Chapter 268: Time Of My Life!
Luthor knew that his combustions were strong enough to kill anyone below a high-level A Rank, so he was shocked when he saw that the dragon rider had only suffered a few burns from his attack! Luthor released another series of explosions behind him to make himself go faster, and he put his hands out and unleashed his mana once he was close enough to the dragon rider and his dragon!
KA-BOOM!
Another massive explosion lit up the sky, and Luthor dodged out of the way as the dragon roared in agitation and swung its tail at him! Luthor created more explosions and went into a perfect rotation in the air as the dragon rider suddenly tried to take a swing at him and he grabbed the dragon rider’s arm and was about to break it in half, but he stopped when he felt heat on his back! Fuck! Luthor immediately put his hands up and released a massive explosion that sent him rocketing downwards just before the dragon released a massive torrent of fire that surged across where he had just been!
ROARRR!
The flames washed over the body of the dragon rider, and Luthor was shocked when the dragon rider flew out from the flames without any serious injuries! What the hell? Luthor knew that the dragon’s fire would have been enough to take out a fucking S Rank! But from the confrontation they’d had, Luthor was sure that the dragonborn was nowhere near S Rank! He was barely a high-level A Rank! So how in the world was he able to tank such a high-level attack like it was nothing!? Luthor narrowed his eyes as his mind quickly ran through all the possibilities, and at the end he realised that there was only one answer that made sense!
’Fire resistance. He’s related to the dragon, so he can withstand high temperatures. I’m a bad matchup for him.’
Luthor cursed in his head as he realized that his flames wouldn’t be hot enough to get through the dragon rider’s skin! If Luthor wanted to win this, then he would have to change his tactics! Luthor immediately rubbed his finger over a ring on his left hand, and two long swords with red hilts and black blades appeared from inside the ring! The ring was an S Rank spatial ring worth millions of dollars that could store any form of magical artifacts, and the swords were special A Rank artifacts that Luthor had bought for a few hundred thousand dollars a few years ago. Not only were the swords connected magically in a way that allowed him to fight without worrying about losing either of them, but they also gave Luthor a 100% boost to all his fire-based attacks! Luthor knew that he wouldn’t be able to get through the fire resistance of the dragon rider or the dragon with his usual abilities, but at least with the swords, he might be able to!
The dragon rider’s face suddenly hardened the moment he saw Luthor produce the swords! He told the dragon to attack immediately, and Luthor swore as the dragon reared its head back and unleashed a blast of fire! Luthor put his hand to the right and created a combustion that threw him out of the way, and he poured his mana into the sword before slashing across the air to create a blade of fire that shot straight for them! The dragon rider used his own sword to cut Luthor’s flames and angled his body towards Luthor before shooting forward to continue their battle!
Luthor narrowed his eyes and prepared his mana for a new attack. This was going to be a long battle, and Luthor just hoped that Agiel was faring better than he was.
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On the other side of the city, Agiel was having the time of her life!
BOOM!
A massive dragon tail slammed into Agiel like a battering ram and sent her flying back like a fucking rocket! Agiel slammed through more than ten buildings before she twisted around and put her hand out to create a shockwave that stopped her in her tracks! Agiel’s feet dug into the ground as she got into a runner’s stance and her entire body tensed before she shot forward, broke through the building wall and out into the open air! The sky was filled with smoke from burning buildings all around the city! The streets were packed with debris, and the screams of desperate superhumans echoed through the city as far as you could hear! There were people running away to avoid being seen by the dragons, and many of the SMD agents around were evacuating the injured superhumans in the city!
ROARRR!
But Agiel didn’t care about any of that! Agiel’s face brightened into a wide, maniacal smile as her enemy arrived in front of her again! The giant dragon broke through a building without any effort and released a roar toward her! On the back of the dragon, the dragon rider had a massive frown on his face as he shouted for the dragon to attack! Agiel had only arrived a few minutes ago, and she was struggling to keep up with the intense attacks from the dragon and its rider, but Agiel couldn’t deny that this was the most fun she had had in a long time. For the first time ever, Agiel was fighting against an opponent that was not only stronger than her but also had the desire to end her life! If this wasn’t happiness, then Agiel didn’t know what was! The dragon reared its head back and unleashed a wave of fire, and Agiel put her hand forward and unleashed her Gift!
TWOOM!
A wave of super-compressed air suddenly formed in front of Agiel! The air split the dragon’s flames right down the middle and forced it to spread to either side of her! Agiel created a platform under her feet and raced straight for the dragon, but the dragon turned sharply and used its tail to slap her out of the air again! Agiel was thrown to the ground at an impossible speed, but she managed to twist her body around and release another wave behind her to stop herself! A second wave carried her up towards the dragon, but the dragon flapped its wings to try and blow Agiel away! Agiel’s eyes narrowed as she quickly used her Gift to try and counter the attack, and she cursed when the force sent her flying into a building at the side! Agiel knew that she was not as strong as that dragon.
Even though Agiel was an S Rank, there was no way she would be able to defeat that dragon the way she was now. That was why Agiel was trying to do something that most people thought was impossible—she was trying to match the frequency of fire! Agiel already knew she could match the frequency of air, water, and earth. It helped her destroy most attacks that were thrown at her without any effort at all! But the one element she hadn’t been able to match yet was fire! Fire was so volatile and moved in a way that made it look alive, so it was hard for Agiel to pin down any one frequency for it. But if Agiel wanted to have any chance of winning this fight, then she would need to do it! It was the only way she could get past that bastard’s flaming breath! So even though Agiel looked like she was losing, she was learning more from this one fight than she had learned in all the other fights she had ever been in!