After piercing Shou-Lao clean through, Kraft pressed his advantage, wheeling around in midair and thrusting his power spear at the red dragon again.
But just as the power spear in Kraft's hands was about to strike Shou-Lao, a bright yellow glow rose from her body.
About ten centimeters from Shou-Lao, the spear refused to advance another inch. Its buzzing even grew erratic as the power spear overloaded.
Meanwhile, the huge hole Kraft had punched through Shou-Lao's body healed before his eyes. In no time, she was whole again, without a trace of injury.
Fuck!
Kraft couldn't help swearing inwardly.
He was certain Shou-Lao never used those two moves when testing the other Iron Fists.
"Roar!"
Shou-Lao spread her wings sharply, blasting Kraft away. Then the glow around her gradually dimmed, and she lowered her body.
"That's enough. You've passed your trial."
"Huh?"
Kraft had just steadied himself and was about to summon Gigantic when he froze.
He had thought Shou-Lao was deliberately trying to keep him from passing, which was why she had used such outrageous strength against him.
Kraft had even been considering deploying the mechanical troops in his Hoi-Poi Capsule to kill Shou-Lao by force.
"I simply got excited at the prospect of a worthy challenge and wanted to see what your 'technological gadgets' could do, so I took things a little more seriously... You really did give me quite a surprise."
Shou-Lao explained to Kraft, "But if we keep fighting like this, this cavern won't hold up. I'm rather fond of this home, so let's stop here."
As she spoke, Shou-Lao glided over to Kraft and exposed her belly. "Next, cut me open here with your spear, then thrust both fists into my heart. That will grant you the power of the Iron Fist."
"Uh..."
Shou-Lao's attitude