Chapter 233: A Strange Sense of Accomplishment.
After another roar, the Míng Dēng Lóng went berserk once more.
The beam from its mouth seemed powerful enough to collapse this entire level as it unleashed indiscriminate attacks in every direction.
Míng flames rose from the fractured ground, visible energy particles merging with the light and forming a hazy mist amidst violent collisions.
Jié Jié dared not approach. He couldn’t get near the head spewing beams, nor was he sure if he could break through the attacks to take down the Míng Dēng Lóng. Likewise, he couldn’t swiftly push away the Glittering Dragon.
He could only leap into the air before the breath weapon arrived, watching helplessly from above as the fallen Glittering Dragon suffered under the indiscriminate breath attack, losing its great perseverance.
When he tried to circle around the Míng Dēng Lóng’s front and knock it down from behind, the Glittering Dragon had already been finished off by follow-up strikes, lying still like it was buried forever beneath a pile of rubble.
Is she still alive?
Jié Jié hoped she was. If she wasn’t, all he could do was lick her corpse with tears in his eyes.
Upon confirming that the Glittering Dragon couldn’t rise again and provide no assistance, Jie Jie stopped rushing to interrupt the Míng Dēng Lóng’s indiscriminate attack.
From the start, he’d witnessed the destructive power of the Míng Dēng Lóng and restrained himself, maintaining a certain level of caution. After personally experiencing the damage of the critical breath attack, he would never look directly at an incoming beam again.
When raw strength, destructive power, and self-healing abilities were outmatched, all that remained was the cautiousness that even monsters lacked.
This caution indeed allowed him to fight until the end.
The Míng Dēng Lóng was venting its excessive energy, but it couldn’t precisely control the release to maintain balance. Over-venting instead harmed itself, exposing vulnerabilities.
Jié Jié was waiting for that vulnerability.
He transformed from the Extinction Dragon into the Spiny Dragon form, using the Flame King Dragon’s gemstone to radiate heat across his body, then focusing the temperature with the Glittering Dragon’s Golden Jade into the flame sac.
Without performing the Flying Dragon Step Dance, he quickly found the feeling, readying himself to unleash an attack.
As Jie Jie had expected, perhaps when fully grown, the Míng Dēng Lóng would be able to perfectly control its energy flow, maintaining the perfect balance for combat.
But not now. After the ground shattered and it fell into the crater, its forelimbs collapsed too, forcing the interruption of its breath attack.
Compared to last time, the Míng Dēng Lóng clearly learned some lessons. Bright blue lights shone where it sank into the ground, indicating it refocused its energy flow into its limbs, causing explosive surges around it.
At this moment, Jie Jie also charged his breath weapon to full power, lowering his head—
In the Míng Dēng Lóng’s perception, a powerful energy source separated from the active energy sources and descended upon her.
The collision of energies triggered an explosion, scattering smaller energy sources from the larger one.
Many small energy fragments flew off her back, disrupting her attempt to jump out of the crater.
Losing the best opportunity, the energy surge caused further terrain destruction, making the Míng Dēng Lóng sink deeper as it struggled violently.
Shards of its shell scattered with fiery explosions, revealing gruesome wounds on its back.
“It works.”
Let’s try it again.
Seeing it worked, Jie Jie adjusted the heat generated by the flames again. He wanted to develop this move into something akin to a basic attack!
However, after releasing one breath weapon, it seemed his internal reserves hadn’t fully recovered, preventing him from regaining the same feeling as before.
At the same time, discomfort reminded him to hold back a little, not wanting to end up like the kid below who injured himself.
Thus, the second breath weapon was hastily released, visibly weaker than the first.
If he reduced the heat collected during the first breath, could he make both shots equally powerful?
If multiple breaths are fired, can each shot still count as a finishing blow?
He wanted to turn his ultimate into a basic attack, but not really transform his ultimate into a basic attack.
Upon reflection, an ultimate should be a single, all-out strike without reservation!
Watching the Míng Dēng Lóng about to free itself from the crater, Jie Jie chose to let his breath weapon develop naturally.
An all-out strike? As long as he could recover fully after such a strike, his basic attack would be an ultimate!
The Spiny Dragon dove down, heavily stomping onto its own created wound, attempting to suppress the Míng Dēng Lóng.
Toxic poison flowed from its claws into the Míng Dēng Lóng’s wounds, slowing its healing process.
The Míng Dēng Lóng’s attempt to crawl out of the crater was obstructed again. With a roar, its limbs’ riot underground triggered stronger energy surges.
It broke through the crater with brute force, forcing Jie Jie to take flight again amidst the struggle.
Suddenly, without other dragons sharing the firepower, facing the Míng Dēng Lóng head-on felt more pressured.
He chose to transform back into the Extinction Dragon, leveraging its flexibility and high regeneration rate for maneuverability.
With no one helping to draw fire, he had to disassemble the boss piece by piece, trying to flip the Míng Dēng Lóng over himself.
The tension of staying rational seemed to promote the growth of spikes, or perhaps it was being teased by the Míng Dēng Lóng’s powerful energy. His spikes grew harder, longer, and more numerous.
Dodging the Míng Dēng Lóng’s strikes, compared to before, his movements were clearly hindered.
The Extinction Dragon was a masochistic monster, shedding its spikes rapidly through constant melee combat. The more spikes there were, the itchier it got.
A punch smashed into the Míng Dēng Lóng’s side ribs, bending its arm sharply, causing the muscles to collide violently and breaking the spikes, launching them outward.
While removing spikes from the limbs was manageable, what about other parts?
Could transforming naturally shed the excess spikes?
Too cautious.
Jie Jie soared skyward. He knew the Extinction Dragon had another quick spike removal technique called—
Thorn-Breaking Extinction Sky Spin!
Diving straight in, he collided with the Míng Dēng Lóng’s shoulder, bending its arm and veering off, sliding along the ground for a long stretch.
More than a thousand extra spikes splattered all along the way, from the Míng Dēng Lóng’s shoulder to its armpit, and from its armpit to its underbelly.
Jie Jie turned around while sliding, looking at the staggering Míng Dēng Lóng, suddenly feeling a strong sense of accomplishment.
On its face, throat, armpits, abdomen… throughout the battle, the Míng Dēng Lóng’s entire body had been pierced by his spikes.
With all the spikes cleanly shot off, this sense of accomplishment shouldn’t hinder his actions.
Running a few steps, his wings folded down with his forelimbs, the Black Boom Dragon’s blood-filled mouth bit directly onto the Míng Dēng Lóng’s elbow, slightly tilting it to drag the swaying Míng Dēng Lóng to the ground.
Not missing his chance, the Boom Dragon’s limbs leaped like sprouts from dry land, vaulting over the fallen Míng Dēng Lóng’s body to reach its front!
From the start, his target was the heavily damaged chest area of the Míng Dēng Lóng.
Such severe injuries couldn’t heal perfectly in a short time, and his job was to pierce into them.
The Boom Dragon’s robust body quickly gathered inward during the impact, its sharp beak piercing into the wound, twisting its body to burrow inside.
The light of Míng Fire illuminated the pupils of the Flame Sword Dragon, extinguishing its spirit and washing over Jie Jie’s body.
Before closing his eyes, he faintly saw the broken ribs had yet to reset.
—All he needed to do was charge forward with all his might!
Chapter 234
