19 Kael Fights

The Black Line Drake in the cave was significantly stronger than the one at the entrance of the tunnel. The aura it was exuding felt thicker and more pressurizing. Kael surmised that although it was still at the Herald Rank Middle Phase, it had reached the peak of that cultivation level and was close to breaking through to the Herald Rank Late Phase.

The creature slowly walked on its fours, inching closer to the nest. Next, it covered the nest of eggs with one of its wings, while the other wing was extended wide open.

Without waiting for the Drake to respond, Darram Shorthand and Mediumhand immediately executed their combo, shooting concussive shots at the wings and hailing bullets to paralyze the monster.

However, the Drake was unaffected. Though the Drake was unmoving, it was different from the Drake at the entrance. Under the duo's attacks, the Drake yawned and burped cold air out from its nostrils, insulting the people of their capabilities to inflict any harm on it.

Darram Longhand acted next. He circulated spiritual energy into his firearm and bullets and fired off. Two bullets flew at supersonic speed towards the Drake's eyes. The Drake seemed to have notice it amidst the hail of bullets and it breathed two icicles out from its mouth. The icicles shot towards the bullets with precision and broke the momentum of the bullets which fell onto the floor.

The Darram trio sucked in a breath of cool air. The Drake beforehand paled much in comparison when it came to its defense and attack capabilities. This Drake was much tougher and much more acutely aware of its surroundings. It would be a dream to take it down.

After the bullets died down due to the shock of the brothers, the Black Line Drake flapped its extended wing. Mini tornadoes began to materialize from where the wing flapped and went straight towards the team of four.

As the twirling tornadoes came pouncing towards the team, the Darram trio panicked and scrambled to leave the cave.

"Let's get out of here! We are not its match! It's not worth it to forfeit our lives here!" It was a surprise to the Darram brothers that the Black Line Drake actually recovered memories from its ancient draconic bloodline and was able to execute Spirit Arts, such as shooting icicles and creating tornadoes. Therefore, they lost all hope and only wanted to run away.

"Wait, Kael is still there! Hey mate! Are you coming with us or joining the Drake for breakfast!!"

The Darram brothers were quick to leave and momentarily forgot about pulling Kael with them.

"There's no need to run away. Leave this to me." Kael replied back to the brothers.

"Is he crazy? What's he going to do with those tornadoes…"

The Darram brothers turned around and watched in horror, anticipating that Kael would get shredded to pieces. However, the next scene stunned and surprised them.

Kael executed Spirit Step, rotating himself around one of the twirling tornadoes in the counter-clockwise direction. The tornado, under the effect of the rotation, slowed down considerably, losing its potent lethality. Next, it disappeared into the air after its twirling speed dropped drastically. Kael then did the same thing towards the other two tornadoes, dispelling the Drake's Spirit Art in a matter of seconds.

The Drake raised its head in fury and surprise as it stared at the puny human with its pitch black eyes. Cold air was fuming out of its nostrils, indicating the Drake's anger at having its Spirit Art being dispelled by a normal person who wasn't even at the Commoner Rank.

The Darram brothers came back into the cave after seeing how Kael dealt with the Drake's Spirit Art.

"Damnit! That's my mate for you! Hahaha!"

"Kael! I always knew that you can do it. We were trying to run back to the entrance to deal with the other Drake in case it comes and disturbs you in your fight with this Drake!"

Kael rolled his eyes. He could understand their self-preservation mindsets, thus he didn't rebut.

He merely responded, "Mmm. Watch out. This one is strong."

"Yup I know, tell us what to do…"

While the team was conversing, the Drake suddenly shot a sneak attack at them. Three icicles with magic power infused in it shot out from its mouth towards the heads of the Darram trio.

Kael saw through the Drake's intentions and quickly rushed forward. Golden light glowed on the tip of his sword as he channeled magic power into his weapon. The sword made contact with each of the icicles, slicing them in half and foiling the Drake's plans.

Darram Longhand exclaimed, "Holy moly! That was so close!"

"I think we should just sit out of this one. Brother, it's fully your stage now." Darram Shorthand stammered.

This time around, the Black Line Drake sneered. It stood up from its crouching position and stared down at Kael. It thought that this human was interesting, to possess such combat abilities when he was not even a Commoner Rank cultivator. The Drake wanted to tear apart this human who dared to trespass its territory.

However, Kael was the one who took the initiative next. He ran forward together with the sword in his hand. The Drake reacted by flapping both of its wings, creating six mini tornadoes that homed in towards Kael.

Kael executed Spirit Step. He didn't nullify the effects of the tornadoes, instead evading them as he rushed straight for the nest. The tornadoes missed its target and changed direction, chasing after Kael. The tornadoes converged together into one large tornado, looming over the supposedly frail human.

Now, Kael was stuck between the tornado and the Drake. He was caught in a precarious position. As he was rushing forth, the Drake seemed to sense something wrong. It felt that Kael was not going to engage in a head on battle with it. Instead, his target was the nest!

Realizing this, the Black Line Drake roared and spit out countless icicles from its mouth towards Kael.

Kael was unfazed. He brandished his sword that was glowing in golden light, hacking down all the icicles that came onto his path. Soon, he was right in front of the nest and of the Drake as well.

The Black Line Drake looked in horror as Kael picked one egg up and threw it with all his might towards a corner of the cave. The Drake instinctively flew towards the direction of the thrown egg, wanting to rescue its offspring. Little did it know that it had fallen into Kael's trap...