Lin Renmei was still faster than Fafnir, and stronger too.
As long as she kept her distance and prevented Fafnir from suppressing her abilities, she held the advantage.
The problem was that, after advancing, Fafnir had become somewhat like Apophis, yet different in one crucial respect. He lacked Apophis's wide-ranging suppression, but far surpassed him in close combat. Up close, his power to suppress her was even greater.
One fled through the magma while the other pursued. Lin Renmei deliberately slowed down, then burst forward now and again to lure Fafnir after her. Gradually, they reached one end of the magma flow. She punched through the earth's crust and flew upward. Fafnir followed close behind.
They burst from underground, smashed through the ice, and appeared above Antarctica.
The bitter wind howled. Snow swirled through the air.
Fafnir shifted from his Ancient Dragon form back to human form. His eyes narrowed as he belatedly realized Lin Renmei hadn't been fleeing. She had lured him here on purpose.
"So this is your ideal battlefield?" Fafnir said with a derisive smile, spreading his arms.
Lin Renmei wasted no words. A layer of ice armor instantly covered her body, while the wind-driven snow around them sharpened into arrowheads, all aimed at Fafnir.
"A petty little trick!"
Fafnir watched with undiminished disdain.
He raised a hand and snapped his fingers. Countless lightning serpents appeared in the sky, while the snow and ice wheeled around to point at Lin Renmei.
"I'm a Five-Colored Dragon. I was born to command the elements. Did you really think you could turn them against me?" Fafnir said with a smile.
The next instant, lightning fell from the sky and ice and snow shot toward her from every side. Long spikes erupted from the ice below. Even the magma in the