Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Azure Dragon Spear of the Dark Firmament
Bang! Rumble!
The man and the dragon crashed their way out of the trench hundreds of meters deep and onto the surface, then soared into the sky at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters amidst a deafening sonic boom.
The thick clouds were dispersed by the aftershocks of their fight, revealing a clear blue sky.
The scalding dragon blood mixed with the evaporated and cooled seawater, and every now and then a shower of blood rained down from the sky, sizzling as it hit the charred rocks on the shore.
The air was filled with an unyielding stench of blood.
High on the cliff, Mirajane pressed her hands together to her chest, the hem of her white dress fluttering wildly in the wind.
She craned her neck, staring intently at the two streaks of light in the sky that were so fast they were just afterimages, her delicate eyebrows furrowed tightly.
Mirajane had assumed that with Riyao's seclusion to forge the Golden Parasol Tree and all the preparations he had made beforehand, dealing with a Black Dragon that had lost its mind should be as easy as beating up thugs.
Now that the fight has actually started, I realize that I underestimated this monster that has lived for four hundred years.
Even if that beast's brain is empty, it has managed to withstand the relentless bombardment of the Riyao until now, relying solely on its perfectly honed tortoise shell and its wild instincts. Its ferocity is terrifying.
This earth-shattering battle was watched with bated breath not only by the people of Ishgar and the western continent of Alvarez.
And deep within the more distant Northern Continent of Guiltina, beyond the vast ocean, several ancient beings opened their vertical pupils one after another, watching this battle from afar across countless mountains and rivers.
High in the sky, Riyao hovered in the center of the surging air currents, flicking the blood hanging from the tip of his spear.
Having battled against those impenetrable dragon scales for so long, he had finally figured out the ins and outs of the Black Dragon's body.
Large-scale attacks will only be scattered by the dragon scales, which is just like tickling it. You have to concentrate all your strength into a single steel needle to break through the surface!
[Dragon Slayer Secret Art Technique: Azure Dragon]
Riyao with a fierce light, and with a sudden twist of his right wrist, he swung his spear, drawing a full moon in front of him.
The once towering, azure Azure Dragon phantom that had been coiled above the sea of clouds, blotting out the sun, rapidly shrank, transforming into a condensed, tangible Hisui dragon that seamlessly encircled his body and the shaft of his spear.
The Azure Dragon Magic Power within his body, driven by the Infinite Magic Power of the First Generation, surged to its peak in an instant!
The air in the entire sky was sucked dry by this shot, and a dark vacuum ripple was formed in front of the gun tip.
Hold head high--
With a deafening roar that made people's eardrums ache, Riyao shattered the air with his feet and shot out as a straight beam of azure light, holding a long spear.
With a crisp "thud," it instantly pierced through the Black Dragon's broad right wing, which was halfway through its flapping motion!
The hard wing bone, as thick as a bowl, was instantly shredded into pieces, and large chunks of black scales rolled out along with the flesh.
The Black Dragon's massive body suddenly tilted to the side, completely losing its balance in mid-air. Flapping its single wing, it plummeted headfirst like an out-of-control meteorite.
Boom!!
A hundred-meter-high wave crashed into the sky, and the massive body of the Black Dragon smashed through the sea surface, creating a bottomless crater in the seabed.
The Fairy Tail members' eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
Gildarts remained in a half-squatting position to protect himself from the wind, his mouth agape enough to fit a fist, staring incredulously at the crater on the sea surface where blood was still bubbling.
Back in the day, when he encountered the Black Dragon in Mount Zonia, the dragon didn't even glance at him, and casually slapped him, causing him to lose half of his internal organs, an arm, and a leg.
But now? That brat who usually loafs around in the guild has actually pierced the Black Dragon's wing head-on!
Gildarts raised his right hand and rubbed his stubble-covered chin, shaking his head with a wry smile.
"They actually managed to injure that Black Dragon?! Has it grown this much in such a short time? I have to admit I'm getting old."
"How old are you anyway? Even the old chairman didn't say he was old, so what are you saying?"
Cana, standing to the side, rolled her eyes, swung her fist, and punched Gildarts in annoyance.
With a dull thud, the strongest mage in Fairy Tail staggered forward half a step.
He's in his forties, in the prime of his life! Who is he pretending to be a retired old man for?
Makarov, who had been watching the scene with amusement, suddenly froze, caught in the crossfire.
The old man slowly turned around, then squatted down in the corner and started drawing circles in the sand. It was as if a dark cloud was about to rise above his head.
That desolate figure looked as if he had been deeply hurt by Cana's words.
"I'm only in my eighties, am I that old...?"
Macao and Wakaba exchanged a glance, silently took two steps to the side, and pretended not to hear their old guild leader's mutterings.
At 88 years old, still acting like a child, I'd be struck by lightning if I told anyone.
Before Makarov could finish his aggrieved mutter, the sea below suddenly erupted like a scalded iron pot!
A thick, black beam of destructive light, powerful enough to pierce the heavens and the earth, shot into the sky from the deep sea pit, accompanied by a piercing shriek that tore at the eardrums, and in the blink of an eye, it crashed into the Riyao in mid-air.
Having taken a severe blow, the Black Dragon in the sea was completely enraged.
Faced with this terrifying beam of light, powerful enough to wipe a town off the map, Riyao didn't even blink.
To stubbornly resist is a foolish thing for a reckless person; we are doctors who value technical skill!
Time seemed to slow down, as if it had stood still.
Riyao's feet shifted in mid-air, and his Azure Dragon Spear thrust out precisely, the tip striking the weakest point of the magical vortex on the side of the pillar of light.
Immediately afterwards, he exerted force with his wrist, twisted his waist and hips, and spun the entire spear smoothly in mid-air along with that terrifying soaring force.
With a clever use of leverage, the Black Dragon's Roar was returned intact!
Whoosh--Boom!!
The beam of destructive light, which had taken a sharp turn, poured into the sea pit at an even faster speed than it had come, slamming right onto the Black Dragon's own forehead!
The violent explosion completely emptied the seawater within a radius of several miles, revealing the dry and cracked seabed beneath.
The Black Dragon took the full force of its own attack, its massive body blasted and rolled hundreds of meters through the mud and sand.
Large swaths of the once indestructible black dragon scales flew off, and his body was covered with hundreds of deep, bone-revealing wounds. Scalding blood flowed freely, running down the ravines and staining the ravaged land red.
Riyao's figure blurred, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of the Black Dragon.
The Black Dragon has long since lost its rationality due to the stripping away of its spiritual body; its mind is now filled only with the beastly instinct to destroy and devour everything.
Even though it was covered in blood, it still swung its dragon claws and whipped its tail with bloodshot eyes, tearing at the nearby Riyao like a madman.
Riyao, however, was no longer in a hurry to deliver a fatal blow. He carried his spear and moved nimbly through the gaps in the Black Dragon's frenzied attacks.
The dragon claw grazed his shoulder armor, and he took the opportunity to strike the joint of the dragon claw with his spear shaft.
As the dragon's tail swept across, he used the momentum to leap into the air, casually adding another bloody hole to the wound on the Black Dragon's back.
He was controlling the blood, and he was also waiting, waiting for Natsu in the Rift in Time to exert his power at the same time, so that they could work together from the inside and outside to completely kill the Black Dragon!