Chapter 430: Turnaround (1/2)

The Golden Dragon looked at Gravis, but it quickly grew confused. What was he doing?

All the liquified ore of the Golden Dragon's body was gathered above Gravis' hand as he concentrated on it fully. Some lightning encased the liquid metal, and Gravis stared at it intently.

'I need to successfully forge this metal on my first try! I don't have enough Energy to try it another time! I must succeed now!' Gravis thought crazily as the metal started changing shape.

CRK!

Yet, it started breaking apart. Gravis grew panicked as he saw that. This was a sign of failure! Why? Why wasn't he able to smith new materials on his first try!?

Fueled by the pressure, Gravis' mind went into overdrive. His concentration reached a peak it had never reached before. Gravis remembered all the diagrams about the different materials' makeup, and, slowly, he realized several patterns between them.

He remembered what had happened with all the materials he had tested previously and instantly recognized some patterns, which he hadn't seen before.

BANG!

As if struck by lightning, Gravis suddenly realized why the materials all acted in such unforeseen ways when he had tried to forge them previously. The whole makeup of the different materials fused together into a single concept in his head.

The ore stopped cracking as it quickly morphed into the shape that Gravis envisioned.

By now, the Golden Dragon realized that Gravis was using its own body to create something abominable. The Golden Dragon was able to shape the metals in the earth into whatever shape it wanted, but this weak ant was now doing this to the Golden Dragon's body.

Rage exploded inside the Golden Dragon. This was the most disrespectful that had ever been done to it! It wasn't some material that some weak ant could manipulate however it wanted!

The Golden Dragon shot forward with unreal speed and attacked Gravis with one of its claws.

BANG! BANG!

A loud noise erupted, but that wasn't the noise of the attack. This was made by the metal that had been compressed together into a new form. This was what the Opposer had shown Gravis. This was the second way of tempering a weapon, something that Gravis would only be able to learn later.

The second loud sound was the attack of the Golden Dragon. Its claws hit something incredibly hard, and Gravis was shot into the distance by this attack. Gravis' body smashed through more mountains until he finally managed to stabilize himself.

The attack injured his body, but the injuries were only minor. Most of the damage had been absorbed by the thing Gravis currently carried in his right hand.

Was it a saber?

No!

Gravis carried a massive, golden shield in his right hand. He knew that if he made a saber, he would only be helplessly suppressed. He would have never gotten a chance to regenerate his power like that. Instead, he decided to make a shield.

As soon as the droplets of the Golden Dragon's body left it, they became their own entity. They still had the Golden Dragon's will on them, but as long as they didn't touch the Golden Dragon's body, Gravis could easily wipe that will away with his Will-Aura.

Like this, these droplets had truly transformed into Late Unity Rank materials. As soon as Gravis understood the Law about these materials, he also immediately realized how he could compress them. He simply needed to move the Energy that made up the materials in a peculiar way to press it together.

Thanks to that understanding, Gravis managed to create a shield with a hardened layer. If Gravis hadn't hardened that shield, it would break apart with a powerful attack from the Golden Dragon. Only by being hardened would it be able to resist the Golden Dragon's attacks indefinitely.

When the Golden Dragon saw that Gravis wasn't even that injured, it grew furious.

BOOOM!

It charged at Gravis with all its power, destroying the earth under it in the process. Then, it summoned more spears, which it quickly threw at Gravis.

Whooop!

All the spears vanished immediately, infuriating the Golden Dragon even more.

BANG!

Gravis got shot into the distance again, but the shield absorbed most of the damage. Yet, Gravis still got injured by this hit. Gravis also quickly realized that his injuries accumulated even faster than the regeneration of his power. This meant that he would still die.

BANG!

The Golden Dragon attacked again, but this time, Gravis evaded the attack. The Golden Dragon had been too straightforward with this attack, allowing Gravis to evade it. When the Golden Dragon saw that, it grew even angrier.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

It started going absolutely crazy as it used its claws, legs, teeth, and even its tail to crazily attack Gravis. Gravis only managed to evade some of the attacks, which was already a miracle in and of itself. Sadly, several attacks still hit him.