177 The Real Reward (2/2)
With hundreds of thousands of years on their backing, although with some unwillingness, the Dragons have learned to use the artifact. But they hope not to depend on using it all the time since they value their own natural strength the most.
With gritting teeth, Leah suddenly bellowed.
”NOW!~”
SWOOOOOSH!~
Elric was still in the middle of his attack when he felt a dangerous chill coming from his side. In the nick of time, Elric decisively halted his attacks midway and turned to his sides with his own counter slash!
WHIIIISHK~
SLAAASH!~
AAGHK!~
OUGGH!~
ARGH!~
Leaving behind a sonic boom, three invisible Dragons of the Southern Region were quickly cut by Elric's flaming sword. However, they actually managed to put a large gaping wound in one of his wings!
Everything happened too quickly, if only Elric did not move his body, he would have lost his neck seconds ago! It was an attack that was almost impossible to evade!
The three invisible Southern Dragons were in a certain formation that resembled a spiral missile.
They first fly incredibly high and far from Elric in order to build enough momentum, while their arms extended and grew into what looked like a sharp long blade. Then, the three of them will coil into each other like a blade meeting another two blades to create a three-bladed missile with their bodies locked to each other and their tails and wings serving as a fin. The blade front also formed spiraling edges that allowed them to spin while moving.
The reason that there were three of them is that the weight and the extra pushing power generated by two other Dragons will increase their solidity and penetrating power. Using their blending ability they managed to hide their presence, giving their enemy almost no time to react at all.
Fortunately for Elric, his extraordinary instinct and powerful soul ability allowed him to see what normal dragon eyes could not see.
From the looks of it, they all seemed like a well-organized unit despite the differences. Quickly his eyes, moved to a certain direction, locating Leah's figure seemingly busy communicating with the other Dragon Kings.
”Found you..” Elric was just about to head towards Leah to deal with her when another sonic boom clapped him from above.
BOOOOOOM!~
SLAAAASH!
AGHGGK!~
IUGGH!~
WAAAGH!
With a sidestep, Elric managed to avoid another sonic attack from the Southern Dragons, not forgetting to finish them in one good hack, leaving them burning as they continued diving to the ground with burning divided bodies.
BOOOOOOM!~SLAAAASH!
IUGGH!~
WAAAGH!
AGHGGK!~
Another group has fallen in Elric's sword. Then finally Elric stopped, his warning signals bellowing wildly in his head. He instinctively looked above and saw what seemed like a wide dark cloud.
His eyes squeezed to focus towards the dark cloud only to finally realize what it really was. Tens of thousands of Southern Dragons are coiling with each other to form the same spiral missile formation before they suddenly disappear with a blending skill.
SWOOOSH!
SWOOOSH!
SWOOOSH!~
The next second, around fifty more invisible spiral bladed missiles, came down and made Elric dance in evasion. His mind might be fast enough to see them but his sheer body size was finally getting in his way of trying to avoid them.
He may have successfully avoided nine out of ten attacks, but considering their sheer numbers, he could not help but get hit not just once, but twice and thrice!
Thank's to his impressive recovery ability, Elric managed to close his wounds in less than two seconds! It is also worth noting that he is more focused on avoiding attacks that will greatly impede his movement and senses.
From the distance, Elric looked like a mad Dragon fighting a horde of invisible killer black wasps! Burning them with a blue flaming sword as if it was a torch!
The King and Queen Dragons watched with gritted teeth as they watched their subordinates fall unhesitantly under Elric's flaming sword. But as King and Queen Dragons, these are necessary sacrifices to their ultimate plan.
Since they have already started it, they might as well just end it hoping to claim Elric's most wanted body and essence as reward. If they could just finish Elric and harvest his meat and essence, imagine the benefits it would help the King and Queen Dragons.
Right now, what they really want is not the deal of acquiring the Eastern Region if they killed the last Eastern Dragons, What they wanted is Elric!
If they could have his essence, breaking through the Ancestral level will be within their grasp! Who cares about some measly Eastern dragons if their dreamed power is finally within their reach!