Chapter 70: The Nine-Headed Dragon
Chapter 70: The Nine-Headed Dragon
"Rock wall!" Loki shouted, and a huge, curved rock wall rose up in front of her.
The next second, flames crashed against the rock wall like a storm, and even through the wall, the people could feel the intense heat.
No… Luo Qixi saw that the edge of the rock wall was turning white. The temperature of the flames was too high, so high that a rock wall alone could not stop them.
"Rock wall!" Loki shouted again, and another rock wall appeared in front of them. With the appearance of this rock wall, the first rock wall was already on the verge of collapse.
But the flames of the nine-headed dragon showed no signs of stopping.
We need to continue!
Loki took a sudden step back, slamming her staff on the ground: "Rock Wall!"
The rock wall reappeared, a three-layered rock wall.
Moreover, in order to better withstand the flames, Loki held her Silver Moon Tsunami staff horizontally like a spear, aiming the tip at the stone wall.
"Water Cannon!" With her incantation, a torrent of water shot out from the tip of her staff. At the same time, the second stone wall was breached, and the scorching dragon flames crashed against the wet stone wall, producing a piercing buzz.
At the same time, a large amount of steam suddenly rose up.
It's so hot!
Standing at the front, Loki was burned by the steam, but she still gritted her teeth and gripped her staff tightly, stabilizing the water jets that kept spraying out.
You must...you must hold on!
"The flames are getting smaller!" Keith, with his keen senses, was the first to notice the change in the flames. He exclaimed in delight, "The flames are getting smaller!"
That's wonderful... Luo Qixi felt she was about to give up. Constantly using magic was depleting her magic reserves. If it were just a few more seconds, she might really not be able to hold on.
As the flames diminished, the nine-headed dragon shook its head and exhaled several puffs of white vapor.
Luo Qixi's legs went weak and she took a few steps back, using her staff to support herself and prevent herself from falling.
"Luo Qixi!" Alina Lijie quickly caught her. "Are you alright?"
"I'm...I'm alright..." Despite the constant stinging pain in her hand, Loki gripped her staff tightly: "My magic power is still enough to stop it from regenerating!"
But that's all. Even if she used one more spell, Loki would probably run out of magic power.
"That's enough!" Alina Liz nodded and quickly looked at Tarhand: "Quickly heal Lokishi!"
Upon hearing this, the dwarf immediately rushed over and began chanting a spell, while the others drew their weapons and charged at the nine-headed dragon once more.
The battlefield was swept by towering flames, and the so-called swamp had been completely turned into barren land. This meant that even without Lokishi stabilizing the ground, the swordsmen could still fight.
Moreover, due to the flames it spewed, the Hydra was noticeably slower, and even it seemed unable to withstand the high temperature, with the skin around its mouth scorched.
If we don't do it now, when will we?
Paul nimbly dodged one of the heads, then leaped high into the air, spun around, and landed on top of one of the nine-headed dragon's heads.
"Pfft!" He raised his longsword high and thrust it forcefully, successfully piercing the skin of the nine-headed dragon.
"Attack near its mouth!" he shouted. "It's burned there; its skin isn't as tough anymore!"
Upon hearing this, Alina Lige immediately raised her longsword, first dodging the nine-headed dragon's outstretched head with a quick movement, then retracting her arm to thrust the sword out from her bosom, and with a powerful strike, she also wounded the nine-headed dragon's mouth.
But that was all the attack the two had done. For the Nine-Headed Dragon, such a wound would heal before the sword tip could even retract.
However, the fragility of the skin around its mouth gave Gilead an opportunity.
She held the knife horizontally, gathered her strength in her lower body, and then shot out like a cannonball, slashing the nine-headed dragon's mouth and even cutting all the way to its neck before severing it.
Blood magic!
At this moment, Lokishi, who had already approached under the cover of Tarhand and Keith, immediately manipulated blood magic to burrow into the wound, preventing the hydra from healing.
"roar!"
The nine-headed dragon kept hissing, but at this moment it was no match for these ant-like creatures. They nimbly parried the nine-headed dragon's attacks, and then launched attacks from the gaps that were enough to hurt it.
What terrified it most was that inexplicable thing... something unknown was stuck in its wound, preventing its regeneration.
This has never happened before.
Soon, the nine-headed dragon was in trouble under the constant attacks of the adventurers, and for a time it was left with only two heads.
The two heads looked at the seemingly energetic adventurers with apprehension, but they had nowhere to retreat.
"Increase the attack pace!" Paul shouted, seeing that the Hydra was losing momentum. "It's about to collapse!"
"Yes!" Loki responded, following behind Tarhand and Elina Liz, who constantly parried and dodged the nine-headed dragon's attacks beside Loki.
Just then, as if it knew its death was imminent, the nine-headed dragon raised its head high once more.
Flames continued to accumulate in its mouth.
Is it going to breathe fire again?! Luo Qixi was shocked to see this... Logically speaking, it had only breathed fire not long ago, and if it were to breathe fire again in such a short time... could its body withstand it?
Does it still have enough magic?
Luo Qixi was unaware of these questions, but at this moment, it did indeed open its mouth.
Oh no... my magic power isn't enough... I must...
"Scatter!" Paul's voice rang out. He knew that Loki couldn't withstand the flames at this moment, so he could only give this order: "Scatter and avoid the flames!"
But where should they scatter? Loki was in the center of the battlefield, and it seemed that because of her previous actions, the two heads of the nine-headed dragon had locked onto her.
No... I can't spread out at all... Should I fight back?
But she no longer had enough magic to use spells... Loki's magic power was now pitifully low, and she couldn't even cast high-level spells...
Despite the imminent crisis, Luo Qixi remained remarkably calm. She had faced similar situations many times before. While she might have panicked the first time, she was now frantically thinking... trying to find a way to reverse the situation... trying to find a way to harm it...
Wait a minute… As if remembering something, Luo Qixi raised her right hand towards the nine-headed dragon.
"Lokishi?!" Alina Lige, who had retreated to the side, was startled to see Lokishi standing in front of the nine-headed dragon without dodging or avoiding it, and even raising her hand.
"Why didn't you run away?!"
Her voice didn't reach Luo Qixi's ears. At this moment, Luo Qixi felt that the surroundings were extremely quiet because she was sensing... sensing what?
Feel your own blood.
She poured her blood into the nine-headed dragon's body, so it's time... to use that blood.
Just like the teacher did before, let the blood condense into crystals, and then rush into the blood vessels of the nine-headed dragon.
Even though she didn't understand the monster's structure, Loki knew that... all animal blood vessels eventually lead to the heart.
So if we just use blood to puncture its heart!
But is it too late?
The nine-headed dragon's neck is very long, and the amount of blood that Lokishi burrowed into the nine-headed dragon's body was not much. Even if it condensed into crystals, it would still take time for it to burrow into the heart against the flow of blood vessels.
"Buzz!"
But Luo Qixi is not alone.
Gilead moved; she leaped high into the air and gripped the hilt of her sword.
"Clang!" A piercing sword sound rang out, and without the slightest fear, she smashed into one of the nine-headed dragon's heads like a meteor.
She didn't have time to gather her strength to unleash the Blade of Light, so the longsword didn't pierce the nine-headed dragon's neck; it simply struck it.
But that's enough; we've gained enough time.
The nine-headed dragon tilted its head and swayed slightly. By the time it adjusted its posture again, Loki's raised right hand had already clenched tightly.
"..."
Without a sound or a sound, the nine-headed dragon's movements suddenly stopped, and its raised head, like a kite with a broken string, swayed and crashed to the ground.
"Huff...huff...huff..." Luo Qixi gasped for breath, then plopped down on the ground.
She's truly exhausted now... her magic and stamina have been completely drained.
"Well done."
eh?
Luo Qixi suddenly heard her teacher's voice. She opened her eyes slightly and saw her teacher's smiling face standing beside her, looking at her with great interest.
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