Reborn as an Extra Chapter 587: I Know What To Do... Part-1.

The prison that had trapped Ellie for a thousand years cracked and fell apart halfway when Raika's blast hurled Rio with immense power, ripping through the fabric of space-time and sending him soaring outward.

That single strike carried such overwhelming might that Ellie shivered with dread from head to toe.

As soon as the enormous enclosure suffered harm, it inflicted backlash wounds on Ellie's form, forcing her to drop to her knees while she hacked up huge gushes of blood right there!

Her gaze turned crimson with strain, and dizziness overwhelmed her thoughts as if her consciousness was fracturing; it proved an agonizing ordeal.

The majestic barrier linked directly to the mighty seal guarding the vast entrance to the Sea of Endless Miasma, and with Ellie having fused her essence into that seal to endure in the spirit world, any harm to it echoed straight back onto her!

The shattering of the colossal barrier dealt Ellie severe blows, causing her vital energy to plunge sharply as the mighty seal grew frail!

Long before the barrier's destruction, Ellie lingered in an endless cycle of taint and cleansing; corruption and renewal battled within her nonstop.

Because of that, even as a top-tier S-rank shadow dragon, her physical prowess remained low, her existence bound to the mighty seal, and she lacked any formidable offensive abilities.

There was good cause for her being dubbed the disgrace of all shadow dragons; she lacked her father's prodigious gifts, emerging merely as a frail, average shadow dragon unable to wield dragon bloodline magic.

Merely enduring until this point counted as a tremendous accomplishment; facing a formidable adversary like Raika lay utterly beyond her grasp.

Rio had assured her he'd divert Raika's attention while she devised plans, yet the issue stood that Ellie possessed no skills capable of handling such a mighty opponent.

Raika proved a tough challenge even for Rio!

The very Rio, recognized as the mightiest and most gifted member of their squad 'Astra,' struggled fiercely against Raika!

This plainly showed that Ellie alone stood no chance whatsoever against Raika!

'Ponder, Ellie, ponder! How can I act? What steps can I take to rescue Liam? I need to hurry!'

Brushing aside her inner wounds and the crimson trickle from her lips, Ellie rose with resolve etched across her features!

Though her frame quaked from depleted and battered life essence, she held herself upright through pure willpower and resolve!

'Liam cannot perish or get captured... I have to act; if not me, then who?...'

Images of the violet-haired youth, ever cheerful and nurturing toward her, surged through Ellie's mind as she squeezed her tiny hands until blood seeped from them!

Ellie glanced at her limbs, once smooth and unblemished mere moments before; now ugly black blotches marred them everywhere!

Beyond her limbs alone, eerie dark markings began emerging across her whole form, spreading with alarming speed!

Observing this dire turn, Ellie understood the crisis: the colossal barrier had splintered, unleashing havoc on the mighty seal's integrity!

While total seal rupture remained out of reach from this level of force, the surface barriers could still endure profound harm.

Those surface barriers happened to be the ones Ellie had integrated her being into!

With the colossal barrier's rupture, miasma surged inward with heightened fury, gradually eroding the surface layers of the mighty seal, and that same rot and pollution bounced back toward Ellie!

The mighty seal's cleansing spells shone brightest near its central core; the peripheral barriers offered far less in purification strength!

'This spells trouble...'

Ellie eyed the fractured barrier, clenching her jaw; through her command of shadow elements, she detected Rio and Raika locked in fierce combat.

Though Rio took some initial hits, he quickly adjusted and began clashing with Raika on even terms!

Right as Ellie puzzled over her next move, Rio's message echoed in her mind via distant mental link.

In the midst of battling Raika, Rio realized the foe was merely an avatar, rendering efforts to slay or overcome him futile, since he could swiftly restore to peak condition.

Temporarily, Rio spotted no ways to truly eliminate Raika; therefore, he reached out to Ellie with this revelation.

Rio's message sank Ellie's spirits further.

Through countless escapades alongside Team Astra, Ellie recognized Rio as the sort who never conceded failure or claimed helplessness unless the task truly defied possibility.

Typically, his vast array of techniques handled diverse crises, and lacking them, he improvised fresh ones to fit the circumstances.

Yet if he deemed a challenge insurmountable, it signaled the issue lay beyond the whole team's capabilities.

Ellie ground her teeth while pacing before the enormous portal atop the massive mound, untouched by the ruinous duel between Rio and Raika!

The clash of Rio and Raika intensified relentlessly, each impact unleashing tremendous blasts across the zone, birthing fresh rifts in space with every exchange!

Given the battle's ferocious pitch, Ellie grasped that Rio and Raika had reached a deadlock!

To rescue Liam, Ellie needed to shatter this impasse and tip the scales toward triumph for her allies.

'How can I proceed! How!? Argh!'

Ellie ruffled her locks in frustration, desperate for a strategy to end the deadlock and free Liam, yet nothing came to mind.

'Reverse-summoning won't work again, since Liam and I share this realm now! Plus, I've already triggered it once!'

'Attempting it anew would ravage his soul!'

Reverse-summoning allows a mighty summoned creature to pull its summoner to safety in peril, yet it can occur only once across the summoner's entire existence.

Reverse-summoning draws the summoner's spirit into the spirit realm, imposing colossal stress on it; repeating it at minimum risks lasting soul injury for survival.

In the direst outcome, the spirit could shatter completely, unable to bear the overload!