Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Chapter 435: Test

Rain flew to the monstrous creature to punch its face again… it was the only vulnerable part, and the quickest way to kill the monster was to cause brain damage. Still, the beast knew that and blocked Rain's charge with both arms, but then the creature was pushed backward as the scales on its arms began to crack…

"Ugh, this is so weird," Rain thought. "I really need to feel the ground beneath my feet to like my punches…"

Rain pushed those thoughts aside when he noticed the fire on his armor decreasing… while his attack caused more damage than before, the dragon's aura also was fighting his spell… at least he wasn't cold anymore, and his armor wasn't being covered in ice.

When Rain retreated a bit, the dragon used its ice breath again to force him to keep his distance and also to decrease the fire on his armor and make him consume his mana faster. However, Rain flew from one side to the other while approaching the beast and avoiding those attacks.

The dragon grunted in annoyance… It was the first time that the monster was able to see another creature that could fight against dragons in the air so well, after all. Rather than praising Rain, the monster only wanted to get rid of him faster.

The ice dragon's furiously roared, and it echoed across the land, causing the ground to tremble beneath its might. It was a deafening cry of rage, heard for miles, making it clear that the creature was consumed by anger.

Its chilling aura grew even stronger. The icy presence that surrounded it grew denser, causing the temperature to drop dramatically. The air became dense with the frigid aura, and anyone nearby could feel the biting cold radiating from the creature.

The dragon's scales began to glisten with an otherworldly brilliance as ice formed and spread across its body. The ice dragon expanded its massive body, increasing its size to appear even more intimidating. The icy aura that enveloped it transformed, turning itself into a formidable armor-like structure, enhancing the creature's already eerie presence.

Rain couldn't help but frown as he observed this. It seemed that the dragon was mimicking his tactics yet again. From a distance, the dragon's expanded form, covered in ice, took on an appearance akin to a colossal frozen fortress or, as Rain humorously noted, like a frozen airplane. This imitation was not only impressive but also hinted at the intelligence and adaptability of the creature.

The roar of the dragon was deafening, so Rain couldn't approach and was forced to watch the monster transform completely. The creature looked a lot more menacing with the ice armor…

"I thought that they had just dragon breath and dragon rage… but it seems that I was dead wrong," Rain thought when he felt the eyes of the beast on him again when the ice dragon stopped roaring. "Those are their most basic techniques, and even young dragons know them…"

That was worrisome… to the point that Rain considered that it was better not to kill that dragon in order not to draw the rage of other dragons… the risks were too high, after all.

While Rain was thinking about that, the ice dragon suddenly charged… as if the beast didn't have to worry about pesky things such as accelerating. It suddenly hit Rain with its head.

The impact made Rain lose all the air in its lungs, and he blanked out for a moment… The cold was back, and the dragon was still pushing him away from the city at supersonic speeds.

"You are not going to introduce me to your parents!" Rain raised his arms and then hit the face of the dragon with his elbows.

The attack hit and cracked a bit of the ice armor of the dragon, but it was soon repaired… Rain opened his eyes widely, but soon he recovered from the surprise and increased the output of his Magic Boost… he never reached the limits, but he did that now, and it consumed one thousand points of mana per second.

Rain kept that active only for a moment and then hit the face of the dragon with his elbows again.

The attack cracked all the armor in the face of the beast and made it fall while still pushing Rain. He used all his might to jump away and avoid being crushed to death.

Rain escaped at the last moment, and his heart was racing when he saw the dragon colliding against the ground… it left a trail of destruction while it was slowing down.

The monster eventually got up when Rain landed, and the creature turned around while its armor was being repaired… Instead of total rage, the monster was completely astonished while a large amount of blood was leaving its mouth. Your journey continues on m v|l--NovelBin.net

Still, the monster soon fixed its posture to charge again… it was planning to fly low to avoid that unpleasant counterattack and fall again.

In the end, Rain turned around and then used Impulse in the opposite direction. The dragon was left completely shocked at that unexpected development… it didn't think that Rain would actually run away, but in the end, the monster assumed that he had used too much mana in the counterattack…

The ice dragon took flight and then began to fly again without flapping its wings. The monster was so fast, and since it was flying low, it destroyed all the ice below with the blast of its insane speed. The monster could fly as fast as Rain when he used Impulse, Limit Breaker, and Magic Boost!

It didn't take long for the creature to approach the city and see Rain standing on the staircase and looking at the ice dragon… at that moment, the creature felt a shiver for the first time in its life.

"This will be a good test… I just hope that I won't lose my arms in exchange for this," Rain said and then charged.