Chapter 1069 - Dogfight (1/2)

Chapter 1069: Dogfight

Before the battle began, Rhode thought that he wouldn’t have any difficulty dealing with Cassidy. The reason was simple. Even though she was one of the six Deity Wardens, she was only a soul fragment and not her original self. On the other hand, Rhode had awakened as the Void Dragon and after fusing his power with the other four Creator Dragons, he was over level 120, while Cassidy was just over level 90. If they were to have a serious battle, just the difference in level was enough to squash her. Therefore, although Rhode was rather worried back then, he didn’t take it to heart. But he couldn’t be blamed. Looking at his level with three-digit numbers, it would be illogical if any player were to act cautiously against BOSSes with tens of levels lower than him.

But in reality, he realized that he had underestimated the situation after engaging in battle with Cassidy.

In the Dragon Soul Continent, there were different types of BOSSes. Players could defeat most of them as long as their strength was enough and patterns were mastered. For instance, the Dark Dragon might seem powerful, but as long as there were enough players with sufficient level and strength, there wouldn’t be any problem defeating it. But apart from that, there was another type of ‘special’ BOSS. This type of BOSSes might not be powerful in strength, but if players failed to find the corresponding way to defeat it, it would still be useless even if they possessed the strength to destroy the world over a hundred times. The twin dragons were the model representative. And now, Rhode was unfortunate to find out that Cassidy was also one of them.

Shing————!

The iron plate that was massive enough to be used for teppanyaki brushed against Rhode and brought along strong, violent airwaves. But to him, this wasn’t the most lethal. With his current level and defenses, Cassidy couldn’t even hack through his skin even if he stood there and exposed his neck to her. The most dangerous problem wasn’t her damage output. Instead, it was her ‘power of contrast’ that gave him the most headache.

During their first clash, Rhode was caught off guard and almost suffered gravely. He initially tried to resist her attack, but discovered that his strength was perfectly reflected by her. It felt as though he didn’t stop the attack, but turned the blade around and tried to commit suicide instead! Not only that, but he also couldn’t determine the focus of Cassidy’s attack with her power of contrast. Every time he brandished his sword to retaliate, he felt as though his strength was instantly restored to its original state like two magnets repelling each other. No matter how Rhode switched up his attacking style, he just couldn’t deal effective damage to Cassidy.

Fortunately, he was one of the Creator Dragons and Cassidy’s power of contrast wasn’t too effective on him. But what he needed to do now wasn’t to avoid Cassidy’s attack. Instead, he had to find a way to defeat her! In the current situation, he wasn’t able to find any of her weaknesses. This was why he could only choose to tussle with her while observing for any weaknesses.

Swish——!

Cassidy missed her attack and her body trembled to the mighty force. However, the sword in her hand suddenly slashed skyward as though it had hit something elastic in the ground, flourishing toward Rhode from the opposite direction. Rhode evaded her attack swiftly, but he knew that this wasn’t the end. Cassidy brandished the sword at him again and along with her movements, the blade air from when she rotated the sword coalesced into a long whip that lashed forward and caused several trenches on the ground. Looking at this scene, Rhode grimaced slightly. He raised his sword and dazzling blade lights appeared in midair, merging into a large, omnipresent net that pounced on her fanatical attack. But as soon as the net of light collided with Cassidy’s attack, it disappeared to nowhere in the blink of an eye. Rhode turned around and dodged Cassidy’s follow-up attack quickly in a trail of afterimages.

How troublesome.

Rhode knitted his brows at the flashing blade air before him. As he evaded the surging energy, he felt a bone-chilling wind brushing past him. Then, the wind turned blazing hot at the very next moment, before transforming into a heavy, mud-like matter and a roaring whirlwind. Rhode had to face continuous attacks from four elements and it was absolutely deadly.

But… this still wasn’t Cassidy’s true power.

Rhode sharply realized that Cassidy was just as his younger sister had described: a soul fragment—her usage of the ‘power of contrast’ was only on the most basic level. She didn’t need to consider too much and was only using the ability instinctively. If she were another Deity Warden, perhaps she would have already controlled the battle. Rhode had witnessed the battle between Alice and Balende. When a true Deity Warden engaged in battle, she would choose to use her ability to control the battle. Balende was unknowingly manipulated by Alice’s ‘power of history’ and this formidable legendary general simply became a monkey in her hands who couldn’t escape no matter how hard he tried. In the words of the players, battling against Deity Wardens was as though having the Deity Warden cast an irremovable and extremely terrifying ‘debuff’ on them at the start. Not only that, but there was also a countdown timer and players were at an overwhelming disadvantage. However, Cassidy’s power wasn’t like that at all. Although she possessed a certain degree of control over the battle, the ability wasn’t within her control and was only through her instincts. The same went for her attacks. Therefore, to Rhode, although it was tough for him to face her attacks, it wasn’t the most important point. In fact, Rhode could activate [Self-Affirmation] and kill her instantly if he wanted to. But it was a pity that this young lady wasn’t supposed to be killed.