Chapter 102: Clash of Legends — Azrael vs. the Hydra

The Central Continent knew no peace anymore.

Ever since the ancient Hydra emerged from the depths of the Infinite Ocean, its mere existence had been enough to fill the hearts of the continent’s inhabitants with terror.

It moved across the vast lands, its enormous body stretching for one hundred thousand meters, while its nine heads rose all the way to the heavens.

But then...

It stopped.

Suddenly.

Its nine heads turned toward the horizon.

It had sensed him.

The presence that had answered its roar.

Far away in the sky...

A black-purple shadow appeared.

It was approaching at incredible speed.

And the closer it came, the clearer its aura became.

Until Azrael finally appeared.

He flew through the sky in his complete monstrous form, his draconic body tearing through the clouds.

He stopped before the Hydra.

And the Hydra stopped as well.

Silence descended.

The Hydra’s nine pairs of eyes stared at Azrael.

In return, Azrael fixed his purple eyes upon it.

The two stood facing each other for the first time.

Then one of the Hydra’s heads slowly moved.

Its enormous neck leaned slightly toward him.

In a deep voice that shook the heavens, it said:

“You... are the one who answered me.”

Azrael did not reply.

He remained suspended in the sky, his expression unchanged.

The other heads shifted.

Then the Hydra spoke:

“Can you withstand what is to come?”

A cold smile appeared on Azrael’s face.

Then he replied, his voice carrying an overwhelming majesty:

“Rather, ask yourself that question, beast. Today, this great one shall show you what it means to be the Supreme Existence above all.”

A heavy silence followed.

Then...

Azrael charged.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

His body transformed into a black-purple streak that tore through the heavens.

At the same moment, one of the Hydra’s heads lunged toward him.

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

The two collided.

A tremendous shockwave erupted, sending the clouds flying across the sky.

Azrael charged toward the head and struck it directly.

BOOOOOOOM!!!

The head shook violently.

But another head lunged at him from the side.

Azrael turned and narrowly evaded the attack.

Then a third head descended from above.

Azrael plunged downward.

The head passed over him before quickly turning around.

The Hydra’s nine heads began moving around him.

There was no longer a single direction from which the attacks came.

From above.

From both sides.

From behind.

Every time Azrael evaded one attack, another was already approaching.

Then two heads lunged at him simultaneously.

Azrael blocked the first with his claws.

But the second struck him directly.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

His body was sent flying through the sky for an enormous distance.

He regained his balance.

Raised his head.

Then looked toward the Hydra.

At that moment, he realized something important.

The difference in size was enormous.

The Hydra’s body stretched across a vast distance, and each of its necks was colossal.

Azrael, despite his immense power, was still far smaller than it.

He spoke calmly:

“So this is the difference.”

Purple energy began swirling around his body.

“I can change that.”

The Hydra charged toward him again.

But Azrael did not move.

His aura began to rise.

Then he said:

“Calamity Dragon Bloodline Skill.”

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

A colossal wave of black-purple energy erupted from his body.

His body began to expand.

His wings widened.

His tail stretched.

His limbs and claws grew immensely.

His body continued rising into the heavens.

Ten thousand meters.

Twenty thousand.

Forty thousand.

Sixty thousand.

Eighty thousand.

Then it surpassed them.

Until finally...

It reached:

100,000 meters.

The energy subsided.

An immense silence descended.

Azrael was now equal to the Hydra in size.

A colossal black-purple dragon...

Standing before an equally colossal ancient Hydra.

Nine enormous heads rose before him.

The Hydra’s nine pairs of eyes stared at him.

Azrael’s purple eyes remained fixed upon it.

There was no longer any difference in size.

And now...

The true battle began.

The Hydra charged.

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR!!!

Azrael charged at the exact same moment.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

The two collided.

The Central Continent trembled.

The earth cracked.

And the nearby mountains collapsed beneath the force of the shockwaves.

Azrael struck one of the Hydra’s heads with his claws.

KRAAAAAAAAAACK!!!

The head recoiled.

But another head wrapped around him.

It opened its jaws...

And lunged.

Azrael caught its jaws before they could close around him.

Then he hurled the head away.

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

A third head attacked from behind.

Azrael turned.

And struck it with his tail.

BOOOOOOOM!!!

The head shook violently.

But the Hydra’s nine heads did not stop.

They attacked him from every direction.

Azrael began confronting them one after another.

A claw.

Then a wing.

Then his tail.

Then an energy attack.

The heavens had become a colossal battlefield.

Every collision between them was like the eruption of a natural catastrophe.

Shockwaves spread across the Central Continent.

And in distant places...

Armies and kingdoms watched the battle in terror.

The fight had truly begun.

And no one could determine who would fall first.

The nine-headed Hydra...

Or the black-purple dragon.

But one thing had become certain:

The confrontation the entire world had been waiting for had begun.