Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 2015 1987. Accumulating Power?

Lan En just had a large area of ​​his skin burned off.

The reason he looked so ferocious and miserable was that even the aura around his body had been burned through by that charged dragon flame in a short time.

In a realm invisible to ordinary people, even to Griffith, the Witcher's body is enveloped in a layer of faint light, as if it were a reflection of sunlight.

That layer of faint light was illusory and ethereal, like a hallucination.

However, it features patterns of Qilin and Xuanwu, with the [Earth Element Qilin] in the center and the [Water Element Xuanwu] below.

In the Five Elements theory, Xuanwu originally represents the north and should be located at the top. However, the traditional distribution of the Five Elements and five directions is the opposite of the modern map's rule of north at the top, south at the bottom, west on the left, and east on the right.

Therefore, the north is below and the south is above, with the Black Tortoise residing below the Qilin.

The two guardian spirits residing in Lan En from the magical Japanese Sengoku period are among the best, even among all guardian spirits.

A typical guardian spirit may originate from a legendary monster, elf, or even a sentient animal, which, through the embellishment of legends, becomes a guardian spirit.

Higher-level guardian spirits represent certain rules and order of the world, and may even possess the power to transcend cause and effect and time and space, influencing destiny.

The upper and lower limits between guardian spirits are extremely large.

The two guardian spirits on Lan En's body are currently moving around his aura in the form of patterns.

As they moved about, the damage to their bodies that had been burned through was rapidly healing.

This is also what puzzled Lan En.

The dragon flames spewed from the head of this young dragon... how could they burn through the [body light]?

Logically speaking, it shouldn't even be able to activate [Body Aura]!
Lan En's [Body Aura] is a power that only reacts when faced with sufficiently high and profound forces. Ordinary forces simply cannot arouse it!

After exchanging so many blows with Griffia, Lan En honestly doubted whether this demigod truly possessed any power other than the golden power associated with the Golden Law.

But now there is no doubt: Gefya not only possessed it, but also burned through the [body light]!

Is it related to that leader?

But it doesn't seem like it.

Lann and Mentos looked at the dragon head attached to Gough's left arm again and again, but no matter how they looked at it, it was just the head of a young wyvern from the border region!
What gives it this ability?

So far, neither Lann nor Mentos has been able to make a reliable prediction about this, so they can only proceed with greater caution.

As soon as the dragon head came at you, immediately dodge sideways to get out of the dragon head's spray range.

Then, with a 'whoosh', the Witcher's figure vanished!

The spiraling wind beneath his feet whipped up waves of lava, and when it reappeared, it was already in front of Gefia's slumped, kneeling body!

Aarondet's blood-flaming blade was aimed straight at the demigod's heart, about to pierce it!
In the previous exchanges, and finally with [One Heart], the Witcher's superior technique had repeatedly forced the power within Griffia out of his body, dissipating and wasting it.

Although the golden demigod's regenerative abilities are astonishing, at least in this critical and brief moment, Gevya truly felt his body was completely exhausted!
But precisely because of his physical exhaustion, he could also sense that this situation was only temporary.

The strange technique of that fader couldn't substantially weaken his strength; at most, it just depleted his current stamina!

In that case, the most important thing now is to buy myself time to recover!
Despite blood still flowing from his mouth and nose, Griffa gritted his teeth and glared at the long sword that was about to pierce his chest. He pulled the dragon head on his left hand back and aimed it at the approaching witcher!
The young dragon's head opened its mouth wide, and flames surged from deep within its throat once more!
This time, the dragon flames still erupted directly in front of Lan En!

But at that moment, the Witcher abruptly withdrew the longsword that seemed determined to plunge into Griffith's chest.

As if prepared, he swiftly and nimbly moved to the side.

He had completely withdrawn from the range of the dragon's breath, but his elbow seemed to push outwards and brushed against the edge of the dragon's breath.

The Witcher retracted his elbow in a flash and quickly retreated more than ten steps.

He only stopped when the left-hand dragon head that was chasing and spitting at him, which was now darkening again in his throat.

The golden demigod seemed to have recovered some strength quickly, and he stood up, panting heavily, using his great axe as support.

In the distance in front of him, Lan En wasn't staring at his opponent; instead, he was looking down at his elbow.

The arm, adorned with the Smaug elbow piece, can bend and straighten freely without any resistance.

The bone-white armor pieces had only a few charred marks, looking almost as if they had been scorched by a small flame.

"This is the firepower that a young dragon's head should have."

Lan En raised his arm, seemingly to show it to Griffia, or perhaps simply to make it easier for himself to see. Compared to the power that had suddenly burned through all his defenses, including his [Body Light], the result of the Witcher's deliberate probing with his elbow against the dragon flames was far more optimistic.

The same [Fire Spell] was actively released, and the same [Smaug] insulated against the heat. But this time, the dragon flames... not only did they fail to burn through the [Body Aura], they didn't even activate that layer of protection.

Ordinary flames cannot reach the deep world where the [Body Light] resides.

The feeling of experiencing the dragon's flames for the second time was passed on to Mentos by Lan En, who gathered it into quantifiable data in his mind and then quickly studied and disassembled it.

After a series of speculations, Mentos and Lann discovered a subtle difference between the two dragon flames.

“You need to gather your strength,” Lan En suddenly said, lowering his arm.

As the Witcher spoke, Griffin's eyes involuntarily widened, but he quickly forced them back down.

However, his behavior only became more noticeable in front of Lan En, who was able to sense changes in emotions.

“You need to gather your strength,” Lan En repeated his deduction, patting his elbow to wipe away the charred bits and restore its bone-white color, “so that the dragon flame in your left hand… or perhaps not just dragon flame, can carry that special power, right?”

The first two dragon flames were launched by Ge Fuya, who had the advantage of a surprise attack. After charging up his dragon head, he unleashed the power.

The second time, Lan En was faster and more decisive. After Ge Fuya's strength was temporarily depleted, if he dared to slow down even for a moment to charge up the dragon flame, the Lake Maiden's Sword would have pierced his chest cavity!

Therefore, Gefia's second Dragon Flame was launched in a complete rush, with no time to spare.

This is the difference.

However, whether or not one is charging up their energy should not make such a big difference in the power of this mere young dragon's dragon fire.

This isn't simply a difference in firepower or heat. The fact that it can burn through the [body light] indicates that the dragon flames, after being charged up, have reached a level that touches upon the deeper layers of power in the world.

This is almost a difference in rank!

Therefore, the accumulation of dragon flames itself is probably not important; rather, it is the process of accumulating power that may have triggered some of Ge Fuya's latent power.

Griffith neither admitted nor denied it; he simply grinned maliciously at Lann and said, "Come and try it, Faded One. Come and try it."

If it were an ordinary person, they might actually be intimidated by Ge Fuya's fierce and confident appearance.

But Lann...

“Alright.” The Witcher looked directly into Griffith’s eyes and readily agreed. “I’ll give it a try.”

The words just fell!

Lan En's figure vanished instantly!
But at the same time, the bunch of sword-wielding arms on Gefya's back immediately crossed themselves in pairs.

This seemed to be the activation of the [Battle Ash] on these swords. In the blink of an eye, a flash of light and sound emanated from the crossed swords.

And a golden light began to envelop the sword, making the entire sword glitter.

Ge Fuya's sinister smile deepened, and more than a dozen golden longswords danced wildly in the battle ash he had secretly prepared and unleashed!
A storm of sharp blades swept across an area of ​​almost 270 degrees in front of him!
The golden sword light and the iconic white afterimage of Zhan Hui intertwined, as if they were about to shred everything!
However, the sinister smile on Ge Fuya's face froze on his face as soon as it appeared.

Because Lan En, who disappeared like a wisp of smoke under the [Acceleration] spell, did not get close to the demigod, but went straight into the storm of blades.

On the contrary, Lann was even further away.

Just a moment later, Gefya's pre-charged energy release of the battle ash in front of him had ended.

At that moment, Lan En disappeared again from a distance!
This time, it really appeared right in front of me!

"Dang Dang Dang!"

There were more than a dozen loud clangs of steel clashing, but this time, no pieces of iron shattered by Aaron Detach flew out.

The battle ash that Ge Fuya had just used had given all the longswords on his back a golden glow.

The golden power protected the blades from direct contact with Arondette's blade until it was completely depleted, thus preserving the weapons and preventing them from becoming consumables in high-speed offense and defense.

However, this also shows that: Gefuya was actually capable of dealing with the terrifying sharpness of the Lake Maiden's Sword from the beginning. It's just that his previous performance was part of his tactical deception, making Lan En lower his guard and laying the foundation for his final charged dragon flame to hit directly.

However, although his charged dragon flame hit its target, the result was not as optimistic as he had expected.

A battle is a process in which both sides constantly reveal more and more of their cards.

He had a trick up his sleeve, and it wasn't until the dragon flames hit Lan En that he realized the Witcher had more than one trick up his sleeve!
(End of this chapter)