X-Dragon Era

Watching the skies fill with a torrent of fire rain meteors, Xin Yun dared not take any chances. Grinding his teeth, Yinglong vanished in a flash, and when it appeared again, it was right beside the Dark Magic Dragon, delivering a powerful palm strike heavily onto the dragon's waist and abdomen.

Accompanied by Xin Yun's hit, dark ripples suddenly undulated across the scales of the Dark Magic Dragon, and at the same time, Xin Yun's complexion instantly turned pale as death!

Xin Yun felt it very clearly; on the surface of the Dark Magic Dragon's scales, there lay a layer of energy film with a devouring nature. When Xin Yun's long-accumulated Fourfold Surge hit, all four waves were swallowed by the thin film, transforming into ripples that spread around.

After causing four ripples to surge, the remaining force struck the hard scales of the Dark Magic Dragon, and in an instant... Yinglong's sharp claws made contact with the dragon's iron-like scales, sparking a chain of sparks, yet unable to inflict any real damage to the dragon's armor.

As it might not seem clear when written down, in reality, eighty percent of Xin Yun's full-force palm strike had been neutralized, failing to cause even the slightest harm to the Dark Magic Dragon. The remaining twenty percent of the force was insufficient to penetrate the dragon's scales; such an attack almost did no real damage, amounting to nothing more than a massage at best.

"Flame Impact!" Caught off-guard, Xin Yun was preparing to continue his attack when An Xi suddenly waved his hand above the Dark Magic Dragon's head and bellowed angrily.

Following An Xi's voice, the Dark Magic Dragon's body brightened significantly, and soon after... an explosive wave of flame impact burst forth from the dragon's body.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..." In just an instant, four continuous waves of impact slammed into Yinglong's body, one after another. Pushed back by the explosive flames, Yinglong was propelled a thousand meters away by the time the relentless assault of fire had finally ended.

"Flame Ejection!" Just as Yinglong was in the midst of standing still, An Xi roared again. In the moment Yinglong dissipated the last wave, the Dark Magic Dragon suddenly opened its maw wide, and next... a spiral column of fire roared toward it. Before Xin Yun could react, the raging inferno engulfed Yinglong on the spot.

"Damn! That's too fierce!" Faced with An Xi's assault, all the spectators excitedly stood up. An Xi's attack was brutal, savage even. His defense was as solid as a mountain, and his offense shook the heavens and split the earth. Even though he was a bit slow and less agile, with An Xi's strength, he didn't need these traits.

In mid-air, An Xi's Dark Magic Dragon seemed an impregnable fortress that would never fall. No matter how fierce the enemy's attacks were, they could only dream of overcoming it. No opponent, no matter how powerful, could withstand its earth-shattering blows.

Finally, the Dark Magic Dragon ceased its flame ejection, and looking over, one could see that the place where Yinglong had been was now empty. Could it be that... Yinglong had been defeated?

Hissing... Amidst the crowd's astonishment, with a subtle noise, Yinglong's figure reappeared not far away, fully intact. However... despite appearing unscathed on the surface, the reality was that the recent attack had severely wounded Yinglong.

From afar, watching the formidable Dark Magic Dragon, Xin Yun's frown deepened. So formidable, too formidable. If water didn't counter fire, that Dragon Breath alone would have been enough to obliterate Yinglong in an instant. You see... Yinglong had just been heavily hit head-on by that Dragon Breath. Xin Yun hadn't wanted to dodge, but the opponent's timing was too perfect, leaving him and Yinglong no time to evade!

What to do? Faced with the monstrously formidable Dark Magic Dragon, Xin Yun's frown grew tighter. Long-range attacks were useless, energy attacks were immune, and up-close physical attacks a staggering eighty percent ineffective. Add the fierce Flame Impact, and it was practically an indestructible fortress. How to fight it?

Xin Yun had high regard for An Xi, yet it wasn't until he truly engaged that he realized how conservative his initial judgment had been. This guy was several times more formidable than he had imagined. Unless one was truly facing him, it was impossible to comprehend the full extent of the Dark Magic Dragon's strength.

Now the problem was, long-range attacks were futile. With such a powerful defense, any distant assault was akin to scratching an itch. But once the distance closed, that monstrous defense, immune to energy attacks, resisting eighty percent of physical attacks, was enough to confound any equal-level adversary.

One could say that the only way to defeat An Xi was to engage him up close, using the powerful Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms to break down his defenses. But once Xin Yun approached, An Xi would inevitably unleash the Flame Impact. No dragon of the same class could withstand such explosive shockwaves, and after four consecutive impacts, one would be flung a thousand meters away. Meanwhile, as the opponent was being swept away, An Xi would prepare for another Dragon Breath. In that moment of forced stoppage, with no chance to dodge, a single Dragon Breath would blast through; who could stand against it?

The Fire Series was always known for its devastating power. To be precise, the crystal Ten Stars fire attack had a force comparable to any other Ten Stars dragons of different elements. Faced with such ferocious assaults, who among equal-level adversaries could endure?