Conan looked at the halberd in our hands. "You're not planning to use that against it, are you?"
Ye Jinghong and I nodded together.
Conan said, "But are you sure this thing can deal with it?"
As it spoke, it glanced at the flood dragon.
The flood dragon said, "Don't underestimate this thing. You're a mechanical beast, so you don't know how formidable it is. But I'm different. I'm not a mechanical beast. The weapon in their hands could knock me straight back to my original form."
Conan froze for a moment. "This thing is that powerful? Still, I can sense faint energy fluctuations coming from it."
The flood dragon sneered. "That's enough to destroy a living being's consciousness. Those energy fluctuations can devour souls."
"So overbearing. But cold weapons are ultimately subject to many limitations and inconvenient to use. Against it, all you need to do is bring out the ion cannon and the Laser Cannon, and it'll be completely suppressed."
I had considered using the ion cannon too, but Ye Jinghong and I had shared the same thought: as long as it was a living creature with a soul, the Soul Devouring Halberd could handle it.
But I had overlooked the fact that it would not let us get close, unless we possessed Conan's bizarre speed.
Outside, Ye Jinghong and I might have been able to manage it. But dragons naturally had an advantage in speed, especially in water. This was its most familiar domain.
"Here, take it back." Conan tossed a black, gleaming bead the size of a ping-pong ball toward the flood dragon, which opened its mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.
Only then did Ye Jinghong and I realize in surprise that the water, which had previously been several people deep, had vanished completely.