Chapter 1257 - Dark Arena (3) (1/2)

Upon facing the shadow dragon that was charging at him, Rhode felt relieved. Shadow dragons were elemental creatures that couldn’t be killed 10,000 times if one used ordinary methods. But as long as one targeted and restrained their attributes, one wouldn’t face any issues. The nemesis of these shadow dragons was the light attribute. To put it bluntly, the key in taking down these shadow dragons was to break them up completely!

Swish!

The shadow dragon raised its deadly, razor-sharp claws, swinging down at Rhode. At that moment, Rhode and Erin launched their attacks at the same time. They raised their swords and two glaring blade rays erupted in an instant, enfolding the shadow dragon entirely. The shadow dragon’s claws were ripped apart like sliced cakes, before being devoured by the dazzling brilliance. The shadow dragon let out an agonizing howl. The duo’s combined strike utterly destroyed the magical powers that stabilized its body. As its claws shattered, its forelimb was also shattered into black dust like a crumbling sand tower. The black dust fluttered for only a split second, before vanishing in dazzling rays of light. But at that moment, the shadow dragon widened its jaw and spat a pitch-black, fiery breath on the duo. Facing this menacing attack, they didn’t fluster at all. One was experienced in annihilating dragons, while the other was a true dragon herself. As a result, before the shadow dragon spat flames, the duo had already dodged to the left and right. Rhode turned around, sprung up, and raised his right arm, where a shiny green card appeared in his hand. At the very next moment, the spirit bird showed up behind him!

“———!”

Along with a crisp cry, the spirit bird expanded its wings and released countless lightning bolts from the sky, striking heavily on the shadow dragon. According to the level of the spirit bird, although it couldn’t deal too much damage to the shadow dragon even after Rhode had risen its level to the maximum, its ‘electric’ attribute was part of the key to defeating the shadow dragon!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A string of lightning bolts blasted the shadow dragon. Even though it was almost harmless, the constant flashes thinned layer upon layer of its dense, shadowy body.

“Now, Angelina! Weaken them!”

“Yes, Master!”

Angelina was long prepared for this moment. Facing the shadow dragons who pounced on her, the young lady didn’t panic in the slightest. Perhaps she was used to being dismembered so she wasn’t afraid of the razor-sharp claws that slashed at her. She chanted an incantation under her breath and abruptly slammed her palms together after a few seconds. Along with this action, a huge, scarlet magical ritual extended with her in the middle. Shortly after, a dozen shriveled arms composed of scarlet smoke extended from the magical ritual, gripping the shadow dragons’ bodies. Although the arms seemed harmless, the shadow dragons turned sluggish and lifeless instantly.

Meanwhile, Icy Snow also seized the opportunity to fire another light arrow. In the blink of an eye, a blazing, glaring sun appeared over the dark arena once again, illuminating everything in brightness.

“Woah… It’s so glaring…”

Looking at this scene, Anne couldn’t help but narrow her eyes and grumble. As a matter of fact, it was just like she mentioned; the dark arena wasn’t ‘dark’ at all. Icy Snow’s light arrows, Erin’s and Rhode’s spiritual blade rays, the spirit bird’s constant lightning flashes, Angelina’s scarlet magical ritual, and the brilliance from Anne’s ‘King’s Protection’ shield lit up the arena like an idol concert hall. The entire place was enveloped in flashing, blinding lights. Rhode had to do this because if Bubble were around, he could make her release a ‘light realm’ and toss all the shadow dragons into it. When that happened, it would only be an issue as to how they would go about fighting the shadow dragons. But now that Bubble wasn’t here, Rhode had no choice but to create a knock-off ‘light realm’. Despite that, the knock-off wasn’t genuine, after all, which resulted in the arena turning into a shiny ballroom. One was easily dazzled after looking at the twinkling lights for a long time. But right now, this was the best strategy that Rhode had in mind.

He could only take one step at a time!

Along with the explosion of the second light arrow, the shadow dragon that suffered a pincer attack from Erin and Rhode turned miserable and desperate. It attempted to retreat from the arena of blinding lights, but Rhode wasn’t that kind to fulfill its desires. Because he clearly knew that if the shadow dragons were to return to the shadows, they would absorb the power of shadows and regain their strength in mere minutes!

“Erin, don’t let it escape! Hurry!”

“I got it, Your Majesty Rhode!”

Upon hearing his command, Erin was alarmed. She wasn’t a fool either. After witnessing the shadow dragons turning weak in this brilliance, she knew that light was their weakness. And coincidentally, Erin’s attribute was the moon! Although she couldn’t summon moonlight here, her blade consisted of powers of the light element too!

After hearing Rhode’s command, she gripped the sword, aimed at the shadow dragon, and swung her right arm forward!

Shing!

Along with this attack, a dazzling blade ray erupted from her blade. The blade ray that was almost 10 meters in length divided the darkness and slammed into the shadow dragon’s wings. In the blink of an eye, the shadow dragon howled in grief as its left wing was cut off from its body. Upon losing its balance, the shadow dragon collapsed onto the ground in a loud boom, losing all of its strength and was unable to escape. Not only that, but the instant it slammed onto the surface, its body also dissipated greatly. When it struggled to lift its head to deal the final blow, Rhode had already transformed into a bolt of lightning with his sword and punctured its skull upon descending from above!

“Roar…!”

Under the meteor-like, dazzling brilliance, the shadow dragon gave its final cry. Rhode pierced a major hole in the middle of its skull. But despite that, the shadow dragon continued to lift its head to deal its final attack! However, it didn’t notice that at the same time, Icy Snow had released the light arrow from her bow.

The long, white trajectory penetrated the darkness, into the incredibly thin body of the shadow dragon. At the next moment, a vibrant brilliance exploded from inside its body. The light torrents that burst out of its wounds devoured the weakened body completely. In the blink of an eye, the shadow dragon vanished before their eyes.

“Way to go!”

Rhode nodded in satisfaction as the shadow dragon vanished completely. He gestured to Erin and the duo turned around and pounced on the remaining shadow dragons.

As a matter of fact, the way to deal with the shadow dragons was simple. They just had to manipulate light to weaken them, deal physical attacks to their cores, and let Icy Snow obliterate them with the light arrows. The most important factor was light. With the presence of light, anything was achievable. The dark arena was completely enfolded in bright, flashing lights. As the shadow dragons, who were surrounded by Angelina’s blood curse, struggled to break free from the bright arena to start all over again, their speed decreased greatly under the effects of the curse. In addition to Rhode’s and Erin’s pincer attack and Icy Snow’s light arrows that erupted from time to time, two to three shadow dragons were wiped out in mere seconds. During the fight, some shadow dragons tried to take down Icy Snow, but Anne wasn’t one to be trifled with either. The instant they brandished their claws at Icy Snow, Anne leaped and hurled her shield. The ‘holy’ attribute of the King’s Protection was incredibly strong. After the shadow dragons were crushed by the shield several times, they feared approaching Icy Snow.

“Three left! We need to hurry!”

After another shadow dragon was devoured by a light arrow, Rhode swept a glance at the remaining three shadow dragons and yelled out his command. He lacked forces on his side. Angelina and Icy Snow had to take control of the battle situation, Anne was responsible for protecting Icy Snow, while he and Erin had to chase and slaughter the weakened shadow dragons. They weren’t quick enough. If he were able to pull in 10 people for this fight, perhaps the shadow dragons would have already been defeated. But it was a pity that most of the card spirits in his arsenal didn’t possess the light attribute, so they would be almost ineffective against the shadow dragons. Not only that, but they might also, in turn, strengthen the shadow dragons instead. This was why Rhode didn’t summon Celestina, Little Five (the specter young lady), and Shira into battle. If they were to deal with the shadow dragons, their attributes would only make matters worse. Not only would the shadow dragons not be weakened, but they would also become stronger, worsening the situation.

As for the members of the Ultimate Army Deck, they were part of the ‘Casali under the night sky’ venue card, which was also of the darkness attribute. Not only that, but their attacking powers were also weak. If the shadow dragons were to devour them for strength, Rhode’s effort would be wasted.

Due to that reason, Rhode had no choice but to deploy this time-wasting strategy. At that moment, he sharply detected that as time passed, the torches pinned on both sides of the arena began to extinguish. It wasn’t because they were impacted by the attacks; it was more likely that they were countdown timers. Rhode was certain that once the flames extinguished entirely, the range of darkness shrouding the arena would expand, making their battle an even tougher one!