Victory by a Thread, a New Foe Appears

After they adjusted their tactics, the battle slowly began to turn in their favor.

Gon focused on breaking through at one point, Killua darted around to disrupt the dragon, Genos provided long-range fire support, and Kurapika controlled the field and defended the others. Each had his role, and their teamwork grew steadily smoother.

"Killua, its left eye!"

"Got it!"

Killua flashed forward, lightning striking at the Ancient Dragon's left eye. It instinctively shut the eye and turned its head, exposing a patch of relatively weak scales beneath its jaw.

"Now! Gon!"

Gon kicked off the ground and shot into the air. The Nen around his fist compressed to its limit, glowing brilliant white.

"Triple Spinning Stone—!"

BAM!!

His heavy punch struck precisely the same spot.

A hairline crack opened in the scales.

It was only a hairline crack, but for the first time since the battle began, they had truly broken through its defenses.

"It worked!" Gon's eyes lit up. "Keep hitting that spot!"

Genos's Energy Cannon followed close behind, striking the crack dead-on.

Hiss—

The smell of burning spread, and the crack widened a little more.

The Primordial Ice Dragon let out a furious roar. It clearly had not expected these ant-like humans to actually hurt it.

Its tail swept across the battlefield. Gon and Killua dodged at the same time.

"This thing... it's getting serious." Killua landed on an ice-covered rock, breathing a little harder. "It's even faster now."

Kurapika's Chain whipped through the air and wrapped tightly around a joint in the dragon's tail. "Its weak point is beneath its reverse scale! Gon, that spot you hit is where the reverse scale is!"

The reverse scale.

A dragon's most vulnerable place, and the one place that must never be touched.

Once its reverse scale was injured, a