Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

Leo's face turned very solemn as he exclaimed, "This is bad!"

"Charlotte, Ethan, Elaine, and Edward, all of you quickly fall back here!" Leo exclaimed towards Charlotte's group.

Hearing Leo's orders, Charlotte and the others nodded their heads to each other before quickly flying away from the Sandstone Lord Spider.

They quickly understood Leo's reason for calling them back. The loud bellowed just now obviously came from the only Magical Beast that fell to the pit.

Beast Lord Cave Lizard!

"What should we do next?" Mayor Jong anxiously asked Leo on what to do next after knowing that the Beast Lord Cave Lizard is still alive.

"Let's wait and see the situation first before deciding on anything," Leo motioned his hand for Mayor Jong to calm down, "We can't hastily create a plan without knowing anything."

"Okay..." Mayor Jong nodded his head before taking deep breaths to calm his anxious nerves. Leo was indeed correct, he should calm down first, especially since they still don't know what exactly is happening.

"We can only hope that the Beast Lord Cave Lizard is seriously injured," Leo said while solemnly observing the huge deep dark pit.

"Leo?" Charlotte immediately asked as soon as she landed beside Leo, along with Ethan, Elaine, and Edward.

Leo didn't bother replying to Charlotte as he put all of his focus on the Beast Lord Cave Lizard.

Unbeknownst to them, even the Sandstone Lord Spider was also paying close attention to the still alive Beast Lord Cave Lizard. It really thought before that it had successfully killed it. Turns out it was actually still alive.

ROAAAAARR!

Another loud bellowed from the Beast Lord Cave Lizard sounded, causing the place to tremble with a few loose rocks from the ceiling to fall down.

"Make your soldiers retreat and regroup!" Leo quickly ordered Mayor Jong.

"Okay!" Mayor Jong nodded his head in response before quickly excusing himself to inform his soldiers.

"Everyone fall back and regroup!"

"Fall back and regroup!"

"Fall back and regroup!"

BOOOOOM!

Huge rocks suddenly came out shooting from the pit. Right after, Mana from their surrounding was suddenly being pulled towards that direction.

"This..." Charlotte showed a face of disbelief after sensing the movement of the Mana in their surrounding.

"Don't tell me the Beast Lord Cave Lizard is actually having a breakthrough?!" Ethan exclaimed.

"If that's the case, then this should be what they called as Force Breakthrough!" Elaine said in surprised

"That's most likely the case. After all, it had certainly experienced just now a near-death experience." Edward nodded his head in agreement.

Listening at the side, Leo can't help feeling a bit surprised at the mention of 'Force Breakthrough'. As a Mage himself, he naturally knew about such a thing.

Force Breakthrough, just like what its name suggests, it meant one is trying to forcefully breakthrough to the next level. One would need to gather a huge amount of Mana from their surrounding to oneself and then pour all of the Mana to their body beyond what their maximum Mana capacity could handle.

Normally, such Force Breakthrough would only take place when one has a very strong desire to become powerful, which usually is because of a certain someone, an extreme danger, or for a goal. Of course, there still exist more reasons.

However, Force Breakthrough comes with a huge risk, and that is one can't breakthrough to the next level anymore after breaking through. That is the consequence of over-exerting one's Mana capacity. The Mage destroyed their capability to increase their Mana capacity even further because what holds the Mana inside their body has been destroyed beyond repair.

That's why no one would want to do a Force Breakthrough unless they have an important reason for it.

Therefore, for the Beast Lord Cave Lizard to do a Force Breakthrough, it should mean that it has a very important reason for daring to strip itself from the chance of getting even stronger.

While the Beast Lord Cave Lizard was undergoing its Force Breakthrough, those Cave Lizards that had retreated, surprisingly returned and began attacking everyone. They were attacking desperately, seemingly without any regards to their own lives.

Noticing this, Leo turned to look at Mayor Jong and exclaimed loudly for the latter to hear it, "Eliminate those Cave Lizards before any unexpected variables would happen."

Leo then quickly turned to look at Charlotte and the others as he asked, "Do any of you know of a method for us to stop the Beast Lord Cave Lizard from breaking through?"

The reason he asked such a question was because once one finished breaking through to the next level, they would then instantly recuperate back to their prime state.

A Beast Lord Cave Lizard in its prime state would obviously be very dangerous for them. Not to mention, it would turn into a 2nd Galaxy level Magical Beast. That's why he wants to know of a way to stop such a thing from happening.

"I don't know..." Charlotte shook her head in response. She added, "This is my first time seeing a Force Breakthrough in person."

"This is also my first experience," Ethan replied. But he quickly added, "Though I did hear from someone in the past that the only way to stop a Force Breakthrough is to kill the one undergoing it."

"Doesn't that also meant they are practically unstoppable once they do a Force Breakthrough?!" Elaine exclaimed in disbelief.

"Killing the Beast Lord Cave Lizard while it's undergoing a Force Breakthrough? I think that's very difficult, considering where the Beast Lord Cave Lizard is located at this moment. Going inside that pit would mean we would have to prepare for anything that's waiting for us down there..." Edward can't help heaving a sigh of helplessness.

"Okay..." Leo could only smile bitterly after hearing their replies. It seems like stopping the Beast Lord Cave Lizard from Force Breakthrough would be impossible.

However...

"Then, let's quickly prepare for its appearance." Leo informed Charlotte and the others.

Since it's impossible to stop the Beast Lord Cave Lizard from its Force Breakthrough, then they would just prepare to give it a warm congratulatory gift.

"Charlotte, Elaine, and Edward go and help Mayor Jong's side on eliminating the Sandstone Spider tribe and the Cave Lizard tribe. Quickly finish them off before the Beast Lord Cave Lizard could finish breaking through. And Ethan, don't ever let the Sandstone Lord Spider join hands with its Sandstone Spider tribe." Leo quickly sent out new orders.

"Okay!" Charlotte and the others replied.

"No problem!" Ethan nodded his head in affirmation.

Whooosh!

Whooosh!

Charlotte and the others immediately fly off towards the direction of the Sandstone Spider tribe and Cave Lizard tribe. On the other hand, Ethan blocked the only path for the Sandstone Lord Spider to go to its Sandstone Spider tribe.

"As for me," Leo smiled mischievously before quickly summoning 10 Earth Elementals and making them turn into their toy soldier form, "Time to prepare for the Beast Lord Cave Lizard's congratulatory gift!"

"Go up towards the ceiling," Leo quickly sent out an order to his ten Earth Elementals.

The Earth Elementals nodded their heads before proceeding to look for a wall to climb in order to go up to the ceiling. It didn't take that long for them to find one.

Soon, the Earth Elementals arrived on the ceiling as they then turned to look at Leo, waiting for the next command.

"Start digging out a huge boulder out from the ceiling. Be sure to give it enough support to not to let it accidentally drop to the ground before the Beast Lord Cave Lizard could arrive." Leo quickly followed up.

Whooosh!

Whooosh!

Whooosh!

After hearing that order, the Earth Elementals immediately started digging out a huge boulder out from the stone of the ceiling. Eventually, they reached the sandstone area, but they didn't mind it and instead choose to make a huge boulder with a combination of stone and sandstone. Of course, they didn't forget to leave a thick enough wall of sandstone to hold down the sands from accidentally falling.

The process was being done as quickly as possible, especially since there were 10 Earth Elementals helping each other.

Before the Beast Lord Cave Lizard could finish breaking through, the huge boulder prepared from the ceiling was already finished.

Right now, there were 10 pillars holding the huge boulder from the inside, connecting it to the entire wall. It was hidden from anyone's sight since Leo doesn't want Mayor Jong to know about his capability of summoning Elementals.

"We only need to wait for the-"

ROAAAAARR!

WHOOOOOOOOOSH!

"Oh, speak of the devil!" Leo smiled mischievously after hearing the Beast Lord Cave Lizard's loud bellowed. It was clearly the sign of it finishing from breaking through, specifically from 1st Galaxy level to 2nd Galaxy level.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

After breaking through, the Beast Lord Cave Lizard quickly began climbing up the pit. It slowly made its way back to the surface, fully ready to make its Cave Lizard tribe win this battle.

Unbeknownst to the Beast Lord Cave Lizard, though, a congratulatory gift was already prepared for its arrival.

"I can't wait to see its reaction," Leo chuckled.