The Sovereign Dragon Ring

Episode 176's

The most powerful panther-type magical beast would probably become a Saint-level magical beast, "Electrobolt Panther", a lightning-type magical beast. It was so fast that other Saint-level beasts could not compare to it.

But the most secretive and most mysterious panther-type magical beast would be a ninth rank magical beast, the 'Blackcloud Panther'.

According to records, the last time Blackcloud Panther appeared was over a thousand years ago. Although it had been many years since, the amount of information that people had managed to gather about the Blackcloud Panthers remained extremely rare.

Blackcloud Panthers were magical beasts of the ninth rank, and were extremely fast. Their bodies were only covered by a few black lines, but their four limbs were as white as snow, as if they were traveling in clouds. This is why people give them the name, 'Blackcloud Panthers'.

But with regards to what special abilities the Blackcloud Panthers possessed, or what element it was, the record had no information.

“Most likely, all the experts who discovered Blackcloud Panthers lost their lives. As for the Saint-level warriors who knew the truth about the Blackcloud Panthers, perhaps they deliberately did not reveal any information. "Linley knew very well that many of the more powerful organizations kept closely guarded secrets. Even spells of the seventh rank would not be revealed. From this, one could imagine just how secretive these organizations were.

…

Within this dense forest area in the core region of the Magical Beast Range Mountain Range, Blackcloud Panther exchanged glances with Linley, who was floating in midair with translucent wings on his back.

“Blackcloud Panthers can change their size and appearance. They're really very mysterious. "Linley did not dare to relax at all.

The Blackcloud Panther stared coldly at Linley, his cold eyes filled with fury.

"Desire!"

In the blink of an eye, Blackcloud Panther crossed the fifty-meter gap between himself and Linley. Compared to before, when it was in its first form (normal size and covered with wavy black stripes), it was almost 50% faster.

50%!

For his speed to increase by as much as it prevented Linley from being able to dodge, and Blackcloud Panther landed a ferocious punch into Linley's chest. Immediately, the scales on his chest were shattered. "Crack!" With a cracking sound, fresh blood came out from behind the scales.

"Whoosh's. "Linley immediately activated his translucent wings, quickly rising higher into the air.

“Excellent speed. "Linley felt a shock in her heart.

The Blackcloud Panther, in its first form, was slightly faster than Bebe. In the second form, a large form, the Blackcloud Panther's speed decreased by 30%, roughly equivalent to Linley's. In the third form, which exists in the present, it is 50% faster than its original form.

At its current speed, it could traverse a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.

Really scary!

"Grooowls. "The Blackcloud Panther raised his head to look at Linley, his eyes filled with arrogance.

Linley slowly flapped his translucent wings, but it had yet to descend, only hovering. Linley knew very well that once he got off, he would find it very difficult to deal with the Blackcloud Panther's speed.

"Boss, it's my turn!" After watching for so long, Bebe could no longer hold back.

"Shkreeeeech!"

With a terrifying and high-pitched scream, Bebe turned into a ferocious black blur, storming the Blackcloud Panther. The Blackcloud Panther, who had not paid any attention to Bebe at all, was now startled by Bebe's speed.

"Supersonic!" Linley immediately cast a magic spell that supported this.

He cast a Supersonic spell that supported directly on Bebe. In the past, Bebe had never found a ninth rank magical beast faster than him. As such, Linley had never seen the need to cast a Supersonic on Bebe. But now, Linley finally did.

In fact, these supersonic spells were generally used by magi to increase the strength of the soldiers in their army.

"Swish!" Aided by a Supersonic spell of the eighth rank, Bebe's speed instantly increased by 30%.

"Dash!" Blackcloud Panther clawed at Bebe with its sharp claws.

But with his speed increased by 30% by the Supersonic spell, although Bebe was still a little slower than the Blackcloud Panther, the difference was not too great. More importantly, Bebe was very small and nimble.

Bebe constantly changed the direction he was moving.

"Shkreech!" Bebe suddenly sped up, pouncing towards the Blackcloud Panther. In the middle of pouncing, Bebe's body suddenly enlarged, and then Bebe swiped the Blackcloud Panther with claws ruthlessly.

Staring at Bebe coldly, Blackcloud Panther clawed at Bebe with claws as well.

"Cut!"

"Cut!"

The two magical beasts landed blows at each other. Bebe's claws managed to leave a clear mark on Blackcloud Panther's body, and fresh blood started seeping out. But even though Bebe was thrown into the air as well, he simply turned his legs and stood back up, not injured at all.

"Hmm?" Linley's eyes turned surprised.

“Bebe's attack power is equivalent to mine. So how could Bebe easily injure it? "Linley's surprised.

Linley knew very well how strong Bebe's defense was. After all, when they were in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts last time, Bebe was only an early stage magical beast of the eighth rank, though, but he could withstand the dying blow of the Armored Razorback Wyrm without dying. Now that Bebe had entered the ninth rank, his extremely strong defense was even stronger than Linley. Linley did not find it surprising at all that Bebe was unharmed. But the strange thing was, Blackcloud Panther's defense had just fallen.

"ah! I understand . ”

Linley suddenly understood the special characteristics of the three forms of Blackcloud Panther. The first form is a balanced one in terms of defense, speed, and offense. The second, giant form, prioritizes offense at the expense of speed. As for this form, the third, despite increasing the speed to an astonishing level, its defense decreased in turn.

Right now, Blackcloud Panther and Bebe were staring at each other. Blackcloud Panther could feel that it was bleeding, and it started to worry .. because this magical beast in front of him was not injured at all.

"Blackcloud Panther's. "Linley speaks.

The Blackcloud Panther looked at Linley.

Linley did not speak to Blackcloud Panther as if it was a lower life form. Instead, Linley spoke like he would be a being with the same intelligence. “Blackcloud Panther, in your current form, you should have high speed but low defense. In this form, you can't even overcome Bebe. ”

"Snarled. "The Blackcloud Panther growled sadly.

Blackcloud Panther then looked at Bebe, and from his jaw appeared a series of strange growls. Bebe was startled for a moment, and then growled to himself.

"Boss. This Blackcloud Panther can speak with our tongues like a rodent-type beast. "Bebe said mentally to Linley.

Linley knew very well that Bebe was born understanding the language of rodents. But the language of other ferocious beasts was different; each type of magical beast had their own language.

However, some long-lived magical beasts are very good at communicating using the language of other types of magical beasts.

This Blackcloud Panther was a peak-level magical beast of the ninth rank. Not only did he know many languages from other types of magical beasts, he also understood human languages. It's just, it can't reproduce the human voice for physical reasons. Only after reaching Saint level, when he could begin to change his body, would he be able to speak human language.

Bebe and Blackcloud Panther engaged in the discussion through growls and furious growls. Suddenly, Bebe and Blackcloud Panther seemed to be arguing, as the fur on the two magical beasts stood upright.

"Gram!!"

"Shkreech!"

The two magical beasts suddenly began to engage in a wild battle, as their shadows flashed past each other again and again. Fresh blood started flying everywhere …

Their growls were unbearable, the two magical beasts exchanged blows at high speed, and the trees and boulders nearby suffered the brunt of their anger.

Fallen trees. The big stones were destroyed.

Every place that these two magical beasts crossed turned into a region of rubble.

Suddenly, the two animals separated again. Bebe bowed, growling as he stared at Blackcloud Panther. Blackcloud Panther looked at Bebe in the same way, as if facing a fierce opponent.

But Blackcloud Panther's body was covered in blood.

With his defences lowered, he was unable to withstand Bebe's claw attacks. And in terms of speed, propelled by Supersonic spells, Bebe was only a little slower than that.

Bebe growled furiously towards Blackcloud Panther.

Blackcloud Panther roared back towards Bebe.

“Bos, Blackcloud Panther is not willing to submit. It is said that you do not have the ability to defeat it yourself. "Bebe said mentally to Linley. "Boss, let me kill him. ”

Right now, Blackcloud Panther was extremely frustrated.

If it used its first two forms, its speed was lower than its opponent and it would be trampled. But after increasing his speed by including the 'wind force form', his defense was lowered.

Blackcloud Panther knows that human opponents are capable of flight.

The speed one could reach to fly was clearly greater than the speed one could reach by running on four legs. In terms of short-term explosions, it could exceed Linley in speed. But if it wanted to escape, Bebe and Linley would definitely be able to easily catch up to it.

"Blackcloud Panther, you think I can't beat you?" Said Linley loudly.

The Blackcloud Panther immediately raised his head arrogantly when he saw Linley. In close combat, the increase in speed provided by the translucent wings cannot be displayed on full screen. It was not afraid of Linley at all.

"Good . "Linley nodded.

And then, Linley started muttering other spell words as well, causing Blackcloud Panther to become suspicious. But as a wind-type magical beast as well, Blackcloud Panther was not afraid of Linley having access to an extremely powerful wind-type spell. Moreover, he knew that if he now escaped, Linley would be able to chase after him.

“Thruuumm-it. ”

Centered around Blackcloud Panther's body, the one hundred meter circular area in circumference suddenly began to glow with a layer of earth elemental essence. The essence of this earth element pulsates with a certain frequency.

Blackcloud Panther suddenly felt an extremely strong gravitational force pulling him, causing him to bend. Even the blood within his body as well as his heart was affected, making him feel somewhat dizzy.

Earth style magic – Supergravity Fields!

Supergravity fields created by magus of the eighth rank were able to increase local gravity by a factor of eight. This effect of increasing the gravitational field is not as simple as saying adding 1,000 pounds of weight in a man who already weighs 200 pounds. Eightfold gravity also affects the heart, spleen, and other internal organs.

Ordinary people might be able to carry a weight of 100-200 pounds.

But under the dual force gravitational field, his heart might not be able to withstand the pressure and might disintegrate.

After all, although the outer muscles are easy to train, it is very difficult to train internal organs such as the heart. At the very least, the level of training of the internal organs is much slower than that of the external muscles.

Suddenly being ambushed by an eightfold gravitational field, Blackcloud Panther could only feel dizzy.

Not giving any chance to recover, Linley, his entire body was covered with earth elemental essence, charged up, and began to wildly unleash Blackcloud Panther!

Yes, he did not use the adamantine heavy sword!

Just his fists and legs!

"Grow!" The body of a magical beast of the ninth rank was extremely sturdy, and soon, it became accustomed to even greater gravity. But under the influence of the eightfold gravity, he did not even possess half the speed he previously possessed.

"Swish!" "Swish!"

"Bombs!"

The kick landed hard on Blackcloud Panther's waist, and then Linley rushed to the opposite side, landing a ferocious punch on Blackcloud Panther's body and sending it flying back in the other direction.

In ten short seconds, Blackcloud Panther had been completely ravaged by Linley's punches and kicks. His current speed was simply not enough to escape the boundaries of the Supergravity Field. And moreover, Bebe was also watching attentively from the side.

"Are you submissive?"

"Are you submissive?"

… .

While shouting loudly, Linley wildly kept the whale away with his fists and feet. Linley defeated this peak stage magical beast of the ninth rank, Blackcloud Panther, into a state where he could not resist at all. One mouthful after another blood leaked from his mouth.

"Groooooowls!" Blackcloud Panther suddenly screamed sadness and anger.

"Boss. He's submissive. ”

"Bombs!" Linley's fist moved too fast, and he landed one final blow on the Blackcloud Panther's skull, smashing it to the ground.

Laughing, Linley looked at Blackcloud Panther, who was crawling, clinging to the ground. Under the influence of the eightfold gravity, the blood flowing through the Blackcloud Panther's veins also grew sluggish. And now, after being beaten wildly by Linley in such a way, Blackcloud Panther became extremely dizzy.

"Are you submissive?" Linley laughed as he looked at Blackcloud Panther.

Although Linley laughed, under the total transformation of Dragonform, Linley's eyes were still calm, a dark golden color without emotion. And how could anyone know that Linley was smiling under all the scales on his face?

The Blackcloud Panther raised its head to look at Linley, paying special attention to the transparent wings on Linley's back. Heart's shaking. He was afraid of being brutalized by Linley again. Soon, it nodded. And in reality, he had actually been mentally handed over to Linley's display of prowess. For a warrior to be as strong as a warrior and as a magus was more than enough to force him into submission.

Smiling, Linley immediately began to set up a soul binding magic array!