Free Web NovelChapter 488: Chapter 352: Uniting the Northwest, Targeting the Mad King (Part 3)
His agility exceeded the Phoenix’s expectations.
The Dragon Wings, like giant blades, tore through the dense mist and steam, grazing past the Phoenix’s splendid tail feathers.
However, no blood splattered forth.
The tail feathers of the Phoenix, though struck, did not break or dissipate.
They seemed to possess a luxuriously realistic form, yet in essence, they were high-level elemental life, capable of immunity to most physical and fire damage.
On the physical level, attacks had limited effect on her.
"Foolish Dragon! Your attacks are of little consequence to me!"
The Phoenix let out a clear, mocking cry, gracefully weaving intricate paths in the air, leaving behind dozens of indistinguishable fiery afterimages.
Simultaneously, she lifted her neck, her sharp, hard beak moving like lightning, quickly and precisely pecking at the body of the Red Iron Dragon.
Tap tap tap tap!
A series of impacts, dense as raindrops, resounded, and each peck carried penetrating force. Surprisingly, they created small yet real holes on Galos’s indestructible scale armor, not deep but definitely existent.
—— Star Self Arm!
—— Star Self Embrace!
The Red Iron Dragon let out a deep roar, and the black-red Dragon Qi around him suddenly boiled over!
Instantly, a menacing face armor formed, covering his entire head, and two massive Dragon Arms, built of pure Dragon Qi and packed with muscle, extended from near his shoulder blades.
On the face armor, the Dragon Eyes locked onto the Phoenix’s true form amidst the sky full of afterimages in an instant.
In the next moment, Galos boldly swung his claws.
The two Dragon Qi Giant Arms did not attack separately but merged and overlapped with his physical arms instantly.
Boom!
The speed of this strike surpassed thought.
Galos’s giant claws, wrapped in surging Dragon Qi and blazing Golden Thunder, pierced through the elemental body of the Phoenix in an instant, causing her entire body to twist violently and blur for a moment. Golden lightning and black-red Dragon Qi were faintly visible, madly rampaging inside her body, fiercely colliding with the flames that composed her body.
Boom boom boom boom!
The Red Iron Dragon, relentless, continued to relentlessly pound the Phoenix’s body with his terrifyingly robust Dragon Arms.
The Phoenix let out a scream of agony,
beak, claws, fire wings... every part of her body capable of attacking frantically launched counterattacks against Galos!
However, being top-class Fire Element beings, her fire attacks were nearly inconsequential to Galos, like a mere tickle. Only her beak strikes, with their powerful penetration, posed any threat, but even that was very limited, unable to inflict decisive damage.
As time mercilessly passed, the Phoenix’s body visibly grew dim, losing its luster.
The golden lightning and black-red Dragon Qi that had invaded her body earlier could no longer be contained, visibly leaping and flickering on her surface.
Her life force also rapidly weakened and withered with it.
Suddenly, it was as if the Phoenix had resolved something, and she suddenly spread her giant wings wide, not to attack but to embrace the Dragon directly.
But this was no loving embrace.
Her already dim body suddenly began to burn fiercely once more.
It wasn’t ordinary fire, but the Nirvana Fire erupting from every feather, every inch of flesh. Golden-red light poured along the veins of her plumage, slowly turning her body transparent, as if made of pure energy, while the flames escalated even more.
"Damn Dragon! Let us perish together!"
The Phoenix’s cry suddenly intensified, transforming into a piercing scream that shattered through the rain curtain.
Her body abruptly inflated like a balloon, and the firelight between her feathers turned from glorious gold-red to an all-consuming intense white.
Boom———!!!
The dim sky suddenly lit up as if it were broad daylight.
The Phoenix’s body almost turned into a miniature sun, with extreme light and heat erupting instantly.
The expanded fiery white globe, centered on her, swallowed everything around it in an instant.
The terrifying blast wave swept out like a tangible tsunami in all directions, even briefly creating a huge vacuum in the sky, devoid of rain and clouds!
Due to the extreme proximity, Galos couldn’t entirely evade this self-destructive explosion in the first moment.
He was engulfed by the white light, and the Cold Burst Scales on his surface cracked inch by inch under the immense heat and destructive shock, ultimately shattering and peeling away completely.
The heat energy absorbed by the Dragon Jade also peaked instantly.
The Phoenix’s Nirvana Fire was truly extraordinary.
Even Galos felt a burning pain that he hadn’t experienced in a long time.
But that was all.
As the blazing white flames slowly faded away, the shock wave turned to aftershock.
The Red Iron Dragon stretched his giant wings, proudly standing amidst the gradually dimming flames.
The Cold Burst Scales on his surface had shed, leaving behind a layer of scale armor densely marked with Battle Scar Patterns, like flowing lava, appearing mightier and stronger than before.
"Nirvana Fire... truly formidable."
"Too bad you encountered me."
Galos’s gaze turned forward.
Only to see the uncontrolled, lingering Nirvana Flames around suddenly seeming to be imbued with life, starting to twist and transform unnaturally, finally converging and coalescing like rivers returning to the sea, once again forming the Phoenix’s glamorous silhouette.
Moreover, her life force actually returned to its initial peak state.
