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"Well..." Riku smirked at the confused Zhu Yue and said slowly.
"Guess." After a pause, waiting for Zhu Yue's full attention, he added with a playful grin.
"—!" Zhu Yue's expression stiffened instantly. The sight of this huge white dragon frozen like that was kind of hilarious, making Riku almost laugh out loud.
"You little jerk, you actually tricked me!" But while Riku was having fun, Zhu Yue's anger exploded through the roof.
In an instant, she roared so loudly the whole space trembled.
"Roar!!!" Suddenly, Zhu Yue spoke in a language Riku couldn't understand. It was a terrifying spoken magic.
This was the Dragon Spirit language—the language that demanded absolute submission from all things.
"Explode."
When a Dragon Spirit says "die," the target dies. It's the rule of the strong over the weak!
The Dragon Spirit language is also called the Language of Creation, the Universal Language, or the King's Edict.
Nothing in the world can resist this self-destruct command.
Even the so-called "Skywing race" war machines, feared by all, die when struck directly by the Dragon Spirit's words.
Just as Zhu Yue said, everything in her sight exploded—rocks flying, dust covering the sky. Riku's body also burst apart, unable to resist the power of her spell!
"Hmph, this is what happens to those who oppose me." Seeing Riku apparently killed by her, Zhu Yue's anger cooled and she snorted coldly.
"Hey, where are you looking, big lizard?" But the next second, a teasing voice appeared again, freezing Zhu Yue's expression once more.
Looking ahead, Zhu Yue saw Riku had reappeared, completely unharmed.
"Why? Why didn't I kill you?!" Staring at this bizarre scene, Zhu Yue was totally stunned, question marks filling her mind.
"Heh, done thinking yet?" Riku said coldly to the confused dragon queen.
Weaklings seek wisdom, strong ones sharpen their claws. In this world, top-tier fighters usually just crush opponents with sheer power, rarely using smart tactics.
Against his ability, without absolute power, you're just a puppet to be played with.
"Don't underestimate me, human!" Hearing this, Zhu Yue snapped.
Being toyed with from start to finish felt like punching cotton—it made her so mad she could spit blood.
"Roar—!"
At that moment, Zhu Yue's energy and aura peaked as she gathered terrifying power in her mouth.
Then she released her strongest breath attack straight at the ground.
In a flash, an indiscriminate energy explosion swept through tens of thousands of meters, destroying everything in its path. The area became like the battlefield where she once fought the Black Dragon.
But Zhu Yue didn't realize that the moment she unleashed her strongest Dragon Breath, the corner of Riku's mouth twisted into a strange smile.
"Boom—!" Huge mushroom clouds popped up, scorched marks spread, cracks spider-webbed across the land, and the terrain was devastated once more.
When it was all over, Zhu Yue, breathing heavily, scanned the area for Riku.
Seeing him unharmed again made her entire body tremble. She was furious. Truly, this was the first time she felt such crushing frustration.
Even that endlessly energetic, reckless Skywing idiot who often challenged her never made her this annoyed.
"You jerk, I don't wanna fight anymore. Neither of us can kill the other—how about we both back down? I'm pretty sure you have limits too, while I have infinite energy and can't die." Finally, Zhu Yue chose to give in, feeling speechless.
"Maybe I have limits, but you're not unlimited energy either. Stop playing your Dragon Spirit tricks. After all this time watching and fighting, I've completely figured out your secrets." Riku said coldly.
"—!" Hearing that, Zhu Yue narrowed her dragon eyes suspiciously at him.
"You Dragon Spirits are strong because you can cross multiple timelines." Riku stared at Zhu Yue and slowly revealed the secret no other race knew.
If a single Skywing fought a Dragon Spirit, even the weakest Dragon Spirit couldn't be killed.
If the Skywing's ultimate attack is rated ten, the Dragon Spirit's scale energy is five—but the Dragon Spirit has hundreds of millions of scales stacked up.
However, when several Skywings unite to hunt a Dragon Spirit, only a few get injured and they manage to kill it.
It's a strange contradiction—if Dragon Spirits' energy was really that strong, not just a handful but even a hundred or a normal god-like race couldn't match them.
This was a truly contradictory situation. On top of that, with that strange ability to heal wounds so quickly, Riku had already figured out the hidden power of the Dragon Spirit race.
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