"So, it''s you, Wilbur Penn! You''ve definitely got a death wish, haven''t you? Well, I''m happy to grant it!"


    Ad muttered a spell, and a pir of ck mes shot out of the Ebony Phoenix to wrap around Wilbur. Augheimer''s eyes grew bloodshot as he shouted, "No, no!"


    Ramont grabbed Augheimer. "Don''t go over there. It''s toote for anything now. We''ll just have to leave it up to fate."


    "This is all my fault, Wilbur! I shouldn''t have done this!"


    Augheimer broke down into sobs all of a sudden. Just then, the ck mes were put out as Wilbur emerged, radiating the same white glow all over.


    "I''m not dead yet, Augheimer," said Wilbur. "I promised you I''d help you finish this, didn''t I?"


    Wilbur leaped into the air, flying toward the Ebony Phoenix. Ad was furious to see this, and shouted, "What are you doing, you bastard? Come back!"


    Yet Wilbur had already reached the phoenix, touching it with his hands. The Ebony Phoenix began to shrink instantly. Before long, it waspletely absorbed by Wilbur and turned into his energy.


    Wilburnded on the ground, glowering at Ad as he roared, "Now you can have all your power back!"


    He released his dragon aura, channeling the power of the Ebony Phoenix into a ck dragon. It let out a cry of fury, charging toward Ad.


    "F*ck!" Ad threw out three amulets. They began to spin rapidly, forming a ring that condensed its surrounding dark energy into a defensive barrier.


    The ck dragon mmed into the barrier repeatedly as Ad channeled his energy into the barrier. Both sources of energy collided over and over again, letting out deafening explosive noises as ripples of pressure spread out around them.


    "You bastard, you''ve got the protection of the evil gods too! My, my... I really underestimated you. But I''ve got bigger fish to fry here. Let''s put an end to this little battle now, shall we?"


    Ad stared Wilbur down as he spoke. All at once, Wilbur felt his mind go nk as he stood there, unable to move.


    At the same time, a cruel smirk appeared on Ad''s face. He raised his right hand, pointing at Ramont as he said, "I told you I was going to crush your bones, Ramont. Just you wait!"


    As the words rang through the air, a whiteser shot out of Ad''s finger. It pierced through Ramont''s body at once, and an agonizing pain spread through him as he looked up in disbelief.


    "Lord Ramont!" Augheimer cried out, reaching out to help Ramont up. Yet a golden ray of light appeared all of a sudden, enveloping the both of them.


    Wilbur, who had regained consciousness, activated the golden dragon defense shield at once to protect Augheimer and Ramont.


    Just a moment ago, Wilbur had sensed that Ad''s energy aura was quickly decreasing. The ten minutes of the Power Elixir Drop were up, and Ad no longer had three hundred thousand years of cultivation.


    Wilbur decided to deliver a final blow to Ad then, so hended in front of Ad before releasing a powerful dark space energy as a ck vortex quickly devoured Ad''s energy aura.