[Dragon Dance].
When these three words jumped out of Caesar's mouth, even he felt it was absurd.
Because this wasn't a Move in Garchomp's Move pool at all.
Game designers didn't allow it, the laws of the world didn't allow it, and his genetic Bloodline allowed it even less.
But... so what?
How could a mere Move pool restriction bind the unwilling Souls of millions of players!
In a dream, nothing is impossible!
"Buzz—!"
An invisible force exploded outward with Caesar at the center!
On his deep blue, Ancient Garchomp body, mysterious crimson totems emerged out of thin air, spreading along the gaps in his scales like some ancient and supreme brand of worship.
Boundless power surged frantically through his body; every cell cheered, and every inch of muscle expanded!
Attack, rose!
Speed, rose!
At this moment, Caesar felt omnipotent!
In the sky, the Bronze Dragon Viola seemed to sense the threat, and the gray-black Time Breath began to condense in its massive Dragons Kiss once again.
But it was too late.
Caesar snapped his head up, his golden dragon pupils locking onto the Bronze Dragon high in the sky.
In the next second, the entire Dragon took off like a jet fighter with its engine ignited!
Boom—!!!
The sound of a massive sonic boom echoed throughout the entire Ruined Capital!
The ground beneath his feet cracked from the immense thrust, and countless rocks were swept into the sky, only to be torn into powder by the violent air currents mid-air.
Caesar's figure had turned into a deep blue afterimage, tearing through the air and crashing straight toward the Bronze Dragon Viola!
During the high-speed transit, the edges of the Garchomp's deep blue fins even generated visible white air blades due to intense friction with the air.
The entire Dragon was the sharpest blade!
The Bronze Dragon Viola's reaction was terrifyingly fast; it seemed to have anticipated Caesar's close-quarters assault long ago.
Just as Caesar was about to make contact, Draconic Magic was cast instantly, and a Glacial Shield several meters thick appeared out of thin air in front of it, attempting to block the fatal collision with layers of freezing ice.
In your dreams!
Caesar roared in his heart, and his claws, covered in dragon-type energy, instantly switched forms.
[Shadow Claw]!
Ghost elemental energy gathered, condensing into a semi-transparent, pitch-black Dragon Claw that emitted an ominous Aura.
Ignore shield defense!
That seemingly indestructible Glacial Shield was like nothing before the Shadow Claw.
"Puchi—!"
The pitch-black Dragon Claw penetrated the thick layer of ice without hindrance, clawing fiercely into the Bronze Dragon Viola's chest!
The ear-piercing sound of metal grinding rang out, and sparks flew in all directions!
Bronze Dragon scales were torn open, leaving three claw marks deep enough to see the bone!
"Roar—!"
The Bronze Dragon let out a roar of pain, but its counterattack followed immediately.
"Click."
A crisp, light sound, like gears turning, echoed within its body.
Then, countless phantoms of rapidly spinning clocks appeared on the Bronze Dragon's body in an instant!
Its speed suddenly surged several times over!
Time Acceleration!
Caesar's heart tightened. Both Shadow Claws he summoned had a five-meter range. Just as he was about to control the other claw to follow up, the Bronze Dragon's figure turned into a streak of light, instantly widening the distance by a hundred meters.
This old monster is indeed not easy to deal with!
Seeing the opponent about to flap its Elemental Wings to completely pull away, Caesar didn't hesitate; the scales on his back instantly flared up!
[Scale Shot]!
Swish, swish, swish, swish—!
Hundreds of dragon scales, sharp as rasps, shot out with the sound of breaking air, covering the Bronze Dragon like a blanket!
However, the Bronze Dragon simply flapped its wings, and another Glacial Shield formed behind it.
"Clang, clang, clang—!"
A series of dense impact sounds rang out. All the sharp dragon scales were blocked, returning without success.
The Bronze Dragon flapped its wings again. Under the buff of 10x acceleration, it turned into a streak of bronze light, rushing vertically toward the sky in an attempt to completely pull away and return to its most proficient rhythm of magic bombardment.
Trying to run?
Seeing this, Caesar made a sudden stop in mid-air, his body creating an exaggerated angle as he also turned into a deep blue streak of light, turning back to give chase!
Two massive prehistoric Dragons, like two supersonic fighter jets, chased each other above the burning city, erupting into a fierce aerial battle!
In the sky, countless magic circles continuously expanded. Fireballs, icicles, wind blades, lightning... all sorts of Draconic Magic poured down like a rainstorm.
Relying on the speed advantage brought by Dragon Dance, Caesar wove crazily through the barrage while continuously firing [Scale Shot] to retaliate!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless spells were detonated early in the air by the Scale Shot, exploding into bursts of brilliant fireworks.
But such a war of attrition was extremely disadvantageous for Caesar—
He could clearly feel that the rough scales on his back, used for defense and attack, were being consumed at an alarming rate.
Soon, large patches of dark blue skin were directly exposed to the air.
This can't go on!
"Again!"
Caesar focused his mind again, forcibly urging the power within his body!
[Dragon Dance]! Stage two!
Buzz—!
The mysterious Dragon totems glowed on him once more, and even more boundless power flooded into his body!
Attack and speed rose another level!
"Now!"
The Garchomp's eyes flashed with sharp light. Relying on the nimble footwork of the Move [Aerial Ace], which never misses, he managed to find the only path of advancement through the airtight magic bombardment!
His blue figure drew a strange Z-shaped line in the air, instantly closing in on the Bronze Dragon Viola, who was chanting its next spell!
This is the distance!
Caesar prepared to deliver the final strike to its weak point!
The Bronze Dragon clearly realized the crisis as well. It immediately aborted the spell, and a Glacial Shield along with a transparent shield made of Mental Energy opened simultaneously in front of it, attempting to block this fatal blow.
Double shields!
But Caesar's attack was far more insidious than it imagined!
He still swung with [Shadow Claw], but just as the pitch-black claws were about to touch the shields, a completely different surge of Fighting-type energy erupted!
[Brick Break]!
Fighting-type Moves are twice as effective against both Steel-type and Ice-type!
What's more... this was a Move specifically designed to break shields!
Crack! Crack, crack—!
The two layers of shields shattered upon impact, like glass hit by a heavy hammer, instantly covered in cracks before collapsing!
Caesar's Shadow Claw drove straight in, splitting the massive Bronze Dragon in two, cleanly from head to tail!
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Won?
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No!
Right at the moment he split the opponent, a strong sense of horror suddenly rose in Caesar's heart!
The feeling was wrong! Too light!
The split Bronze Dragon didn't bleed; instead, it turned into specks of light and dissipated in the air.
This is... a Substitute?!
At the same time, the System's cold notification sounded—
[Warning: Detected that the target's "False Life" status has been removed.]
Damn it!
He had indeed split the "Bronze Dragon," but that was just a fake made of energy!
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Caesar whipped his head around.
Not far behind him, the real Bronze Dragon Viola was slowly emerging from a ripple in space!
Around it, hundreds of grand magic circle arrays had already unfolded, with terrifying energy gathering at the center of each one!
And within its Dragons Kiss, a gray-black light, larger and deeper than any before, was charging frantically!
Time Breath!
I was tricked! At this distance, there's no way to dodge!—
At this critical moment!
A dazzling pillar of silver light suddenly shot up from the burning Ruined Capital below, piercing the night sky and accurately hitting the massive Bronze Dragon!
"Boom—!"
Caesar was all too familiar with this breath!
However, perhaps because they were in the dream space, this breath was larger, thicker, and more powerful than in his memory!
The massive Bronze Dragon was knocked askew by this sudden breath; its charging was interrupted, and much of the time energy in its mouth dissipated.
Without a doubt, it was Cecilia!
How did she get into the dream world too?
This thought flashed through Caesar's mind, but he didn't hesitate for a second and immediately seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Cecilia's Paralysis Breath hit Viola, silver air currents dancing on its bronze scales.
Although for a Level 78 Bronze Dragon with ultra-high tenacity, this brief Paralysis effect lasted less than a second.
But for Garchomp, the Mach pokémon that had already boosted its speed to the limit, it was enough!
Caesar once again turned into a runaway fighter jet, creating a deafening sonic boom as he soared into the sky!
Behind him, the recovered Bronze Dragon Viola let out an angry roar, and a Time Breath that swept across the land grazed his tail, turning half of the ruined city into ash!
The gray light of destruction chased closely behind, but this time, the Garchomp didn't stop!
He had only one goal—the sky!
Accelerating toward the sky! Faster and faster!!
"Dragon Dance: Stage Three!"
"Dragon Dance: Stage Four!"
"Dragon Dance: Stage Five!"
Layer after layer of buffs were frantically applied; the crimson totems on his body were now as bright as branding irons, and in the blink of an eye, he had reached an altitude of ten thousand meters!
The entire burning world shrank rapidly beneath his feet, as if everything was revolving around him.
Finally, after reaching the highest point of this dream world, Caesar's upward momentum came to a sudden halt.
Then, he plummeted downward!
The combination of gravitational acceleration and his own power!
"Dragon Dance: Stage Six!!!"
[Dragon Rush]!!!
He turned into a deep blue meteor, smashing straight toward the ground!
His dragon body pierced through the sky, and the clouds formed a ring of exploding white vapor around him!
But that wasn't enough!
He needed faster, stronger, and more unstoppable power!
With a thought from the Garchomp, the item in the System's held slot was awakened.
A crimson z-crystal began to emit an incredibly intense light!
At the same time, the Bronze Dragon Viola on the ground also made full preparations.
It let out a long roar, and layer after layer of Glacial Shields unfolded above its head, like a tiered dome of ice covering the earth.
From its Dragons Kiss, an unprecedented time-space breath erupted; no longer a pillar of light, but a gray canopy of energy, shrouding toward the falling Caesar in the sky!
This strike was unavoidable!
But Caesar wasn't planning to avoid it at all!
The fire elements belonging to this dream world gathered frantically in his mouth. An orange-red fireball grew larger and larger, but it wasn't the wind-up for a Fire Blast—
Z-Power! Unleash!
[Firium Z] × [Fire Blast]—!!
Caesar poured all his strength, all the amplification from the six stages of Dragon Dance, and all the potential energy from his descent into it!
Z-Move—[Inferno Overdrive]!!!
A massive fireball over a hundred meters in diameter, like a sun, exploded into formation on his falling trajectory, meeting that gray energy canopy with an Aura that could incinerate everything!
This strike was comparable to the Sky Comet Dragon!!