Seventeen beams of light surrounded the entire ancient beach. The Naaru in the beams radiated a vast power of Holy Light. A faint golden curtain of light rose into the sky, enveloping the Titan's courtyard.
This was the 'Holy Light Barrier.' Aiden had seen Naaru fortresses connect together in the Twisting Nether, creating such a Holy Light field to resist the nearly endless Burning Legion demons.
Its defensive power was beyond doubt. Even Archimonde and Kil'jaeden in their prime could not easily break through its obstruction. Ordinary demons would be instantly crushed to dust upon approaching the light curtain.
But Ultraxion didn't take it seriously at all. Its six heads watched in different directions, taking in the scene.
"You think you can trap me like this?" It spread its huge wings, casting a huge shadow on the ground.
It pushed off the ground with its four claws, leaping away from the tower. Then, with a flap of its wings, it stirred up a hurricane. The endless wind power lifted its massive body, carrying it into the sky.
It stopped rising when it reached a high altitude. From this height, it looked down upon all the dragons, striking a pose of looking down on the world.
"Hmph, once I kill all of you, this light curtain will be useless."
The purpose of this light curtain was not to trap the Twilight Dragon—that wouldn't be very effective. It was more to prevent the power of the battle from affecting the earth and causing irreparable damage.
Just like in the previous battle, when Ultraxion used Twilight Judgment, if Aiden hadn't severed its connection with the Focusing Iris at the last moment, preventing the spell from attacking the earth and causing it to explode in the sky, Northrend would probably be a completely different place now.
Even now, Dragonblight still bears indelible scars. After the collapse of Wyrmrest Temple, the Dragon Aspects have only restored a small portion of the buildings and teleportation arrays in that time.
This fragile world could no longer withstand the devastation of the Twilight Dragon's power, so such protective measures were necessary.
"It's our turn to enter the field!"
Seeing that Ultraxion was preparing to attack the Holy Light Barrier, Aiden issued the order.
"Wyrmrest Accord, attack!" Alexstrasza issued a high-pitched dragon roar, conveying the order to all the dragons.
Everyone felt a chill in their hearts, knowing they would now face the terror of the Twilight Dragon head-on.
However, the first to enter the field were not the Dragon Aspects. A portal suddenly lit up within the ancient courtyard. It was a gate over twenty meters high, so one could imagine the size of the creature that would pass through it.
Soon, a giant over ten meters tall stepped through the portal and appeared here—who else could it be but Thorim, the Storm Lord, carrying a lightning-encircled warhammer on his shoulder?
Subsequently, Hodir, the Winter King, Mimiron, the Lord of Invention, Freya, the Life Binder, and Tyr, the Order Keeper, the four guardians of Ulduar, appeared one after another. After the battle of the Throne of the Four Winds, the five guardians once again fought alongside mortals.
This was also at Aiden's behest. In fact, he had wanted to have the other guardians of the Halls of Origination join as well, but unfortunately, they no longer listened to his orders—those guardians' duty was to protect the Titan laboratory of the Halls of Origination, and only actions that threatened them would cause them to respond. For example, Al'Akir's invasion of the laboratory had triggered their counterattack.
And this time, the action against the Twilight Dragon was clearly not directly related to the safety of the Halls of Origination in their logic.
"More insects have arrived. Is this all your power? Haha, I will defeat you one by one and kill you all here!"
Ultraxion pounced downwards, charging towards the guardians of Ulduar, launching the first attack.
"You deformed beast, let me have a go at you!" Seeing the Twilight Dragon charging down, Thorim, the Storm Lord, was instead excited. Aiden had just rushed into the light curtain when he heard the provocation from this most powerful guardian, and he couldn't help but give the other a silent thumbs up in his heart—Thorim's 'taunt' skill level must have been maxed out. As soon as he spoke, the Twilight Dragon, which had been preparing to charge towards Freya, immediately turned its head, furiously switching its target to Thorim.
This was exactly what Thorim wanted. He stood in place, staring intently at the opponent's every move. Just as Ultraxion opened its mouth to spit out a black-purple dragon breath, he aimed at the opponent and threw the warhammer entwined with thunder and lightning in his hand with a shout.
The artifact, also made by the Titans, suddenly swelled in size in the air, the hammerhead becoming larger than a basketball court. It slammed through the impact of the dragon breath and heavily struck Ultraxion's red head.
Ultraxion groaned in pain, stunned by the heavy hammer blow. Although it felt uncomfortable, it wasn't a big deal. It viciously mocked, "Pathetic!"
Because the black-purple dragon breath, filled with the energy of destruction, had completely engulfed the guardian who dared to provoke it.
—Unfortunately, Thorim wasn't such a reckless person, and the other guardians weren't dummies either. Freya put a shield on him, allowing him to withstand the dragon breath for a breath's time, and that time was enough for him to complete his retreat.
Thorim appeared next to Hodir, and the Winter King gave a thumbs up in praise: "Good job, brother!"
The Storm Lord reached out, and the warhammer automatically shrank and flew back into his hand.
"This stupid dragon dares to underestimate us. I must show him how powerful we guardians are!"
This wasn't all the guardians' abilities, just a little test. You should know that there are still traces of the guardians' battles left in the Storm Peaks. In a fit of anger, Hodir threw his weapon and froze all the creatures on a plain. To this day, those unfading ice sculptures still stand where he threw his warhammer.
The other guardians certainly had no less strength than him, especially Thorim, who was the strongest of them all.
At this time, Ultraxion had already realized that it had rejoiced too early—the guy who had smashed its head was unscathed and was still taunting it with his eyes.
Ultraxion, who considered itself the most powerful creature in Azeroth, couldn't tolerate such contempt. Its already not-so-smart head was now filled with anger.
"I will kill you, I will kill you all!"
It pounced to the ground, vowing to fight these guardians to the death!
Aiden's eyes lit up. If Ultraxion had maintained its air superiority, they would have been very passive. But once the opponent gave up its advantage in flight and chose to fight on the ground, it gave them a chance.
At this time, Aiden was full of admiration for Thorim. He truly was a main tank with a maxed-out 'taunt' skill!
"Our chance has come, charge down!"
Aiden spread his wings of Holy Light and flew to the ground himself. He gave Nozdormu a look, and the other nodded in understanding.
Because Ultraxion also possessed the power of time, Aiden or Nozdormu alone could not use time to create an advantage for their allies, because the powers would cancel each other out. But now they were two against one, just like in the battle of Dragonblight before. As long as they cooperated seamlessly, they could form a suppression!
The only hidden danger was that they didn't know if the power generated by Aiden and Nozdormu working together could still suppress Ultraxion now that the Twilight Dragon's power had doubled.
The four Dragon Aspects gathered together, and through Thrall's ritual, they once again unified their spirits. No matter how the Twilight Dragon changed, and no matter how powerful their allies were, the Dragon Aspects were very clear that they were the main force in this battle—at least the main force attracting Ultraxion's attention.
Even if Thorim's 'taunt' level was high, once Ultraxion discovered that the Dragon Aspects were charging down, the Storm Lord couldn't hold the aggro anymore.
Fortunately, no one would think this was an OT, and even Thorim himself was happy to turn from a tank into a DPS, because what he was best at was attacking. He could always find the right opportunity to pour the power of storm and thunder onto the Twilight Dragon. Although most of the time it only made the other feel some pain, and didn't even count as a flesh wound, but dripping water can wear away stone, so this was not without meaning.
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Who was the greatest threat to the Twilight Dragon?
Everyone might have a different opinion, but the Twilight Dragon itself was undoubtedly the most qualified to speak.
It had six heads and six powerful forces.
The Spiritually Combined Guardian Dragons and Thrall were in its first aggro sequence, the targets it most wanted to eliminate. But it only used two heads to deal with them.
After the power doubled, two heads were already able to bring enough pressure to the Guardian Dragons, and the Twilight Dragon even firmly occupied the upper hand;
The five guardians of Ulduar were undoubtedly very powerful. They were the highest administrators left by the Titans in Azeroth, with very high authority and very strong power.
But Ultraxion could fight them with only one head.
But one person alone enjoyed the "privilege" of being attacked by two heads, and that person was undoubtedly Aiden!
He almost exhausted all his strength to barely ensure that he was not defeated. Because he was facing the pressure of four Dragon Aspects plus Thrall, almost the pressure that five Guardian Dragons combined could contend with. Anyone else present would not have been able to withstand such pressure for more than half a minute.
This was enough to prove who was the greatest threat to Ultraxion.
As for the other heroes, although they seemed to be numerous and powerful, Ultraxion could easily cope with them with just that injured and unhealed purple head.
What's more, every part of its body was a weapon. The sweeping dragon tail had just leveled two mountains, and the pouncing claws had torn the walls made by the Titans into crumbling powder.
Ultraxion's blue head spewed a pale ray of frost, while the bronze head spat out a time bomb, and both were aimed at Aiden.