Free Web NovelChapter 464: Chapter 344: Second Phase Amethyst Lion, Terrifying Beyond Measure (Part 3)
Then, the Red Iron Dragon slowly retracted its gaze, refocusing on the Purple Crystal Lion King that stood proudly on the mountain peak.
At this moment, all distractions had been cleared.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
On the other side, the Lion King’s amethyst fiery mane burned intensely like flames, its wide wings flapping powerfully, lifting it steadily into the air.
It soared skillfully and gracefully, truly the master of the skies.
Those massive wings, akin to Dragon Wings, were not mere ornaments.
Their eyes met in the air, an invisible clash of aura seemed to solidify the very air.
The next second, the Red Iron Dragon and the Purple Crystal Lion King flapped their gigantic wings simultaneously, bursting forth with incredible speed, like two comets tearing through the sky, trailing energy tails, charging fiercely at each other!
The air seemed to be explosively compressed and torn apart by their terrifying momentum, creating a massive rift.
—Psychic Shockwave!
In the instant they entered each other’s attack range, the Purple Crystal Lion King’s eyes suddenly widened, shining with spiritual energy.
An invisible psychic shockwave disregarded physical distance and instantly invaded the mental world of the Red Iron Dragon.
It was like an invisible bomb exploding in the depths of its mind, causing Dragon Eyes of Galos to constrict suddenly. Its racing thoughts momentarily went blank, and its flying movements became rigid and sluggish for a brief instant.
The Purple Crystal Lion King, with its rich battle experience, seized the opportunity, its claws tearing through the air, delivering a mighty strike on the Red Iron Dragon’s face armor covering its forehead.
Bang!
A dull, teeth-grinding impact sound exploded, forcing the Red Iron Dragon’s head to tilt to the side, with fragments of scale armor and sparks scattering.
However, the blood that splattered was that of the Purple Crystal Lion King.
The Red Iron Dragon’s head structure was exceptionally thick, with imposing horns and sturdy face armor providing perfect protection, especially with many short, sharp black spikes naturally growing on the face armor.
The Purple Crystal Lion King’s seemingly guaranteed strike left several white scratches and slight cracks on the Red Iron Dragon’s face armor, but its own soft paw pads were brutally pierced by those hard, sharp armor spikes, instantly drawing blood.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Purple Crystal Lion King’s claws left shadows in the sky, frantically attacking key areas of the Red Iron Dragon’s head, neck, and chest at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.
The Red Iron Dragon’s body trembled slightly, with Dragon Scales shattering.
But similarly, the Purple Crystal Lion King’s claws felt a strong counterforce on each impact, continuously being scratched by the hard scales and spikes.
It can be said, wounding the enemy by eight hundred, it hurt itself by a thousand.
Meanwhile, the Red Iron Dragon’s gaze quickly regained clarity.
Its counterattack was as fast as lightning, one muscular Dragon Claw tearing through the air, precisely clawing towards the Purple Crystal Lion King’s neck, attempting to lock its throat in one strike.
Spiritual Step!
The Purple Crystal Lion King’s wings flicked, advancing instead of retreating. The moment its neck was grasped by the Dragon Claw, it suddenly transformed into a shadow and disappeared, with its true form appearing in a flash at the Red Iron Dragon’s back attack blind spot, opening its bloody maw to viciously bite at its spine!
This attack was both vicious and swift,
yet the result was entirely beyond the Purple Crystal Lion King’s expectations.
Bam! Bam!
As if being struck mercilessly by two invisible heavy hammers, the Purple Crystal Lion King felt a piercing pain from its scapula and chest.
Caught completely off guard,
its massive body didn’t have time to perform any force-reducing action, rolling and flying wretchedly backwards, with its scapula and chest bones showing two distinct depressions, its fur and muscles around the area exhibit unnatural contortions.
Simultaneously,
corresponding locations on Galos’s body also echoed with two dull heavy sounds, with slight cracks appearing.
It was the common Mind Magic—Damage Transfer.
On the other end, enduring severe pain, the Purple Crystal Lion King flapped its wings to stabilize its backward flight.
The spiritual energy in its eyes flickered as it noticed two gigantic arms composed of black-red energy expanding from near the scapula of the Red Iron Dragon’s back.
It was this pair of massive arms that dealt the Lion King a grievous blow at the moment it thought it had succeeded.
Boom!
Without any pause, the Red Iron Dragon spread its wings in rage, seizing upon victory, swooping towards the injured Purple Crystal Lion King.
—Psychic Shockwave!
The Purple Crystal Lion King’s eyes flashed with anger and surprise, concentrating spiritual energy once more, attempting the same trick again to disrupt the Red Iron Dragon’s aggressive advance.
However, just before it unleashed the Psychic Shockwave, the Red Iron Dragon’s visage suddenly surged with black-red energy, instantly forming a thick, hideous helmet.
The entire head of the Red Iron Dragon was tightly enveloped, leaving only a pair of eyes as deep as abysses visible.
The Purple Crystal Lion King’s proficiency in psychic and magic-like skills surpassed that of Iron Dragon Solrog.
Galos relied on its own resilient spirit to reduce its impact but could not completely negate it.
Therefore, it utilized the Star Self Helm to further enhance its mental attributes, boosting its perception while greatly strengthening its resistance to psychic attacks.
This time, the effect of the Psychic Shockwave was minimized.
Galos only experienced an almost imperceptibly brief stall, without any slowing in speed.
The Red Iron Dragon, with speed surpassing before, swiftly broke free from the psychic interference, reaching the Purple Crystal Lion King once again in the blink of an eye.
The Purple Crystal Lion King let out a low growl mixed with pain and doubt, using Spiritual Step to dodge once more.
But just as its body emerged on the other side, the Red Iron Dragon shadowed it closely, instantly turning, and pursuing swiftly as if it already predicted its movement.
Four massive arm claws enveloped it from above, thoroughly blocking all escape routes for the Lion King.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Red Iron Dragon showed no mercy, with all four arms striking forward in a storm-like onslaught, punching, clawing, and delivering energy-blows that landed hard on the Purple Crystal Lion King’s body like iron hammers, continuously suppressing it from the sky, eventually slamming it slantwise into the towering cliff wall of Echo Rift.
Amidst a series of violent tremors, dust and gravel flew as if the entire mountain was shaking precariously.
Roar!
A loud, agonized yet overwhelmingly furious roar erupted abruptly from within the dust cloud.
A boundless psychic force surged in all directions, instantly clearing away the dust and debris.
The heavy body of the Red Iron Dragon was also blown backward by this psychic force, revealing the massive crater on the cliff wall and the current state of the Purple Crystal Lion King.
Its body was covered with dust and its own stained blood, its fur became dull and lustreless, beneath the fur were terrible depressions and bruises, with wounds so deep that bones were visible, blood gurgling out.
Even with damage transfer sharing some of the burden, the Purple Crystal Lion King paid a heavy price for Galos’s ferocious series of impacts.
Opposite, the Red Iron Dragon, flapping its wings in the air, quickly regained its balance.
Its outer layer of tough Dragon Scales was equally riddled with cracks and claw marks, particularly on the chest and back, showing many concaves and fractures caused by damage transfer.
While enduring fierce attacks, the Purple Crystal Lion King repeatedly used this psychic ability to lessen its own damage, sending a portion back to the Red Iron Dragon.
Thus far,
most of the Red Iron Dragon’s wounds were self-inflicted.
Roar!
The Purple Crystal Lion King struggled to rise from the crater on the rock wall, lifting its scarred head, gazing at the seemingly unscathed Giant Dragon in the sky, letting out another earth-shaking roar, only this time, besides anger, there was now resoluteness in its voice.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The amethyst fiery mane around its neck suddenly flared up.
The purple flames surged violently, rapidly condensing into a colossal, illusory figure.
The Purple Crystal Lion King issued continuous low roars, its body expanding with the dancing flames, layers of muscles bulging like steel beneath its fur, with clear textures, its claws and teeth growing sharper and larger, ultimately merging completely with the illusory outline, its aura crazily climbing!
