Xiao Niu walked besides Bato and use his hoof to knock him on the side before saying, "Nice going buddy, you got yourself a beauty! She is a little flat for my taste but she's a looker alright"
HUH..
Bato was perplexed at what was happening, he came with the resolve of risking his life and he end up married to a dragon that was supposed to be the enemy in the first place.
"Don't think too much about it darling. There is no way you can unified the Realm of Elysian or rule over the lands of the dragon kin by brute force. You can think of this as a political marriage if you will, but I can guarantee that you won't be able to find a better woman than me".
The Dragonkin and all of the races that serve under them were extremely proud and would fight to the death before submitting to the humans of the alliance. The marriage of Arlen and Bato would allow them to open the borders and build trust between the races.
"If you really did this to help our races unite, 'darling', then you will have to prove it. Let's go help my friends defeat Venekious and that Chaos dragon".
"We can't..."
"Then even if we are connected by a soul bond we are nothing more than enemies" said Bato still holding the last Pearl of Enlightenment.
Arlen looked at Xiao Niu hoping the celestial beast would help her talk some sense into Bato but all she received was a suspicious gaze. "Courageous but not too bright though… and I'll have to do something about this Celestial Beast friend of his… He is a bad influence" Thought Arlen
"There are better things to do with our time than going to die at the hands of those two. Even though I don't look hurt, I got a lot of internal injuries not to mention we just had a soul ritual and can't control our skills properly. If I am not mistaken, that Realm Treasure should relied on your soul to be used at his full capacity so what are you going to do... tickle them with your wind dragons… what did you call it? Rising Dragon Punch.... ROFL"
"Then what should we do oh great wife" said Bato trying to be sarcastic
Arlen walk towards Bato side and grab his arm while walking him towards the back of the room, " I would love to consummate our marriage and start our family on the right track but since you are all worked up about your friends, then the first thing to do is to stop the fight in the cities that belong to us. That way we can prevent too much destruction and the loss of life that would hinder the acceptance of our union, what we want is the union of the realm not a slave and master relationship… Right?"
"Right" said Bato without a problem. That was in fact what Rahz wanted for the realm and it fell in line with the teaching of the Temple of the Rising Sun.
The couple went to the lower realms to stop the fight on the Earth Dragon's lands while in the Tenebrous Sanctum Riddick was standing in front of 4 individuals, one of which he knew too well, It was Barash.
Barash had a grin on his face and behind him stood two Scaleborns and his right hand minion who attacked Rahz a while back when he was trying to get the mounts before the War. It was a giant eye with a few tentacles spawning from his fleshy body and nobody quite understood how he was able to talk without vocal cords.
"Ke Ke Ke… How is your uncle doing"
It was what Barash wanted to ask Riddick but even before he could finish his laugh, magic circles appeared all around the room and columns of chaos fire shoot up from the ground and incinerate anything above them.
Among the Scaleborns behind Barash there stood the high priest of Venekious who activated a Magic Barrier made out of Holy Power to stop the fire from burning them alive but Jazz's songs that increased the potency of spells kicked in and caused the chaos fire to start corroding the barrier in real time.
The Scaleborn was surprised by the strength of the invaders and had no other choice but to yell,"Disperse" when he felt his barrier about to disappear. All four people responded in unison and jumped around using various skills to avoid danger.
Riddick was like a train without brakes and it seemed like the only function of the elders had in the fight was that of a Battery. It was their job to replenish the energy consumed during the onslaught of their leader, Riddick. Jazz position was underneath the belly of Riddick and moved with the flow providing his amazing Songs to enhance the combat power of the group.
CHAOS CHAINS
Riddick wave his hands and chains of Chaos Fire shoot out of a magic circle that appeared on the ground and the magnitude was like nothing they had experienced before, the chains were as thick as snakes and shot towards barash and the others that were still trying to avoid the columns of chaos fire shooting from the Chaos Marks.
Barash had no choice but to use one of his Hidden Cards from the get go, Skin Clone. It was a skill pertaining to the snake family and as a naga he was also able to shed his skin and burrow into the ground.
Barash couldn't understand what was happening, thanks to carrying out his mission of poisoning Annihilus he was awarded with the ability to break the Shackles of the Realm by ingesting an elixir made out of the blood of the Great Poison Dragon Venekious allowing him to reach level 51. This feat was something no Demon could ever achieved so he couldn't understand why he was being pushed around like he was nothing more than an ant.
Riddick saw Barash escape into the floor and immediately switch his target to the remaining Scaleborn that had vibrant green scales and seemed to be a caster type and had been caught by the chains.
CHAOS CANON
Six magic Circles opened up in front of Riddick and shot forward towards the Scaleborn but just before they hit, the Dragonkin disintegrated into a cloud of green smoke that spread in all directions covering the whole room.
Riddick had no choice but to use immolation making sure that he didn't hurt Jazz in the process so that he could burn the poisonous cloud away.
SIzzle… Sizzle
AHH…. Help me out here Jazz.
The Immolation Aura that was 30 ft wide in all directions was decreased to 20 ft and then to 10 ft and Riddick felt like he was deep in the ocean and the pressure from the water was compressing him like an empty can of soda.
I GOT YOU… SPIRIT OF THE MUSE …. PERFORMANCE RESONANCE
The Immolation Aura invigorated once more burning the poison cloud away but while Riddick was distracted by the poison spell, the warlock appeared behind one of the elders and without delay, he grabbed his head and dissolved him leaving behind a puddle of acid on the floor.
The other elders quickly back off while Riddick retaliated with another set of Chaos Canons that engulf the gazer and vaporized him.
It was clear that the Scaleborn Warlock was a very dangerous individual so the elders started to take action and unleash a plethora of Spells while Riddick set up his focus on the healer that started chanting enhancement spells such as Draconic Might to his comrade.
Riddick didn't waste time and true to his relentless style moved towards the Healer that didn't show any fear of the incoming enemy. As the floor started shaking from his weight, Riddick started to get encased in Chaos Fire while Jazz started playing Accelerando to increase the movement speed of his friend that left a blazing trail and reached the front of the Scaleborn.
CRASH!!
The magic Barriers crumble like glass in front of a bullet train and then the Scaleborn received the shoulder of Riddick that sent him flying backwards breaking his spinal cord. The impact was tremendous but it didn't stop there, Riddick continued through with his Rush and then after the healer hit the floor he trample him beneath his feet and set him ablaze with the Chaos Fire trail.