I Was a Small Fish When I Reincarnated, but It Seems That I Can Become a Dragon, so I Will Do My Best - Extra Chapter 258
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9-6 Intense Battle
Flaming claws incinerated the clumps of earth flying through the air.
The “Crimson Claw” maintained such a high temperature that it scorched the earth and melted the soil, growing hotter with every swing.
With a whoosh!, the air split with a roar as a scorching heatwave closed in on Enyy.
Yet, Enyy kept her spear grounded, unleashing the “Earth God Spear” repeatedly.
This skill, designed for wide-range attacks, expanded its range the farther it was used, but she was deploying it at close range now.
She was too close to Houen.
Even the heatwave was reaching her at this distance, yet she remained unfazed.
Houen swung his arm back dramatically.
At the same time, Enyy raised her spear high above her head.
“Now! ‘Holy Spear!’”
With a swift change in stance, she aimed her spear skyward before bringing it down in a simple yet deadly thrust, invisible and silent, as it closed in on Houen.
His “Crimson Claw” was behind him, and her spear was overhead, leaving his front wide open.
Enyy had waited for this moment.
Even a fleeting instant was enough, as long as it created an opening in his front.
Her “Holy Spear” was incredibly swift, its thrusts sharp enough to render any defense nearly useless.
This was the skill that had once wounded Amariaz, despite him being affected by “Substitution” skill.
Though it couldn’t affect his main body, anything else would fall.
Houen noticed her sudden change in technique.
Seeing it, he gave a faint smile.
“I’ve been waiting for this.”
He pulled his “Crimson Claw” forward from behind and half-stepped back, grabbing hold of the oncoming “Holy Spear.”
“What?!”
“Grr… My grip’s not enough? In that case!”
Though he’d managed to catch it, it was slipping from his hand.
So he spun once and threw it back at her.
It hit Enyy’s leg directly, blowing off her right ankle.
“Argh!”
“Well, I thought I could pull it off, but I see it’s not something to try lightly.”
“‘Heal!’”
The missing body part was restored instantly.
It seemed that without a single decisive blow, taking him down would be difficult.
With that in mind, Houen released the “Crimson Claw.”
Houen knew Enyy had a wealth of spear skills.
Her proficiency was potentially higher than any skill he had.
She was a skilled fighter, a true angel specialized in battle.
She even worked alongside Fuuril, which meant she was highly capable.
In fact, Houen had failed to finish her off back then.
“I’ll recreate the same scenario as last time. ‘Inferno Pillar of Doom!’”
“Not that one again!”
Fwoosh! Boom!
With a thunderous roar, a wall of flames appeared.
The area was already charred, so even if he used such a powerful technique, Ouren wouldn’t complain.
He surrounded both himself and Enyy within the “Inferno Pillar of Doom,” cutting off any chance of escape.
The only open path was straight up, but Houen had no intention of letting her flee.
“‘Homing Fire Circlet!’”
“Tch! ‘Multi-spear Strike!’”
Enyy dispersed the approaching fiery masses with repeated thrusts.
Although Houen’s flames were so close, they hadn’t touched her clothes or skin, which was surprising.
“As long as the wall of flames stands, I can do anything. ‘Fire Barrage!’”
Next, he sent a barrage of fireballs her way.
The variously sized spheres of flame gradually obscured Enyy’s field of vision.
Yet she fought back, dispersing the fireballs with her “Multi-spear Strike” and “Holy Spear.”
A clash of physical and long-range magical attacks.
Houen still had ample magical energy left, and his stamina was untouched.
But Enyy was already breathing heavily.
Although she might have had the edge in skill proficiency, her compatibility with him was the worst possible matchup.
“Urghhh!”
“‘Flame Manipulation!’”
A particularly large flame spread behind the barrage.
The fiery red and yellow light and the oppressive heatwave blurred Enyy’s vision.
As the piercing heat seared her skin, Enyy finally realized the danger.
Whoosh!
Enyy was engulfed in flames in an instant, desperately thrashing to put them out. But this fire was “Endless Inferno”—a skill that couldn’t be extinguished by ordinary water.
Houen was certain he had won.
He dismissed the still-blazing “Inferno Pillar of Doom” and watched as Enyy, her wings charred, fell toward the ground.
“Aaahhhgh—!”
“…”
“Holy Spear!”
“What!?”
Slash.
Even while burning, she unleashed her skill.
It was an unexpected attack, and Houen couldn’t avoid it, he lost his right arm in a flash.
Although he was immortal, he still felt pain.
He clenched his teeth against the intense agony, glaring at Enyy.
There she stood, still engulfed in flames, wielding her spear, her skin blistering as she took a step forward.
Now that she was already ablaze, she disregarded the flames as if they didn’t matter, pressing on, her injuries accumulating with every step toward him.
Her wings, reduced to bone, moved enough to propel her in a leap toward Houen.
“This is insane!”
“‘Multi-spear Strike!’”
“Ugh!?”
Houen deflected one strike, but in the next instant, dozens of spear thrusts pierced him.
However, since she attacked while retreating, the wounds were shallow.
He quickly put some distance between them, enduring the pain as he spread his fiery wings.
“‘Wing Blast!’”
With one powerful flap, Houen sped past Enyy at an imperceptible speed.
He attempted to pierce her with his spear as he passed, but she blocked it.
“You can keep up with this speed?!”
“‘Earth God Spear!’”
The moment he saw her spear embedded in the ground, an intense shockwave struck him.
With the distance between them now wider, he took the hit at the ideal range for the “Earth God Spear.”
His body was blown back, crashing to the ground.
But he quickly rose, holding his spear at the ready.
Houen hadn’t anticipated that she’d be such a troublesome opponent up close, and his expression soured.
And through these exchanges, he’d realized one thing.
“That bastard… she doesn’t intend to kill me!”
Even now, still ablaze, Enyy turned her blistered, glaring face toward him.