bioinnovel Chapter 474 The Battle of Dragons
Chapter 474 The Battle of Dragons
Of course, as immortal magical creations, the ninja soldiers know nothing of fear, nor do they have any concept of "respecting transformation".
Almost as soon as Riley switched into Dragon Rider, before his scorching and majestic aura had fully spread, the dark green enhanced ninja soldiers around him, imbued with the Holy Lord's magic, let out hoarse roars and launched a new, even more ferocious, attack!
They attacked from all directions distorted by the mirrored space, their assault as dense as a net.
However, facing this overwhelming attack, Riley did not retreat. Instead, he took a step forward and rushed straight towards the nearest mirror in the mirror space, which was twisted and flipped according to Riley's will, reflecting the scene of the shattered shop.
Just as he was about to be engulfed by the flames, his body, as if it were intangible, crashed violently into the glass illusion!
Ripples spread across the mirror's surface, and his figure vanished in an instant.
hum!
The mirror surface rippled like water. His figure seemed to leap into a deep pool, instantly disappearing into the radiance and vanishing from sight.
Almost at the same instant, he emerged from another array of shattered dressing mirror fragments, suspended in mid-air outside the ninja soldiers' encirclement, constantly replicating and extending according to Riley's will! His position was precisely behind a ninja soldier who was lunging forward with all his might.
The ninja soldier reacted extremely quickly, turning around and delivering a backhand claw strike with dark green flames!
However, Riley didn't give it a chance to make contact. He touched another floating fragment of mirror with his toes—which provided support as if it were solid—and used the momentum to flip to the side. Before the claws could reach it, he crashed into a constantly rotating, distorted spot of light behind him, formed by the metallic reflection of the ceiling chandelier!
Flash, dash, flash again!
With the ability of the Dragon Rider to freely travel between the Mirror World and the Real World, Riley transforms into an elusive and eerie ghost within the Mirror Space.
Each appearance is accompanied by a brief ripple on the mirror's surface. Each disappearance is without warning.
Sometimes it leaps and bounds through the "mirror labyrinth" composed of countless floating fragments, and sometimes it bursts out from a huge, complete mirror that stretches across the wall, wielding a card-shaped sword enchanted with fire, and launches a lightning-fast attack.
Each attack cleaved an unpredictable ninja soldier into scattered shadow energy. Then, before more enemies could surround them, they mysteriously merged into another mirror and vanished without a trace.
Spurred on by this, the remaining ninja soldiers chased, pounced, and breathed fire even more frantically.
But their attacks either hit empty air or only struck Riley's remaining, dissipating mirror ripples.
Flames raged within the mirror space, igniting some illusory wooden phantoms, but posed no real threat to the elusive Riley.
Unable to move freely across the mirrors like Riley, they could only passively chase after the red phantom in this bizarre and fantastical space. Like toyed beasts, they futilely squandered their magic and ferocity.
"Enough! What a despicable trick!"
Finally, the Holy Lord, who had been hiding behind the scenes and observing the changes in the battle in real time with the help of the ninja soldiers' eyes, completely broke through Hong Wen's defenses!
That will, a mixture of rage and extreme impatience, was like a red-hot branding iron, slamming into the core of the consciousness of all the ninja soldiers!
They froze in unison, their crimson eyes completely replaced by a boiling golden-red, and their movements became as precise and unified as marionettes.
Clearly, from this moment on, all actions of the ninja soldiers were completely taken over by the Holy Lord.
In order to use the fire demon's powerful perception of magical fluctuations to capture every subtle movement that Riley would cause when he was about to appear!
As Riley, the dragon rider, leaped out once more from a constantly folding mirror wall, his body not yet fully extended in the air, preparing to repeat the process at the next mirror exit...
"Got you!" The Holy Lord's thoughts were filled with cruel pleasure.
The three ninja soldiers closest to Riley, under Shendu's control, had already completed their preemptive charging. Through skillful coordination, they swiftly adjusted their positions, blocking all possible angles from which Riley could use the mirrors for leverage, and then simultaneously opened their mouths!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Three extremely refined pillars, almost incandescent in color, with dark golden fire churning at their cores, carrying an aura of destruction that could incinerate everything, completely enveloped Riley's point in the sky with perfect crossfire!
Before the flames even arrived, the terrifying heat had already scorched and melted the surrounding mirrored reflections!
This was a fatal blow launched by the Holy Lord, who, through his extraordinary perception and foresight, concentrated the demonic energy bestowed upon the ninja soldiers into a single point. He was determined to evaporate this wretched insect, along with the mirror he relied on!
"So impatient? Then say hello to my friends... Dinner's ready—!"
However, despite being suspended in mid-air with seemingly no way to dodge, Riley's eyes beneath the Dragon Rider visor remained calm and composed.
Just before the pillar of fire struck him, his right hand transformed into a red afterimage that defied the limits of vision!
Pull out the drive, pull out the card! Insert the drive! Push the handle back!
His movements were so fluid and fast that it seemed as if time itself was being compressed in his hands!
"Attack Ride! ADVENT!"
The DECADE Driver's unique reverberation resounded! The inserted Ryuki card burst forth with an unprecedented crimson light!
The space in front of Riley was ripped open with a hideous crimson rift the instant he activated the card!
Deep within the rift, blazing light, as hot as molten lava, surged forth. A terrifying dragon roar, seemingly from the ancient wilderness and containing boundless majesty and violent power, burst forth first, directly suppressing the roars of the three blazing white fire pillars!
"BOOM—!!!"
A colossal dragon claw, covered in thick, scorching crimson scales and as large as a mountain, emerged fiercely from the spatial rift. It landed precisely between Riley and the destructive pillar of fire!
That is the Dragon Knight's contracted beast, the Peerless Dragon!
The blazing white flames of the demon lord struck the crimson body of the Peerless Dragon squarely!
The deafening explosion seemed to tear this fragile mirror space apart!
The violent energy storm spread out in a spherical shape, shattering the nearby mirrored illusions into pieces!
However, the flames that were powerful enough to melt through dimensional barriers only produced a loud clang like metal clashing against metal when they struck the scales of the Peerless Dragon, and did not harm the Peerless Dragon in the slightest!
At the same time, the red dragon merely opened its mouth, and crimson dragon flames, as naturally as breathing, were exhaled, effectively resisting and forcing back the terrifying demonic flames inch by inch!
The flames struggled and licked at the source, but could not penetrate even a little. Finally, in a tremendous clash of energy, they exploded unwillingly into a shower of light that scattered across the sky!
Even though the Holy Lord was unwilling, he could only watch helplessly as the ninja soldiers, having exhausted their demonic energy, deflated like punctured balloons, quickly reverting to their original forms.
In contrast, the Peerless Dragon, after proudly raising its head and letting out a series of dragon roars, coiled around Riley, using its body to act as Riley's strongest barrier!
At the same time, the golden eyes, like two burning suns, coldly looked down at the ninja soldiers below, who were trembling and their bodies were beginning to become unstable due to the impact and collision of the two dragon flames and the leakage of magic power.
Then, it opened its huge mouth and let out an even deeper roar that directly shook the soul and magic!
"roar--!!!"
A pure, absolute suppression in terms of status, accompanied by a dragon's roar, instantly swept across the entire mirror space!
The magical connection between the Holy Lord and the ninja soldier was violently severed in an instant.
The golden-red light in the eyes of those dark green ninja soldiers vanished instantly, large patches of their dark green scales peeled off, and the flames that had been coiling around them completely dissipated. They slumped down like puppets with broken strings, until they transformed into primal shadow energy and rapidly disappeared into the air.
The Holy Lord, who sensed all of this through the remaining connection, felt an intense shock and a trace of unbelievable fear through his mind!
Its demonic fire, which it prided itself on, and its meticulously fortified claws and teeth, appeared so pale and powerless before the crimson dragon summoned by its opponent!
The dragon's powerful presence and pure dragon might caused it to waver for the first time over its titles of "Fire Demon" and "Evil Dragon".
It's as if in contrast to its ugly, green lizard-like appearance...
The peerless dragon before us truly deserves the title of "dragon"!