Nobilis of War novel Chapter 51

Five colossal bodies of the flood dragon dashed swiftly and violently towards Darren.

Darren groaned inwardly. His ultimate attack that had channeled all his internal force of blade and sword only managed to smash four of its avatars! The diabolic beast had grown impressively more powerful after the transformation.

Darren found it difficult to breathe under such enormous pressure.

"It seems that the only possible way to kill the beast is to mobilize my demonic internal force together with my internal force of blade and sword!"

Just as Darren was about to launch another attack and use up all his strength, several long, plaintive wails echoed through the air. The diabolic beast was transforming again!

"Oink-oink!"

The five colossal avatar bodies seemed to be suffering great agony. One avatar opened its large bloody mouth to assimilate the other four. In the blink of an eye, it had swallowed the other four avatars alive! Now, it swelled to several times its original size-- its body lengthened to one hundred meters!

The shadow of the Death loomed over Darren.

"What a terrifying skill! It can create nine avatars with each having exactly the same strength of the original one! Astounding! When the nine avatars merge into one, its strength becomes exponentially stronger! This is awfully scary," Darren murmured. His eyes froze and his face grew taut with solemnness.

This was going to be a do-or-die combat.

Darren mobilized his pyramidal demonic core from cinnabar field without hesitation and revolved it rapidly. Massive demonic internal force raged powerfully in his body. The internal force of blade and sword surged turbulently at the same time.

"Ah-ah!"

Driven to the brink of explosion, Darren was overwhelmed with an uninhibited burst of several combined internal forces.

"Go to hell!"

Darren waved his blade and sword upward at a lightning speed, his body channeling the apex of his power. The blade and sword swung so quickly that they produced a phantom effect.

Tremendous momentum of strength spurted out like an endless flood towards the flood dragon.

Roaring angrily at this attack, it nose-dived towards Darren. Blood flames burnt all over its inflated body.

To the observers, Darren's figure looked rather insignificant and tiny compared with the gigantic flood dragon.

When the two battling creatures collided, a large amount of blood burst forth. With it came an explosive noise that was almost enough to rouse the dead.

"How terrifying it is…" The three survivors behind the giant rock trembled in terror. They did not expect such a fierce attack coming from someone whom they assumed was dead!

Cracks spread near the hundred-meter-deep crater. The tremendous forces of Darren and the beast were enough to rip everything nearby to shreds. Heavy smoke billowed straight up into the sky.

A long while passed, and the three survivors held their breath.

"I am still alive…"

murmured Darren as he struggled to his feet. He felt sharp, shooting pain from head to toe.

The giant flood dragon, however, had been severed into many pieces, which still wriggled on the ground.

Darren looked over his body and let forth a bitter smile. As he had over-consumed his demonic internal force, black scales now spread all over his skin and countless sharp thorns began to peek out of his spine.

But Darren knew that he otherwise would have been smashed into pieces without the protection of the scales. It was lucky that he had managed to transform so quickly.

"It is unbelievable that my body grows even stronger than the flood dragon after transformation!" Darren was stupefied for a moment.

But he had to keep the transformation as a secret. Otherwise superior masters would hunt him relentlessly. Darren was determined not to use his demonic internal force unless it was a situation that called for its absolute necessity.

Darren looked at the colossal body, which were his spoils of battle now. He would not waste such an opportunity, so he concentrated his spiritual power and began to absorb the talent of the flood dragon.

"Buzz!"

Darren's head throbbed. The world was changing radically in his dizziness.

"Talent upgrading?"

The feeling was familiar. It was similar to when he had upgraded his talent to the Black Degree, only this time it was even more intense.

"I guess my talent must be at the Earth Degree now!" Darren was overwhelmed with joy.

Then something even more jaw-dropping took place!

A message suddenly echoed mysteriously into Darren's mind. To him, it felt like it was un-tapped knowledge he had been born with.

"An Omnipotent Talent Skill!? Blood Dragon Phantom!?" Darren was astonished. "This must be the skill which the diabolic beast displayed before its death!"

The description of the skill was clearly and deeply inscribed into Darren's memory.