Imminent Danger

A'Ji turned his body. The Broken Claw Dragon's tail missed his head, but it bit his seemingly thin shoulder. 

The Vortex cackled and used the thread of black adhesive liquid at the end of the tail to command it. 

The teeth on the tail trembled madly trying to rip off A'Ji's arm. 

But A'Ji let out a fierce shout, and his crystalline skin was instantly covered in a layer of bright, metallic light. It became as tough as steel. 

The mouth of the Broken Claw Dragon's tail bounced back. Not only did it not rip off A'Ji's flesh, the rebound caused it to lose dozens of teeth. 

The Vortex howled. The black adhesive liquid that was remotely controlling the severed tail surged out to turn into thousands of black needles that went to stab A'Ji. It wanted to control the silver-eyed boy from within!

A'Ji's pores released hot spirit flames. They burned the black adhesive liquid until it sizzled and retreated.