons had bodies similar to dogs or even dire wolves, with blood-red skin covered in sharp spikes, heads resembling a mix of wolves and lizards, giant mouths filled with sharp teeth, twisted horns growing forward from their backs like forklifts or bayonets, and whip-like tentacles with octopus-like suckers at the ends protruding from their backs, making them extremely terrifying.

At the same time, amidst the roars of numerous hellhounds.

One of the portals trembled violently.

Roar!

With a wild roar, a gigantic hellhound, as large as a mountain and clad in lava-like red iron armor, descended upon Azeroth.

It stood on all fours, roaring to the sky.

The massive sound waves, solidified into substance, caused the surrounding land and buildings to crack inch by inch.

Hakkar the Houndmaster, a minor commander of the Burning Legion.

Though also a demigod, this demon leader was far stronger than the elven demigods.

Upon arrival, the Houndmaster turned to gaze at the Golden Dragon and the King of the Forest, his blood-red eyes filled with ferocious malice, his mouth revealing cold, sharp fangs.

“Cenarius, you and Rhonin and Krasus go help the commoners.”

“I’ll handle this powerful demon.”

The Golden Dragon shook his neck and said calmly, facing the terrifying demon without fear.

In the Casserly Abyss, Saga had seen many terrifying and powerful creatures, so this was nothing new to him.

“Alright! Be careful!”

In the face of crisis, the King of the Forest did not hesitate, nodding heavily, then entering the elven main city to protect and rescue the elven commoners from the attacking demons.

Under the King of the Forest’s control, countless vines rose from the ground, mercilessly strangling the rampaging demons.

At the same time, countless flowers broke through the soil, wrapping the panicked commoners, then burrowing into the ground to transfer them to safe areas away from the battlefield.

Cenarius felt he was no match for the Houndmaster.

Moreover, seeing Saga easily destroy the impregnable main city’s magic array, the King of the Forest was certain that this Golden Dragon possessed power comparable to the guardian dragons and was trustworthy.

Meanwhile.

“I am Hakkar, the Houndmaster of the Burning Legion!”

“Any being that obstructs the Burning Crusade will be torn apart by my fangs!”

The Houndmaster roared at the Golden Dragon, his eyes filled with tangible malice.

But he did not immediately attack.

Though his mouth was full of threats, the Houndmaster, with his keen instincts, felt a bit apprehensive about the Golden Dragon before him.

At the same time, a faint black sheen coated the dragon’s golden scales, turning them into a black-gold color, exuding an extremely heavy texture.

The black-gold dragon smiled coldly, a sharp glint in his dragon eyes, and said disdainfully:

“Arrogant fool.”

“Beg for my mercy, and I might, out of pity and compassion, spare your life.”

This undisguised contempt enraged the already irrational Houndmaster.

“I will tear your flesh from your bones and leave you a mangled wreck!”

With a squelch, the skin on his sides split open, extending a pair of bone wings, which then became blood wings as blood adhered to them.

The Houndmaster flapped his blood wings, soaring into the air.

Behind him, thousands of lesser hellhounds also grew blood wings, following their leader in a massive swarm, hunting the black-gold dragon.

Boom!

Dragon Might erupted, like a mountain roaring and a sea howling, sweeping through the hellhound pack.

The leading Houndmaster felt a chill in his body, layers of frost forming on his surface under the Magnetic Cold Dragon Might, but the damage was not severe. With a shake, he ignited flames to dispel the cold.

However, the lesser hellhounds behind him were not so fortunate.

The flames on their bodies extinguished, turning them into stiff corpses that fell from the sky.

Ignoring the deaths of the ordinary hellhounds, the mountain-sized Houndmaster’s eyes burned with fire as he roared and charged.

Approaching the black-gold dragon, the Houndmaster raised his flaming claws, striking heavily at the black-gold dragon.

At this moment, Saga’s form had not enlarged, appearing quite small before the several-hundred-meter-tall Houndmaster. The opponent’s raised claw was as large as Saga’s current black-gold body.

Facing the imposing Houndmaster, the black-gold dragon also raised his claw, meeting the attack head-on.

In the next instant, the dragon claw and the much larger hound claw collided.

Crack!

The sound of bones breaking echoed.

An unstoppable force surged through, twisting the Houndmaster’s face in pain. His massive hound arm was torn open, and he was sent crashing back to the ground by the much smaller black-gold dragon’s claw.

Given their size difference, it was like a kitten swatting a tiger.

Boom!

The Houndmaster’s enormous body crashed into the ground.

The impact created a huge crater, with the surrounding area collapsing and cracking, flames and dust scattering everywhere.

The immense visual impact left Cenarius and the others, who were rescuing commoners, momentarily stunned.

“So, so strong.”

Having just teleported a few commoners with a spell, the Red Dragon Krasus murmured.

Then, with a bit of confusion, he looked at the Golden Dragon, murmuring in his heart:

“A dragon this powerful, comparable to the guardian dragons, would surely be recorded in Azeroth’s history. But why is there no mention of it in my memory?”

“Maybe it’s in the part of my memory I’ve forgotten.”

Without dwelling on the question, Krasus continued casting spells to teleport more commoners.

Roar!

A roar scattered the dust.

The Houndmaster stepped out of the flames, the almost shattered forelimb sprouting flesh buds that wriggled like living things, rapidly regenerating.

But before he could strike again.

Looking up, the black-gold dragon’s shadow covered the Houndmaster’s vision.

Boom!

The Superheavy Dragon Punch struck down, hitting the Houndmaster’s head.

The skull cracked, brain matter splattered.

The Houndmaster fell silent, once again smashed into the ground.

However, this blow did not kill the Houndmaster. His flesh seemed to come alive, wriggling and twisting, with the wound on his head healing at a visible speed.

But this regenerative ability did not improve the Houndmaster’s situation.

It only brought a more intense, storm-like, relentless beating.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The black-gold dragon moved swiftly, his body shifting around the Houndmaster, each strike shattering the Houndmaster’s body, tearing his flesh, breaking his bones like fragile twigs.

In just a few breaths.

The previously fierce Houndmaster was reduced to a broken mess, his flesh mangled, his bones shattered, a pitiful sight.

Whimpering, he struggled on the ground.

Though his flesh wriggled, trying to heal, he could not stand up in a short time.

“Hmph, not even worth hitting.”

Saga shook his head, then rose into the air, descending sharply to crush the Houndmaster’s head completely, white-hot electricity bursting from his feet, extending into the Houndmaster’s remains.

The Houndmaster’s wriggling body stiffened, losing all vitality.

Turning his head, Saga locked eyes with the Elven Queen Azshara.

He opened his mouth, unleashing an electromagnetic pulse Dragon Breath towards the Elven Queen on the high tower.

Buzz!

The lake formed by endless magical energy shone brightly.

Countless magical runes flickered above the Well of Eternity, forming a spherical barrier under Saga’s electromagnetic Dragon Breath, unwavering.

This barrier enveloped the entire Well of Eternity and the portals, including the Elven Queen beside the Well.

“It’s useless.”

“No one can break this eternal barrier from the outside.”

Unlike the main city’s magic array, this eternal barrier was formed by the pure energy of the Well of Eternity, the greatest assurance of the Burning Legion’s uninterrupted descent.

“You are strong, but the Burning Legion’s arrival is inevitable. I will become the sole queen of the new world.”

The Elven Queen Azshara spoke calmly.

Saga’s eyes narrowed slightly. He took a deep breath, then opened his mouth again.

This time, it was not an electromagnetic pulse Dragon Breath.

The formless, intangible Annihilation Dragon Breath shot straight at the eternal barrier.

Under the Elven Queen’s shocked gaze, the eternal barrier cracked, deeply dented, with fissures spreading like lightning from the point of impact.

In no time, the eternal barrier was about to shatter.

“Damn it, what kind of dragon are you?”

Steadying her mind, the Elven Queen decisively ordered, “Suspend the supply to the portals, divert all the Well of Eternity’s energy to defense!”

The Well of Eternity shone even brighter.

A massive amount of energy gathered on the eternal barrier, frantically mending the cracks caused by Saga’s Dragon Breath.

One side destroying, the other mending, the two forces reached a stalemate, and the portals stopped summoning more demons.

Saga’s Dragon Breath was powerful, but the Well of Eternity’s energy was endless. At the cost of immense energy, it withstood Saga’s attack.

Realizing he couldn’t break the barrier, Saga paused his Dragon Breath attack.

“The Well of Eternity… Even my Annihilation Dragon Breath can’t penetrate its barrier. What is its origin? This barrier is stronger than shields formed by Transcendent divine power.”

With a heavy gaze, Saga scrutinized the radiant, magical lake.

What Saga didn’t know was that the Well of Eternity was a relic from an ancient era, created by the cosmic Titans and the Old Gods’ war, a gift to Azeroth, with many Titans involved in its creation.

In the Great Ring Multiverse, it would be equivalent to a divine artifact left by the gods.

At Saga’s current level, not even a demigod, it was difficult to completely break through its barrier.

On the other side, the Elven Queen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Who knew what kind of monster this Golden Dragon was.

The Dark Titan, a terrifying being capable of setting galaxies ablaze, had personally guaranteed that the eternal barrier on Azeroth was unbreakable, yet it was almost shattered. Now, it was holding only because of the infinite energy supply.

If she hadn’t reacted quickly, this Burning Crusade could have been declared a failure.

Meanwhile.

Seeing Saga’s remarkable performance, Cenarius’s eyes brightened, and he said spiritedly:

“The commoners are almost evacuated. Let’s leave here first.”

“Once we’ve gathered all the guardians, we’ll launch a counterattack on the Well of Eternity!”

“With your ability to break defenses, combined with the other guardians’ support, we will surely shatter the barrier and end this war.”