Stopping Deathwing

Turalyon slammed hard into the energy shield. Although his head was tough, he was still a bit dizzy. This shield could stop him, and of course, almost everyone else. Before this shield was destroyed, people probably wouldn't have the chance to further expand their gains.

Turalyon shook his head, finally clearing his mind a bit. He looked up and met Deathwing's mocking gaze: "How is it, Turalyon? This is a shield created by a Titan artifact. Perhaps you should hit it harder and see if you can achieve your goal."

"I don't talk to traitors," Turalyon said sullenly.

He turned his head to look in the direction of Aiden, who was flying towards him, and asked: "Aiden, how do we deal with this shield? I feel like it's even harder than my shell!"

This question wasn't just on Turalyon's mind; everyone present wanted to know, otherwise they wouldn't be able to do anything and could only watch Deathwing complete the Cataclysm.

Before Aiden could answer, Deathwing sneered: "No one here can break the shield created by the Titan Energy Orb, no one!"

"I didn't ask you, traitor!" Turalyon rolled his eyes, but this sentence enraged Deathwing.

"Ha, then let him tell you the cruel answer himself! I love seeing your despairing expressions, I love seeing you lose hope, lose faith, and then you will be completely destroyed when the Twilight Judgment descends!" Deathwing uttered a mad and vicious sound, his heart filled with excitement, because his spell was about to be completed!

The Cataclysm, the true Cataclysm, was about to descend, and the entire world would be torn apart by him!

People were unwilling to believe Deathwing's words, because he was already insane, and he was the enemy, so every word he said was to undermine their confidence and make them lose their fighting spirit.

For a moment, almost everyone looked at Aiden, waiting for him to refute, waiting for him to propose a solution.

And Aiden said in a deep voice: "I really have no way to break the energy shield created by the Titan Energy Orb from the outside without destroying Azeroth."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the audience.

Deathwing let out a burst of wild laughter, suppressing the voices of the heroes and the Dragon Aspects: "This is your fate! Watch me complete the spell and watch your world be torn apart by me!" He lowered his head and stared at Aiden, wanting to see a trace of fear and despair, or even any negative emotions, in this human's eyes and expression, but unfortunately he did not succeed. The other party's expression was calm, and even his eyes carried an inexplicable confidence.

Confidence?

In this situation, no one could stop him, so why was Aiden so confident?

This look made the "Destroyer" even more manic in his heart. His claws tore fiercely, and the large rocks below were instantly turned into powder. Then the entire world began to tremble violently, as if a magnitude ten earthquake was occurring. Hundred-meter-high waves surged in the Endless Sea, spreading from the Maelstrom towards all directions of the world.

This doomsday-like scene made people's faces pale. Even people with extremely good psychological qualities could not resist the panic in their hearts.

The end of the world, wasn't this scene the end of the world?

Deathwing slowly lowered his head, and his vertical pupils, almost shrunk into a line, stared at Aiden through the golden light curtain, "I am very pleased that you did not lie, but even if you did, I am afraid you would have no way to make it up. The end of the world has arrived, enjoy your last moments!"

In the end, his voice almost became a roar.

Deathwing's posture made the meaning of threat and intimidation self-evident.

He wanted to see Aiden's fear and panic, but he didn't. Aiden still stood firmly in front of the light curtain. He stretched out his hand and slowly placed it on the golden shield, with a smile on his face: "I said that I have no way to break this shield without destroying Azeroth—but why would I do that?"

The heroes who had been plunged into despair, and Deathwing, who felt that he had the upper hand, were immediately stunned. Hope rekindled in the eyes of the former, while the latter was extremely vigilant.

Aiden ignored these people. He also thought of the communication between the Ulduar Observatory and Aman'Thul.

"The Pantheon distinguishes everything by authority. All Titans must obey Titans with higher authority than themselves, and all Titan creations must also abide by this theorem. And you and I have the highest authority, so except for the artifacts created by the three of us with the highest authority, no other artifacts will have any effect on us."

The Titan Energy Orb was just a mass-produced artifact of the Pantheon.

"I don't need to destroy this orb at all," Aiden said to himself, "Because the Titan Energy Orb… can't stop me!"

His hand passed through the protective shield that blocked countless heroes, including the powerful Ancient Guardian Turalyon. Then, just like walking normally, he easily passed through the shield and walked inside.

At this moment, there were no more obstacles between him and Deathwing.

Aiden raised his eyebrows at the "Destroyer". This silent taunt was already enough to anger Deathwing, and the earth-shattering cheers of the heroes outside the shield made his anger burn even more!

He was sure that the Titan Energy Orb embedded in his body was still working normally. The fact that others still couldn't enter the shield was proof, but Aiden—the person he was most afraid of—was an exception!

This made him extremely uneasy.

However, the spell he was guiding had not been interrupted. Although he was a little puzzled that Aiden did not launch an attack immediately, he did not want the other party to really have any means to interfere with him completing the spell.

Let this hateful guy be arrogant for a while, and then the world will be destroyed!

Deathwing saw Aiden slowly walk up to him, stopping at a distance just before crossing the psychological bottom line that would trigger his active attack. He didn't know what the other party was planning, but he still needed a little more time.

"Do you think you can stop me, stop the coming of the Twilight Judgment?" Deathwing's eyes flashed with dangerous light, and the red light emanating from his eyes made this black dragon look both crazy and terrifying.

"Of course, otherwise why would I come here?" Aiden retorted matter-of-factly.

"What blind confidence. I would really like to know, what do you rely on to stop me!"

"Of course, I rely on strength."

The two people talking had the same thoughts. Although they were engaged in a tense conversation, their minds were not on the conversation at all.

Deathwing wanted to delay time, which was easy to understand, because he wanted to complete the spell, but many people did not understand Aiden's purpose in delaying time.

Alexstrasza outside the shield saw that Aiden was still talking nonsense with Deathwing, and she was so anxious that fire was about to spew out of her nostrils. She could sense that Deathwing had gathered a very terrifying power and could complete his Cataclysm at any time. Moreover, just looking at the constantly shaking island outside and the increasingly high waves surging on the sea was enough to make people's hearts tremble.

Even if Deathwing died immediately, I am afraid that this tsunami would be enough to engulf 90% of the life in the world!

A tsunami of nearly two hundred meters—no one can imagine how much land can be preserved in the tsunami, and how many surviving lives will be on these lands.

And obviously Deathwing did not die immediately, but instead had a tendency to complete the spell.

What on earth is Aiden waiting for?

Not only did the Red Dragon Queen have such doubts, but everyone here did.

Ysera even couldn't help but find Kael'thas—Aiden's absolute confidant—and asked: "Kael, do you know what your commander is up to?"

Kael'thas shook his head.

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"Then why doesn't he interrupt Deathwing?"

"The commander has his own ideas. As long as we know that he will not sit idly by and let the Cataclysm descend, that's enough."

Ysera was slightly stunned. At this time, she could not do anything else except accept this explanation.

Aiden could step into the defensive barrier, but that was limited to him alone. Everyone else could only watch from the outside.

No one understood Aiden's actions. Only he himself knew.

He was also waiting for Deathwing to complete the spell.

In front of him, there was a semi-transparent light curtain that only he could see. This was a simple "system interface".

In the upper left corner of the interface was a virtual model of Deathwing, next to which was his real-time status and identity information.

At the bottom was a progress bar. Most of the area of this progress bar had been filled with a solid beam of light, leaving only a very small part empty waiting to be filled.

And above the progress bar was displayed "Currently Guiding 'Cataclysm'".

"Identity: Neltharion, Deathwing,"

"Race: Dragon, Black Dragon, Guardian Dragon, Black Dragon Aspect"

"Authority: Earth Warder, Destroyer"

"Physical Condition: Parasitized, Insane"

"Real-time Status: Currently Guiding 'Cataclysm'"

"Cataclysm: Deathwing executes the mission of 'Destroyer'. Access the Azeroth entity system with the authority of the Earth Warder, and inject destructive energy into the model, completely destroying the planet's body."

While Aiden was chatting nonsense with Deathwing, his main mental energy was focused on this system interface. He was taking a risk—this would determine whether he could stop Deathwing from destroying the world, and whether he could summon Valoran to Azeroth.

He knew that even if he tried to force it, it would be almost impossible for him alone to stop Deathwing from completing the spell. The real way to succeed was something else!

In his hand behind his back, he was holding a transparent crystal, the Heart of Valoran, which was the key to everything!

Just as the two sides, each with their own agenda, were talking, the progress bar of "Cataclysm" finally completed the last bit.

Aiden heard the system's prompt in his ear: "The Earth Warder has successfully accessed the Azeroth entity system!"

"Now!"

He held up the Staff of Time, and time was stopped at this moment, everything was frozen!

The Heart of Valoran is the data disk for the illusory world game "League of Legends." You can think of it as a hard drive, disc, tape, or any other medium that can carry this data. It's a physical model that, like "World of Warcraft" and all other illusory world games, should have been connected to the open civilian ports of the Titan system platform. To re-expand it and restore it to its original state, you need to plug it back into the port.

"Theoretically, each model corresponds to a dedicated port. Countless planets in this universe correspond to their own slots, and each continent of Azeroth corresponds to the socket of the Azeroth model. If you want Valoran to successfully expand, you must connect to Azeroth's system."

Aman'Thul's words were still echoing in his ears. Aiden had been planning all of this for the past six months. Time was frozen at this moment, and now the time had finally come to put the plan into practice!

In Azeroth, only one person has the authority to open Azeroth's physical data model, and that is the former "Earth-Warder" Neltharion, who is frozen in time and motionless before Aiden, now the "Destroyer" Deathwing!

In Azeroth, this is the unique authority of the "Earth-Warder."

Aiden had been waiting for this very moment. Deathwing was about to enter Azeroth's system to destroy the world, and Aiden had to use this system to fulfill his mission.

No one knew why he had the time to chat with Deathwing without stopping him. He couldn't explain it to others, perhaps only Nozdormu knew some of the reasons.

—

The "Cataclysm" spell is divided into two stages. After the first progress bar is completed, it means that Deathwing has reconnected to the main system of Azeroth using his original Earth-Warder authority.

Now that he has completed this step, he only needs to inject enough destructive power into the model to complete the destruction of the world.

It is almost impossible for him to directly destroy the physical Azeroth and tear apart every piece of land with his own power. Not only is he unable to do so, but people all over the world would have enough time to stop him, but destroying a model is much simpler.

Just like Archimonde destroying Dalaran in the classic plot, he understood the main energy nodes of the Violet Citadel and could create a sandbox model of Dalaran. Then he could destroy the physical Dalaran by destroying this model.

This is something that can be done with a wave of the hand.

What Archimonde once did is essentially the same as what Deathwing is doing now.

It took Deathwing a long time to access the system, but it only takes a short time to easily complete the destruction. In a sense, he has already completed the spell, and now he only needs to release this spell to destroy the world.

Unless someone can kill him in the extremely short time before he truly releases "Cataclysm," the destruction of the world will be imminent!

Now that the system has been opened, Deathwing can completely believe that he has won. No one can stop him from destroying the world!

But no one stipulates that only Deathwing can use this system.

The authority possessed by the Dragon Aspects was also bestowed by the Titans of the Pantheon. Any ordinary Titan has higher authority than all the Dragon Aspects. And anyone who can be related to the Titans is qualified for Aiden to intervene.

At the instant the progress bar finished, Aiden immediately stopped time. He slowly passed through Deathwing's security line from the gray space-time and came to the other party.

He saw another more complex "system interface" in front of Deathwing—or rather, the model of the planet Azeroth.

He was very familiar with this model, because the holographic map used in Los Angeles was also like this, but the functions were completely different. That one was just a map, but this one truly represents Azeroth!

It's like the arcane map that can record the distribution of the magic net and import arcane energy for precise destructive bombing. If everything that exists on the model summoned by Deathwing in front of Aiden is destroyed, it means that its corresponding entity will be destroyed as well.

The modules loaded on this virtual model are flashing with light. The Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor, Pandaria, Northrend… all the lands that truly exist on the planet Azeroth are recorded in this model.

Now Deathwing only needs to resume action to destroy all these lands!

Aiden's eyes swept across this virtual model, and finally settled on the Maelstrom. He picked up the Heart of Valoran and tried to gently place it in the position representing the Maelstrom.

He felt a strong resistance from the model. Obviously, it is not "in accordance with the rules" to access Azeroth's planetary system in such a way with such a "foreign object."

Even if "World of Warcraft" is regarded as a game, if you want to add the characters, maps, and all the data from other games to this game, even if the system opens a custom editor, it will not be possible in a short time.

"What to do, what to do?"

Aiden found that he had thought too simply at first. He was also the first person to see Azeroth's data model, and the first person in history to try to connect another virtual game world to this system. Before him, there was no reference, and even Aman'Thul could only give opinions, but could not determine whether it would succeed or what the success rate would be.

He felt a strong rebound from the flow of time, because Deathwing was too powerful, and under his resistance, the state of time stagnation would soon end.

When time returns to normal, Deathwing will truly launch "Cataclysm" and begin to tear the earth apart.

If he succeeds, I'm afraid everything will be over!

Aiden stared anxiously at the data model of Azeroth in front of him and the physical crystal-like Heart of Valoran, suddenly slapped his head, and found that he was dizzy and made a low-level mistake—he had forgotten the most important link—that is, the data stored in the Heart of Valoran "import" into the current system!

Because the Heart of Valoran in his hand, that is, all the data of "League of Legends", should actually exist outside the current game world, and can be regarded as the game's server, which itself is at the same level as the "World of Warcraft" server.

He actually wanted to connect another game's server to the current game world—wouldn't that be like someone developing another game in the game?

He suddenly had the immediate feeling that a player was controlling a game character in "World of Warcraft", and the game character could actually turn on the computer to play "League of Legends"…

After understanding the crux of the problem, Aiden immediately had a solution.

Knowing that time was running out, and every moment that followed was crucial, he immediately immersed his spirit in the Heart of Valoran.

"Expand, expand, expand quickly!"

"System, where is the system of the Heart of Valoran?"

As if the Heart of Valoran sensed his urgency, he did call out a similar system interface. There is a red option on it - "Data Port"!

That's it!

The sub-menu of the data port shows two options: "Import" and "Export."

Aiden's eyes almost lit up, and he immediately selected the Maelstrom part of the Azeroth physical system for the port, and then selected "Export."

A translucent dialog box popped up after the command was confirmed:

"Exporting data…"

Below is a progress bar, which has just reached 1%, and looking at this speed, it will definitely not be completed in a short time.

His consciousness returned to his body again, and he saw a very magical scene - the original crystal-like Heart of Valoran gradually became transparent and blurred in front of him, and slowly expanded, turning into a virtual map of Runeterra composed of countless lines.

Now this virtual map is covering the location of the Maelstrom. Its main land area is about the same as the continent of Pandaria, and there are some islands of various sizes nearby. Once it is truly integrated, it means that Azeroth has a fifth continent!

Aiden was full of expectations. When it reached 100%, he would be able to completely restore the true face of the Heart of Valoran and become the first person to create and summon the entire world to the continent of Azeroth!

At this moment, he felt a strong resistance from time, and he understood that the flow of time would soon return to normal. Next, Deathwing will import destructive power into Azeroth's data model, and the entire world will be torn apart in his claws!

But Aiden will not give him this opportunity - this is something related to the system, and he is the expert in this area!

Although he cannot summon Azeroth's data model, he can operate it!

Deathwing wants to destroy the world through this model, so first he has to see if Aiden agrees!

Aiden remembered that there were "Hide" and "Exit" options in the menu of the data model.

Now is the critical moment to summon Valoran, so exiting is definitely not possible, but "Hide" is just right!

Will Deathwing go crazy if he works in vain and finds that he can clearly sense Azeroth's model but cannot operate it?

Aiden even laughed in a low voice when he thought of this.

In his gloating, the imprisonment of time was broken, and everything returned to normal.

Deathwing saw Aiden for the first time. This hateful guy suddenly came to him. He knew that the other party controlled the secrets of time, and he must have played some tricks.

But so what?

In the face of absolute power, all tricks will be completely shattered!

He has completed the spell, and now he only needs to execute "Cataclysm."

When Deathwing heard Aiden's scoff, he couldn't help but bare his teeth, ready to spray dragon breath to drive away this annoying fly. However, the other party was quite sensible and retreated before he could attack.

Seeing Aiden return outside his warning line, Deathwing was very satisfied. He felt that he might have overestimated Aiden; he thought the other party wouldn't be afraid at all!

But now it seemed that this legendary hero, on whom mortals placed great hopes, also knew what it meant to be "unstoppable."

"This world is doomed, the Twilight Judgment is about to descend, and you and they will soon witness the destruction of this world. Aiden, do you have any last words?" Deathwing's crimson eyes stared at Aiden, his heart filled with anticipation, wanting to see the other party's terrified and desperate expression.

However, just like before, he didn't get his wish.

Aiden spread his hands and said, "No need, and there's no point, because you won't succeed. I just said that."

Deathwing looked at his confident appearance, which didn't seem to be faked, and immediately felt a little apprehensive.

Deathwing suspected that Aiden had done something when time was stopped just now, especially if he had taken the opportunity to destroy his long-prepared "Cataclysm."

However, he checked and didn't feel any abnormality. From the completion of the spell to now, he could still sense that the fate of Azeroth was in his hands. As long as he had a thought, any piece of land in this world would be torn apart!

Aiden must be bluffing!

Finding that everything was under control, Deathwing finally relaxed. He let out a cold sneer, "Since you are unwilling to accept this fact, then I will let you see with your own eyes how I tear this world apart!"

Aiden remained unmoved, but Deathwing's threat had an effect on some people outside the light shield.

After all, people didn't see Aiden do anything to interrupt Deathwing's spellcasting, and almost no one understood where his confidence came from.

Red Dragon Queen Alexstrasza whispered, "Does Aiden really have a way? I just sensed that Deathwing has completed the spell, and now he can destroy the world with just a thought. Can Aiden really stop him?"

To avoid causing panic among others, her words were only heard by the surrounding Dragon Aspects, Thrall, Kael, and Onyxia, among others.

Apparently, the Red Dragon Queen was not as confident as Aiden. She understood the destructive power of the "Cataclysm" best and was willing to pay any price to prevent it from happening, including sacrificing her own life. But in the current situation, she didn't even have the chance to sacrifice herself.

The safety of the entire Azeroth was placed on Aiden alone. If he succeeded, he would be the undisputed savior of Azeroth; if he failed... all life on this planet would perish.

The problem was that Alexstrasza had already sensed that Deathwing's "Cataclysm" was complete, and now it only needed to be executed for destruction. Unless Aiden had a way to instantly kill Deathwing, he would not be able to stop this mad black dragon.

But did Aiden have that kind of strength? It is probably that most Titans would not dare to say that they could instantly kill the current Deathwing.

Malygos said worriedly, "Let me blow up that light shield. Maybe... there's still time?"

The Blue Dragon Aspect himself was not confident enough.

Although the Focusing Iris was powerful, it would not be more powerful than the Titan energy orbs. Even if it could break through that light shield, a conservative estimate would require draining all the energy stored in the Focusing Iris—that's enough energy to destroy Azeroth eight times. Whether it could break the light shield is another matter, but it would definitely destroy the entire Azeroth more thoroughly than Deathwing.

"No, don't, let's wait a little longer," Ysera said with a frown.

"I believe him!" It was Onyxia who spoke. After absorbing the power of the Black Dragon Aspect just now, the Black Dragon Princess's strength had increased several times over. She was immersed in the happiness of gaining great power, and now she was utterly impressed by this cheap master she was forced to acknowledge, filled with blind confidence in Aiden.

Before the battle, she was still reluctant to fight against the Dragon Soul, but now she had truly benefited, just as Aiden had said.

She felt that her master was like a prophet—but considering that Aiden held the secret of time, that was not wrong. Since he was not in a hurry at all, he clearly had a way to deal with Deathwing.

Thinking this way, Onyxia immediately felt that she just needed to watch calmly.

"Now we can only believe him." Thrall's injuries had recovered a lot, and his voice sounded full of energy.

Alexstrasza should be one of the most skilled healers in the world, especially after absorbing the power of the Dragon Soul and greatly increasing her strength. Thrall's previous injuries quickly healed under her treatment.

"Keep that trust." It was the Bronze Dragon Aspect Nozdormu who spoke, a smile of unknown meaning on his face, appearing profound.

Alexstrasza immediately pressed, "Do you know something, Nozdormu?"

Nozdormu remained silent, looking mysterious.

Despite this, the other Dragon Aspects immediately understood. There must be some details they didn't know, about what happened during that period of stopped time.

Aiden could hide it from Deathwing, but he couldn't hide it from Nozdormu, the "Guardian of Time"—and besides, Aiden had no intention of hiding it.

The hidden information in this immediately boosted their spirits and greatly encouraged them!

After putting down the heavy psychological burden, the Red Dragon Queen regarded herself as an observer and witness, to see how Aiden would create a miracle again.

—

Deathwing was here to destroy the world; this was his duty.

It was now dusk, with giant waves over two hundred meters high surging near the Maelstrom. The setting sun flickered between the surging black tides, casting a layer of golden light on the waves sweeping outwards.

This scene was so beautiful and spectacular, but for Azeroth, this would be the last sunset. All life on this planet would never see the sun rise tomorrow. Because this world was about to be destroyed in his hands.

The coming era belonged to the Old Gods, to the Twilight Hour under their rule. In the future, only the faceless ones and the most steadfast followers of the Old Gods would continue to exist on this shattered planet. Twilight Dragons would soar in the sky, and they would be the last kind of dragon.

Other dragons, Dragon Aspects, and even Deathwing himself would cease to exist.

This was the end of all life, the end of Deathwing, and the final liberation he had waited for ten thousand years!

"Nzoth, I will fulfill the promise."

He lingered on the last ray of the setting sun, and madness once again occupied his will.

Deathwing lowered his head, his eyes glowing red, staring at Aiden, his nose almost touching the human's body.

He exhaled hot, smoky breaths, and the surrounding air seemed about to ignite, but Aiden remained unmoved. A faint golden light emanated from around his body, isolating all the high temperature and discomfort.

"Do you see, Aiden," he said in a heavy metallic voice, "The sun of the mortal world has set, accept your doom peacefully, the Twilight Hour has arrived!"

"I will wait and see," Aiden said, with his hands behind his back, completely unconcerned.

"This will be the last sunset you see, you still have time to take one last look."

Aiden shifted his gaze slightly, scanning the strange scene where half of the setting sun had sunk into the sea, and the afterglow reflected on the towering waves. He sincerely praised, "I'm afraid I'll rarely see a scene like this again in my lifetime, but this will definitely not be the last sunset I see. The sun will rise as usual tomorrow, and before I leave, I will witness many more sunrises and sunsets, right here on this planet."

"You are very calm, which I admire, but you cannot change this outcome—the world is about to be destroyed. I know you have prevented the destruction of the world many times, but this time you can't stop it anymore. You can continue to maintain your self-righteous stubbornness until you are buried with this world—open your eyes, you will see this scene very soon!"

Deathwing withdrew his gaze. He raised his head, spreading his wings to their limit, stirring up a gust of wind. The sun had just completely sunk into the sea. Deathwing let out a roar that shook the entire world, displaying his nearly shattered body to everyone. By now, he no longer cared about any weaknesses.

He did not fear death; in fact, he himself was about to return to death. What was there for him to fear?

Those who should be afraid were the people before him, and all life in the world that feared death.

But these ignorant mortals did not understand that only death was the end, only death was eternal!

Now, he would spread death to everyone in this world. They had the right to know who sent them back into the embrace of death!

"My name is Deathwing!"

This voice suddenly spread throughout the world, and people felt as if they were back to the moment when Archimonde descended three years ago. The "Defiler" had also issued such a terrifying threat to the whole world.

Although Archimonde was dead, now Deathwing was also walking down this path!

"The Worldbreaker of Fate!"

"The Ender of All Things!"

"Unstoppable, unchallengeable!"

"I am—the Cataclysm!"

Deathwing let out a crazy laugh, and then a voice filled with hatred and anger:

"You did nothing, I will tear your world apart!"

This insane voice planted the fear of death in the hearts of all living beings. Most people didn't know what was happening, but now they knew that Deathwing was about to destroy this world!

Was this true?

Could Deathwing destroy the world?

If this was true, then who could save them, who could save this world?

Those who didn't come to the Maelstrom to participate in this battle could only pray in fear and anxiety, and the vast majority of those who were here now could only do the same. Because the energy shield created by the Titan Energy Orb blocked them, it seemed like an insurmountable barrier, preventing the heroes from having the chance to face Deathwing even with the determination to sacrifice themselves.

Now it was clear that Deathwing was making his final declaration, that he was about to destroy the world, and the anxiety in people's hearts reached its limit.

"Lord Aiden, what is he going to do? Why hasn't he taken action yet? It's already too late!"

"Yes, I really wish I could appear next to him. Even if I can't kill Deathwing, at least I can raise my sword and challenge him!"

"Even if it means death, I won't be so inactive!"

"… …"

The chaotic voices represented the extreme panic and unease in people's hearts. They thought they were saved when they saw Aiden enter the barrier, but later they saw him only exchanging words with Deathwing, doing nothing of substance. This hope had now completely turned into despair.

For a time, the voices of complaint and anger drowned out the roaring of the surging tsunami.

Aiden seemed not to hear all of this, remaining unmoved.

However, the energy shield did not block sound, and this increasingly intense accusation almost caused Aiden's followers and subordinate heroes to clash with those who were accusing him, both sides glaring at each other.

He couldn't have been unaware of all this, but at this time he didn't need to explain anything.

He had already said that Deathwing would not succeed.

However, Deathwing didn't think so. He felt that everything was under his control.

Seeing Aiden still looking unmoved, the "Destroyer" suddenly became angry and said fiercely, "Since you don't want to believe it, then I will start destroying from your territory—the Land of Justice? I know where it is!"

This name made Deathwing grit his teeth, because when he emerged from the ground, preparing to give all the living beings in the world a "greeting", it was here that he encountered his first setback. Aiden led a group of heroes, along with several airships, and shot him down from the sky above the Land of Justice, destroying his carefully crafted elementium armor, forcing him to flee in embarrassment.

He had only wanted to tease Aiden, to see if the other party would still be so calm, but remembering what happened back then, he immediately felt that this decision was extremely wise.

He sensed the red land on the eastern coast of Kalimdor, injecting vast amounts of energy into it. He imagined this land in front of him, and he stretched out his sharp claws, crushing it into powder!

According to the principle of the "Cataclysm" spell, this also meant that the real Land of Justice had already become like this.

As if venting his anger, he tore the Land of Justice in the illusion until there wasn't even a piece the size of a playground left. Only then was Deathwing satisfied. He looked down at Aiden triumphantly, "Now your Land of Justice has been completely crushed. Aiden, how do you feel now?"

"Ah? I feel great!" Aiden replied matter-of-factly, snapping out of his thoughts.

How could he not feel good? Just as Deathwing was fantasizing about tearing the Land of Justice apart and injecting energy into Azeroth's data model, Aiden, who had been paying attention to the data export progress of the Heart of Valoran, noticed that the progress bar, which had only been growing at a snail's pace to 2%, suddenly jumped to 5%. He couldn't wait for Deathwing to inject even more energy, which would truly be killing two birds with one stone—both summoning Valoran and consuming Deathwing!

"alright, it seems you don't care about the life or death of your people at all—but I can understand. Anyway, the whole world will be destroyed, so who goes first and who goes later doesn't make much of a difference!" Deathwing said, pretending to be knowledgeable. He decided to ignore Aiden, since this guy wouldn't disturb him from destroying the world anyway. He would just let him watch from the sidelines!

However, Aiden said with a smile, "Don't worry, take a look at this!"

He unfolded a virtual projection, and Rebecca, the shrewd and capable City Administrator of Los Angeles, appeared on the screen.

"Your Excellency, Chief, what are your orders?"

"How is Los Angeles?"

"Everything is normal, Your Excellency, Chief."

"Well, very good. You can continue with your work, Madam." Aiden cut off the connection and looked up at Deathwing provocatively, "Deathwing, aren't you guessing that I must be lying to you?"

Deathwing did indeed think so. He was sure that he had followed the normal procedure, guiding the Cataclysm to destroy the model of the Land of Justice where Los Angeles was located. Even if Los Angeles floated in the air to avoid disaster, mortals would never ignore the disaster of the Land of Justice itself.

Unless these two parties colluded, he couldn't think of any other reason.

"Self-deception!" Deathwing snorted coldly.

"Then why don't you try destroying the islands under our feet and in front of us? That way you can prove who is deceiving themselves." Aiden pointed around with a smile that was not a smile.

There were indeed some islands near the Maelstrom, and the one he and Deathwing were standing on was the largest of them.

Deathwing was skeptical, but he still did as he was told.

"Watch carefully, I will tear your world apart!"

The Destroyer roared.

These islands were within his field of vision. He didn't need to imagine it. With the Cataclysm guidance completed, it would only take a tiny bit of energy to tear them into pieces!

He slammed his claws down—

There was no movement.

"Tear apart your world!"

He roared again and swung his claws again—

But still nothing happened.

The people outside were originally apprehensive and uncertain, and they had all urgently ascended into the sky, but they didn't expect anything to happen.

The heroes immediately looked at each other in dismay.

Deathwing was furious.

He felt that he still had to imagine the models of these islands and reefs, and then tear them apart in his imagination.

So he did just that.

"Tear it apart!"

He imagined the surrounding islands and reefs, even including the one under his feet, and waved his claws—

Still nothing happened.

The heroes outside finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The tense and comical scene before them finally put their minds at ease.

They immediately understood that they had wronged Aiden.

He had already done something, but they hadn't noticed it, and they even misunderstood that he was doing nothing.

Guilt and joy occupied their hearts at the same time, which made them even more admire the legendary hero who faced Deathwing directly—Aiden!

He truly deserved to be the person who had saved Azeroth many times!

Compared with the heroes outside, Deathwing's mood was terrible.

The scene before him simply drove him crazy, making him suspect that all of this was an illusion created by the enemy, that this was not the truth, and that he was just caught in the opponent's illusion.

"Looks like your magic isn't very effective!"

Aiden's mocking voice came from Deathwing's ear.

He immediately came back to his senses, glared at Aiden, and roared: "Is it you, is it you!"

"Mhm," Aiden shrugged, tacitly admitting it.

"I will tear you apart!" Deathwing furiously swung his sharp claws at Aiden.

Countless scorching tentacles spread from the cracked wounds on his body, and a dozen or so Origin Arrows also spewed out from his chest, flying towards Aiden.

Before the attack hit, Aiden quickly retreated, leaving the golden shield and returning to the side of the Dragon Aspects.

"Let's talk nicely, why be so anxious?" Aiden took a long breath in the sky and waved his hand to Deathwing, who was about to chase out, and said, "Now you do your thing, and I won't come in, alright?"

Deathwing stopped and forced himself to calm down.

Once he chased out, he would inevitably start a war with all the heroes outside, and the Cataclysm might really fail.

What he should do now is to find out what tricks Aiden had played—he clearly sensed that he had completed the preparation for the "Cataclysm", so why couldn't he successfully launch it?

He stared at Aiden, his eyes full of vigilance.

Deathwing had to admit that he had indeed underestimated Aiden.

While being vigilant, he cast spells again, re-guiding the "Cataclysm".

Before long, he discovered the problem—originally, he thought he had completed guiding the "Cataclysm", so he stopped and prepared to inject destructive energy to tear apart the entire world.

Now, after this inspection, he realized that the progress was only over 80%!

Deathwing immediately suspected that Aiden must have used some special method to create an illusion for him, making him think that he had completed the first stage of preparation.

No wonder he couldn't destroy the Place of Justice, and he couldn't destroy the several islands and reefs in front of him!

Deathwing understood the crux of the problem and immediately began to re-inject energy.

As long as he truly advances the progress to 100%, he can truly complete the Cataclysm!

That doesn't take too long—at most an hour!

Because the 80% that he guided before only took four or five hours.

The Twilight Judgment is only a little late, and Deathwing has the patience.

—

Deathwing continued to guide the "Cataclysm", and this sensitive change was immediately captured by Alexstrasza.

She said to Aiden worriedly: "Deathwing is continuing again, what should we do?"

Everyone else looked at him, now only he had a solution.

"Just wait, don't worry, trust me, he won't succeed." Aiden's voice was full of confidence, and there was even a hint of joy in the corner of his eyes.

He couldn't help but be happy, because he could sense that the export speed of the Heart of Valoran data was increasing rapidly.

10%, 15%, 30%… As Deathwing injected energy, the progress bar that only he could see was steadily advancing.

Moreover, this is actually summoning a continent, which is not easier than destroying a world.

Deathwing quickly discovered that the final ten percent of the progress was very slow.

He overestimated his speed in completing the preparation for the "Cataclysm".

The progress that he could complete in one hour before, now only advances by one-fifth, or even less, by injecting the same amount of energy!

He quickly couldn't bear it anymore and had to inject the energy of the Titan Energy Orb into it, which alleviated his predicament.

—With the energy contained in the Titan Energy Orb that can destroy the world more than a dozen times, it must be enough, right?

Feeling the slower and slower progress, Deathwing suddenly felt very uncertain—although he was performing the "Cataclysm" for the first time, he didn't think it would be difficult to destroy the world with this spell before.

Why is it so difficult when actually acting?

He stared at Aiden, and his intuition told him that Aiden must be the one who caused all of this!