Full counter?

Looking down I could see, that my scales have yet again changed, which made me happy, as I am no longer boring locking and unintimidating. But it was cut short as I heard a countdown from the announcer.

"10!"

"9!"

"Raas, your next battle is up... but you can forfeit if you want... no one would blame you." said the veiled girl while sounding slightly sad and apologetic.

I stared at the blank sheet covering her face, but after a short pause I replied, "Nah, in the end, it was my choice to enter this competition... and besides, I got a ton of exp from the two fights alone, and not even speaking from the potion that I got. Besides, I have a new racial skill that I want to try out."

"6!"

"Oh shit the time, is almost up! Gotta go and test my new abilities!" said I with a grin as I slithered towards the entrance.

*sigh* "another battle maniac..." heard I from behind me. I would have tripped, but luckily for me, I don't have legs anymore.

So entering the pit for the third time, I was once again greeted by the loud cheers of the spectating monsters, but additionally, there are many whispers and gasps, while looking shooked my changes.

"And finally entering the ring is the menacing serpent RAAAAAASSSSS!!! And his great opponent, the one that traveled all the way from another dungeon! The one that has a kill count of 15! The one that comes unscathed every time! The ice elemental CRYOSIP"

...

"Oh, mannnnn... this one is a fucking big fish..." cried I as I stood in front of the floating misty white orb that had huge shards of ice orbiting around it.

The mist it emitted slowly formed into a humanoid body of a handsome young man that wore light armor. He wore a slight smirk on his face and was very confident in his posture, which slightly ticked me off.

"Heh, as expected from a dumb reptile, always late and already shiting himself."

Oh man, I already hate him.

*Bang!*

The starting signal sounded and I fully prepared to dodge or block his attacks, but nothing... He only stood there with a smirk and hands crossed. I know that he knows, that cold is my natural enemy, but wasn´t he a little too confident? I mean he can´t be higher than a peak tire 2 monster, and even with his track record, you will never know when someone appears that is stronger than you...

"Hmm, I have nothing to do after this, so I will play with you a little bit. Show me what you´ve got!"

'Fuck it, I will use every chance I´ve got to kill this bastard!' using this chance I sneakily opened my status while circling around him like he is my prey.

[Status]

Name: Raas

Species: Menacing bright youngling Serpent (Sun-Eater/???)

Level: 15 --> 16

Strength: 89 --> 98

Agility: 67 --> 75

Intelligence: 86

Mentality: 60 --> 72

Hp: 250/250 --> 300/300

MP: 130/130 --> 180/180

Title:

1. Limit Breaker (Increases your stats gained from evolutions)

2. The Survivor (25% increased resistance to all kinds of debuffs!)

3. Royal guard (Gain 30% damage and damage resistance when protecting someone, but betrayals will give you the curse Betrayer leading to a permanent decrease of 10% from your max stats for each betrayal and death after 3 betrayals.)

[Skills: Venom Fang lv 7, Launch Attack lv 3, Slither lv 6, Swimming lv 1, Pain Resistance lv 5, Poison Resistance lv 4, Poison Affinity lv 4, Healing Affinity lv 1, Healing Fang lv 1, Crush lv 3, Intimidation lv 1, Poison Whip lv 4, Conceal lv 3, Harden lv 1, Sun Breath lv 1 (new!), Fire Resistance lv 5 (new!)]

[Racial Skill: Grey Out lv1, Solistic Venom, Ash Field lv 1 (new!)]

[Evolution Path:]

[Solar Scales]

[Venomous Fangs]

[Colorful Movement Sensing Eyes]

[Danger Smelling Tongue]

[Vibration Sensing Ears]

[Healing Glance]

[Crystal Core Shield]

[Sol´s gem]

'Mama mia did I change! Even my race got a slight change! But are you kidding me? I gained fire abilities and am fighting against an ice monster... bruh! That is so unlucky!!!... No! This ain´t some video game where ice is beating fire, this is real-life now! First, let´s test out this [Sun Breath] that I got and see from there on.'

So trying to weaken him first, I stopped and heaved my body up and made myself as big as possible and let out a loud hiss... that more and more sounded like a roar.

"RAAAAASSSSS!!!!"

A small wave hit the floating orb, and I could see a small flinch, but otherwise not effective.

"Tss, did you really think you scare me? Even my master's little toe is more intimidating than your pathetic appearance!" spat Cryosip, while looking disgusted at me.

I kept silent and opened my mouth while channeling my mana there. Slowly I could feel a small ball form in my throat that constantly got bigger, but it sapped my mana away at a rapid paste.

My opponent just watched me while mumbling something to himself, as my throat slowly enlarged.

As the lump in my throat got so big that it became uncomfortably painful I released it. An immense heatwave blasted out of my mouth followed by a glowing hot orange orb that flew directly towards Cryosip.

His misty eyes widen in shock while the floating icicles flew in front of him, shielding him from the giant burning orb. Hitting the ice shards a loud explosion sounded followed by the hiss of evaporating water while boiling hot steam washed through the pit, making me unable to see further than 2 meters. But thanks to the [Colorful Movement Sensing Eyes], I could still see a white outline of him squirming and reforming himself while he was constantly melting from the burning hot steam. Being socked in the hot steam was surprisingly comfortable for me. It was most likely thanks to the new gained [Fire Resistance] skill, which is already on level 5! I have to thank this twig guy when I see him again...

"AGHHHHHH!!!"

Hearing the pained cry of my opponent I was kinda speechless and happy. I didn´t think that it would deal so much damage to him, but I immediately prepared another one.

*Puchi* ... *Puchi* *Puchi* *Puchi*

But before I could even charge it halfway through an ice lance hit me square where my core is, followed by 3 others that struck my body.

*cough*

Spiting up blood I shot the small flamming ball towards where the lance came from.

*BOOM!*

Another wave of heat and steam hit me, but I could see that he dodged my attack this time.

"I have to give it to you. That attack was impressive, but it isn´t enough to kill me! I think it´s time to get serious!"

Meanwhile, I heaved and wiggled in pain. I barely survived this attack, and only thanks to the Crystal Core Shield, that I got from eating the monster core that the old man gave me, did I survive. Otherwise, the lance would have pierced right through me and killing me instantly. So clenching my muscles I wrapped my tail around the stuck lance and pulled them out one after the other. The blood gushed out of me and I could see my Hp dropping fast. I bit myself near my core and used the [Healing Fang] on myself, and poured all of the healing solution in me, till my healing gland was empty

Fastly weaving a plan together to take this popsicle down I dodged an incoming barrage of dozens of ice swords. Thanks to the constant use of [Harden] it finally leveled up, making it easier to tank his attacks, but they were strong enough to leave dozens of bruises on my body. I kept dodging and tanking his attacks while creeping towards him, making him back off towards the edge of the pit.

I didn´t understand why he kept his distance, but I smirked at the fact that he got more and more nervous the closer I slithered.

"Ugh, this popsicle is a pain in my ass!" whispered I towards myself, as I painstakingly gained ground on him. I was preparing to jump at him when the ground around him began to freeze.

"Stop coming closer you disgusting creature!"

I ignored him once again and did a big leap towards him while shouting in my head, 'Come on [Grey Out] activate!' And to my surprise, it worked... for the first time in this life I managed to use this skill when I wanted. All the other times it just activated on itself or when I was in great danger, but now, now I could use it when I wanted, but activating it myself took a toll on me, as it sapped on my mind. I wasn´t expecting it to activate, but it definitely was a nice surprise.

The world around me slowed down and greyed out, and I continued to fly towards him in slow motion, while dodged a flying blade midair. I soon canceled the skill, as the toll on my mind was too great, and landed right in front of him. The icicles that are now far smaller than before shifted and pointed at me.

"Now you are done, you disgusting reptile!" shouted the ice elemental while motioning his hand. The ice blades around him rushed at me.

"Shit! I hope this works! [Ash Field]!" As soon as I used my new gained Racial Skill the area of half a meter around me hissed and the ground got freed from the ice layer, while my forehead burned up. The huge ice blades flew towards me but evaporated instantly as they got close.

Cryosips face scrunched up in anger while shouting and pointing at me, "H- HOW!!! YOUUUUU!! A MERE SNAKE! HOW CAN YOU HAVE SOL`S GEM!!!!"

I shrugged my shoulders while doing a [Launch Attack] towards him.

"NO NO NO STAY AWAY!!!" was the last thing I heard besides the hissing of evaporating water. His big blue core dropped towards the ground as the blue transparent screens notified me of my win.

*DIng*

[You killed an ice elemental!]

[You gained 411 exp!]

"Holy Riarus! Did he just mutated a Sol´s gem!"

"How did he get that!"

"So another Sun-Eater has emerged..."

"Mother nature was that an epic fight!"

"SOL`S GEM??? THAT MONSTER HAS A SOL`S GEM????"

"T- This one is truly something!"

"This Nagirus kisser lost! How in the name of the 8 overlords did he lose!?"

"I have to report this to the queen..."

As the commotion continued, I grabbed the monster core with my tail and slithered towards the resting area, where I need a much-deserved rest.