Compared to the Female Fire Dragon's bloody, brutal fighting style, the Male Fire Dragon's battle was all about speed and intensity, skill and danger.
Fighting in the sky not only gave them a broad field of view, but also allowed the Male Fire Dragon's powerful, agile wings to display their full advantage.
With no obstacles in the sky and plenty of room to accelerate, the Male Fire Dragon's claws, tail spikes, and bite became extraordinarily dangerous weapons when backed by flight speed. Thus, although their battle did not look as entangled as the Female Fire Dragon's, it was far more perilous.
One moment of carelessness could result in severe injury. Battles between Male Fire Dragons were often decided in an instant.
Of course, that applied to normal battles between Male Fire Dragons.
Luo Yun's battle was completely abnormal!
There were no tense, thrilling aerial dashes that passed in a flash, nor was there any close-range flying and biting like butterflies weaving through flowers.
There was only one chasing while the other fled, or near-miss teasing like a bullfight.
It could not be helped. Luo Yun was only half the other's size. Even with Huge Power, he was still at a tremendous disadvantage in terms of strength.
Besides, even if he had not been weaker in strength, he could not fight the other like a normal Male Fire Dragon. After all, his claws were only a little over half as long as the other's.
If they truly clashed head-on, the other's claws would already be smacking him in the face while he still could not reach his opponent.
Therefore, strength was not an option in his fight against this Male Fire Dragon. Speed, along with a few unusual abilities, was what mattered most.
As they passed each other again, the Male Fire Dragon had grasped Luo Yun's fighting pattern. Unlike the previous times, it did not fail to stop and fly a distance away.
This time, it rapidly adjusted its posture. The wing membranes were distorted by the tremendous wind pressure as it forcibly twisted its body, opened its fang-filled jaws, and bit toward Luo Yun's wing.
Its eyes brimmed with confidence. It believed that Luo Yun, an immature dragon with so little battle experience, would never react to this sudden change!
"Die!!"
The Male Fire Dragon seemed to see Luo Yun's wing membrane being bitten apart, blood spraying everywhere as he fell helplessly from the sky.
Whoosh!
"Naive!"
As though he had anticipated it long ago, Luo Yun retracted his right wing—the target of the attack—in advance. Not only did the Male Fire Dragon bite empty air, but Luo Yun also spun with the motion, his flame-wreathed tail striking the other's face and knocking its head aside.
Then, before the Male Fire Dragon could turn its head back, Luo Yun rapidly dove, flapped his wings, and widened the distance once more.
That tail strike was like an adult taking a full-force punch from a child. It hurt a little, but it did not actually cause much physical damage.
But the psychological damage was considerable!
Its confident counterbite had not only been dodged, but it had even been slapped in return!
Did he know how much damage that single slap did to an adult Male Fire Dragon?
The Male Fire Dragon went rigid. Every muscle in its body went rigid!
It decided it would no longer play this childish game with Luo Yun. It would completely crush him in the fastest, fiercest, most vicious way possible!
"Hmm? Where did this fire come from?"
A burning sensation came from its cheek. Then a wisp of flame forced the Male Fire Dragon to close one eye to keep it from being scorched.
Orange-red flames had ignited on the Male Fire Dragon's right cheek. No matter how it shook its head, the flames clung to it like parasites attached to bone.
Although the Male Fire Dragon possessed extremely high Fire Resistance, and its eyes had a protective membrane, just as humans shut their eyes when suddenly irritated, the flames kept flickering across its eye, forcing it to blink repeatedly.
For a Male Fire Dragon that already possessed excellent vision, this constant blinking not only created blind spots in its sight, but also made it deeply uncomfortable.
In addition to granting Luo Yun greater, more outrageous fire resistance and wrapping his body in flames, Body of Flames had also altered his poison glands. It gave his venom powerful persistence and adhesion, while turning it into a flammable substance.
Once it came into contact with the air, even a little heat would ignite it, leaving a continuous "burning" effect on his opponent.
Under this burning effect, the Male Fire Dragon had developed blind spots in its vision. It naturally could no longer launch precise, relentless attacks like before, giving Luo Yun more time to catch his breath—and time for Speed Boost!
At the same time, it created an excellent attacking zone for him. The Male Fire Dragon endured the discomfort and opened the protective membrane over its eyes, roaring as it charged at Luo Yun.
Luo Yun was in no hurry. He turned and flew away. If he could not outrun it, he used Mind's Eye to predict its attacks in advance, dodged them, and continued leading it around.
During this time, the Male Fire Dragon finally lost patience and spat out several fireballs. These fireballs, fired without charging, were not particularly fast. Based on the speed Luo Yun had displayed, he should have been able to dodge them easily.
It had only wanted to try sealing off Luo Yun's movement. It never expected one to actually hit!
The fireball exploded on Luo Yun's back, sending up a thick cloud of smoke.
The Male Fire Dragon let out an excited roar and hurried toward the Luo Yun it had hit.
The fire resistance of a Male Fire Dragon's shell was indeed high, but that did not mean it could not be harmed. What was more, the fireballs it spat out exploded, further increasing their power.
At the very least, that fireball could throw Luo Yun off balance.
This would be its chance to finish him!
Closer, closer. As the distance shrank, the Male Fire Dragon's beating wings even formed intense wind pressure, propelling its body rapidly forward.
Suddenly, Luo Yun burst from the smoke, bathed in flames. After tracing a graceful arc through the air, he flew straight toward the Male Fire Dragon.
Fire Attraction allowed Luo Yun to absorb flames from outside sources and strengthen his fire gland, raising the temperature of his flames. The increase in flame temperature could in turn further enhance the flames brought by his Body of Flames.
As a result, after absorbing that fireball, Luo Yun's entire body became shrouded in orange-red flames. From afar, he looked like a dragon-shaped mass of fire.
Scorching heat swirled around him, and even the surrounding air warped slightly.
By now, Speed Boost had raised his speed to an extremely high level. Speed was power.
With the triple enhancement of Body of Flames, Speed Boost, and Huge Power, Luo Yun's combat power was now enough to completely suppress his opponent.
Luo Yun was no longer the brittle-boned dragon he had been five years ago. The bones supporting his current body, both in density and hardness, were enough for him to collide with other colossal beasts.
In the sky, Luo Yun resembled a rapidly moving Flame Meteor. He continuously circled the Male Fire Dragon, searching for an opening.
The Male Fire Dragon, which had initially been able to chase Luo Yun around, was now at an absolute disadvantage in speed. No matter how it flew, it could not shake off Luo Yun's pursuit and could only defend passively.
At this moment, the offensive and defensive roles had reversed!
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