Chapter 1649 In That Case...
Ryu took a step and his speed suddenly accelerated forward. Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience
Enrika had thought of many ways this interaction could go, but she never expected this. And quite frankly... that was because she was more than just a little bit of an airhead. Either that, or her head was too far in the clouds, riding on a wave of arrogance, to realize the truth before her.
She had no idea where Ryu had come from, but he had just casually killed two Martial Gods right in the middle of their territory without having the aura of a Martial God himself. On top of that, he exuded the aura of a Founding Dao.
Without knowing his background, any sane person would assume him to be a big shot who wouldn't give a damn about her status as a disciple of the Beast Mimicry Sect... This was only logical.
However, Enrika wasn't completely in the weeds.
If there was a ranking down for the power one least wanted to offend, the Beast Mimicry Sect would probably rank at the very top, and that was even beyond the sinister Arcane Mancer Sect.
The Beast Mimicry Sect held this status precisely because of their ability to control beasts. Their Sect Members were already numerous, but one then had to multiply by a factor of ten or more to account for all their beast companions. There were even many Elders and geniuses of the Sect that curated their own Beast Clans, creating new species that were only just shy of the well known legendary beasts.
The personal frailty of a Beast Tamer almost didn't matter at all. That was because what was most important wasn't their personal strength, but rather the strength of their souls and their intelligence.
Unfortunately for this woman, Ryu didn't believe she had any of this at all. That was because rather than pulling out what other beasts she might have had, she instead stood there talking like he was going to let her do as she pleased.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Enrika's body cratered in three places, her gaze going blank as she felt her life slipping away from her.
His palms formed jaws of their own, snapping down with Dragon Claw from two directions at once.
He clamped the up jaw of the wyrm with one hand and the lower with the other.
The roar of the beast echoed through his very soul, the attack even more potent now than it had been before. But this time, Ryu shrugged it off with even more ease, his shoulders and arms flexing as his claws sharpened.
A roar echoed from Ryu's own lips and the call of Dragon's Roar made the wyrm's blood run cold, its eyes glazing over for a moment.
A soul attack?
He was unmatched in this respect.
His claws ripped through the bone of the creature as he lifted it up, Rage Flames billowing forth from his body as he swung the creature down toward Enrika.
CLANG!
A shield of Spiritual Quintessence formed, but the backlash of the soul technique crushed the body of the wyrm, leaving it crying and whimpering in subservience.
Ryu lifted it up again and plowed it into the ground. He raised a fist and accelerated it forward, ripping through its eyes as layers of space and time tore through the creature's body.
He pulled out a bloody hand, flames burning the blood to ash as he flashed and appeared by Enrika's floating body.
Shields sprang up in his way one after another, each one sturdy and powerful. Ryu could see that she was quickly returning to her peak form.
'She sacrificed her beasts for the sake of saving her life. It's no wonder she only summoned one... in that case.'
Ryu's claw became a single finger. His image and that of his father overlapped as an extraordinary amount of piercing power descended.