The three-headed dog loomed over the ruined cityscape. Its 20-floor body was huge and monstrous, towering like a behemoth. It had just finished consuming the last of the decaying zombie-corrupteds. Each head had metallic teeth and crazy red eyes. Its once-fleshy body was now compact and solid like hardened steel.
Below, its claws had turned into sharp blades. They looked powerful and could easily cut through buildings.
He observed the creature's transformation, and had some important questions in mind.
'Why do corrupted always grow larger to get a power up?' he muttered to himself. "Size alone won't save you, especially not against someone like me."
"RAWWWWWR!" The creature's thunderous roar shook the city, crumbling buildings that had withstood his previous scream.
He braced himself against the shockwaves, noting the surge in the creature's power and size.
"Quiet down," he shouted back over the deafening noise.
However, the three-headed dog did not listen and instead raised its voice even louder.
"Here we go again," Reign shook his head and raised his weapon.
ZZZZZZ!
The railgun round hit the creature's forehead with a clean, piercing force. But before it could exit the other side, the wound began to heal in real-time.
Its flesh knitted itself back together at an astonishing speed, so fast that by the time the projectile passed through, the creature's head looked perfectly unharmed again.
"That is borderline cheating," Reign sighed.
He wasn't genuinely worried; instead, he just wanted to highlight the creature's unfair skill.
Even the giant humanoid and the snake he had fought before hadn't shown such quick and extreme regenerative abilities.
Ironically, this came from him, someone who literally possessed the greatest cheat called the system.
"Let's see how you handle this," he muttered under his breath.
This time, he switched mode to rapid fire.
ZZZZZZ!
ZZZZZZ!
ZZZZZZ!
He unleashed shot after shot at the creature's heads. He aimed to overwhelm its regenerative rate.
With each successive shot, the railgun discharged faster and faster round, striking the middle head brutally.
The impact of the rapid-fire caused the creature's head to jerk violently, bits of corrupted flesh and bone splintering off with each hit.
He sensed a shift in the creature's energy as concentrated miasma began to form within each head.
Unlike before, this miasma was not merely toxic air; it burned with a dark intensity, emitting black flames that heated the surrounding air.
"So you plan to use your trump card too? Let's see who has the bigger gun," Reign challenged, excited to see the aftermath of this clash.
He infused more negative and lightning energy into his weapon, intensifying its charge.
His increased conductivity due to having a more metallic bones amplified the magnetic field within the barrel, stabilizing the spinning projectile effortlessly
As the humming sound grew louder and louder, the air around him also started to heat up. More and more arcs of electricity began to leak from his body, drawn towards the railgun.
While he stabilized the energy , he waited for the perfect opportunity to use it.
'Come on, hurry up and use that trump card of yours, 'he thought.
As the three-headed dog unleashed its black flames, the separate streams of fire merged together into a single, massive jet flame of darkness.
The fire intensified, growing stronger and wider, resembling a colossal flamethrower aimed directly at Reign.
He stood firm, eyes fixed on the approaching inferno
Instead of retreating, he stood his ground. And with a confident expression, he unleashed the charged round.
ZZZZZZ!
Dark-red streak of lightning crackled through the air, followed by a thunderous roar as the projectile shot forth from the barrel.
The charged round flew into the flame with such incredible speed and violent force that it seemed to defy the laws of physics.
Normally, such temperature would have melted the outer shell of any other ordinary projectile.
However, this one was different.
Its momentum was so strong that the flames atoms barely had time to react as it pierced through them like a bullet through paper.
Reign, on the other hand, also brushed against the dark flames, but they were not hot enough to even warrant dodging.
After the projectile completely passed through the flames, it struck the creature's chest .
A shockwave rippled outward from the point of impact, sending the three-headed dog staggering backward
The force of the blow cracked through its thick metalic hide, eliciting a deep, roar of anger that echoed across the battlefield.
"RAWWWWWWWWWWR!"
'Did it even work?' Reign muttered with uncertainty .