Chapter 928 The Battle Commences: Beast vs the Flood Dragon

Chapter 928 The Battle Commences: Beast vs the Flood Dragon

?Aethion's words drew their attention back to the scene before them. The lake was still calm, but they were able to sense that something was coming from deep below it.

The water suddenly started rippling and then waves started forming before a powerful blast took place in the center of the lake as a giant figure came out of the water. The dark blue scales became visible as they all stared at the dragon that had come out of its lair.

The flood dragon had indeed noticed their presence, its gaze fixed on Beast with a mixture of curiosity and hostility.

It was looking at them and seemingly thinking of something, something it was trying to remember.

"I recognize you."

A loud voice reverberated through the lake and the forest surrounding it.

The water rippled, the trees shook and a blast of wind hit everything around the dragon as it spoke, slightly shocking Reign and the others.

It was not capable of human speech in the past, they knew that, and yet, it now was, which meant it had evolved, but it didn't evolve into a higher tier, it was a racial evolution, the dragon had become more powerful than before and gained more intelligence.

"You ... I can sense the same mark that I possess on you, I recognize you from that day, the Mistress had blessed you, just like it had blessed me." The dragon spoke as it stared at Wolf, their marks shining for an instant before once again going dormant.

What the dragon said was true as Wolf was also able to sense the dragon's mark. They were both marked by the same being, and they had a connection between them.

"You, I cannot fight against, nor can you battle me, we are not allowed to do so, we are marked by her, and she will be displeased if we were to do such a thing."

The dragon continued as its eyes swept over Reign and the others.

It stayed on Reign a bit longer than the others before it finally stared into Beast's resolute eyes. Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

"I can sense your powers, I can see the ones you have beaten into submission."

"Are you here to try and take me as well, human?"

"Yes, I would much rather we not fight, but I know that a being like you will not submit to anyone who doesn't prove himself worthy, right?"

"Humph, a being that needs to fight me with so many others even when it is an entire realm above me will never be worthy, if you are serious, and if you truly wish to fight me, you are better off trying to kill me."

"I will not fight you with the others, only me and you, that will be the battle," Beast said as he took a step forward.

"And of course, the beasts that I have, they are a part of my powers, I doubt you have any objections to them, right?"

Beast had placed his hands on the floor and channeled his mana as the clouds above the dragon suddenly split open as a spear of wind fell down on it.

Beast didn't only manage to evolve his ability during the challenge, he had also managed to gain a new innate ability.

It was the wind manipulation he had learned long ago and used often.

It was no longer a learned ability, but one that was fused with his flesh and soul, and an innate ability that was now more powerful than ever, and Beast was not going to let it simply rot in him.

The spear moved with incredible speed, but the dragon was not alarmed or concerned by it.

It opened its mouth as a ton of mana was suddenly concentrated on it before firing a blue ray from it.

One could even see water spilling out of the ray as it struck the spear, and after only 3 seconds of clashing, the spear was destroyed.

'Facing a raid boss is difficult not only because it has incredibly high stats, but because a raid boss is always in an area that suits him the most.'

'This dragon can control water, and he has more than enough of it present in this lake that is deceptively deep, much deeper than one would imagine.'

'It doesn't need to use its mana to create the water needed for its ability as it is already there, which means that it will be using much less mana than you will."

Aethion's voice suddenly echoed in Beast's head, making him flinch for a moment before he relaxed.

He did say he didn't want help, but simply getting more information from Aethion, who was using Reign's powers to communicate telepathically with him, was fine by him.

"Not bad, but not nearly enough to threaten me." The dragon said in a calm voice as it stared at Beast once again.

"Human, I have still not been forced to even move, if this is all you have, I would recommend you leave and run far away from this place, otherwise you will end up dying in this battle."

Beast simply grabbed his bow again before pulling the bowstring, to which the dragon said nothing at.

He held that position for an entire minute, which confused the dragon that was still not moving or doing a thing.

The dragon couldn't sense any mana being poured into the bow, and for a couple of seconds, he believed that Beast had seemingly lost it, that he was truly contemplating whether or not to escape, and that this was his way of buying some time to think.

"Human, if you do n-"

Before the dragon was able to finish speaking, Beast let go of the bowstring.

There was still nothing there, no arrow, no mana that had been channeled, nothing, and yet, the dragon suddenly sensed danger.

It quickly dove into the water, which proved to be the right choice as something did pass above its head, and the sky several hundred meters behind it changed as all the clouds in a circle of 200 meters were blasted away.