Liszt did not know why an Aluminum Dragon loved metallic silver so much. Even its mindscape was a glittering world of metallic silver.
There were no flowers, grass, or trees—only mountains of piled silver, and a great river that flowed like liquid silver from the horizon to Liszt's feet.
On the opposite bank stood an adult Aluminum Dragon, its eyes gleaming with cold light as it stared maliciously at Liszt.
In the real world, it had been powerless to resist Liszt's oppression. But within the mindscape, it held absolute control. "Roar!" Its dragon cry undoubtedly proclaimed that it was about to use cruel means against Liszt—unlike Florence Windchaser's Battle of Minds.
Florence had encountered no battle. He had merely needed to break through the Aluminum Dragon's liquid transformation and find the Dragon Tooth Platform.
Clearly, the differing treatment in these Battles of Minds depended entirely on the Aluminum Dragon's likes and dislikes toward its opponent. It admired Florence, so his Battle of Minds hovered near the minimum threshold; it loathed Liszt, so his Battle of Minds had reached the utmost difficulty.
"But do you think this is enough to frighten me off, Aluminum Dragon?" Liszt gripped the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword, faint smoke curling around his body.
The smoke representing fate shifted slightly, transforming the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword into a fiery red blade.
"Roar!"
The Aluminum Dragon twisted its nearly sixty-meter-long body. Its gray-white scales seemed like candles on the verge of melting, and it opened its jaws to spew out a silver-white Metal Torrent in answer to Liszt's provocation.
"Break!"
Liszt gripped his sword with both hands, dragon battle qi surging forth as he cleaved through the Metal Torrent. The Aluminum Dragon's Metal Torrent differed from that of Iron Dragons and Copper Dragons. It was like a mass