Seeing that its own cheeks were already sore from spitting, yet Yama Tsukami was still maintaining the dragon inhale, the small Chameleos instantly felt that things were not looking good.
Suddenly, an even larger poison mist breath appeared from the side.
This breath was not only larger in size, but its color was also deeper; besides the original purple that symbolized poison, there was also a bit of unknown bright yellow mixed in.
The new poison mist breath was taken in completely by Yama Tsukami.
In the next second, Yama Tsukami's eyes bulged, and its mouth snapped shut.
"It's poisonous!!"
Even though there was a complete ecological system inside Yama Tsukami's body, after this huge amount of toxins went in, they still entered its bloodstream directly through its throat.
Even though the dragon-element energy inside its body quickly cleared away the energy within these toxins, this abnormal poison still caused its energy circulation to stagnate for a moment, forcing it to end the dragon inhale ahead of time.
Taking in an excessive amount of poison in such a short time even caused Yama Tsukami to temporarily lose control of its body; the four tentacles used to support its body went soft, and the entire dragon instantly collapsed to the ground.
Before it could climb back up, Logan, who was diving down, had already finished preparing his attack.
On Yama Tsukami's body, the first layer of defense, those dragonwood and dragonmoss, had already been destroyed for the most part in the explosion of the flame tornado, and the dragon-element energy tar shell that served as the second layer of defense had also shattered in the supernova jointly unleashed by the Flame Dragon couple.
Later, in the close-quarters brawl with Ahtal-Ka and Nergigante, quite a lot of it had been broken apart, and its overall defensive power had directly dropped by a whole level.
Therefore, after Logan closed the distance, he immediately began a brief charge; as his two wings flapped, the flames converged.
That was not all; in order to ensure that this strike could truly seriously wound Yama Tsukami, Logan even directly activated Sheer Force.
In an instant, the originally burning blue-violet concentrated flames rapidly turned into dazzling white, to the point that even Logan himself could hardly control them at this moment.
He could not keep this up for long, so he could only roughly aim and then spit it out.
Like a laser, it swiftly pierced through the air and fell directly onto Yama Tsukami's tentacle at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
There was not much sound, nor any special effects.
One could only see that, on Yama Tsukami's tentacle, at the place that was hit, flesh and blood melted rapidly like snow; the entire arm was instantly pierced through, and the white laser penetrated the ground, burrowing an unknown number of meters underground before finally disappearing.
In the next moment, he felt some discomfort in his body, and a hollow sensation caused by a large amount of unknown energy being extracted swept through Logan's whole body.
In contrast, what followed was Yama Tsukami's incomparably miserable roar.
What did it feel like to have an arm pierced through with a hole more than two meters wide?
Logan did not know, but he did know that Yama Tsukami had already gone mad; this fellow, from Logan's attack just now, had sensed a threat sufficient to be fatal.
Unlike the usual way Elder Dragons battled—clashing energy and wearing each other down until killing the opponent—Logan's strike had truly and genuinely frightened Yama Tsukami.
Yama Tsukami's body rapidly swelled, releasing a large amount of Dragon-element gas once again, seemingly intending to carry out another massive explosion.
Only, since Mother Chameleos had already revealed her presence, she naturally was no longer idle; she rapidly released a large amount of mist, using quantity to offset Yama Tsukami's Dragon-element gas.
In an instant, Astera was shrouded in mist, and visibility was greatly hindered.
However, the expected super-large Great Thunderbugs were not released.
Suddenly Logan felt an abnormal movement in the airflow beside him; he instinctively wanted to steady the airflow and leave his original position.
But a huge suction force restrained him, and before Logan could break free of the restraint, Yama Tsukami, swollen like a ball, shot out from the thick mist, its wide-open mouth aiming at Logan, increasing the suction continuously.
Amid the howling gale, Logan even had the feeling that he was currently within Kushala Daora's hurricane field; although he could calm the airflow and even rely on brute strength to break free, both required time.
One side was being slowed, while the other was accelerating by relying on that suction.
When all was said and done, Logan at this moment was practically pinned in place.
Before he had even escaped the range of the suction, Yama Tsukami had already rushed right before his eyes.
Logan's eyes sharpened; he decisively gave up the idea of breaking the restraint. Blinding white light ignited on his wings, and under low-frequency high-speed vibration, he advanced instead of retreating, charging straight toward Yama Tsukami.
Close combat?
Logan was absolutely no ordinary opponent!!
Logan's Heat Blade Wings slashed onto Yama Tsukami's body, indeed leaving two rather deep wounds, but Yama Tsukami, in its state of berserk rage and faced with such an agile fighter like Logan, chose the method that hurt the most yet was the most practical—
Exchanging injury for injury!!
Allowing Logan to slash rapidly and leave wound after wound across its body, Yama Tsukami did not carry out any defense at all. No matter how many hits it took, it continuously used its tentacles to launch all kinds of attacks toward Logan.
Adding to that, Yama Tsukami repeatedly used Dragon Inhale to interfere with Logan's movement. In just a few seconds, at the cost of being struck seven times by the Heat Blade Wings, Yama Tsukami successfully used one tentacle to whip Logan toward Astera.
At this moment, Logan received the same treatment that Nergigante had suffered at the beginning.
Like a cannonball, he crashed into the ground. In truth, he had various traits that enhanced his defense, but under such exaggerated force, Logan still felt a tightness in his chest, followed immediately by sharp pain surging through him.
Although it was not enough to deprive him of combat capability, this was the first time in nearly ten years that he had suffered an injury this heavy, and for a moment Logan was actually somewhat unaccustomed to it.
The main point was that, in Logan's original expectation, his defensive ability, after stacking layer upon layer, should have been enough for him to avoid suffering too much in close-quarters combat. Even when facing a close-combat-type Elder Dragon like Nergigante, he should not have been at too much of a disadvantage.
But Yama Tsukami's tentacle strike directly woke him up.
His defense was still breakable, far from the level that would allow him to feel proud.
After landing a hit, Yama Tsukami intended to press the advantage, but it was intercepted by the Flame Dragon couple and the Nergigante that had climbed back out of the sea and once again regained a state of fighting spirit. The battle became deadlocked again.
Logan rose from the ruins, and under the treatment of the Chameleos' healing mist, his wounds quickly healed, and those cracked scales also rapidly regrew thanks to the Multiscale trait.
Although the bones inside still ached faintly, under the stimulation of various hormones in his body at this moment, that bit of pain was directly blocked out.
Logan once again took to the sky and rejoined the battle.
A single battle had lasted from dawn all the way to dusk.
It had to be said: the stamina of a Disaster Level Elder Dragon was truly exaggerated. After fighting for an entire day, it still had plenty of strength left.
In the sky, Logan and the Flame Dragon couple fought together. When they pressured Yama Tsukami down toward the ground, Ahtal-Ka, the Chameleos, and the Research Commission hunters would immediately surround it at high speed.
Meanwhile, Nergigante constantly engaged in close combat throughout the entire process, yet Yama Tsukami not only endured it but also still had the ability to counterattack.
Only, after such a prolonged battle, it also began to understand that with this lineup obstructing it, entering the New World was clearly no longer realistic.
Simply put, this tough and powerful fellow had finally developed the intent to retreat.
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