Standing at the front of the golden cave is the Emperor with a wide smile in his face. At the moment, all of the elemental planets has been taken over by his Shadow minions and are currently having a feast of their lives.

"After countless years of preparation, finally this realm is mine..." the Emperor closed his three eyes and immersed himself at the chaotic sound of events happening around him.

Chaos, death, darkness, and destruction! The sound of the agony and the helpless scream of the dying elementals is like a beautiful song in his ears.

"You will regret this..."

A faint struggling sound came from the back. The Emperor smoothly turned around as he cheerfully eyed the collapsed figure of the Elemental G.o.d. His Shadow minions are currently busy munching on their victims on the background.

The Elemental G.o.d's eyes are currently waning like a flashlight struggling with its battery. His muscles are skinny like a dried branch of a brown tree while the previous imposing aura has been completely erased. The usual radiant glow of his skin has dimmed to dark gray while even maintaining his head up high was very painful. 

However, the Elemental G.o.d does not want to die while bowing to the ground. He wanted to raise his head and die facing his enemy head-on.

"You did well saving your people. Unfortunately, that is not enough of a security to save them. Any time from now, the total solar eclipse will happen and that's when the real party will start." 

He walked closer to the weakened Elemental G.o.d and sat before the latter's raised head like a curious kid watching a dying insect. 

His three red eyes gazed at the Elemental Lords' with a magnified presence. A wide creepy smile also revealed.

"Do not worry. To make it more interesting, I will be destroying them using your own hand."

The eyes of the Elemental Lord opened widely as he realized what the Emperor meant. His weak muscles trembled while he beckoned furiously.

"Don't you dare... You devil! No! Noooo!"

CHOMP!~

The mouth of the Emperor suddenly stretched widely before extending forward like a ma.s.sive mouth of a crocodile devouring a small white chicken. The Emperor revealed a satisfied face while he happily gnawed on his highest-quality victim so far.

FWOOOHMMM~

The moment he gulped the Elemental G.o.d's body, the Emperor's aura suddenly surged like a dam finally collapsing..

GRUZZHHZGGGGH!~

The water elemental's ground shook at the sudden presence of a power that was never there moments ago. 

SHOOOOSH~

SHOOOOSH~

SHOOOOOSH~

Lights started to blaze out of the Emperor's back as his body morphed to accommodate the new power he has obtained. 

The Shadow minions, who couldn't care less about them before are now staring at the morphing figure of their supreme leader. The terrifying trasformation fully unleashed at the front of their red eyes.

***

Meanwhile on the other side of the elemental realms, at the endless horizon of the black water, Kahayag is currently staring at the black-robed woman with utter hostility. 

The rest of the Elemental Lords are also currently standing at a piece of a small floating land the Earth Elemental Lord created.

SHHH~

A cold wind has suddenly washed everyone as if a soul had just pa.s.sed nearby.

"So he still fought till the end huh..." a sad murmur came from the mouth of the dwarf. 

"He knew he doesn't stand a chance from the beginning. Ever since we revealed our plan and the backing force behind us, he became nothing but like a cop without a gun. He probably was overtaken by his guilt and decided to save the remaining elementals in exchange for his last bit of pride." said the Great Seer Mhata.

The Elemental Lords, who are supposed to be defending this realm from the invaders, suddenly felt a cold chill touch them as if giving them a farewell. 

The Dwarfen Earth Elemental Lord, the Great Seer Mhata, and the rest gazed at the direction of the water elemental realm with complicated emotion.

"Apology if I made you wait my trusted Elemental Lords."

Everyone was taken aback at the sudden voice of the Emperor from behind. Instinctively, everyone turned around to look at the source of the voice only to be surprised at the new look of the Emperor.

Six long white energy has sprouted at the back of the Emperor which made him look like a dark being with white tentacles as his wings.

And for some reason, they could feel the aura of the Elemental G.o.d from this tentacle wings.

"His power has not only grown stronger, his resistance against light has also increased!"

"Powerful. We haven't even noticed him standing behind if not for him revealing himself by speaking."

"He devoured even the Elemental G.o.d? Does it mean that if I fail or resist him, would he devour me as well?"

The thoughts of the few Elemental Lords where currently mixed. Some are in awe, while others are anxious. 

Meanwhile, the Great Seer Mhata has her own thought.

"If the Elemental G.o.d is gone, then who's going to be the next Elemental G.o.d?"

Mhata stares at a couple of Elemental Lords currently with her. Judging from their strength, the most powerful Elemental Lord at the moment should be the white wisp of the Lightning Elemental realm.

"It should not take long before the divine providence of the new Elemental Lord will happen. I must get full control of that white wisp. This was not part of my first prediction, but it is expected considering that they have manage to alter the original path of fate."

Mhata thought to herself as she started to device a new plan.

"What took you so long?" Kahilom, the mysterious woman in black robe complained. Aside from her, no one else has noticed that the Emperor has already arrived.

"Oh, I already apologized haven't I? Some patriotic glowing guy tried to defend this land and blasted me away so I have no choice but to get a little delayed. Nevertheless, his powers are now mine." the Emperor calmly pointed at the long glowing tentacles behind him.

"Great Emperor, How long do you think will it take for our next move?" The Dwarf asked respectfully. 

Although the Emperor has a very approachable att.i.tude, they knew better not to get to the latter's bad side. Taking out their life is as easy as snapping a finger for the Emperor alone.

"The Great Seer bird's last revelation to us was that we must wait for the realm gate to open itself on the total lunar eclipse." The Emperor said as he stares intently at the Great Seer Mhata, who is currently in her human form trying to recover her powers.

"I'd say its bullsh*t." added the Emperor with a wide grin. Suddenly, his right arm was raised before pointing at a specific direction.

The curious Elemental Lords traced the hand's target and were shock at the scene of thousands of Shadows that had successfully blended their bodies to powerful looking Elementals.

Coming their way to the Black Water is a colorful flood of Shadow-Elemental hybrids.

Fire Golems that had traces of Shadows in their eyes, strong-looking merman soldiers equipped with golden armors, ma.s.sive sea and mountain serpents, and winged beasts from the wind elemental realm are included to the latest upgraded Shadow warriors. These are just to name a few.

Not to mention, these Shadow hybrids have a natural inclination to their new elements. Thus, giving them a cover to resist the power of the light - a perfect body to bring to the human realm! 

It is also worth mentioning, that only those Shadows that have higher intellect and control were able to preserve their target elemental's body. Most of them were the high ranking Shadow warriors while some King Shadows have also chosen their own special elemental bodies.

The Emperor gazed at the incoming wave of colorful Shadow warriors with a delighted look. While the Elemental Lords on the other hand could not help but feel a chill run down their backs.

Though they have already abandoned their positions as Elemental Lords, seeing their own kind getting devoured and taken over by the Shadows were still enough to spark their hatred. Especially the proud Earth Elemental Lord.

One of the ma.s.sive Diamond Golem that has been taken over by one Shadow King is actually one of his strongest creations that took him several hundred years to make. It would be lying to say he was not affected at all.

While the Elemental Lords struggled to keep their emotions in check, the Emperor suddenly said, 

"Prepare yourselves. We are going to the human realm in the next few hours."

Hearing him, the fire elemental Great Seer Mhata suddenly spoke,

"Aren't we supposed to wait for the opening of the realm gate that will happen on the next day?"

"That is exactly what your failed prediction has revealed. If we wait for the next day, that means a whole two months have pa.s.sed ever since they left. That is exactly what your last prediction has said which gives them the advantage to prepare. Waiting is not fun."

Then facing the G.o.dly Beast of Dimensional Realm, he added,

"My plan is simple. Let's give them a surprise visit with my new homeboys."