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The deafening explosions continued unabated, and the shockwaves instantly pulverized the frozen building debris around them! Ice shards and sparks flew everywhere like fireworks, only to be swept away by the subsequent energy storm.
In the midst of the fierce exchange, Banopald's voice pierced through the roar of the explosion, carrying a pride and anger that came from his very blood:
"My race is descended from the ancient dragons, serving the great ancient dragons! And you, Polez! You are nothing but a vile dragon! A false creature who steals the name of the dragon! You are the mortal enemy of my ancient dragon lord! Today I will take your head!"
This brief conversation exploded like a thunderclap in the hearts of Luo Jiajun and the others who were observing from the shadows!
So that's how it is! In the world on the other side of the portal, it seems there exists a branch of the supreme dragon race called "Ancient Dragons." The Dragonkin serve the Ancient Dragons and regard them as supreme. However, the Great Ice Dragon, Polez, belongs to another major branch of the dragon race—the Wyverns! Furthermore, the Wyverns and the Ancient Dragons are mortal enemies.
This is precisely the fundamental reason why Banopalde would appear in Poles to fight to the death!
"Roar! Might is the only truth! Ancient dragons are long gone!"
Polez roared, its enormous dragon claw, imbued with immense power, tore through the frozen mist and slammed down on Banopald! Wherever the claw's wind passed, the air seemed to freeze solid.
Undeterred, Banopald unleashed a surge of lightning, instantly accelerating to his maximum speed, transforming into a purple afterimage as he narrowly avoided the dragon's claw strike. His trident traced an arcane path, its tip coalescing into a highly compressed ball of lightning.
"Tsk-!"
Countless fine, lifelike purple electric snakes shot out from the lightning sphere, not directly striking Polez's massive body, but as if possessing life, instantly coiling around Polez's outstretched dragon claw and its thick hind limbs supporting its body! These electric snakes frantically pierced, bit, and released high-voltage current!
"hold head high--!"
Polez let out a painful roar, its limbs, bound by lightning, instantly paralyzed, inevitably causing a slight slowing of its movements. Its azure scales sizzled and burned under the continuous electric shocks, with fine, charred cracks appearing in some places!
Banopald's lightning attacks are not only incredibly powerful, but also possess a strong penetrating and paralyzing effect, precisely striking the opponent's joints and vulnerable points.
However, Polez's icy domain is equally terrifying! It not only creates extremely low temperatures, but also forms a continuous, all-pervasive erosion of frost energy. Every breath and every movement of Banopald consumes enormous amounts of energy to resist this erosion.
Thick frost continuously condensed on the surface of his deep purple scales. Although his movements remained swift, each swing of the trident and each burst of lightning carried a slight sluggishness compared to before. The ice storm, like countless invisible ice blades, relentlessly cut and weakened his defenses and stamina.
The battle between the two legendary bosses perfectly exemplified the concept of "evenly matched." Polez was enormous, possessed terrifying strength, and its icy breath and claw attacks had an extremely wide range. Furthermore, it had the advantage of playing on its home turf, with its icy domain constantly weakening its opponent.
Banopald is incredibly fast, his attacks are sharp and precise, his lightning power is violent and has a paralyzing and penetrating effect, and his combat skills are superb.
At that moment, Poles seized the opportunity when Banopald was momentarily stunned by the frost, and suddenly spread his wings to their limit, unleashing a cold wave ten times stronger than before! A visible ice-blue halo instantly spread out, and wherever it passed, even the air crackled and froze! Countless sharp ice spikes instantly rose from the ground, like a giant jungle of thorns, frantically stabbing towards Banopald!
Banopald's pupils contracted sharply, and his trident plunged into the ground. A surge of violent lightning power erupted from his body, instantly forming a massive lightning shield wall in front of him, composed of countless leaping arcs of electricity!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Countless ice spikes slammed into the lightning shield, unleashing a series of deafening roars! Ice shards and sparks flew wildly! The shield trembled violently, its light flickering, but it ultimately withstood the terrifying barrage of ice spikes. However, the ground beneath Banopald's feet couldn't withstand the combined impact and collapsed with a deafening roar! His towering figure staggered, and a sliver of an opening appeared in the lightning barrier!
A cruel glint flashed in Polez's huge, ice-blue vertical pupils. His long-awaited head suddenly lunged forward, and a frost dragon breath, condensed to its extreme and radiating a deep blue light, pierced through the gap in the lightning barrier like a death ray and slammed into Banopald's chest!
"puff--!"
Banopald was struck as if by a heavy hammer, spitting out a mouthful of scalding, crackling purple dragon blood! The scales on his chest instantly froze and shattered, revealing charred flesh and bare white bones beneath! Terrifying icy energy frantically invaded his body, covering half of his body with a thick layer of ice, instantly freezing his movements!
"Die, you scum!" Polez roared in victory, raising his massive dragon claw once more, its chilling power capable of freezing everything, as it slammed down on the wounded and stiffened Banopald! If this claw landed, it would be enough to turn the dragon lord into a bloody pulp!
However, at this critical moment, a crazy determination flashed in Banopald's eyes! Ignoring the excruciating pain and stiffness caused by the icy energy invading his body, he poured all the remaining lightning power in his body, along with his burning life essence, into the trident in his hand!
"It's you that damn it!"
He let out a soul-shattering roar, and the massive trident instantly transformed into a condensed, arm-thick bolt of deep purple lightning, radiating an aura of destruction! This lightning was no longer a violent spread, but an extreme concentration and penetration! Ignoring Polez's descending dragon claw, it struck with unparalleled precision, striking Polez's slightly ajar, relatively vulnerable throat, caused by his breath attack!
For the first time, horror appeared in Polez's vertical pupils! It tried to hide, tried to close its jaw, but it was all too late!
"Pfft——!"
The deep purple lightning spear, imbued with all of Banopald's power and a will to perish together with its opponent, pierced through the relatively soft scales below Polez's throat without any resistance, embedding itself deep into its neck! Destructive lightning energy erupted within the dragon's body!
"Awooo—!!!"
Polez let out an unprecedented, piercing scream! The dragon claw that was about to strike Banopald froze helplessly in mid-air, trembling! The massive dragon body twisted and rolled wildly, smashing countless deep craters into the frozen ground! Icy blue dragon blood gushed out like a fountain from the wound in its throat, instantly frozen into a bizarre mixture of ice and blood by its own chill! Its icy blue vertical pupils were filled with pain, disbelief, and... the shadow of death!
Banopald, who delivered the fatal blow, was in equally dire straits. The massive wound in his chest was deep enough to expose bone, and the icy energy was frantically eroding his internal organs and life force. Half his body was frozen solid, his deep purple scales dull and cracked, charred beyond recognition. He knelt on one knee, only supported by the trident embedded in the ground, gasping for breath, each breath accompanied by puffs of icy mist and sparks of electricity—clearly, he too was at his last gasp.
The ice storm, having lost its core support, began to become chaotic and weaken. But the chill and the stench of blood in the air grew even stronger.
In that moment of deathly silence and carnage, Luo Jiajun, who had been lurking in the shadows of the ruins, suddenly had a sharp glint in his eyes, as sharp as a hawk's!
"Now!" he shouted, his voice resolute.
The time has come for the fisherman to reap the benefits and reclaim the fruits of victory!
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A lose-lose situation! A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Luo Jiajun's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he immediately lowered his voice, issuing the order at lightning speed:
"Listen up! The ice dragon and dragonman in front are both seriously injured, but even a starved camel is bigger than a horse! We can't give them a chance to catch their breath! Rin, Draiel, Zyra, Leda, Xiaowu, Rosemon, Annerose, and Bayonetta! I need the eight of you to concentrate your firepower and besiege Polez! Strike while the iron is hot!"
Then Luo Jiajun turned his gaze to Shuicheng Xuefeng, who was gripping two guns tightly and whose body was crackling with tiny arcs of electricity: "Xuefeng, come with me! The two of us will hold off Banopald!"
Luo Jiajun's choice of Xuefeng here was not random. He knew that both he and Xuefeng possessed the ability to manipulate lightning, meaning they had extremely high resistance to lightning attacks. Banopald's most powerful lightning techniques would have little effect on them.
Of course, conversely, as a master of lightning, Banopald must have extremely high resistance to lightning, making it difficult for Luo Jiajun and Xuefeng to harm him with electric abilities. But this precisely aligns with Luo Jiajun's tactical intentions—he and Xuefeng don't need to defeat Banopald, they only need to create a stalemate and stall this formidable enemy.
Although Xuefeng's little brain didn't immediately grasp the deeper reason behind Luo Jiajun's arrangement, as a genius lightning magician, she wasn't afraid of any lightning-type monsters. So, she crossed her arms and said to Luo Jiajun with a confident look, "Hmph, this suits me just fine!"
"Action!" Without further ado, Luo Jiajun shouted, and his figure shot out like an arrow, bursting out from behind the ruins where he was hiding, heading straight for the dragon lord kneeling on one knee not far away! Xuefeng followed closely behind, her petite figure speeding across the ice.
"Roar!"
Despite his severe injuries, Banopald's senses remained sharp. The moment Luo Jiajun burst from cover, his purple, vertical pupils, burning with pain and rage, locked onto his target.
Seeing this tiny human who had suddenly appeared dare to charge at him, the Dragon Lord let out a low growl filled with contempt and rage. Without even using his weapon, he suddenly looked up, and two thick, deep purple beams of lightning, as thick as tree trunks and leaping with destructive energy, shot out from his pupils like venomous snakes, instantly tearing through the air and blasting towards Luo Jiajun, who was charging at the front!
"Watch out!" Yukikaze exclaimed.
Luo Jiajun neither dodged nor avoided, but crossed his arms to protect his head and face. His muscles tensed instantly, and faint blue-white arcs of electricity flowed under his skin!
"boom--!"
Two violent bolts of lightning slammed into Luo Jiajun's arms! The blinding flashes of electricity engulfed him completely! (The rest of the text appears to be unrelated and possibly spam/advertisement.)
However, the expected scene of the charred remains flying backwards did not occur.
The lightning surged and danced wildly across Luo Jiajun's body like flowing water, crackling and hissing, yet it couldn't penetrate his body even slightly! Luo Jiajun could even clearly feel a pure surge of lightning energy being guided and absorbed by the extreme affinity bestowed upon him by the [Lightning Prodigy], rapidly merging into himself. Far from causing harm, it replenished his depleted energy and invigorated his spirit!
"Huh?" Banopald's purple vertical pupils contracted sharply, revealing an expression of disbelief. His destructive lightning had actually been withstood by an 'ant' with its bare body, and the other party seemed... completely unharmed?
As the lightning subsided, Luo Jiajun lowered his arms, a mocking smile on his face, and beckoned to Banopald with his finger: "Is that all you've got? Your lightning is barely enough to tickle me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Jiajun turned around abruptly, took off running, and sprinted at full speed in the exact opposite direction from where Polez was!
Luo Jiajun's goal was clear: to lure Banopald away so that he could not interfere with the battle on Polez's side, thus creating an opportunity for Akiyama Rinko and others who were besieging Polez!
Banopald was enraged by Luo Jiajun's taunts and his bizarre lightning resistance, but he wasn't a mindless beast. Just as Luo Jiajun turned to run away, his gaze subconsciously swept towards Polez's direction.
On the battlefield, where the cold tide was surging, a fierce battle had already broken out!
Eight figures, incredibly small compared to the dragon, were launching a furious attack on the writhing Polez!
Drair hovered in mid-air, his hands waving rapidly, firing a barrage of dark purple magic bullets at Polez's massive head and eyes, preventing it from concentrating on exhaling its chilling breath.
Rose Beast released countless tough vines that tightly wrapped around Polez's thick hind legs as it tried to support its body. Zyra pressed her hands to the ground, causing the ground to shake violently. Countless thick thorns covered with vicious barbs broke through the ice and frantically wrapped around Polez's other hind leg and tail, greatly restricting its movement!
at the same time--
"Drink!"
With a sharp cry, Mai Shiranui burst into flames, transforming into a human-shaped fire meteor. Her burning folding fan traced a fiery path as she slashed fiercely at Polez's throat wound, which was still bleeding profusely from the lightning spear piercing through it! The flames collided violently with the remaining icy energy, producing a hissing explosion!
Despite being clad in heavy armor, Leda moved with extraordinary speed. Seizing the moment when Polez was slowed by pain and restraint, she raced upwards along Polez's icy spine, gripping her longsword tightly in both hands. She leaped high into the air, and with all her strength and conviction, plunged the tip of her sword into the relatively thin joint of the scales on the back of Polez's neck!
Rinko Akiyama, like the most lethal assassin, darted rapidly between icicles and ruins, searching for the best angle to strike, her long sword ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment.
As for the two strongest fighters:
Anneros's eyes were icy cold. The Vajra Yaksha in her hand erupted with dazzling blood light. A massive blood-red sword aura, condensed to the point of being tangible and possessing a sharpness that seemed to tear through space, ripped through the ice storm and slammed into the joint of Polez's hind leg, which was entangled by thorny vines! Scales shattered, and icy blue flesh and blood splattered everywhere!
Bayonetta's figure flickered like a ghost in the ice storm, her two magic guns firing alternately, unleashing highly concentrated, purplish-black energy bullets with a strong sense of spatial tearing! Each shot precisely struck the area near Polez's throat wound, continuously widening the wound!
"hold head high--!!!"
Surrounded by the women, Polez let out a deafening roar of pain, its massive body twisting and struggling wildly, making the ice storm even more violent and chaotic. The women coordinated perfectly, their attacks like a whirlwind, leaving it struggling to cope. The excruciating pain in its throat and joints made each counterattack seem powerless, and its screams of agony were incessant.
Banopald, who had witnessed everything, had a complex emotion flash across his eyes. Polez was his mortal enemy, someone he wanted to tear to pieces with his own hands. But the terrifying attack power and teamwork displayed by this group of suddenly appearing humans made him feel intensely threatened.
He knew that if Poles was quickly killed by these humans, he would be next! Even a proud dragon lord understood the principle of mutual dependence.
"Humph!"
So, Banopal let out a cold snort and made a decision in an instant.
He endured the excruciating pain in his chest and the stiffness in half of his body, and abruptly raised the arm that could still move. Deep purple lightning energy gathered wildly in his palm, and a lightning spear radiating destructive power rapidly took shape!
His target was none other than Rinko Akiyama and the others who were besieging Polez!
But that's it.
"Look at me!"
A clear, delicate shout rang out from the side of Banopald! It was as if, without anyone noticing, Yukikaze Mizuki had leaped high into the air using the broken walls of the ruins, landing precisely on Banopald's massive, broad, platform-like shoulder covered in purple scales!
Blue and white lightning flashed in the girl's eyes, and the two lightning spears she gripped tightly in her hands were not pointed at Banopald's body, but rather at his palm that was gathering lightning spears!
"Give me—suck!"
Xuefeng unleashed his full power to manipulate lightning! A powerful suction force instantly erupted from the twin guns! The violent purple lightning energy that Banopald had gathered in his palms seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, like rivers flowing into the sea, wildly breaking free from his control and surging towards the muzzles of Xuefeng's twin guns!
Banopald was astonished to find that the lightning spear in his palm, which had just been formed and was incredibly powerful, was rapidly dimming and shrinking like a punctured balloon, and finally, with a "poof," it completely disappeared without a trace! Only a few tiny sparks of electricity were left dancing in his palm.
His powerful attack was absorbed by a human girl wielding two strange guns?
An unprecedented sense of absurdity and a furious feeling of being played overwhelmed Banopald! He finally understood that these two humans who had suddenly appeared and dared to bother him possessed extremely strange abilities—the ability to manipulate and even absorb lightning! Attacking them with lightning was completely futile!
"Insects! You're asking for death!"
Banopald let out a deafening roar, completely abandoning the idea of using lightning. His massive body suddenly rolled towards the side where Yukikaze was! Even severely injured, his over ten-meter-tall body, when it rolled, was like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting!
Xuefeng's expression changed. The moment Banopal's body tilted, Xuefeng's toe suddenly touched Banopal's hard scales, and the petite body was launched backward like a bullet, narrowly avoiding being crushed.
However, Banopald's attack did not stop! As his massive dragon claws rolled, they swept across the ground near the point where the snowstorm landed with tremendous force!
"Boom!"
The frozen, hard ground was torn apart like tofu! Countless huge blocks of ice, shattered concrete, and twisted steel bars, like fragments of an exploding bomb, formed a vast death storm that swept towards the newly landed snow and wind! Its speed and scope were so immense that there was no way to avoid it!
Xuefeng's pupils contracted sharply, and the shadow of death instantly loomed over her! She only had time to cross her twin pistols in front of her, and her body erupted with the strongest protective lightning!
At this critical moment!
"Yukikaze—!"
A deep roar, seemingly containing the power of endless thunder, exploded in front of Xuefeng!
A shadow, even larger and more terrifying than Banopald, suddenly rose from the ground! Blinding blue-white lightning shot into the sky like a volcanic eruption, instantly dispelling the surrounding icy mist!
Amidst the lightning, an unimaginable giant stood majestically! Its entire body was covered in keratin that shimmered with a cold metallic luster, its lines grotesque yet full of power, and its height reached an astonishing thirty meters! Far exceeding that of Banopald!
It's Luo Jiajun!
Without hesitation, he used the legendary ability he gained after defeating Storm Bear Voliril—[Gigantification]! And combined it with his Terminator form!
The 30-meter-tall Terminator was like a Titan from mythology! Its massive metal body, like an insurmountable wall of sighs, completely protected Yukikaze behind it!
“Bang bang bang bang bang—!”
Countless massive blocks of ice, concrete, and steel rebar shards hurtled against the Terminator's enormous body like a torrential downpour, unleashing a continuous, deafening roar!
Ice shards flew everywhere! Smoke and dust filled the air!
But Luo Jiajun didn't budge an inch!
Smoke and ice shavings drifted down slowly.
Banopald's purple vertical pupils were fixed on the colossal object that had suddenly appeared in front of him, exuding a terrifying and oppressive aura like a demon god. His pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints due to extreme shock!
Who... is this person?!
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A thirty-meter-tall metal giant stood majestically, its cold, calloused surface reflecting an eerie light in the turbulent icy winds. Blue-white arcs of electricity leaped and flowed across its massive body. Its mere existence exuded a suffocating sense of oppression, like a Titan warrior from mythology.
Banopald's vertical pupils shrank to pinpoints in utter shock; the sudden appearance of this colossal object was completely beyond his expectations. However, Luo Jiajun gave him no chance to think or catch his breath.
A massive metal foot slammed forward, cracking the frozen ground! Luo Jiajun, transformed into the giant Terminator, moved with speed disproportionate to its size. A gigantic hand, accompanied by a piercing shriek that tore through the air, seized Banopald's body—covered in purple scales but now appearing relatively small—as easily as grabbing a chick!
"Roar—!" Banopald roared in shock and rage, trying to struggle, but his severely injured body, coupled with the absolute difference in size and strength, made him feel as if he were locked in an iron clamp, unable to move. His remaining strength seemed so pale and powerless under the absolute suppression of the Giant Terminator.