88 Chapter 88

The current backlash that he suffered was currently better than the backslash before that reduced his stats and level due to his body transforming to the body of a dragonoid together with all the buff skills being active.

However, his body was still not able to escape the backslash even he become more powerful than before as it was still a body of a mortal in the end.

The law of casualty still applied as the heaven defying power of the sword arts that could cut the breath of an absolute dragon was not something a mortal could freely use without reservations.

Even the backslash was better than the one he suffered before, to Zephyr it was...

'This is the worst.'

Not just he had lost a tremendous amount of health which didn't actually matter as he would regain it later with [Absolute Regeneration], he was currently unable to use mana, sword aura, or any forms of energy. To the current situation when he was facing a dragon, this is the worst case scenario that could happen as without mana, activation of the skills is currently unavailable.

If he could choose which of the backslash he preferred at this moment, he would choose the first as he would still be able to use his skills even he would have his stats and level reduced but right now, even 10 seconds is a short amount of time, but when facing an absolute existence, it was so long like forever.

Without caring about Zephyr's predicament, Nima roared again and slammed the sharp that is also a deadly claws towards Zephyr and Ericson. Watching the incoming attack that was so fast that he could barely see and respond, Zephyr was still calm as both him and the [Wise One] was still calculating the best path of success even using any skill is unavailable.

Shifting his foot at the right moment, Zephyr barely avoided it. Even with how monstrous Nima is, Zephyr is more than confident in his evasive ability as just like critical rate that is proportional to his good luck stats, his evasion rate was also the same.

However contrary to this expectation...

[You have suffered catastropic damage.]

[You have lost 95% health in one blow.]

After taking the direct hit, Zephyr was blown away. However he was still calm as his mind was working at a rapid speed.

'How come I wasn't able to evade?'

As he was wondering, the [Wise One] replied.

{Notice: Even you had stabilized your own domain with the help the [Dragon Slayer's Domain] which neutralized the debuffs of the dragons, the domain wasn't able to dominate the space which means Master is still affected by the absolute hit effect of the domain of the Evil Dragon Nima.}

Hearing this, Zephyr instantly grasped why but he also wondered another thing.

'Why does the attack of a Tier 6 Absolute Transcendent wasn't able to instantly deplete all of my health?'

However instead of the [Wise One], Nima replied.

(Kufufufu. You're probably wondering why I didn't deal with you with one attack right? It's simple. I held back a portion of the attack power as I could sense that you would negate it as it seems like your immune to all instant kill attacks.)

Nima then laughed at the emotionless Zephyr as he continued.

(Its unfortunate that such equipment's effect couldn't escape my eyes.)

Gripping his swords tightly, Zephyr immediately brandished his Avarice Butterfly towards the evil dragon without responding.

[Critical!]

[You have dealt 4,700,987 damage to the target.]

Even he was unable to use mana or the sword aura, Zephyr's damage was still high as his stats could now be compared to a peak Tier 4 after using all of his buff skills alongside with the divinity's effect that ignores the defense of the dragon.

After dealing millions of damage to Nima, the evil dragon had to bear a tremendous amount of pain again however it was still far from enough to defeat a dragon. If they were easy to beat, then they shouldn't have been the absolute and supreme race in Tensura.

Gigantic magic circles appeared around Nima. Both Ericson and Zephyr flinched at the same time as they were suddenly being suffocated from the tremendous magic power that is gathering.

(I'm still in the middle of talking punk yet you attacked me immediately. How ungrateful.)

Without caring about them, Nima murmured.

(Draconic Magic...Lightning Style: Black Dragon Lightning.)

An eastern dragon like that is made of black lightning that radiated an intense evil vibe was created by the magic circles. Zephyr who saw this thought in his mind.

'This is the true draconic magic?'

Fixing his gaze at the rushing black dragon lightning that is almost at the same size of Nima and possesses a tremendous amount of power that he couldn't measure, he knew that this brings him trouble beyond compare.

As he was in the domain of the dragon, he knew that his [Infinity Barrier] is not effective at this moment. Immediately afterwards, intense darkness surrounded the whole lair as the whole death legion was summoned.

As if it knew by instinct that their master is in grave danger, all undead warriors rushed straight towards it wanted to serve as a meat shield to take the damage. All thousands of stygian umbra jumped and rushed at the front of Zephyr and endured the damage.

Paradox also casted several defensive spells at Zephyr as the ground of the lair rose as a barricade and a shield made of mana surrounded his master. It didn't take long enough for the black dragon lightning to hit all the stygian umbras.

As Zephyr wasn't able to use any form of mana at this moment due to the backslash, the death legion was obliterated to nothingness and wasn't able to regenerate without the mana of their master to serve as their supply.

The spells casted by Paradox also disappeared easily by the moment it made contact to the black dragon lightning as if it was just like a dust and wasn't able to serve its purpose.

With eyes that was devoid with emotion, Zephyr knew that the best option he could possibly do is to stop the time itself but as he could not activate the skill because of not being able to use mana at this moment, he was left with Zephyr no choice but to suffer from it.

[You have suffered a catastrophic damage.]

[A legend doesn't die easily. You can resist all attacks for 5 seconds with the minimum amount of health.]

Both Zephyr and Ericson immediately entered their immortality passive the moment they were hit by the attack of Nima.

'This is the might of the dragon's power.'

Both of them immediately thought as they already knew that Nima could easily kill them with just a casual attack yet the evil dragon casted a spell of draconic magic when it doesn't need to.

(Now do you see the difference between our powers pitiful humans?)

Although Zephyr could be said as powerful now, it was nowhere near to the power of the dragon much more to an Ancient Dragon King that is way more powerful than the lower dragons that Zephyr could still not compare.

Suddenly a system prompt appeared in front of Zephyr but he deliberately ignored it as he considered it was not important at the moment.

However as Zephyr was calculating in his mind along with the [Wise One] thinking what they could possibly do in this moment. Using an item skill that doesn't require any mana for activation, Zephyr immediately rushed into action.

Zephyr immediately disappeared into thin air as he used [Blink].

'If you made me enter my immortality passive, I guess I should do the same.'

Zephyr thought in his mind as he instantly appeared near the heart of Nima. The evil dragon who saw Zephyr's immediate arrival, was intrigued wondering what this legend who had already the immortal state would do.

He wasn't threaten at all even his [Absolute Defense] that he was proud of wasn't in any use at this moment as he was confident that all Zephyr could do was inflict some pain and nothing else as he could instantly recover with [Absolute Regeneration].

Little did Nima know that his overwhelming pride and absolute confidence would result in him experiencing demise.

Using Nima's carelessness to his advantage, Zephyr gripped hardly his swords. With the buffs he is strengthen with including both [Giant's Strength] and [Giant's Power] which resulted him for having overwhelming strength stats that shouldn't be possible for a mere Tier 2.

Channeling all those strength to his swords, Zephyr then pierced into the body of Nima and the swords managed to reach the dragon's heart.

[Critical!]

[You have dealt 7,459,937 damage to the target.]

[The option effect of the Avarice Butterfly has dealt 30% additional fire damage to the target.]

[You have dealt 2,237,981 damage to the target.]

[The option effect of the Aetherius Dragon Slaying Sword has been activated causing the skill '5 Joints Attack' to be generated.]

[You have dealt 37,299,685 damage to the target.]

A terrifying damage was dealt when it was just another basic attack because of triggering the option effects of the swords.

Just like what he had prepared himself earlier, Nima experienced another pain however as the evil dragon was prepared, the pain was treated as nothing important. However, his demise has yet to come.

[The option effect of the Divinity 'Ultimate Miracle' has triggered the 15% 'Instant Kill' probability.]

[You have dealt lethal damage to the target.]

With the accumulation of several lucky strikew that triggers many passive effects, Zephyr's explosive output has reached the level of pure terror.

At this moment, a loud roar from pure pain and agony was heard throughout the entire lair. Unlike what happened earlier, the Evil Dragon Nima roared all of his might as he experienced a pain that he never imagined.

[The title, 'One Who Gravely Injured a Dragon' has been acquired.]

[You have made an achievement that is not easily accomplished. Additional karma will be provided.]

[You have acquired 10,000 karma.]

[You have acquired 15,000 additional karma.]

Zephyr's stats immediately rose again by achieving another great feat again.

Luck is the strange phenomenon that defines the experience of improbable events, especially improbably positive or negative ones.

As the [Paragon of Luck], the man that was favored by lady luck and manage to consecutively achieve several achievements along with the leap of fates, this strange phenomenon of luck could change the fate of the world and because of Zephyr's very high luck that anyone could only dream of, managed to escape from the law of casualty at this moment.

Because of Zephyr's luck that triggers the 15% chance to instant kill any targets, Zephyr's strike made Nima entered his own immortality passive. As an absolute transcendent, the dragons also had an immortality but it was much greater and longer than the ones that the legends has.

Because of instant kill attack of Zephyr, the attack immediately emptied the dragon's HP to the minimum. As the dragon's health was within trillions, Nima instantly received atleast trillions of damage without any warning.

As the pain was amplified by 300% from the damage, he experienced the pain that couldn't be imagined. But as an absolute ancient dragon king, he was able to regain a little bit of clarity in his mind before completely succumbing to the tremendous pain.

Unlike what Zephyr had expected, Nima then burst in laughter instead of being enraged.

(Kuhafuhahaha! This is interesting. I'm beginning to doubt you're just a mortal. Hahahaha! Are you even a mortal? Hahahaha!)

As something happened to him was unheard of before. Someone that is not even a transcendent was able to almost slay him in just one strike. If not for the immortality bonus passive of the absolutes, it meant that his death was imminent.

Nima's laughter then pause as his eyes lit up.

(It might be possible. You're a dragon slayer after all. Kufufuhaha. This is very interesting!)

With a big grin on his dragon face, Nima proudly roared as his voice was mixed with magic power, it was the precursor a dragon is using one of their innate ability. The [Dragon Words] .

(I, an Ancient Dragon King, the Evil Dragon Nima. I hereby announce that you're the best and strongest.)