Chapter 869: The Pet Dragon. Part-3.

*Boom!* *Boom!* *Baaam!!!*

The mad bone dragon was massive in size; its eyes socket alone was bigger than a truck! Thus, the more it moved, the more destruction it caused!

A casual claw swipe attack from it was enough to shatter a mountain and make tons of debris fly in the air!

"It’s not using any skills or techniques... moreover, the flow of miasma in its body is easy to notice, making it easier to dodge the attacks..."

"But..."

[Sword Intent: Maximum Output!]

[Elemental Sword Art: Light Type: Sword of Purification!]

Rio raised his sword towards the sky and gathered a massive amount of light elementals on his sword, making the sword shine as bright as a sun!

Then he used the crown of realms to shift the space-time fabric and instantly appeared beside the bone dragon’s neck before swinging the sword of purification down!

*BOOOOOMMMM!!!!*

The power of Rio’s attack was immense, and the condensed light elementals on his sword were powerful enough to evaporate miasma in a radius of three kilometres of area!

And yet, the bone dragon was unharmed even after being struck by Rio’s sword attack!

"As I thought... it’s got extraordinary endurance."

Rio looked at the neckbone that he had struck and felt a big surprise after noticing that such a powerful attack had only left a shallow mark on the bone.

*ROOOOOOAARRRRR!!!!*

Being struck by Rio’s sword attack, although the dragon did not suffer any damage, it became even more angry than it already was!

The dragon instantly turned its head towards Rio and fired a massive ’Dragon’s Breath’ attack!

Unlike other dragons, the breath attack of the bone dragon was actually a massive bombardment of miasmic corruption!

If it was anyone else, being hit by such dense miasmic corruption would have made even an SS-ranker suffer quite a bit, but for Rio, that breath attack only felt like a warm shower, as miasma had no effect on him.

"Err... is a breath attack considered the dragon’s saliva? Is this fellow spitting on me? No, that shouldn’t be it... a breath attack should be more of an elemental burst-type attack and unique to the element of the dragon..."

Rio had fought an SS-rank dragon in the dragon valley, but that was more of an easygoing fight, and the other party had never even transformed into his dragon form to fight him.

Even the dragon princess only fought Rio in swordsmanship and not in her true form, so Rio hadn’t been hit by a dragon’s breath until now.

"I wonder where this black dragon came from. If I remember it correctly, Black Dragons are considered an extreme taboo in the Dragon Valley."

Shadow dragons were banished to the spirit realm because they had betrayed the world and brought disgrace to the dragon race, but the Black Dragons were completely different!

Unlike the mana dragons, Black Dragons were born in the sea of miasma and created by miasmic corruption as a direct counter to the dragon race!

Unfortunately, the dragon race always secluded themselves from the rest of the world and rarely ever took action, so miasma wasn’t able to target them much, but many scientists and strong people have suggested that black dragons were likely created as a counterattack for the dragon race!

If the Dragon race had allied with King Allen in the thousand-year demon extinction war and had fought the forces of miasma, it is very likely that many black dragons would have been created to deal with them.

"The problem with Black Dragon’s isn’t just that they are contaminated with miasma and can spread corruption with every move... their main reason for their fearsome reputation is their extremely durable body."

The attack Rio just used on the Bone Dragon would have been enough to flatten an entire squadron of peak S-rank demons! And due to its light-type nature, it could have posed a threat to even early SS rankers if hit directly!

And yet! Despite being hit directly on the neck, the bone dragon barely even flinched and continued to counterattack right after! Its durability was insane!

"This is the first time I have met someone more durable than Link... Wait, no, that’s not right. If Link uses ’Dao Rhythm,’ he would be even more durable than this dragon, right?"

To be honest, if Rio never had soul and mind-related skills, he likely wouldn’t have had perfect counters to Link’s insane durability either.

"By the way, will soul attacks work on you?"

[Sword Intent!]

[Sword Sage’s Enlightenment: Soul Manipulation: Soul Splitting!]

Soul splitting had always been Rio’s greatest one-hit kill attack that could knockout even an S-ranker instantly, but unfortunately, this skill could only target beings that had a soul.

*ROOOOORRRR!!!!*

The bone dragon was still able to bite and swipe its claws at Rio despite being hit by such a powerful attack! The soul splitting skill that could kill tanky people like Link in an instant was ineffective on the bone dragon!

"As I thought... this thing doesn’t have a soul. It’s an undead."

If something didn’t have a soul, Rio’s soul-splitting skill would have no effect on it, as the effect would be the same as hitting a random lifeless boulder.

"Hmm... I don’t have a high burst skill that can kill an SS ranker in an instant... how do I kill this thing?"

Contemplating in his mind about what to do next, Rio put away his sword, crossed his arms, and sat down in mid-air in a relaxed posture.

Using the space-time bending powers of the crown of endless realms to dodge all attacks was now as easy as breathing for Rio, so he wasn’t worried about the bone dragon being able to hit him.

The main worry was how to kill the bone dragon.

*BOOOOM!!!!* *BOOOOM!!!*

As if noticing Rio’s relaxed posture and annoyed by not being able to land a hit on Rio, the bone dragon went absolutely mad in anger and started rampaging like a mad dog going insane and trying to bite anything that came in its sight!