Chapter 1869: Chapter 1262: Double Kill
The scales of the Black Dragon are naturally incredibly hard, but Mugeng’s Demon Sword is not a common weapon either. It pierced a relatively soft part of the Dragon Race, so Mugeng gripped the Demon Sword and slid ahead, forcibly carving a long gash from Nefarian’s jaw to his neck. She then flipped away to dodge the Black Dragon’s furious counterattack.
Honestly, the few girls who came out with Duanmu Huai this time aren’t very strong in combat. Ogis is undoubtedly the strongest, but she did not directly kill Nefarian; instead, she controlled threads to firmly bind this Black Dragon to the ground, creating an opportunity for others to attack.
After all — the girls came out to gather more combat experience.
Mugeng and Banriya, as the weakest of the Tribunal’s forces, could not take on the task of killing the Black Dragon. They were only responsible for disrupting the dragon’s attacks. Naruse Mio mainly protected others from harm by the Black Dragon, unable to concentrate on attacking. Thus, the responsibility of slaying this Black Dragon fell to Homura Akemi.
However, Homura Akemi was peculiar.
Her combat strength does not come from herself but from the weapons she possesses.
Homura Akemi’s own abilities only include spatial storage and time pause.
Earlier, Homura Akemi intended to wipe out this Black Dragon with a wave of missiles, but to her surprise, the Black Dragon was tougher than expected. Although two rounds of bombing left Nefarian howling in agony, they were only superficial wounds, failing to hurt the dragon fundamentally.
"What do we do now?"
Mugeng circled around, dodging the Black Dragon’s tail swipe, and flew to Homura Akemi’s side to ask. Homura thought for a moment.
"Give me one chance, let it breathe once more!"
"Are you sure?"
"As long as it opens its mouth, I can only try."
"Alright, Banriya, let’s go!"
Though Mugeng was unsure of what Homura intended to do, she nodded and called out to Banriya, then charged towards Nefarian again.
Although Mugeng and Banriya’s combat power was not high, they had one advantage — they could fly.
The ability to fly gave them agility, and to Nefarian, Mugeng and Banriya were like two mosquitoes circling his head, occasionally delivering an annoying bite — not greatly harmful but highly insulting, making him wish he could smash his own head into a pulp with his claws.
However, with his body being controlled by Ogis’ threads, Nefarian was unable to act. He even tried to use teleportation or transformation to free himself, but mysteriously failed each time. Consequently, Nefarian was forced to play hide-and-seek with the girls in his original form.
After being repeatedly cornered by Naruse Mio’s wall attacks, Nefarian no longer dared to randomly spit, and had to sulkily try to swallow Mugeng and Banriya whole.
But knowing their own strength limitations, both kept hovering at the boundary of Nefarian’s range, taunting him without giving him any chance.
Only after Homura Akemi made a decision did Mugeng and Banriya close the distance unusually fast, attacking Nefarian from left and right.
"Foolish humans!"
Taking everything in, Nefarian sneered, feigning as if he’d been tricked. He pretended to focus his attention on Mugeng, and then as Banriya approached, Nefarian suddenly swung his head and opened his mouth to bite at Banriya!
In Nefarian’s view, this bite would be enough to shred the annoying insect to pieces.
However, unexpectedly, when Nefarian’s mouth descended, what he felt wasn’t the touch of human flesh but a large, cold, and hard object... it was a missile.
"Huh!?"
With eyes wide open, Nefarian stared at the steel object as large as his mouth, unable to comprehend how it ended up there.
In fact, it was quite simple.
At the moment Nefarian turned his head and opened his mouth to attack Banriya, Homura Akemi swiftly activated time pause, then went straight to Nefarian’s mouth, pulled out a missile and stuck it in, before quickly grabbing Banriya and retreating from Nefarian’s jaws.
Then time resumed.
"Clang!!!"
The bite almost shattered Nefarian’s teeth, his fangs wedged firmly in the missile’s grooves. He became exceedingly angry, failing to notice the other girls, including Naruse Mio, quickly distancing themselves from him.
Then came the explosion.
The missile Homura Akemi stuffed into Nefarian’s mouth exploded, the violent shockwave even snapped Nefarian’s head into a one-hundred-eighty-degree twist, sending it spinning through the air before crashing to the ground heavily — evidently dead beyond doubt.
This period felt long, yet in reality, from Nefarian’s fall to his demise by Homura Akemi’s missile, it took merely a few minutes, so short even Marshal Reginald and his troops had no time to join the battle before the Black Dragon was already a lifeless corpse.
Nonetheless, Reginald didn’t have time to marvel, as everyone’s attention immediately shifted to the other side of the battlefield.
While the girls’ fight with Nefarian involved some strategy, the duel between Duanmu Huai and the self-proclaimed Flame King Ragnaros was nothing but a no-frills clash — an all-out warhammer showdown, where whoever retreated was deemed the loser.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Ragnaros swung his War Hammer down only to be countered by Duanmu Huai’s swing. Both fought fiercely and dominantly, the surrounding ground shattered by their battle’s shockwave. Surprisingly, the towering Ragnaros was forced into a defensive posture, constantly trembling under Duanmu Huai’s assault — clearly, the Flame King was in dire straits.
Indeed, Ragnaros was secretly alarmed.
What kind of monster is this!
As the Fire Elemental Lord, the Infernal King, how could he be pushed back by a mere mortal in a direct confrontation?
What a cosmic joke!
No, not a mortal!
"Boom!"
Their War Hammers clashed again, this time Ragnaros felt a hint of chaos and madness hidden in the power emanating from Duanmu Huai’s War Hammer.
Was this... the power of the Old Gods?
"Wait, you are...!"
This revelation shook Ragnaros’s mind, yet Duanmu Huai had no interest in idle talk, striking firmly once again!
"Bang!!"
This time, Ragnaros was unable to block Duanmu Huai’s attack, the enormous flaming War Hammer flying out from his grip. Ragnaros’s body reeled backwards off balance. Meanwhile, Duanmu Huai leapt like a missile, War Hammer in hand, directly piercing through the Fire Elemental Lord’s head.
"No —————————!!!"
With a shrill scream, the Fire Elemental Lord’s body suddenly expanded before bursting apart.
At this moment, Duanmu Huai was also engulfed in flames as he slammed heavily onto the ground.
"Alright, it’s done."
When Duanmu Huai stood up, the flames consuming him vanished completely; he then turned to face Marshal Reginald and the soldiers standing dazed not far away.
"With this, the problem should be addressed."