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Chapter 48: The Main Course
ROOOOOAAAAAAAR
A second, louder roar ripped through the air, filled with power and htly as he heard it, the sheer hostility in it intiiant lizard, giving off an allint It stood just a bit shorter than Dorian at around 5 and a half rey spikes covered its body, going up and down its spine Instead of strong, ripplingclaws that ended in a sheer edge
‘Ausra…’ Dorianon his face
‘I thought this was supposed to be a bulky lizard, like ue flicked out as his eyes
‘This appears to be a Pseudo-Lord Class Solar Rock Lizard that has undergone some type of mutation Without a blood sae what exactly’ Ausra replied
‘Dao to plan Few people had encountered this beast and lived, the only information he’d had on it was second or thirdhand
Abruptly, the lizard launched itself into the air, hurtling toward Dorian It’s body blurred as itoff three different pillars in a second, stone shrapnel exploding outward as the boulders disintegrated froht of its leap
‘So be it’ Dorian’s th Ability was always on now, boosting the physical strength of his already powerful body
The lizard slammed down on a stone boulder only a few dozento launch directly towards hirinned,
‘Flame Claws’
"Everyone freeze! Do not move!&8221; The vaers, bringing his Hell Lance out of his Spatial Pouch The powerful spear gleaht
Aina stu white pill as she sat down, trying to meditate and heal
"We’ve already been spotted by the Solar Rock Lizard If we run now, it’ll break off froon to kill us&8221; The creature was notoriously vindictive and brutal
"The-then what do we do, S-sir?!&8221; Hare beasts, his arht his Hell Lance out in front of him,
"What can we do?&8221; He responded, his eyes bloodshot,
"We can only pray now, to the shattered Heavens above&8221;
A moment later, a veritable tsunaiant beasts collided
"ARRRGH!&8221; Dorian roared out loud as he felt the Solar Rock Lizard’s claws sink into his side, stabbing into hi andout of range His claws s out a severalup a small stors spreading widely as he soared into the air, gliding about 15 round He knocked into one of the stone pillars and leapt off it, juy vibrate, see his claws into the side of the stone pillar as he faced the lizard His body was latched on, hanging off the side of the giant boulder He i
He blasted out a coluh the air
Not a second later, a heavily condensed beay slaies collided, and instantly exploded on contact, a wave of green fire and white energy splitting the nearby area in two The fla line, cutting several large boulders into twain By now a haze of dust littered the air, the force of the explosions al the area
"There it is&8221; His chest heaved as he glared at the Solar Rock Lizard
The powerful Ability known as Hyperion Beae technique that allowed the Lizard to hypercondense energy in the air itself into a deadly orb of energy, and then direct this energy in as essentially laser beah that it could evenly match his Draconic Flames, one of the most destructive and powerful Abilities in the 30,000 Worlds
"Grr…&8221; The Solar Rock Lizard let out a guttural snarl as it ju into the rock to give it a stronger grip
‘It’s s to be a tougher challenge than he’d thought
All of a sudden, solow a dark green color
Dorian blinked and then stared in astonishment as a cluht shoulder Itaround his right ar back into solid rock
He snarled as he raised his left ar the stone chunks off of hi the already largely destroyed ground
An instant later, twoon both of his shoulders Dorian flexed his ar the stone to shatter As soon as he did, however, several s One large one wrapped around his chest, trying to crush hiave a roar of his own as he twisted his entire body, virtually destroying the pillar he was standing on and the large li physical strength his body held couldn’t be constrained, the passive Great Strength Ability providing a significant boon
THUNK
He stu as the world around him all of a sudden see and breaking stones and rock, the guttural growls of the lizard, all of that faded away as a ringing noise took over
In the instant that he shattered the stone encasing him, a smaller, ainst the side of his jaw
He blinked as he looked du the Solar Rock Lizard charging a white orb of energy, just a couple dozen htly up into the air Streaks of white light zoo a meter and a half ball of raer
‘Focus Analyze the situation’ Dorian’s ain control, ignoring the ringing in his head
‘CONDENSE’ He activated his strongest Ability He’d originally wanted to try defeating the lizard without using it to test the prowess of his new body, butthat now seemed like a bad idea The lizard was ato his first plan would be foolish
Dorian’s brawny nearly 7inward Smaller and sreen scales gleao fro meters tall to a rown norreen, giving off a vibrant, powerful feeling His tail had sliained a beautiful, bright red coloring, stretched out above hie and deadly
An odd, red and green swirl marked his forehead where a pair of horns had appeared, his draconic face pulled up in a snarl revealing hundreds of razor-edged teeth His arrowing slightly longer, ending in a set of beautiful black and green claws
As he transfore seeible, invisible wave spread out as Dorian’s soul see’
WHOOSH
Just as he finished transforh where his chest had been just a ing pain spread through his body His voice had taken on a throaty, deeper tone, giving off a raw, virile sensation He glanced upward at the source of the stinging feeling
A h the top part of his right wing When he’d finished Condensing, his wings had stretched out above his still glowing at its edges
Dorian folded his wings doincing slightly
As he did so, he noticed that the world around hirown slower, by at least half as y one’s soul held, the stronger a being’s sense of perception and faster their movements became The previously hard to track movements of the mutated Solar Rock Lizard were now made clear to Dorian as it dashed frantically toward hi for his neck
Dorian flexed his body Raw, physical strength flowed through hi he had ever experienced in his life He felt incredibly solid, as if nothing in existence couldtowards hi with his neck, his right ar up and then down
BOOM
His arm slammed into the neck of the lizard and knocked the brute of a creature doards, instantly cancelling its momentum The entire body of the creature sank half a
Dorian’s right arm was clamped onto the neck of the creature He looked down at it mercilessly
SNIP
Without a second of hesitation, he sliced the head off the lizard, killing it instantly
‘Ausra, absorb its bloodline, and Soul Spell Matrix just to be safe’ He ordered, his mental voice cold
As he did so, he blinked, abruptly stopping He took a moment to stare down at his claws, and then at the lizard He shook his head in confusion
"Wha-what?&8221; He gru his Condensed for size
As he did so, his entireto normal
"What the hell was that? I felt…
When he had changed into his Condensed fored His actions, the way heseemed to become more confident, colder He couldn’t quite articulate how it felt, but he felt as if his entire personality had shifted slightly
Before he could dive in-depth on his feelings, an alert went off in his head
‘Absorbing detected bloodlines…’
"We’re all gonna die… we’re all gonna die…&8221; Harmen’s panicked whispers felt like a yell in the ears of the frozen Hunters as they looked at the awe-inspiring battle before theht, and shockwaves had spread out in amost of them down
Rathven looked up at the haze of dust that covered his sight of the dueling creatures as the area abruptly grew silent The battle before hi he was capable of, even as a Grandmaster Class Hunter His eyes couldn’t even fully track the movements of the Solar Rock Lizard
"What the hell are they…&8221;
Thousands of ness, a gargantuan valley could be seen
This valley was made up of pure, black bedrock, scarred and cut by tens of thousands of forh the area rando doard in an almost endless hole
This hole stretched for thousands of ht would gradually start to elowed a pale yellow color and gave off an incredible sense of heat
As one went deeper and deeper, this light grew bright and brighter Soon deep white fla even the air itself, burning purely off y The walls of this hole were seared coap or hole
These white flaot, creating acore of the world of Taprisha A giant orb of pure, white fla more than a hundredflae orbs could be seen
"Oh, I do sense a feeling I know&8221;
"Mello again? A troublesome fellow&8221;
"No, it seems different A brother that’s new!&8221;
"I must share the news, of perfection that is true!&8221;
"For even the brightest fire and blaze cannot burn alone!&8221;