Necromancer Of The Shadows

Once Anastasia received the message from one of the monsters that she was controlling, she immediately rushed in its direction.

Because she could sense the location of the monsters she was controlling, it did not take long for her to reach her destination, where she met with the crab monster she had taken control of earlier.

Upon seeing Anastasia, the crab monster frantically waved its pincers and quickly led her into a deeper area of the ocean.

As Anastasia followed the crab, she observed her surroundings and realized that they were only fifty thousand kilometres away from the location of the central island.

In this area, if a fight broke out, it wouldn't be difficult for the dragons to sense the disturbance.

'I need to avoid any fight if possible,' She thought to herself and saw that the crab had stopped.

It pointed downward with its pincers, and when Anastasia looked down, her eyes narrowed as she saw a giant, snake-like creature covered in deep blue scales, sleeping beneath.

'A beginner-level Rank Six water dragon...' Anastasia thought inwardly, then shifted her gaze to the sea floor, right next to where the sleeping dragon lay.

As she examined the sea floor, she spotted the faint outline of a massive formation, exactly as Evan had described to her. (This Formation was mentioned in Chap— 996)

Although she was still some distance away and couldn't clearly see it because it was obscured by thick seaweed, she could tell that the formation was not ordinary.

Anastasia observed the formation for a moment before returning her attention to the sleeping dragon.

"I don't recognize this dragon," She muttered under her breath, frowning. She had spent a significant amount of time among dragons in the past and was familiar with most of the high-level ones. However, this Rank Six water dragon was completely unfamiliar to her, leaving her puzzled about its identity.

Although she was curious about where this water dragon had come from, Anastasia knew this was not the time to dwell on it.

After ordering the crab monster to leave, she masked her presence and began swimming downward, heading toward the enormous formation.

'I can easily kill it using the Soul Resonance, but once I make a move, all the dragons on the Dragon Islands will immediately detect me...' She thought as she swam down, quickly dismissing the idea of attacking the dragon while it was sleeping.

Thanks to her status as the progenitor of shadow dragons, Anastasia excelled at concealing herself. Even when she was mere meters away from the slumbering dragon, it failed to notice her presence, continuing to sleep soundly.

Without disturbing the beast, Anastasia focused on examining the giant formation.

With deft movements, she silently cleared away the seaweed covering the formation and within a few minutes, the entire formation lay exposed before her eyes.

"Is this some kind of teleportation or space-isolation formation?" Anastasia wondered, raising an eyebrow as she studied the intricate details.

Back when they had trapped Anderson in the Magmara Kingdom, she had helped Ashley create a space-isolation formation, though it had been far simpler than the one she now faced. Still, this formation gave her a similar feeling as if it had something to do with space manipulation.

"Should I try injecting my World Essence into it to activate it?" Anastasia pondered, a hesitant look crossing her face.

She wasn't sure if her World Essence would activate the formation, and even if it did, there was a strong possibility that using her World Essence would alert the nearby sleeping dragon.

'Even if I sent images of this formation to Ashley to ask about it, who knows how long it will take for her to reply? Plus, she's busy dealing with the Void Tunnel,' Anastasia frowned, feeling uncertain.

She thought for a long while and after hesitating for a moment, she finally moved to stand in the center of the formation.

"I hope it will work," As soon as she stepped into the formation's core, a dark, shadowy power began to spread from beneath her feet, silently expanding to cover the entire formation.

The power emitted no ripples and didn't disturb the water. There was no energy wave, no detectable aura and even the sleeping Rank Six dragon nearby remained unaware of what was happening and continued its peaceful slumber.

Once the formation was completely enshrouded in her dark power, Anastasia placed her hand on the surface of the formation and slowly began to inject her World Essence into it.

As her essence flowed into the formation, the dark power reacted by quivering slightly and completely concealing any trace of the formation's energy signature. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

'It's working...' Anastasia thought, her eyes lighting up as she felt the formation beginning to respond, its faint glow under the dark power indicating that it was gradually becoming active.

Just as Anastasia was beginning to feel hopeful that she could activate the formation without alerting the dragon, the glow from the formation beneath the dark power grew brighter—too bright. Despite her efforts to conceal it, the energy ripples from the formation began to escape her control.

The sleeping dragon's massive eyelids twitched slightly as if it were about to wake.

"Don't wake up, you bastard!" Anastasia silently prayed, but her prayer went unanswered as the energy waves coming from the formation surged in intensity, and within moments, the Rank Six dragon's eyes shot open.

The dragon actually awoke after hundreds of years of sleep so even though it was now awake, its long slumber had left its mind a bit fuzzy, and it stared at Anastasia with a dazed expression, its majestic eyes slowly focusing.

Anastasia didn't show any fear when the dragon opened its eyes, but a deep frown settled on her face as she hadn't come here to start any trouble and didn't want to escalate things.

Taking advantage of the dragon still being half-asleep, she poured all of her World Essence into the formation.

As the essence flowed into it, the glow around the formation intensified, lighting up the surrounding ocean in an intense burst of light. The blinding glow spread out across a hundred kilometres, stunning the creatures in the area, including the dragon.

The water dragon, still half-conscious, blinked against the glaring light. The brightness snapped it out of its dazed state, and its cold, majestic eyes now locked onto Anastasia.

ROAR!

An earth-shaking roar erupted from the dragon's throat, sending tremors through the ocean waters for millions of kilometres.

Furious, the dragon lashed out, its massive tail sweeping toward Anastasia, intending to strike her away from the formation.

Anastasia's cold gaze locked onto the approaching tail and she was ready to activate her Soul Resonance skill, ready to obliterate the water dragon in an instant.

But before she could act, the formation beneath her feet activated. In a flash, the energy of the formation surged up, enveloping her entirely and the moment the tail was about to hit her, Anastasia disappeared from the ocean, vanishing into thin air.