Boom!
Xiao Ran burst out of the ice, his figure a Black Lightning tearing through the night as he charged headlong into the torrents of silvery-white lightning!
The pitch-black dragon scales covering his body crackled sharply under the onslaught of the raging current. Fine arcs of electricity leaped between the gaps in his scales and fizzled out, unable to penetrate them in the slightest.
Xiao Ran activated the [Flood Dragon Soft Armor Crafter].
Privilege 1: Dragon Scale Protection Physical defense and energy resistance are greatly increased, effectively warding off direct impacts from ordinary Cursed Objects and skills of B-class or below. Privilege 2: Spirit Scale Resonance Once activated, the soft armor completely covers the body and renders the wearer immune to non-curse damage from ice, fire, water, smoke, electricity, and the like. Trait 3: Nine-Lives Flood Dragon Breath Once activated, the soft armor absorbs the natural elements around it and unleashes a dragon-breath attack against targets within 200 meters ahead. (Note: The more natural elements absorbed, the more powerful the dragon-breath attack.)
"Huh!!" The Buddha, who was charging toward them from afar, opened his eyes wide. He wasn't afraid in the least—instead, he was overjoyed.
He leaped high into the air. His powerful, bronze-colored body was knotted with muscles like coiling dragons, and his rise stirred up great ripples in the viscous lightning.
The two met without a word of testing or hesitation. Like two raptors crossing paths, they went straight for the kill.
Xiao Ran's right claw shot out like a venomous dragon emerging from its cave. His five fingers curled like hooks as he tore through the lightning and reached straight for the monk's heart!
It was the opening move of the Black Dragon Eighteen Hands: Black Dragon's Claw!
His claw swept forward with a fierce,