Chapter 362 – Suppression

Ovakain’s Dragon Breath struck empty air. Even for a black dragon with profound magical power, such waste was intolerable. Moreover, this hasty movement had thrown the black dragon into a passive position—due to his greed for a one-hit kill, Ovakain was now too close to Jiaoni!

In fact, apart from Ben Lajie, who had zero combat awareness, both Punk and Jiaoni immediately realized—this was a perfect opportunity.

Without any pause, Jiaoni, who had just narrowly escaped Ovakain’s Dragon Breath, immediately raised his Greatsword and charged toward the black dragon once more. Although the instantaneous acceleration of the “Rapid Shift” spell could indeed reach speeds invisible to the naked eye, its movement distance paled in comparison to Punk’s “Kinetic Propulsion.” When applied to Ovakain’s massive body, the effect became even less noticeable.

The direct consequence of this reduced movement distance was—Jiaoni needed only one “Charge” to catch up with Ovakain again. With his rich combat experience, Jiaoni deeply understood that the most critical aspect for a warrior fighting a mage was to not let distance be created, especially when their own mage ally couldn’t overpower the opponent’s spells.

At this moment, with the upper half of his armor torn apart by raging Battle Aura, Jiaoni resembled a barbaric berserker from the northern wastes. The Holy Warrior, determined to hack Ovakain to death, spared no Battle Aura as he used “Aura Wings” to pursue the black dragon attempting to take off.

“Master-Level Combat Skill—Berserk Combo Slash”!

In full eruption, Jiaoni executed his Combat Skill almost flush against Ovakain’s head. In the next instant, Jiaoni’s Greatsword began dancing continuously. The rapidly swinging blade seemed to form a curtain of light before the Holy Warrior, before which even space was sliced into dust-like fragments.

“Hraaaaaaaaaaaaaah”!

“Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!!”

Amid Jiaoni’s sustained battle cries, deafening explosive impacts once again stirred up violent winds. With ample Battle Aura infusion, “Berserk Slash” could deliver hundreds of strikes within a hundredth of a second. This relentless hacking hammered blow after blow against Ovakain’s magical defenses. Although even this couldn’t breach the black dragon’s supreme protection in one go, layer after layer of Ovakain’s defensive magic began to dim under the endless onslaught. The outermost “Elemental Energy Fusion Shield,” “Two-Dimensional Spatial Barrier,” and “Anti-Magic Aura” had already been shattered by Jiaoni within mere seconds.

“Damn you, Joni Zordas! You unreasonable madman! I should have killed you back on the first Battlefield!”

The enraged Ovakain roared furiously. Watching three layers of his protective spells being stripped away so quickly, magical radiance once again ignited across the black dragon’s body.Without a doubt, this black dragon was about to use his only spell that could quickly evade attacks. After all, Ovakain was a spellcaster through and through. Although as a dragon, he possessed melee combat abilities roughly equivalent to a Level 15 Master-Level warrior, it was clearly impossible for him to engage in close-quarters combat with a “slaughter master” like Joni using his almost never-practiced melee techniques. Therefore, putting distance between himself and the blood-crazed Joni was absolutely Ovakain’s top priority.

But… he still had two Master-Level powerhouses watching him intently from nearby.

Seeing Ovakain’s clumsy, unskilled defense against Joni’s blade, Punk immediately realized this black dragon was not adept at close combat, and his massive body made it exceptionally easy for Joni to land strikes.

Based on this intelligence and the current battlefield situation, Punk instantly devised the optimal combat strategy.

“Joni, aim for its head! Don’t let Ovakain’s mouth touch you! Ben Lajie, keep casting Rain of Fire without stopping…”

“Overestimating yourself! You think this can stop me?”Due to the fierce and rampant torrents of energy on the battlefield, the ‘Message’ spell was unusable.” There was absolutely zero tacit understanding/coordination between Punk, Ben Lajie, and Joni-Zordas. So, to get the single-minded fool Joni and that fat old man Ben Lajie to understand, Punk had to instantly cast “Amplify” and shout his instructions. This, of course, meant Ovakain also heard Punk’s plan.

However, Punk dared to shout the information precisely because he wasn’t afraid of Ovakain hearing it.

Hearing Punk’s reminder, Ben Lajie redoubled his efforts casting “Rain of Fire,” Joni intensified his frenzied slashes, and Ovakain’s “Rapid Shift” was completing even faster…

But… just as the overconfident black dragon began casting his spell, Punk’s “obstruction” arrived right on its heels.

“Master-Level Conjuration Spell—Kinetic Stripping!”

Metamagic – Mana Compression

Metamagic – Dualcast

Master-Level Conjuration Spell—Magic Acceleration.

As the saying goes, you shouldn’t use the same spell twice against the same enemy. The first time Ovakain used this insane “dragon version of Rapid Shift,” it nearly killed Punk. How could Punk not have carefully considered how to counter it?

With his vast knowledge of magical theory as a foundation, Punk quickly thought of a targeted counter-spell—”Kinetic Stripping.”

“Rapid Shift,” strictly speaking, was a kinetic spell that used kinetic energy to propel the target. The “Kinetic Stripping” spell could instantly strip an object of all its kinetic energy, making it a perfect counter to kinetic acceleration spells like “Kinetic Propulsion” and “Rapid Shift.” It was ideally suited to stopping Ovakain.

Propelled by the ultra-high speed provided by “Magic Acceleration,” the “Kinetic Stripping” spell successfully struck the enemy before Ovakain could move. Since the “Anti-Magic Shield” Ovakain had previously cast had already been shattered by Joni’s blows, this “Kinetic Stripping” spell’s effect was not weakened in the slightest.No sooner had he made the move than the immense propelling force on his body vanished instantly. After such violent changes—from extreme stillness to extreme motion, then back to extreme stillness—Ovakain’s body immediately lost its balance.

Seizing this opportunity, Jiaoni, his eyes flashing with cold light, swiftly employed a nimble “Master-Level Combat Skill—Whirl Step” to evade Ovakain’s massive dragon claw. Under the raging onslaught of the Berserk Slash, brimming with Battle Aura, Ovakain, unable to block with his claws, soon had three more layers of his protective magic torn apart.

At this moment, the remaining protective spells on Ovakain were no more than those on Punk.

“No, you damned… scum…”

After barely twisting his head to avoid Jiaoni’s blade glare, the disdain in Ovakain’s eyes finally vanished completely, replaced by a sharp, chilling intensity and seriousness.

“I admit you are not to be underestimated, but… don’t look down on me too much. I am the Protector of Dragonroar—Ovakain Acidmaw!”

Seeing his protective spells fall below the safety threshold, Ovakain, his killing intent growing ever more intense, roared once again. Simultaneously, from the storage gem on the black dragon’s neck, five scrolls, brimming with subtle magical fluctuations yet exquisitely small and delicate, shot out one after another.

This unfathomably terrifying black dragon was about to unleash one of his trump cards!

(End of Chapter)