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Chapter 8 - Strongest Dragon Vs Strongest Human #3

"Silver put all his experience into this skill; he risked his life to activate it.

John began to grimace after seeing that. The skill 'Hellcoat' was a kind of transformation skill. Silver must have already copied the 'Asura Transformation' skill and modified it to suit his current skills.

This proved two things: that Silver had an unbelievable talent for copying and adapting skills to fit him, and that John's luck was horrible. Only a few hours had passed since John acquired 'Edenic Waters', so he possessed no offensive technique capable of breaking Silver's move.

Of course, Silver had been able to copy 'Asura Transformation' hours ago, but had not activated it. Asura Transformation was suitable for humans and humanlike beings, so Silver could not use it and was forced to modify it.

Modifying a high-level skill like Asura Transformation was not only difficult but nearly impossible and carried great risks,

This is why Silver only used his modified version when his life was on the line.

Silver's success was due to his high talent and his luck — or, more precisely, John's bad luck.

A faint smile appeared on John's face. "It seems this will determine the victor of this battle." John was nearing his mental limits from using many skills: "Infinite Mana Circle," "Asura Transformation," "Edenic Waters," "Superior Regeneration," "No Pain" (pain suppression), and "Absolute Thought." Although he was a hair's breadth away from his limit, he did not hesitate to use this skill.

John felt he could overcome the 'Hellcoat' but could not think of a quick solution in his current state;

Because of that, he put everything into this move.

But the situation did not last long. Silver began dragon breath attacks at John, his body cloaked in the 'Hellcoat'. "Did you think I would let you think as you please?!"

Silver's attack power rose by 30%. It might not seem large, but it was a qualitative change in the battle. Even a 0.1% increase could have turned the fight in his favor.

The blows rained down on John. He could no longer maintain 'Asura Transformation'. He began dodging and thinking of a way to counterattack Silver.

Only seconds passed since John began 'Absolute Thought', but those seconds felt like years or even centuries to him.

Scratch! One of Silver's attacks struck his chest. The hit left a serious wound marked by the 'Hellcoat' that slowed John's 'Superior Regeneration' even after he used 'Edenic Waters' around the wound. John's normal body could not withstand the 'Hellflame' attacks

Only 'Asura Transformation' gave him some tolerance.

John stood unable to move. Silver approached, preparing to unleash Dragon Breath. "You were the strongest opponent I have faced in my life." Then he released the breath at John.

"Why? Why do I keep fighting? I could live in isolation with my current power. Is it because I think I caused the disasters? There's no proof! Is it because I want to be a hero? Maybe. But why must it be this hard?" John thought inwardly as the 'Hellflame' flew toward him.

No human could fight a disaster alone except John. Even an army of S-ranks fighting a calamity like Silver could only hold him off for a while; they could not defeat him.

This placed immense pressure on John. Death for John meant regression and starting over — but what about this world? Would it continue or regress with him? Even if John regressed, what could he do against an enemy that copied his style and found counters to him during the battle?

Sigh… If I had time to think about all this, I must first think of a way to defeat this enemy in front of me… This?! It must be it. John immediately activated 'Teleport' to avoid the Dragon Breath.

"I knew you would not stop and die like that." Silver was not surprised to see John behind him

he had seen John use it before against Zaglith — it was even the cause of his death. Silver was ready for John's 'Teleport'.

He fired many Hellflame streams at John, but John's expression did not change. John calmly said, "God of the Ocean."

This skill was similar to William's 'Lightning God'. Its effect was to raise all lightning techniques by 200%! John had copied that skill via 'Perception' and modified it into the new skill 'God of the Ocean', which increased all water techniques by 200%.

"Poseidon's Spear." John launched a spear formed from 'Edenic Waters' at Silver.

When Silver saw this attack, he felt fear for the first time in his life — the fear of death. He had never thought of such a thing before.

Dragons live for thousands of years, and Silver, as king of dragons, had never had an equal, John was the first to push him to the limits of his ability and admit that he was the strongest opponent he had faced.

Despite being a life-or-death battle, Silver felt a strange happiness — for the first time, he felt he could fight at full strength and even had the possibility to evolve through fighting John.

The 'Poseidon's Spear' struck Silver's neck, dealing a serious wound but not killing him.

John created many 'Poseidon's Spears' and attacked Silver with them.

Many spears struck Silver's body and broke the 'Hellcoat'. Silver's condition became pitiful; wounds covered his body everywhere, and he could no longer move.

John created one final giant 'Poseidon's Spear' toward Silver.

"If only I could keep fighting him for a lifetime…" Silver thought inwardly before closing his eyes and surrendering to his fate.

Only then did the spear stop before reaching him!"

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