Bear School Astartes

[Heartless Style: Dragon Flash].

This was originally the powerful swordsmanship that Lann learned from the National Guardian Sword Saint of the Reed Country, who recognized his talent and potential at that time, and granted him the [Heartless Style] which was the first he mastered.

Later, whether it was the [Iwami Style] or its advanced [Heartless Style], Lann had already trained both to the extent that they became ’a part of himself’.

However, the practicality and versatility of this move were still recognized by Lann and incorporated into his own constructed swordsmanship system.

The feature of this swordsmanship is that it is guided by unique force, releasing a long-distance Qi Blade Slash forward after a single charged draw-slash.

The distance of the Qi Flow Blade depends on the strength and technique of the one who executes it.

The Qi Flow Blade, constructed by a unique method, causes damage on the target as if it were a real sword.

This makes the ranged attack derived from a real sword undistinguishable from the effect of the real sword itself, which is a true manifestation of Iwami Yixin’s high level of swordsmanship mastery.

And the essence of [Dragon Flash] is not limited to this.

After the first Qi Flow Blade is cut out with unique force from the charged draw-slash, the air disturbed by this Qi Flow Blade naturally fills in the gaps left by the fast-moving Qi Flow Blade.

Then naturally forming a second wave of Air Blade that follows, albeit half a beat slower.

Moreover, the damage effect of the second wave of Air Blade is also significant.

In terms of sheer technique, this is an incredible swordsmanship.

But just as Iwami Yixin had hoped for Lann back then—

Lann’s talent and potential in swordsmanship and physique are even more exaggerated than he imagined!

The initial stage of [Heartless Style: Dragon Flash] relies on a single charged draw-slash.

The requirement is that the sword speed is both fast and fierce.

Fierce enough to pull as much Qi flow as possible through force, forming the Qi Flow Blade.

During the ’swing’ process, the tip of the Long Blade is equivalent to the tip of a whip, moving very fast, making it relatively easy to meet the requirements.

But what about ’thrust’?

How should the speed of the thrust meet the activation requirement of [Dragon Flash]?

How can a thrust, known for its suddenness and stealthiness, pull a large amount of Qi flow like a slash?

Even the developer of the swordsmanship, Iwami Yixin himself, never thought about this.

But... Lann can achieve it!

By completely liberating muscle strength, and through the various amplifications accumulated from his own skills, he not only can achieve it, but also does so when wielding [Muddy Stream·Destruction] and using a thrust!

The Fighting Spirit Light Flame of [Demon Transformation] and [Power Liberation·Extreme Intent] spread along Lann’s bone-white and black hand armor to the Greatsword.

He holds [Muddy Stream·Destruction], the smooth feel and exquisite skill making his execution impeccable.

The strength of the muscles is transmitted segment by segment under the guidance of the bones.

From the soles of his feet through the ankle, knee, waist, hips, all the way to the fingertips.

The Bear School Swordsmanship, which once emphasized the flow of center of gravity and strength transmission, also became a part of Lann long ago, and was the portion he absorbed first.

At this moment, the Flame Princess Dragon was already floating in the air, curled up into a ball.

A huge amount of scale powder and sparks seemed to have been compressed to the limit and were now continuously leaking from its body.

The immense heat caused the air to vibrate like waves.

And Lann aimed at the horn of the Flame Princess Dragon.

The naturally heavy [Muddy Stream·Destruction], in his hands, was pushed forward with difficulty.

It seemed even heavier.

But the heaviness was just the initial stage; in this moment of thrusting, Lann’s movements became increasingly smooth, and the Greatsword thrust from his hand almost became a shadow mixed in black and white!

"Hiss!"

Inside the air heated like thunder, a sudden, piercing ripping sound emerged!

A distinct boundary line appeared in the originally chaotic, scorching air.

Extending from the tip of [Muddy Stream·Destruction] that Lann thrusts straight forward.

The thrusting [Dragon Flash] is harder than slashing, much harder.

But consequently, it yields an excess reward, which is the condensed destructive power!

The Flame Princess Dragon remains mid-air, while Lann stands on the ground.

Sparks and purple scale powder drift down like a waterfall.

Even thrust out straight by Lann, [Muddy Stream·Destruction] doesn’t reach the Flame Princess Dragon’s horn.

Yet the air is surging! It’s tearing!

A dense Qi Flow Blade of the same width as the Greatsword’s blade extends forward from the tip.

Unlike ordinary [Dragon Flash], it’s not the flat surface from a slash, where after the slash, the Qi Flow Blade loses connection with the real sword.

But rather, like a long spear!

Extending forward from the Greatsword’s blade!

"Zing!"

A large hole pierced through the high heat waterfall of intertwined sparks and purple scale powder.

The protective net surrounding the Flame Princess Dragon, built up during its heat accumulation, was decisively broken through!

The highly compressed Qi Flow Blade looks almost smooth and flawless from the outside, but inside, those fast-moving air currents are constantly in motion.

"Boom!"

"Roar!"

The first-stage spear-like Qi Flow Blade of [Muddy Stream Dragon Flash·Thrust] struck the Flame Princess Dragon’s horn directly.

The sturdy crown of azure blue pulled its skull backward slightly, even extinguishing the blue-violet flames on its mane.

The huge impact instinctively triggered the Flame Princess Dragon’s neck muscles to resist, trying to stabilize its head.

But it was precisely this opposing force that made the crown horn, the key point of impact, endure immense deformation pressure within its unit area.

The originally upright thick horn was now bent backward under the pressure from the spear-like Qi Flow Blade that struck it from above!

This caused the Flame Princess Dragon to let out a furious and pained roar.

Yet it still didn’t give up on preparing its release of the [Supernova], thinking this was merely the last and strongest counterattack of these tiny creatures.

However, closely following the first wave of Qi Flow Blade, as it disrupted the air with its high-speed movement, the surrounding air was also pulled into the flow by the unique force.

The air, heated to the point of glowing, eagerly joined the structure of the Qi Flow Blade.

A tearing sound of ’zzzz’ even occurred amidst the high-speed movement.

"Boom!"

A second collision.

Accompanied by the ’crack’ sound of the bone plates and keratin of the crown horn being hit until they cracked!

"Awooo!"

Now the neck muscles of the Flame Princess Dragon couldn’t hold any longer, its head was thrown straight back.

The previously folded wings also began fluttering, trying to maintain balance, sending sparks and purple scale powder flying wildly.

In Lann’s [Spiritual Vision], a large part of the Flame Princess Dragon’s flame control is concentrated on its crown horn.

And now, that azure crown horn seems like one side is about to break under his attack!

But ’about to break’ means it hasn’t broken yet!

The flames continue to heat up, and the scale powder keeps accumulating.

But it’s not just Lann here.

"Hey, now’s the chance, meow!"

Standing on a high platform terrain, Rong Buqiu, while Lann was starting his move, had already pulled [Advanced North Wind] from his spatial expansion pack!

He pulled out three Alchemy Bombs and threw them at the hovering body of the Flame Princess Dragon in one breath!

Gaffi, meanwhile, took out his own small cat boomerang.

Unexpectedly, Fighting Spirit Light Flame suddenly burst from his body—this is an Elu Cat who has mastered Combat Technique!

Gaffi, biting his teeth, used the force of spinning his whole body to throw the boomerang engulfed in Fighting Spirit Light Flame.

The [Advanced North Wind], upon contact with the Flame Princess Dragon’s body, before the extreme heat destroyed the structure inside the Alchemy Bombs causing failure, exploded them in mid-air.

This allowed the full power of the Alchemy Bombs to be unleashed!

The sound of ice freezing in the air of "shhh" rang out, but in less than half a second, it was completely cleared by the heat prepared during the [Supernova].

But what they needed was that half-second!

A robust and fierce figure, like a brutal wrestler, rushed towards the Flame Princess Dragon from behind within the short opportunity opened up by the three [Advanced North Wind]!

Even the full-freeze of three [Advanced North Wind] only gave Wende the chance to get close to the Flame Princess Dragon.

He gently jumped up. Not high, just about one and a half meters.

This height was just enough to reach the tip of the Flame Princess Dragon’s tail, which hung down from the extended state while trying to stabilize its body!

Wende’s body was ablaze with Fighting Spirit Light Flame, his [Ogre Transformation] was among the top tier even among all famous dual blade Hunters!

[Airborne Ogre Dance]!

Relying only on the small pressure point of the Flame Princess Dragon’s tail tip, Wende spread his arms in mid-air, and with his dual blades began spinning like a fully powered bladed wheel!

Rolling up from its tail along the spine!

The [Airborne Ogre Dance], executed from bottom to top, equated to climbing a ninety-degree cliff using only the blade tips of dual blades on an extremely limited foothold—it was an operation few dual-blade specialized Hunters dared to think about!

But Wende not only dared to think but executed it perfectly!

He slashed all the way, quickly reaching the top of the Flame Princess Dragon’s head and accurately cut the crown horn, which Lann had cracked!

"Clang clang clang!"

A series of three sounds!

Wende, at the location of the Flame Princess Dragon’s crown horn, used his waist and abdomen to increase rotation speed; after a turn and a half, striking the cracked crown horn a total of three times!

The dual blades with Fighting Spirit left dazzling red traces in mid-air!

With a ’crack’ sound, first, the deep cracks emerging under frontal pressure, were then hit with three high-frequency slashes from behind.

Even the Flame Princess Dragon’s crown horns couldn’t withstand it.

At once, a large piece of bone plate connected with keratin broke off, carrying high-temperature burning blue-purple flames bursting away.

"Awoooo!!!"

The Flame Princess Dragon issued its most explosive and pained roar to date.

And simultaneously, its crown horn lost its integrity. In Lann’s [Spiritual Vision], the energy in its body immediately became disrupted.

However, since the Ancient Dragon Species are incredibly advanced creatures within the ecological chain, boasting powerful and intricate, profound bodies,

The disharmony of energy did not lead to self-destruction like a Terror Tyrannosaurus.

It merely failed to control its current power effectively.

With a ’whoosh’,

The massive heat that was accumulated by the Flame Princess Dragon to burst out as the [Supernova] suddenly decreased dramatically.

The hot winds, bearing heat, became chaotic and collided back and forth within this cylindrical mountain, whining.

But it already couldn’t form a lethal shape.

The density of dazzling sparks and purple scale powder in the air abruptly decreased and stopped gathering.

The Flame Princess Dragon’s [Supernova] was interrupted.

And losing one side of its crown horn, it no longer had the capacity to condense or control such high levels of heat.