"As you wish, mother."
"But, let's talk ugly first. I may cause you a lot of pain, and I will not apologize for it at all."
Garos smiled deeply, and the huge dragon wings suddenly spread out to both sides, and the shadows cast by them were like a turbulent black tide, swallowing up the light in a large area around it.
He calmly took a few steps back, and each time he fell, the hard ground trembled slightly, creating enough fighting space for the parent-child exchange that was about to break out.
At the same time.
A heart-stopping Dragon Might naturally spread out, causing the surrounding family members who were watching from a distance to remain silent and their legs and feet became weak.
"Everyone, get out! Stay away from this place!"
Following Laetitia's order, the frightened family members hurriedly retreated backwards as if they had been granted amnesty, trying to stay as far away from the two dragons as their momentum was rising, like a volcano about to erupt.
"Come on, Garos."
Laetitia roared in a low voice, and the roar set off air waves visible to the naked eye, impacting the surrounding air.
"Let me understand how much progress you have made in the past few decades."
Zhengzhengzheng--!
Along with her low roar, the iron-gray dragon scales that covered her whole body and were as thick as fine steel armor seemed to come to life. They rubbed and collided, making a tooth-piercing metal friction sound like thousands of sharp swords being unsheathed at the same time.
The moment the words fell, Laetitia took the lead in launching a thunderous offensive.
Bang--!!!
Iron Dragon's extremely strong hind legs suddenly stepped on the hard rocky ground.
Huge power exploded instantly, and the hard rock formation was torn apart and shattered by her dragon claws like fragile biscuits, with gravel flying everywhere!
She waved her wings, her body was like a cannonball, and she rushed forward, rushing straight towards Red Iron Dragon in front of her.
While charging, she raised her right claw covered with thick steel scales.
Spell-like Ability--Steel Dragon Claw!
A rich black light like liquid metal rapidly flowed and shimmered on her right claw, and the entire dragon claw exuded an extremely heavy, as if indestructible texture.
Faced with this menacing steel claw that struck like a battering ram.
Garos raised his paw almost at the same time.
There is no dodge, no fancy, just the most primitive and direct frontal attack.
Dang--!!!!
The moment two dragon claws containing huge power collided violently, a shock wave visible to the naked eye suddenly spread and swept around.
There was an extremely loud metal explosion, like two giant hammers colliding hard.
Hot sparks flew out like fireworks from where the claws met.
The entire valley was almost buzzing with vibrations.
At the moment of impact, Laetitia's eyes suddenly shrank, and she clearly felt the majestic power coming from Garos's claws, which was far beyond her expectation.
Laetitia, who has rich combat experience, immediately responded.
She roared low, and her strong feet were firmly rooted in the ground, like two steel tower bases, supporting her huge body and suddenly stood upright.
By taking advantage of her standing posture to remove part of the impact, she quickly retracted her right paw, which was slightly numb from the shock.
Tide of Motion!
Laetitia A pair of dragon claws instantly turned into two steel whirlwinds that tore through the air, swinging out at a speed several times faster than the previous swift thrust.
The bows are drawn left and right, and the claws are linked together.
The huge iron claws brought up blurry afterimages, as if they launched a violent storm of multiple attacks at the same time, covering Garos's head, neck, chest and abdomen.
Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!
The sound of metal collisions, as dense as a shower hitting banana trees, sounded wildly again, and Garos also stood up without hesitation, showing an astonishing agility that was completely inconsistent with its huge and muscular body.
He waved his claws like lightning, facing Laetitia's claw shadow that almost turned into an iron curtain of cold light.
For every sharp and swift attack of Laetitia's claws, Garos's counterattack became equally sharp and swift. Between the two giant dragons, countless claw shadows flashing with cold light could be seen wildly intersecting, colliding, separating, and colliding again!
The harsh and sharp sound of metal and metal is heard endlessly.
"What a fast speed! What a precise response!"
Laetitia was secretly shocked.
Garos Such a huge, muscular body could possess such agile speed and nerve reactions, it was beyond her expectation.
She found that she could no longer keep up with the opponent's attack rhythm.
Tactical Insight!
She activated a long-prepared spell without hesitation, and her eyes instantly became as calm and deep as an icy lake.
An invisible tactical model seemed to appear in the field of vision.
She analyzed every subtle tilt change of Red Iron Dragon's body center of gravity, every surge of power transmitted by the scapular muscles, and the trajectory arc of every swing of the claw attack... They were all analyzed as if in slow motion, with a panoramic view.
Through this kind of detached observation perspective that almost looks at the whole situation.
She was able to block and counterattack faster and more accurately than relying solely on instinct.
"Iron Dragon Mother definitely worked in some combat professions, and it seems that he also pursued completely different other paths."
Garos was thoughtful, his eyes flashed, and Detection Art started silently.
[Adult Iron Dragon, Life Level: Level 17]
The detection results show that Iron Dragon Laetitia and Life Level are exactly the same as him, both are level 17.
Facing an adult Iron Dragon who was at the same level and had obviously studied multiple courses and had rich combat experience, Garos put away his relaxed attitude and decided to be more serious.
Zilala--!
With a deep breath.
Dazzling lightning, as rich as liquid gold, suddenly burst out from his majestic dragon body. His body instantly expanded again like a puff of air, and the dimensions of his muscles skyrocketed.
Immediately afterwards, after a swift and fierce claw attack.
Garos's thick right claw wrapped around Golden Lightning, with an overwhelming sense of power, seemed to have broken through the constraints of space, and with the momentum of crushing everything, it violently blasted towards Laetitia's relatively weak waist and abdomen area.
Shield Counter!
Laetitia reacted extremely quickly and immediately took half a step back. At the same time, he crossed the pair of broad dragon wings in front of him. A thick layer of dark light flashed across the surface of the wing membranes, as if they had turned into two huge tower shields, trying to block and deflect the heavy blow.
However, the moment his claws came into contact with the dragon's wings.
She felt an overwhelming force coming in that was completely unstoppable, and the defensive black light condensed on the dragon's wings shattered like fragile glass.
Shield Counter skill failed to use.
The overwhelming strength spread throughout her body.
Laetitia The huge dragon body was completely uncontrollably blasted backwards, as if being thrown by a trebuchet. It staggered backwards on the ground and plowed a deep ravine nearly a hundred meters long before barely stopping its retreat.
"Terrible, pure and extreme power, even surpassing that of an adult red dragon."
Laetitia shook his trembling and numb dragon wings, and just raised his head to look at where Garos was standing, only to find that there was no trace of the dark red figure in his field of vision!
On top!
Tactical Insight's improved extraordinary perception and crisis prediction were still taking effect. At the critical moment, Laetitia relied on his combat intuition and rolled violently to the side.
Tear--!!!
A huge, rapidly rotating shadow tore apart the ground where she had just stood.
Garos uses its strong spine as the axis and the pair of dragon wings with sharp edges like giant blades as weapons, setting off a devastating blade storm!
Laetitia narrowly escaped the first attack.
However, due to the terrifying attack range brought by Garos's astonishing wingspan, she was still enveloped by the subsequent spread of attacks.
Hardened Body!
A rich metallic luster that flows like mercury instantly emerges and solidifies on the surface of Laetitia. This is the signature Spell-like Ability that all Iron Dragon have.
However this is not enough.
At the same time that Hardened Body took effect, she roared, and the Magic Energy all over her body surged out like boiling, and a tough and transparent protective film of magical energy was quickly built outside the scales.
Arcane Deflection--Can significantly weaken the physical impact and energy damage received.
Iron Dragon itself is famous for its indestructible defense power.
In terms of strength, they may be inferior to red dragons of the same level, but in terms of body hardness and defensive capabilities, they are often superior.
However.
Facing Garos's attack, Laetitia's carefully constructed double-layer defense was still torn apart layer by layer.
The edges of the dragon wings, which were like two giant guillotines, struck hard on her cross-blocking dragon wings, shoulders and back.
Click! Click! Click!
Accompanied by a violent burst of sparks and a harsh tearing sound, Laetitia's extremely hard Iron Dragon scales were cut open by Shatter.
Hot Dragon Blood immediately splashed out from the deep wound.
"It seems that I am no longer a match for Garos?"
The severe pain made Laetitia's heart sink. She had roughly foreseen the final result of this battle.
But her pride as the older and more experienced party made her unwilling to give up easily.
Moreover, in her opinion, it is not just strength and defense that determine the outcome of a battle.
Combat experience and timing are equally important.
Garos can't see the slightest trace of Battleworn Mark's existence, which may mean that although he is powerful, he lacks rich experience in real life-and-death combat.
If so.
As long as we can seize an excellent opportunity and deal an unexpected heavy blow, it may be possible to reverse the situation!
Rapid Strike!
After narrowly avoiding Garos's powerful claw strike, Laetitia's speed suddenly increased again. She seized the fleeting gap and quickly raised her sharp claws that shone with cold light!
Arcane Burst!
With a short and powerful Dragon Language groan, her claws instantly compressed and condensed a highly unstable Magic Energy sphere containing explosive power.
Arcane Surge!
The even larger Magic Energy surged out of Iron Dragon's body like a bursting tide, and crazily merged into the Magic Energy sphere in its claws, causing its energy fluctuations to rise rapidly and tremble violently.
Laetitia The air around the center of her claws was distorting, making her look like she was holding an energy vortex.
"The standard Warrior Path, and also the War Magic."
At this point, Garos has completely determined the main career direction chosen by Iron Dragon Mother.
Warrior Path Needless to say, it is the basis of close combat.
War Magic is a special Spellcaster approach that combines the destruction of Evocation School with the defense of Abjuration School, focusing on the integration of offense and defense.
It has fewer changes than pure energy evocation or protection methods, but its offensive and defensive spells are extremely pure and efficient, can be quickly cast in a very short time, and are very suitable for high-intensity and fast-paced close combat.
At the same time.
Facing this dangerous blow, Dragon Qi, which was surging in Garos's body, also accelerated its operation and swung out its sharp claws.
Boom! Boom!
The two attacks almost hit each other's chest at the same time, regardless of order.
Poof--!
Iron Dragon Mother Laetitia As if he was hit hard, he suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a large stream of hot Dragon Blood. His body was sent flying backwards like a kite with its string broken, and fell heavily to the ground.
The large area of steel scale breastplate on her chest was completely broken and dented, and the outline of the broken bones underneath could even be vaguely seen.
The other side.
After receiving a solid blow from the strengthened Arcane Burst, the highly concentrated explosive energy exploded into a dazzling magical flame on Red Iron Dragon's chest!
However.
Garos's body, as heavy as cast iron, only slightly stepped back a dozen steps, then stopped steadily, and the black light on his body slowly dissipated.
Hardened Body, he can also do this magic.
With its own defense and Hardened Body, Garos didn't even lose balance and fall, not to mention being knocked out.
"Win... win?"
Laetitia felt a buzzing in his head, and waves of severe pain continued to come as his chest rose and fell.
She struggled to get up from the ground, and immediately looked up in the direction of Red Iron Dragon, and then her expression instantly froze on her face.
Under her gaze.
Red Iron Dragon just lowered his head slightly, stretched out his paws, and patted his chest casually, sweeping away the Cold Explosive Scale fragments that had been blown to pieces on the surface, revealing the underlying main layer of black-red inner scales covered with dense, criss-crossing Battleworn Mark.
On the scales, only some slight burn marks and insignificant white marks were left.
"Do you want to continue?"
Garos raised his eyes and looked at the scarred Iron Dragon Mother. His voice was as calm as before, as if the attack that was enough to severely damage a dragon of the same level was just a breeze.
The silence lasted for several seconds.
In the end, Laetitia slowly shook his head. "No, there is no point in continuing to fight."
She had to admit this fact.
The indestructible defense that Iron Dragon is proud of, and the overwhelming power that the red dragon is proud of... The iconic advantages of these two dragon species are perfectly and even superbly reflected in Garos.
And Iron Dragon seems to have other advantages that Iron Dragon and Red Dragon do not have.
Laetitia stared closely at the strong dragon body that seemed to contain infinite power, and did not show any anger because of his failure.
Her huge dragon face slowly pulled the muscles, and finally revealed a smile.
"My dear Garos, your power is indeed far beyond my most optimistic expectations."
"I'm... so proud of you," she said.
This sentence invisibly diluted the strangeness and estrangement caused by decades of separation, and quietly narrowed the special connection between the two based on blood.
Obviously, Iron Dragon Laetitia has an extraordinary set of wisdom in communicating and controlling situations.
"This is due to the blood inherited from you, mother, and I am also proud of it."
Garos responded, and his words once again narrowed the distance between the two.
Obviously, he is well versed in dragon nature and knows how to communicate with Iron Dragon.