He rammed the shadowy figure headlong into the rock face. The impact landed solidly, leaving his mouth aching. He planted all four claws and shook his head.
Up close, he could finally make out what his opponent looked like.
The thing looked human on the outside, with a stiff face and clean, tidy clothes. It gave off no warmth, only a cold, sinister aura. It had a soul, but that soul was incomplete.
Its eyes were the eeriest part. They had neither whites nor pupils, only unbroken blackness.
Neither human nor ghost, it did not seem like a corpse either. It was deeply eerie.
His instincts sounded an alarm. Danger was right before him. He could not afford to waste time slowly probing its abilities; he had to unleash his strongest killing move and destroy it as quickly as possible.
Now that he had knocked the threat away from the crowd, he had no more reservations. Without hesitation, he summoned his thunder force!
The Strange Man had just recovered from the daze of the collision when he saw a ferocious maw aimed at him. Some terrifying power was about to break loose, and he instinctively threw a punch. Thud!
The Black Flood Dragon's head snapped sideways. The lightning gathering in his throat was interrupted before he could release it.
It hurt a little, but it was nothing serious.
He raised his right front paw and slammed it down at the Strange Man. Unexpectedly, the Strange Man moved nimbly, slipping between his claws with a flicker of his body.
Stone fragments flew. His sharp claws left only a few gouges in the rock face.
One vertical pupil tracked the Strange Man's movements. The man swiftly drew several strokes on his left palm with his right hand, and an abnormal fluctuation abruptly