125 Versus the hydra. (2/2)
He slashed out with his sword, golden fire and lightning dancing around the blade as his attack headed for the eyes of the hydra. Water suddenly gathered in the maw of the hydra, quickly forming a bubble that was spat out and flew towards Li Yang in a non-threatening manner. But just as the bubble and the streams of water were about to touch his body, Li Yang vanished, space around him rippling as Fang Ying appeared where he had just been.
Fang Ying moved her arms and changed her downward stab into a forward stab, aiming for the eyes of the hydra just like Li Yang had. Space around Fang Ying rippled slightly, the streams of water and the bubble entering the rippling space and vanishing, reappearing directly in front of the hydra, where the seven heads connected to the body. The spiraling streams pierced through its own scales and dug a bit into its body before the hydra got to stop them, the bubble made contact with its scales and then popped, the scales touched by the bubble quickly cracking and then falling apart into fragments so tiny they resembled dust.
The flesh of the hydra beneath the shattered scales quickly turned red as blood gathered within it, it seemed like the bubble did more than just superficial damage. Without the bubble to block it, Fang Ying's sword was able to reach its mark, stabbing into the left eye of the turquoise head. The veins around the eye immediately started to protrude and explode, half the veins in the head of the hydra exploding under Fang Ying's law of blood. She also used her law of poison at the same time, the other half of the veins in the turquoise head turning a light pink as the flesh around them started to sag, simply sliding off the bones after a short moment.
While Fang Ying was taking care of the turquoise head, Li Yang was dealing with the orbs of fire as well as the wooden roots that had come for Fang Ying before they switched position. Both were dealt with easily by his golden flames, the roots turning to ash while the fire was swallowed and absorbed, adding to the golden flames and increasing their intensity. Li Yang could simply continue his slash, the edge of his blade touching the multicolored scales of the hydra.
A horrid cold was unleashed by his blade the moment it touched the scales, freezing them enough to weaken them so that his fire and lightning could shatter them and tear them apart. His attack ripped away several meters of scales from the hydra's back, revealing its slightly pulsating flesh, as well as the veins filled with the blood that Li Yang was aiming for. He was going to stab his sword into the now open-back of the hydra when the entire hydra was suddenly flung back, a ripple in space quickly picking up Li Yang and Fang Ying before they could be flung away alongside the hydra.
Cui Xiuying had appeared in the position where the hydra had just been, her right fist fully extended after having thrown out a punch that was so violent it flung the entire hydra back. The hydra crashed into the wall on the other side of the cave, tearing out a large chunk of it and causing it to come crashing down around it. The earth threw up a vast amount of dust when it came crashing down, temporarily obscuring the hydra. They could hear the hydra stand up, crushing the chunks of earth beneath it as it did so, its guttural voice causing the walls of the cave to resonate.
”Not only are you more vigilant than I first expected, but you're also stronger, quite a bit stronger. You must be the geniuses of your generation.”
Yuan Peng flicked his finger, the dust around the hydra blowing away so that they could properly see it. The eyes of the green head were glowing slightly, all the wounds on the hydra healing so quickly that they were completely gone in less than a second, even the mostly ruined turquoise head went back to normal. Looking at the fully healed hydra, Li Yang felt like letting out an exasperated sigh.
”Of course it couldn't be this easy, it never gets to just be easy.”
Fang Ying let out a light giggle when she heard his muffled complaint, covering her mouth with her hand. The hydra swept them all with narrowed eyes, even casting a quick glance at the new arrivals that were starting to flood into the cave, its guttural voice ringing out once more and even causing the knees of some of the new arrivals to go weak.
”Very well, let me give you all the respect of holding nothing back, let us see who it is that shall remain standing in the end!”
The earth started to tremble violently after the hydra finished its words, the gravity well at the center of the cave starting to unleash a tremendous amount of energy, all of which flooded directly into the seven-headed hydra, which quickly grew stronger and stronger under the gazes of everyone present.