The dragon cheated again to avoid a dangerous situation. It used momentum with world power to create obstacles between it and Soverick. Soverick didn't complain. He stopped in the air and jumped backward so the phantom spear that was enveloping him continued on forward without him.
He forcefully separated himself from the flow of momentum in the opposite direction. His body cracked like porcelain because of that maneuver. Momentum is a raging beast that pushes forwards and onwards. Stepping off of it without redirecting it somewhere else will lead to a severe backlash. Stopping it is severe enough, stepping back is deadly.
It should be impossible to step back like that but he did it by following the path of least resistance. The cracks wanted to spread and shatter his existence but his pillars of momentum empowered him and held him together. The cracks glowed goldenly as momentum was pumped into him to reinforce his existence.
His vision blurred due to the pain. Both his body and consciousness are being pushed toward their limits. He didn't let the pain hold him back though. His gaze remained fixed on his goal and he maintained control of the raging energies and forces that he is manipulating. Then he thrust his spear forward again. Another giant spear phantom appeared around him.
The backlash and the empowerment of the gates of momentum allowed him to form another giant phantom spear with the same power as the last one. He used the backlash as a slingshot to catapult himself. Then he shot forward again after the first phantom spear.
It was like he stumbled and was left behind the first phantom spear. But then he stepped on an invisible springboard and shot forward with another phantom spear. His injuries disappeared instantly because he redirected the backlash into creating another phantom spear. His vision cleared up immediately and the pain receded. The two spears moved along in tandem. One leading the way for the other.
The four wind scythes collided with the first giant spear. They sliced through the phantom spear but were not able to destroy it. The same cannot be said about him if he were still in the first phantom spear. He would have been torn apart. Soverick followed along as the first spear clashed with the shield next and bore a hole through it.
The first spear was made with all the world power that he can handle and a little bit more. Some hastily created wind scythes and a windshield can't stop it. They can slow it down though. That would allow the dragon to use its evasion to its full effectiveness. But Soverick knew that and he expected it.
The first spear slowed down so the second one caught up to it. Then Soverick made the two fuse together and continued on. He can't control both of them since it is above his limit so he sacrificed the first phantom to boost the second one. His speed experienced an explosive boost. He shot forward as he accelerated and became faster than ever before. It is like he never stepped back and was never slowed down.
He caught up to the dragon again but cracks began to appear on his body again. He is way over his limit with the amount of world power and momentum that he is manipulating. He would have exploded if he hadn't chosen to sacrifice one phantom for the other. Even then, his maneuvres are still too much for him to bear. It is breaking him but he continued on aiming for that heart. The dragon has exposed its chest in order to create those wind scythes. It is in a prime and locked position for a proper stabbing into its vulnerable spot.
"As expected." He muttered through the haze of pain.
He saw the tail of the dragon whipping forward and the chest of the dragon lighting up. The dragon is not so helpless but he expected it. He is not helpless either so he continued forward. He sacrificed more of the first spear to experience another sudden boost in speed while simultaneously twisting in a zig-zag path. It made the dragon's tail miss.
He ripped past the tail of the dragon, destroying the dragon's intention of stalling him with it. Which means it won't be able to load its dragon flame in time. The dragon realized that too. So it aborted the flames. It took some damage to its throat but it is worth it. It brought down its head to try and block Soverick and it also placed its claws across its exposed chest to protect itself.
Soverick expected this response too. Two boulders dropped from the sky and smashed into the neck of the dragon, effectively destabilizing it while more rocks smashed into its underside. They smashed into its left side raising that side a little and tilting the dragon.
These two actions created a small gap in the dragon's defense that Soverick flew into. His augmented phantom spear dug into that scale and sank in. It is always a pleasant feeling to experience flesh being forcefully parted to create a way for an external object. Soverick expected that feeling. Unfortunately, he didn't get it. His expectations were subverted.
"Oh no." He exclaimed.
He struck the dragon's weakness but his success did not bring him happiness. His spear phantom hit the scale and penetrated it. It sank deep into the scale but it didn't go far enough. He expected the scale to be thick considering its size. Each scale is the size of a building so it is expected that it will be thick too.
This scale must be at least 10 meters thick from what he can sense. It is many times thicker than some people are tall and definitely thicker than what he expected. He didn't see how thick it was before he attacked because he can't. The dragon's body is infused with world power and his eyes can't see through or comprehend world power. So he had to make an estimate. It turned out that his estimate was very wrong.