They simultaneously stabbed toward Audric from six directions—two wrapped around his wings, two around his foreclaws, one around his tail, and the last pierced through his chest, firmly fixing his body in mid-air.
The thorns' spikes plunged deeply into the dragon's body, piercing the scale armor, flesh, and bone.
Audric let out a painful roar, golden blood gushing from the wounds, flowing along the thorns and dripping to the ground.
As the blood touched the earth, it scorched small pits into the soil, emitting pungent white smoke.
The thorns began absorbing his life force.
Vivid green light flowed visibly across the thorn's surface, representing the extracted life force, which coursed along the thorn's veins, transporting into the depths of the vortex.
Audric's body dimmed at a visible speed.
His scale armor lost its luster, his eyes turned cloudy, and his breaths grew heavy.
