To make sure the same thing wouldn''t happen again, the Armored Smander focused its ability on the area around the twins'' group. If it was already hard to move before, then it was just in impossible now. Naturally, Rean and Roan tried to ess the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm after that. However, they were unsurprisingly restricted as they were obviously in a dangerous situation.


    ''What do we do now?'' Rean could not help but ask.


    ''Nothing. There''s nothing we can do at the moment. Considering that Smander''s power, even burning our Divine Souls won''t help,'' Roan replied with a dark expression.


    Hurio and Lilia were at a loss as well. Hurio was already having a much harder time as he was protecting Lilia from the Fire attribute imbued in the Smander''s spatial ability.


    However, the Armored Smander didn''t attack straight away. Instead, it seemed to be paying attention to the twins for some reason. No, to be more specific, it was looking at Rean. At the moment, Rean was using his Light Element to heal the burning injuries that the Smander''s presence was inflicting on everyone''s body. If a chance to escape appeared, they had to at least be in condition to move.


    The Smander''s enormous head, bigger than Kentucky''s whole body, then stopped right in front of their group. It was possible to feel the temperature increase by several degrees, with theva still falling from its back. Its breath could be felt up close, making their situation even harder to bear. It was then that an ancient voice echoed in their group''s ears as the Smander''s mouth moved.


    "Do... you... have... Light... Affinity...?"


    Everyone was taken aback, not expecting the Armored Smander to speak at all. From what they heard from Hurio, the ancient beasts in the Lost Star Realm shouldn''t have intelligence, so howe this one can speak? Could it be that it wasn''t an ancient beast?


    However, Roan also noticed something strange. ''If it only acted on instinct, it wouldn''t have let Celso''s group escape. Instead, it would have definitely tried to stop them as that elder was much stronger than us. But instead of that, it simply gave up and didn''t show any reaction at all. That''s not the behavior of a wild beast.''


    Rean, of course, immediately answered, "I do have Light Element Affinity, sir."


    The Armored Smander''s enormous eyes narrowed in response. Rean wasn''t an idiot and used even more of his Divine Soul Power to gather Light Element and use it for healing. Only someone with Light Element Affinity like him could do so much like that. Whatever the reason was for the Smander to focus on his Light Element didn''t matter. What mattered was that it wasn''t attacking them because of it.


    The Smander seemed to know that Light Element Affinity beings were able to heal others, while those who used Yang Energy to control Light Element couldn''t. At least, that''s what Rean thought since the only thing he showed was his ability to heal others, and that''s why the Smander stopped.


    The Smander watched as Rean continued to use his Light Element to heal Roan and the others from the burnt injuries caused by his Fire Element. Eventually, it seemed to have reached a conclusion before its ability from before changed into the simple spatial restriction. The Fire Element in it disappeared, and the Smander retreated a little as it could see that its own body temperature was also affecting Rean''s group.


    After that, the Smander looked in the direction of the volcano it came out.


    *Roooooar!*


    Rean''s group was much closer to it now, so just the roar alone made the Divine Energy in their dantians go out of control. If not because the Smander was holding them in ce with its spatial abilities, they would all have fallen from the sky already. Well, one couldn''t fly more than twenty meters in this Lost Star Realm, so they wouldn''t suffer any significant injuries with their cultivations anyway.


    A few secondster...


    *Roarrr!*


    Another roar came out of the volcano. It''s just that this one was much milder, with little to no effect on Rean''s group at all. Following that, a small ball ofva shot out of the volcano, appearing beside the gigantic Armored Smander.


    *Bang!*


    Theva then kept falling down as that small ball began to spread open, just like the Armored Smander did. It turned out that it was a much smaller Armored Smander. The same white and red scales as the big guy, but miniaturized in a way. Of course, considering the size of the bigger one, the small one was still bigger than even Kentucky. It''s just that it looked like a kid when standing beside the bigger one.


    However, Rean immediately noticed something wrong with it. A huge chunk of its back armor was nowhere to be seen. Two of its four legs were gone as well, while one of its eyes had a clear mark of pration. Rean found it quite hard to believe that it was even alive at the moment. One didn''t need to be a doctor to tell that this small Armored Smander was feeling a lot of pain.


    The bigger Smander then looked at Rean before using its spatial powers to bring him close to the smaller Smander. "Help... him... I''m... mother... help..."


    Rean didn''t know that the big guy was, in fact, a girl. Nevertheless, he had to use this opportunity. "Will you let us go if I help?"


    The mother seemed to have some difficulty processing Rean''s words. It was obvious that she didn''t have that much intelligence. However, after a few moments, her enormous head nodded. "Yes..."


    It was hard to tell if the mother had even understood Rean''s meaning or not. Then again, seeing how they were all at the Smander''s mercy, he could only trust that it did and that it would keep its words. As for a Soul Binding Contract, it would be useless against such a being. "Alright, I''ll help him as well as I can."


    With that, Rean touched the kid''s body, who didn''t seem to like it at all. It even tried to attack Rean. But after its mother roared at it, the small Armored Smander became as docile as a puppy. Rean couldn''t help but let out cold sweat, though. Since he was touching the kid, he could naturally tell its cultivation.. ''So small, yet it''s already at the Peak Stage of the Transition Realm. Just how strong is the mother then?''