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The entire Realm trembled violently, shockwaves rippling outward like the angry throes of a waking titan. Even the distant lands beyond the Ice Continent felt the unsettling quake, as something ancient and long-buried deep within the frozen land began to stir.

Kiara clung desperately to her Uncle Akh'sha's thigh, her small hands trembling, her boots slipping across the fractured ice as the ground beneath her heaved and groaned.

On the battlefield, the clash between the Shadow Army and the Ice Golem legions came to an abrupt, jarring halt.

Warriors on both sides stumbled and faltered, confusion spreading like wildfire through their ranks as the land itself rebelled against their war.

From his vantage point atop a shattered ridge, Taufik narrowed his eyes against the swirling snow and biting wind, forced to retreat several steps as the sheer force of the disturbance pushed against him like a living wall.

Then it came.

The frozen earth split wide with a deafening crack, a gaping wound torn into the heart of the Realm. From the yawning abyss, a massive claw, black as midnight and jagged with ancient scars, thrust upward.

It was the hand of a dragon, impossibly large, each talon glinting with an eerie, otherworldly light.

The claw gouged into the ground with a screech of rending ice and stone, hauling the monstrous being upward, its hulking form still hidden in the darkness below.

A primal, rumbling growl echoed from the depths, shaking the sky itself. Something forgotten by time was awakening.

*ROOORRAARR!!*

The roar split the heavens, a raw, ancient sound that sent shivers racing down the spines of all who heard it.

The darkened sky inside the Realm itself seemed to tremble, and the howling winds exploded into a frenzied dance, whipping up snow and shards of ice into a blinding storm.

From the depths of the fractured ground, the dragon rose in its full, terrifying majesty.

Its body was colossal, a behemoth of sinewy muscle and scales that shimmered like frozen obsidian under the pale, broken sunlight.

Jagged spikes lined its spine, each one dripping with frost, and its massive wings, tattered yet powerful, unfurled with a deafening snap that scattered the clouds.

Glowing eyes, an intense, molten gold, pierced through the storm, burning with an intelligence far older than mortal understanding.

Steam billowed from its flaring nostrils, each breath an ominous promise of devastation.

The very air seemed to grow heavier under its presence.

The Dragon, The very first king, the Primeval Blue Dragon of legend, had awakened.

Once, ages ago, with the other primeval Dragons from each Dragons kin, it had soared across the skies of Planet Draco, a sovereign among dragons, a being of unmatched might and wisdom. Now, after an endless slumber within its sealed Realm where even Time itself lay frozen, it had broken free.

Its scales gleamed with an ethereal, deep azure light, each one etched with the echoes of countless eras long past.

Wisps of frozen Mana curled around its body like spectral mist, and with every movement, the very fabric of reality seemed to ripple and shudder.

This was not merely a beast, it was a force of nature incarnate, a living relic of a forgotten age.

And now, the beast... The Primeval Blue Dragon itself, shifted its massive head, its molten golden eyes locking onto Taufik with a gaze that pierced straight through body and soul.

The world around them seemed to fall silent.

The howling winds, the clashing armies, even the trembling ground, everything ceased as if the realm itself was holding its breath.

The Dragon's voice rumbled forth, deep and resonant, each word laced with an ancient, imperious power that made the very air vibrate:

"You... You have forced me to reveal my true form. For that, mortal, I offer you my praise..."

A low, almost mocking growl rumbled from its throat, vibrating through the shattered landscape.

"But that is all... No mercy. No second chances. Now... feel the true horror that only I can bring!"

With a thunderous roar, the dragon's massive wings unfurled, casting a shadow that swallowed the battlefield.

The temperature plummeted, the very breath in Taufik's lungs beginning to crystallize as the Dragon prepared to unleash its full fury.

But Taufik remained calm.

Even as the ground shook beneath him and the Dragon's overwhelming presence pressed down like a mountain, he stood firm, unflinching.

His sharp eyes quickly flickered toward Kiara, who clung tightly to Akh'sha's side, shielded safely behind him.

Relief washed over Taufik in a single breath.

Satisfied, he turned his gaze back to the colossal beast looming before him, his expression cool, unreadable.

"...Who are you?" He asked, his voice steady, cutting through the heavy air like a blade.

The Dragon tilted its massive head, a slow, deliberate motion that sent cascades of ice and snow falling from its horned crown.

A deep, guttural chuckle rumbled from within its chest, a sound like cracking glaciers.

"Who am I?" The Dragon repeated, amusement and disdain dripping from its every syllable.

"Hmph! Very well. Consider this... A final gift before your end"

The beast reared up, its massive wings unfurling even wider, casting the land into a deeper shadow.

"Be honored, mortal. You will meet your death by my hand. Remember the name that will be carved into your soul... I am Wyrmheart, The First and Eternal Sovereign of the Blue Dragons!"

A blast of freezing energy erupted from Wyrmheart's jaws, crackling and roaring toward Taufik like the wrath of an ancient god.

Yet even as the torrent of freezing death surged toward him, Taufik remained perfectly calm.

A low, mocking chuckle escaped his lips, cutting through the storm like a sharpened blade.

"Fool," Taufik said, his voice steady, laden with quiet contempt.

He lifted his katana slowly, the motion almost lazy, yet the moment the blade rose, the very atmosphere around him shifted violently.

The ground cracked beneath his feet.

The winds howled as if in fear.

A suffocating force, equally as fierce and ancient as Wyrmheart's, erupted from Taufik's seemingly slender form.

For a heartbeat, it was as if two titans stood on the battlefield, their powers colliding in a silent war of dominance.

Taufik's gaze sharpened, cold and absolute.

"You could have lived longer," He said, his words slicing through the heavy air. "If you had stayed hidden in your slumber, sealed in your half-dead shell"

He shifted his stance, the katana now gleaming with a dark, ominous light.

"But since you have chosen to reveal your true form...Then do not blame me"

The ground beneath him shattered outward in a ring of pure force, and for the first time, Wyrmheart's golden eyes narrowed, not in anger, but in the faintest hint of wariness.

The battlefield seemed to contract, the world narrowing down to just two figures, Taufik and Wyrmheart standing at the center of a collapsing storm.

Wyrmheart's wings snapped forward, and with a deafening roar, he unleashed a blizzard so intense that it warped the very laws of nature.

The falling snowflakes froze midair.

The cracks in the ground sealed under layers of impossibly hard ice.

Even time itself stuttered, the world slowing under the weight of Wyrmheart's ancient Ice Magic.

The Ice golem legion and shadow creatures, caught within the radius, were frozen solid in mid-motion, trapped between heartbeats, statues of life and death.

The Dragon's voice echoed coldly:

"Witness the despair of eternity, mortal. Struggle, and freeze all the same"

But as the frozen storm closed in, Taufik simply smiled.

His katana pulsed once, and the space around him shuddered.

Taufik's SwordMagic Technique is active; a shimmering aura enveloped the blade, glowing with all the colors of existence, each flicker representing a different element under his command.

Fire.

Water.

Earth.

Wind.

Light.

Darkness.

Then.

In a single, fluid motion, Taufik slashed horizontally.

The frozen air shattered as brittle glass and time itself around him snapped back to normal, the Dragon's magic unable to bind him.

A gust of searing wind, conjured by his blade, countered the blizzard, carving a clear space around him, a defiant island amidst the Dragon's frozen dominion.

Taufik pointed the katana at Wyrmheart, his voice calm, yet filled with an unshakable certainty:

"Your ice may freeze time..."

"But I... Controls existence itself"

Then, he vanished in a blur of speed and elemental fury, rushing straight toward the colossal Dragon.

Wyrmheart snarled, recognizing the threat.

The Dragon reared back, summoning a vast, jagged spear of glacial ice, as tall as a mountain peak, and hurled it toward Taufik with the force to annihilate an entire fortress.

But Taufik was faster.

His body blurred, slipping between moments, and with a sharp upward slash, his katana cleaved the massive ice spear cleanly in two.

The fragments exploded behind him, raining down harmlessly as harmless frost.

Wyrmheart's golden eyes gleamed with fury.

The Dragon inhaled sharply, frost gathering around his maw before exhaling a beam of pure, time-freezing Ice Magic toward Taufik.

This was no ordinary breath; it was a force meant to erase everything in its path, freezing not just body but even soul and memory.

Taufik's expression remained calm, almost bored.

In a flash, he infused his katana with Fire Magic, then... Flames, white-hot and pure, danced along the blade's edge.

With a sweeping slash, Taufik conjured a wall of searing fire, not ordinary fire, but an anti-freeze flame, a conceptual fire that devoured cold itself.

The two forces collided.

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