The gigantic treeughed loudly. "Wilbur Penn, your powers truly fascinate me. All of you shall be sacrificed today and remain here forever!"


    The tree waved its branches, reaching out for the dragon. At the same time, Wilbur leaped into the air with the first dragon cauldron in his hand, melding himself inside of the white dragon altogether.


    The first dragon cauldron continued to release dragon aura above Wilbur''s head, and Wilbur''s Light Gloves continued to channel the power of light into the white dragon''s body.


    The dragon swung its tail over hard, breaking the branches off the tree before grabbing the tree trunk with its ws. With a loud explosion, a huge opening appeared in the trunk of the tree.


    Wilbur wasted no time, controlling the dragon to charge downward as it absorbed all eight explorers into its body. "Are you guys alright?"


    "We''re fine," said Vernon. "But the door won''t open, and we have no way out."


    The waters had risen above the passage then, and they continued rising steadily. Wilbur saw a few dozen of the tree''s roots reach towards the passage, crushing itpletely as shattered bricks fell into the water.


    Wilbur turned around and saw that the tree trunk broken off by the dragon had mended itself as its branches moved around once more.


    Wilbur could not help but curse at the sight. The tree''s branches were already powerful enough as they were in mid-air. Surely its roots in the water would be even stronger with the nourishment of the water. On top of that, there was a formation beneath the water that continuously supplied energy to the tree.


    This tree was probably a huge part of Vicente Deep Waters'' operating mechanism, but there was no time to think about that now. The goal at hand was to break through the metal door and escape from this underwater castle.


    The water level began to rise even faster after passing the passage. It rose enough to cover the metal doorpletely but continued to rise as the tree''s branches stretched over.


    Wilbur gritted his teeth. "F*ck it!"


    The next second, he had the white dragon break the tree''s trunk once more so that the upper branches would lose their power for some time.


    Following that, the white dragon dove into the water.


    It charged toward the metal door. Just when it was about to reach the door, two powerful branches wrapped themselves around the dragon''s tail and limbs, holding it in ce.


    The white dragon let out a roar of fury, wriggling around with all its might. Yet its tail and ws were held down, stopping it from producing any power.


    At thest second, Wilbur charged out of the white dragon''s body towards the branches wrapped around its ws. He muttered a spell, summoning the Light of Dragon as a golden dragon appeared above Wilbur''s head.


    The golden dragon wrapped itself around Wilbur''s right arm, and he came up to the branches wrapped around the white dragon''s ws. Wilbur raised his right arm and struck the branches down.


    "Roar!"


    The golden dragon let out a roar of fury as it shot out, piercing through the thick branches. The branches cracked the very next second, and the white dragon shook its ws free as the branches broke into pieces. Following that, the white dragon grabbed the branches around its tail, crushing them to pieces. Wilbur then took the chance to re-enter the white dragon''s body.


    The white dragon charged towards the door, ramming into it hard.


    After three sessive collisions, a huge hole appeared in the metal door. The white dragon flew out of it with everyone in tow. They then saw that the water had risen above everything outside. Wilbur controlled the white dragon to fly toward the exit based on his memory of the map.