After this short while, the wound had already scabbed over, a testament to Chromatus's recovery ability. It was likely that in a little more time, it would be completely restored as if nothing had happened.
If that were the case, Aiden's previous efforts would have been almost in vain, only delaying things for a short time.
But now, with the chromatic dragon's old wounds not yet healed, an even more serious injury suddenly arrived.
Just now, the Dragon King's Warblade had cut into a third of the purple head's neck, almost reaching the vertebrae. This time, it went even further. Aiden felt the feedback from the blade, the unique resistance of cutting through bone.
Chromatus let out a terrifying roar. It was almost going mad, no longer Into the Void, but instead counterattacking wildly. All five other heads turned back, launching a violent assault. Some spewed dragon breath, others lunged to bite, as if wanting to tear Aiden apart, roast him, and then devour him.
But before the attacks arrived, Aiden disappeared again, reappearing among the crowd.
The Aiden from just now was merely a physical illusion created by his soul leaving his body.
This illusion could deceive the Old God Yogg-Saron, so dealing with a chromatic dragon that was both intellectually inferior and easily angered was naturally a sure thing.
He confirmed the "results" with a glance and saw that the purple head's neck had been cut with a huge gash. The fractured vertebrae caused the head to droop powerlessly, and black-purple blood spurted wildly from the everted wound, with blood constantly pouring even from its lowered dragon mouth.
Chromatus's other five heads, with their ten bloodshot eyes, stared fixedly at Aiden in the crowd. They spoke in unison, saying with resentment, "You... will pay the price!"
It flapped its giant wings and slowly retreated.
Its purple head was seriously injured. Using the twilight dragon's abilities would inevitably affect the brain even more, so Chromatus did not directly Into the Void to escape. But this time, it really had to escape. It wouldn't dare to come and trouble this group of people again until its injuries were completely recovered.
Just now, the Old God N'Zoth had already sent the most severe order, telling it to withdraw from here immediately. Even if it was unwilling, Chromatus dared not disobey N'Zoth's command.
This Old God created it, maintaining its core—the perfect Dragon Soul—with the power of N'Zoth integrated within. Even if the Old God ordered it to its death, it would carry it out without question, let alone retreat?
At this time, it wanted to retreat, but the others wouldn't allow it.
Aiden received information from the guardians of Ulduar, and Lissandra, carrying the Eye of Sargeras, was on her way. If they didn't take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate the chromatic dragon, when would they?
"Chase!" Without much explanation, he was the first to spread his wings of holy light and rush toward Chromatus.
The heroes of Valoran didn't hesitate and followed immediately.
"Let's go too," Ysera had woken up and seemed to be mostly recovered. "I'm fine now. We can't be absent from this battle."
"Yes, let's go. Thrall, connect us again," Alexstrasza looked at the orc.
"Looks like a revenge plan," Malygos joked for once. "He seems confident. Do we have a chance to kill that deformed chromatic dragon?"
"Believe in Aiden. He is a miraculous person," Nozdormu said meaningfully.
Thrall completed the spell, and the four dragons and one human were connected once again.
Chromatus executed N'Zoth's order very thoroughly. According to its master's arrangement, it flew south along the Titan Road. Once it entered the sea, it could basically cut off the enemy's desire to pursue.
N'Zoth was unwilling to see its most perfect and crucial creation killed before it could unleash its true power. Aiden and the others were chasing with all their might, and N'Zoth was also using every means to protect Chromatus.
The pursuers had only taken a few steps when they discovered that a group of corrupted stone elementals blocked their path. Leading them was a stone elemental giant.
"Morchok," the first boss of the Dragon Soul instance in the game.
Aiden recognized this guy at a glance.
It was the most powerful elemental creature under Deathwing's command, and formerly the most capable assistant of "Stone Mother" Therazane. Unfortunately, it was corrupted in the long years of war with the Twilight's Hammer and became what it was now.
Don't underestimate it just because it can't fly. It has a special ability to create a force field that pulls nearby enemies down from the sky.
"The earth will devour you!" Morchok led the corrupted elemental legion, blocking the center of the Titan Road. Seeing someone trying to fly over, it shouted and raised its arms to cast a spell.
This was precisely the skill that could pull enemies down.
Aiden knew the effect of this skill, but he didn't care.
Because someone was already dealing with this guy.
A giant hammer suddenly smashed down towards Morchok from the sky. The hammer carried extremely strong ice power, instantly slamming half of Morchok's body into the ground. Its spellcasting was naturally interrupted.
"King of Winter" Hodir strode towards Morchok, who was struggling to get up, and said loudly, "Leave this to me!"
He reached out, and the warhammer automatically returned to his hand. The corrupted elementals and Twilight's Hammer cultists rushed up, but these weak creatures simply couldn't stop the powerful King of Winter.
Hodir was fully capable of handling Morchok, so Aiden didn't need to worry. They safely passed through here.
However, after only a few steps of chasing, the second obstacle appeared.
There was a huge pit on the ground, constantly emitting evil power. It was power from the Old Gods.
Dozens of enormous tentacles stretched out from around the pit, constantly stirring back and forth in the sky. They covered a large area, and to pass through here, they would have to take a long detour.
These tentacles wouldn't just wave around randomly; they also cast powerful evil spells.
Moreover, there was a powerful Faceless One in the pit. It was "Yor'sahj the Unsleeping," a high-ranking Faceless One sent by N'Zoth to assist Deathwing.
In the original timeline, there should have been another pit belonging to the Faceless One Overlord Zon'ozz next to it. However, Zon'ozz was unlucky. A year ago, it led the minions of the evil god to attack Azshara and was killed by Aiden and Kael'thas, who had just returned from a planar journey.
"Continue, no need to detour!" Aiden shouted loudly.
They had just closed the distance with the chromatic dragon a little. If they detoured, they would definitely be left far behind.
If Chromatus escaped, it would really be bad.
And this time, someone was also dealing with this Yor'sahj the Unsleeping.
Facing this kind of evil creature, what was needed was the power of justice.
When Aiden was about to reach the attack range of the tentacles, the tentacles suddenly slammed towards him frantically.
At this moment, a dazzling golden light swept across. Aiden saw clearly that it was a huge sword light, thousands of meters long. The sword light swept across, and all the tentacles were cut off.
Then Tyr, the King of Order, appeared. "Leave this to me." He held a sword in his hand, and the sword light just now seemed to be emitted from this ordinary-looking longsword.
After saying that, Tyr took the initiative to jump into the giant pit to face Yor'sahj, who was plotting to launch a second attack inside.
"Who's next?" Aiden muttered to himself.
Morchok and Yor'sahj had both appeared, so according to the original Dragon Soul plot, would "Warlord" Har'gall be next?
In the original plot, Har'gall was the fourth boss guarding the Blue Dragon's lair, the Eye of Eternity. Now, the Eye of Eternity was still controlled by the Blue Dragons, so it was naturally impossible for it to fall into the hands of this orc woman.
Aiden knew that when switched to this world, Har'gall's identity would definitely have corresponding changes.
In fact, before this war even happened, Aiden had curiously explored—in the classic plot, this Har'gall was one of the very few mages among the orcs. You had to know that in the game, orcs didn't have the mage class to choose from, so you could imagine how amazing Har'gall's talent was in arcane magic.
In this free timeline, the orcs were Valoran's most steadfast allies. If there was an orc mage with outstanding talent like Har'gall among them, Aiden wouldn't be unaware.
Because the channels for orcs to learn magic now were basically limited to Dalaran.
As a member of the Kirin Tor Council, Aiden was well aware that there wasn't a female orc named Har'gall among those very few orc apprentices.
But next, this orc woman did appear.
In this script, Har'gall's early life became completely different. She never returned to the tribe. After escaping from the prison, Har'gall joined the Twilight's Hammer and learned powerful arcane magic here.
She appeared with the Tauren "War Master" Blackhorn, the sixth boss in the game, riding a twilight dragon, followed by a large number of elite twilight whelp knights.
They rushed over from the sky, trying to stop everyone's pursuit.
This time, it was the Storm King Thorim and the Creator King Mimirion who appeared.
Thorim carried the Storm Hammer, flying in the sky. "Leave these Twilight's Hammer ants to us."
"We guarantee to complete the mission!" Mimirion sat on the flying machine he had specially built—a large fighter plane covered with various weapons of unknown purpose.
Thorim summoned a violent hurricane, stopping the Twilight's Hammer dragon knights who were trying to bypass them.
"Face me, coward!" Thorim had a bad temper and rushed up immediately. The warhammer was surrounded by lightning and storms, making a huge roar and thunder when swung, making the enemy terrified.
Mimirion swooped down in the air, and the weapons on the fighter plane opened fire, instantly blasting the dragon knights into mid-air explosions.
Obviously, these dragon riders couldn't stop Aiden and the others' pursuit.
They were very close to Chromatus now. Where could the chromatic dragon escape this time?
You had to know that all the bosses that could appear in the Dragon Soul instance had already appeared. Could it be that Deathwing would personally come to rescue Chromatus?
If that were the case, Aiden would welcome it!