With a furious roar, the monster abandoned the Azure Dragon and suddenly charged toward the village at incredible speed—so fast that even the dragon couldn't stop it in time.
"This is bad!! Run into the bamboo forest!"
Ying Nan immediately shouted a warning.
Everyone turned and fled toward the bamboo forest in panic, casting aside armor and weapons in their rush.
"Captain, we need to move too!"
Sam hurried to Steve's side.
"Tony, you and Sam are faster—fly out of here and find Karl. Don't worry about us."
Steve looked at Tony. For all his usual antics, in moments like this, Tony was someone they could trust without hesitation.
"Stay safe!"
Tony wasted no time. He shot into the sky, flying toward the opposite side of the lake. Behind him, his floating cannons unleashed relentless, indiscriminate fire.
For a moment, Tony became a living turret—any creature that flew near him was blasted into fragments by a storm of energy fire.
Then suddenly—
The entire valley fell into eerie silence.
Even the shrieking of the monsters vanished. In the distant mountains, countless animals grew restless. Smaller creatures fled frantically to their dens. The phoenix led its flock to perch silently in the trees. Qilin and Suanni threw their heads back in silent roars—their mouths open, yet no sound emerged.
Then—
A beam of silver light shot skyward from the platform across the lake.
The silver glow, carrying a primal and violent aura, filled the entire Ta Lo valley. Even the charging giant monster halted, turning back to look at the pillar of light.
The beam pierced the heavens, stirring the storm clouds into a massive vortex, its center anchored by that terrifying silver radiance.
From within the light, a pair of enormous silver wings unfurled.
Their span was vast enough to blot out the sky, lined with blade-like bone spurs and glowing yellow energy cores.
"Th-that is…!!"
Everyone froze, staring at those sky-covering wings.
"That direction… could it be Karl?!"
Natasha murmured. Though her voice was soft, everyone nearby heard her clearly.
"Karl? That kid who came with you?"
Guang Bo stared in shock. In his memory, Karl was just a spellcaster—his martial skill didn't even measure up to his own.
"That's right—it's Karl! That's his new form!!"
Tony flew back, hovering in the air. JARVIS had already scanned the energy signature—it closely matched Karl's previous transformations.
Rumble—!!!
A deafening roar shook the valley.
The massive wings beat once, and a violent gale swept across the lake, raising tsunami-like waves. Then, from within the light, a colossal figure surged forth.
Between those wings was a dragon—
A perfectly streamlined body, packed with explosive muscle. Long, elegant horns crowned its head. Its entire body was encased in massive, armor-like silver scales. Behind it, a powerful tail bristled with ringed spikes, its tip sharp as a spear, gleaming with cold light—its length alone rivaling three times its body.
This dragon—
Was none other than the legendary supreme summon: Bahamut.
Each beat of Bahamut's wings stirred violent winds. Hovering high above, its majestic form eclipsed even the Azure Dragon.
"ROAR!!"
The giant monster, as if provoked, charged straight at Bahamut. Purple energy churned violently in its throat.
In contrast, beneath Bahamut's wings, golden energy cores began gathering a brilliant blue power. Before its body, countless points of light shimmered like stars.
Boom!
The monster fired first—a beam of purple energy blasting toward Bahamut.
At the same moment, Bahamut unleashed its attack.
The sky itself seemed to collapse into apocalypse—
Countless meteors streaked across the cloud-covered heavens, blazing like radiant blue lines. But behind their beauty lay pure destruction.
Bahamut's signature move—
Gigaflare.
BOOM!! BOOM!! BOOM!!
Meteors rained down, tearing the world apart. The lake seemed to evaporate, rising into thick clouds of steam. The falling fire engulfed everything, blotting out the sky.
It was like the end of the world.
On the ground, people screamed in terror. Even the Avengers scattered in panic.
Bahamut's attack spared no one—its sheer range threatened to annihilate the entire Ta Lo village, flattening even the surrounding bamboo forest.
The land turned charred black.
No one would have survived—
If not for the Azure Dragon summoning massive waves to shield them. Without that protection, everyone would have been reduced to ash beneath the Gigaflare.
"Holy—!!! Karl, are you trying to kill us too?!!"
Tony shot into the air, amplifying his voice to maximum as he shouted furiously at Bahamut.
Bahamut didn't even glance at him.
Beneath its wings, energy began gathering again—because the massive monster still wasn't dead.
Indeed, the creature had proven cunning.
At the moment Gigaflare descended, it had summoned all the smaller monsters to shield itself—using their bodies as a living barrier.
Every single lesser creature was obliterated.
Not one survived.
But even with that sacrifice, the giant monster was left in a horrific state.
Its body was riddled with wounds. Its wings were shredded beyond recognition. Only a few of its tentacles remained. Foul blood poured endlessly from its mangled flesh—it was barely holding together.
"ROAR!!"
For the first time, the monster showed fear.
It turned and fled, staggering through the air in a pitiful retreat—completely different from its earlier ferocity. Bahamut's attack had shattered its bloodlust and greed.
Meanwhile, Bahamut gathered even greater power.
The energy converged toward its chest, now crackling with streaks of golden lightning—far surpassing even Ramuh's thunder in intensity.
Boom!!
In the next instant, the energy erupted.
A devastating beam shot forth like an unchained beast, racing toward the fleeing monster. Golden lightning coiled around it, carrying an ancient, savage force.
The beam engulfed the monster instantly.
It didn't even have time to scream—
It simply vanished, erased from the world of Ta Lo without a trace.
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