The rout in the rear made the troll fleet commander realize that the battle situation was turning against them. After the tribal leaders discussed it, they immediately decided to abandon the pursuit of the Conquest Fleet, change course, and break out of the possible encirclement.
After so long, even the dumbest trolls knew that the human fleet leading them in circles was waiting for reinforcements, and would then surround and annihilate them.
This was a surprise attack that the trolls had planned for a long time, and even now, the trolls still held the advantage on the field.
The Conquest Fleet, Blue Flame Fleet, Valoran Air Force, and the Pandaren from the Wandering Isle could not directly contend with the current troll fleet, but the enemy was constantly reinforcing, and if this dragged on, the situation would inevitably become increasingly unfavorable for the trolls.
The trolls wanted to retreat, but the others wouldn't allow it.
Several naval forces pursued closely, and under the command of the General Staff, more and more troops joined this encirclement and suppression.
The battlefield shifted southward.
In that southern sea, there was a continent shrouded in perpetual mist, which had been peaceful for tens of thousands of years under the protection of the fog. Now, that mist was dissipating, revealing a magnificent and scenic land.
The homeland of the Pandaren, Pandaria, had appeared!
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At the same time as the great naval battle, another great battle was also taking place in Dragonblight. The most powerful forces of Azeroth gathered here. The four Dragon Aspects and the Guardian Dragonflight reunited. The Dragonmaw clan reunited after half a year, and the mortals also sent their most powerful heroes and elite troops to prepare for the most likely powerful enemy to appear—the chromatic dragon Chromatus, who was said to possess the power of the five-colored dragons!
But no one knew that in this world there was no Chromatus. It died in the womb before it was born. The current chromatic dragon was named Ocularis.
It was originally the most powerful twilight dragon created by Deathwing and Sinestra after joining the power of the Old Gods, and it possessed extraordinary power.
When it was underground, it was completely transformed.
The perfect Dragon Soul was injected into Ocularis's body, and then Nefarian fused the perfect chromatic dragon gene with its body. Finally, Deathwing personally guided the massive energy in the Focusing Iris into Ocularis's body.
This was a series of crazy transformations that no dragon could withstand under normal circumstances, but Ocularis endured it. It not only gained unparalleled power, but also grew five differently colored heads. There were bronze, green, blue, black, and red—each color corresponded to the ability of a Dragon Aspect. And its original purple head corresponded to the power of the twilight dragon.
This deformed chromatic dragon simultaneously controlled the power of time, life, earth, dreams, magic, and nothingness.
This was the true, invincible chromatic dragon!
Deathwing personally tested the abilities of this greatest creation made by his family, and the chromatic dragon Ocularis defeated its creator in just two minutes.
The proud Deathwing didn't want to recall how embarrassing that scene was: all of his attacks were easily seen through by the opponent and dodged using the bizarre ability to transform nothingness, and every attack from the opponent made him unable to parry.
Deathwing could dodge the attacks of two or even three heads, but it was impossible to completely avoid the simultaneous attacks of six heads.
Deathwing believed that this perfect creation would bring great surprises to his old friends.
N'Zoth thought so too—it didn't care how much its plan was seen through or destroyed.
The failure to capture Neptulon was a defeat, and so was letting Ragnaros destroy the World Tree. His embarrassment was insignificant, and repairing the World Pillar was nothing.
The only thing N'Zoth cared about was Ocularis.
It was very clear that to deal with Aiden, it was necessary to use extraordinary means, those that it had never used on any timeline. This transformed chromatic dragon was such a plan.
This form of chromatic dragon was unique on all timelines. Apart from here, no other timeline had ever produced such a chromatic dragon.
Its power was beyond doubt. Although Aiden had deployed the strongest force in Northrend, it was still not enough to limit Ocularis!
The truth was also true.
The first to launch an attack in Northrend was Sinestra's Twilight Dragonflight.
She led this group of twilight dragons to raid the Ruby Sanctum, preparing to infect those unhatched dragon eggs with the chromatic dragon gene, so that they would gain a huge chromatic Dragonflight.
In every way, the chromatic dragon species was far more powerful than any other dragon species!
The potential they showed amazed Sinestra.
Because the chromatic dragons still had the genes of the twilight dragons, they still retained the ability to grow rapidly.
As long as these dragon eggs were taken away and hatched, Deathwing would have a steady stream of reserves.
Once successful, it would be a disaster for Azeroth!
However, this raid was unsuccessful.
Krasus—that is, Korialstrasz, the Red Dragon Queen's only consort—had been guarding the Ruby Sanctum, and a large number of Dragonmaw clan elites were also lurking here.
Princess Onyxia also came here with the Black Dragonflight. She thought she would encounter her family, but she didn't expect it to be so soon. In the first battle, she met her mother and brother!
Onyxia had been separated from her mother for less than a year, and she never imagined that Sinestra would become like this, neither dragon nor insect.
The upper body of the current Dragon Mother barely maintained the appearance of a black dragon, but her forelimbs became very thick, and her belly, which should have been very large and round, became very slender. Her two hind feet disappeared and were replaced by a tail like a giant worm. When she flew up, she looked like an enlarged version of those ugly wind serpents outside.
As soon as the Twilight Dragonflight led by Sinestra rushed into the Ruby Sanctum, they were surrounded by the Dragonmaw clan legion that had been ambushing here, and soon fell into an absolute disadvantage.
Onyxia flew up and asked sadly, "Mother, why have you become like this! Wouldn't it have been better to stay back then? Why did you have to... do this!"
"This is my own choice, Onyxia." Sinestra flicked her long tail and pounced on her daughter, her stout, deformed forelimbs brewing pure dark and evil power. "This is a gift from the true master of this world, and no one can refuse it! My daughter, join us quickly, so that our family can be reunited!"
Sinestra was captured a few months ago and suffered inhumane torture. Under torture, she finally accepted the gift of the Old God N'Zoth and became Deathwing's most capable helper, helping him build the Twilight Dragonflight in front of him.
She had forgotten how much she hated Deathwing in the past 10,000 years, and how she vowed to avenge Deathwing, who had seriously hurt her.
Now Sinestra only had obedience to the Old Gods and hatred for the orderly world in her heart.
"Don't even think about it!" Onyxia responded angrily with dragon breath. She spread her wings and also rushed towards Sinestra, her biological mother, who had now become a servant of the Old Gods.
Onyxia knew that if she hadn't made that choice in Stormwind City, her current fate would not be better than her mother's. Sinestra was so ugly, Nefarian's experiments were so evil, and her father Deathwing was so crazy. Given a choice, she would never succumb to the Old Gods!
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When the battle of the Ruby Sanctum broke out, the chromatic dragon Ocularis also launched an attack.
As soon as it appeared, it arrived above the Dragon Shrine. Its ability to transform at will between nothingness and reality allowed it to successfully avoid the reconnaissance of all the eyes. None of the dragon legions spread throughout Northrend discovered its infiltration.
At this time, Thrall was practicing tactics with the other four Dragon Aspects. They had received instructions from Aiden that the power of the five Dragon Aspects had to be combined into one to be able to contend with the chromatic dragon. The Earthwarder was already absent, so Thrall, as the strongest shaman, would take his place.
Shamans can communicate with the spirits of the earth. In a sense, they are also guardians of the earth. Apart from Thrall, I am afraid that no one is more qualified for this position.
After the Battle of Ulduar, Thrall returned to Draenor and learned more orthodox shamanic spells from Grandmother Geyah. Among them was a spell that could unite the caster's spirit with the recipient's, achieving the effect of the five dragonflights becoming one.
This attempt proved effective. When the four Dragon Aspects successfully merged with Thrall, their wills became completely unified, demonstrating unparalleled power. Each of them believed that in this state, they would surely be able to defeat the Chromatic Dragon!
Moreover, besides the Dragon Aspects, there were also "high-end combatants" from all over Azeroth present.
For example, the former Guardian Aegwynn, who was still a very powerful mage; and the "old monster" who had lived for thousands of years, the necromancer Meryl Winterstorm, Med'an's guardian, who had also been invited by Aegwynn to deal with the Chromatic Dragon.
Now they were all clear about Med'an's true identity: his mother was the half-orc assassin Garona, his father was the last Guardian Medivh, his grandmother was Aegwynn, and his uncle was the draenei defender Maraad.
Med'an possessed human, orc, and draenei bloodlines. Furthermore, his father Medivh was under the control of the dark titan Sargeras at the time, so by chance, Med'an, an unprecedented genius, was born.
Even the word genius was not enough to describe his talent. Aiden had met Med'an before. When the Burning Legion invaded, he had specifically gone to Duskwood to find Med'an and Meryl Winterstorm, this pair of reclusive teachers and students, but searched everywhere without success. It was only after he told Aegwynn about Med'an's true identity that he finally met this legendary future "savior."
Aiden had seen Med'an become the savior in the "classic storyline" timeline. It had to be said that it was a very long story, and also the last expansion pack in the "World of Warcraft" setting. As for what the world would be like in the future, no one knew. But it seemed that it would at least not be more difficult than the classic storyline.
At this time, they had just learned of the riots that had occurred at the Ruby Sanctum. Dragon Mother Sinestra was leading the Twilight Dragonflight to raid the sanctum, wanting to corrupt the dragon eggs. This was something they had foreseen, so they were not surprised. They believed that the Wyrmrest Accord forces ambushing the Ruby Sanctum had enough ability to deal with the invaders. Moreover, as long as Alexstrasza was willing, she could open a portal to that place at any time.
"Let everyone be vigilant. Now that Sinestra and the Twilight Dragonflight have appeared, the Chromatic Dragon is likely nearby," the Red Dragon Queen warned.
Ysera frowned and said in a low voice, "I have some bad premonitions, as if…"
Before she could finish speaking, a hoarse and terrifying voice rang out outside the Wyrmrest Temple:
"I am the beginning of the end, the shadow that obscures the sun, the death knell of destruction…"
The four Dragon Aspects all stood up abruptly, looking outside in surprise and uncertainty.
"It's him, it's him!" Nozdormu's gaze pierced through the main hall, seeing the huge shadow outside the Wyrmrest Temple that was pouncing towards them.
"Chromatic Dragon!"
"But… it has six heads!" Ysera saw the appearance of that shadow.
How could this be possible?
Everyone had this thought.
There had only ever been five Guardian Dragons, when would a sixth one appear? This scene was simply challenging their inherent understanding!
"My reason for existence is for this moment. Witness your death and despair, mortals!" Chromatic Dragon Chromatus's voice was deafening. At this time, it had already flown to the top of the Wyrmrest Temple and stood on it, looking down on all other creatures.
The flying dragons made all kinds of noises above its head, but it didn't care at all. Just like humans wouldn't care about the challenge of a group of ants, it came here to eliminate the Guardian Dragons. Dealing with these noisy ordinary dragons, the residual energy from the battle alone would be enough.
After sensing the Chromatic Dragon's location, the four Dragon Aspects and Thrall instantly teleported to the top.
Thrall immediately used that spell to connect his mind with the other four Dragon Aspects.
Regardless of whether the Chromatic Dragon had five heads or six heads, they were all clear that they had to shoulder the responsibility of fighting this deformed dragon!
The other heroes also came to the top one after another. Everyone knew how serious a disaster the Chromatic Dragon would cause if it ran rampant.
Chromatus's six heads stared at different enemies. It slowly counted, "One, two, three… four, yes, that's right, it's you, weak Dragon Aspects. You will witness the strongest form and power of the dragons. Being able to die in my hands will be your greatest honor!"
Thrall stared at the purple head in the middle of Chromatus, and said vigilantly: "Its middle head is a Twilight Dragon, with the ability to transform in the void and reality. Everyone must be careful!"
"Hahahaha… So what? I will use the power you are best at to kill you!" Chromatus stared at them.
"I will use your best power of time to kill you, Nozdormu!" Its bronze head stared at the Bronze Dragon Aspect.
"The flames of life will devour you, Alexstrasza!" The red head looked at the Life-Binder.
"The power of dreams will completely Lost you, Ysera."
"Magic? I will let you see the truly powerful arcane magic, Malygos!"
"And you, green-skinned orc, to deal with you, I don't even need the power of the Earth-Warder. You are not even qualified to be Stuff in my teeth!" Chromatus's black head stared at Thrall in the middle, completely disregarding this orc shaman.
The battle was about to break out, and the other heroes also took their places.
Dragon King Ao Xing arrived on a cloud and said, "This dragon is really insulting the name 'dragon'. Both ugly and arrogant!"
The Monkey King Sun Wukong came up with a stick, glanced at Ao Xing, "You are quite similar to the Dragon King of the East Sea Dragon Palace."
"Oh?" Dragon King Ao Xing became interested. He asked, "What is the name of that Dragon King?"
"Ao Guang."
"Are you very familiar? Are you friends?"
Sun Wukong scratched his head, his eyes rolled, and replied: "That's right! I went to his Dragon Palace as a guest that year. He not only treated me with good food and drink, but also gave me armor and divine weapons. He is simply a good Dragon King who is eager to do justice! You all have the surname Ao, maybe you were a family billions of years ago!"
"Well, you are right. When the commander summons Valoran, I will also invite you to my Dragon Palace as a guest!" Ao Xing said with great interest.
Sun Wukong's eyes lit up and he agreed, "That's great, hurry up, let's knock this six-headed lizard to death with two sticks! The commander gave me this stick, and I'm worried about not finding an enemy to try its power!"
If Aiden heard this conversation, he would definitely say that Ao Xing was too stupid and naive.
Ao Guang is a hospitable good Dragon King, but Sun Wukong is a great evil guest who is afraid that the world will not be in chaos!
A bell rang not far away, and the Wandering Caretaker Bard directly came to the top of the hall through a portal.
Afterwards, the "Wandering Mage" Ryze, Guardian Aegwynn, and Meryl Winterstorm came here one after another. They will also join this battle. Their strength is enough to intervene in this battle, as for the others, they are slightly worse. The Chromatic Dragon is definitely an extremely powerful enemy, especially since the one in front of them is a mutated six-headed Chromatic Dragon!
No matter what, this is an extremely difficult and dangerous battle.
"Just these people? I am Chromatus! In the face of my great power, you can't support it at all. Go and call your helpers, otherwise I will kill you all immediately!" Chromatus threatened everyone with such crazy words.
Its predecessor, as a Twilight Dragon, was already of low intelligence, and now it is even more twisted and mindless. It came here because it was ordered to kill as many enemies as possible.
The four Dragon Aspects plus Thrall, as well as Ao Xing, Sun Wukong and others, seem powerful, but they can't fill its stomach at all.
"Arrogant! Monster, take a stick from Old Sun!" Sun Wukong couldn't help but step on auspicious clouds and suddenly raided Chromatus, wielding the stick in his hand towards Chromatus's middle head.
"Arrogant?" Chromatus didn't even want to dodge. It wanted to let this group of ants see the powerful strength of the Chromatic Dragon.
Besides, how much of a threat can a monkey pose?