Chapter 248: 15-year-old Inglis, the Dragon God and the Elder King (21)
『You can’t run around forever!』
As Vufailbane blasted out its Dragon’s Breath while maintaining its altitude, it swung down its foreleg as if to strike Inglis with it. With it being in the air, it obviously wouldn’t be able to reach Inglis, but its claw seemed to blur as a second, larger claw materialized. The color of the magnified claw was whitish and translucent, much like the color of the Phantom Dragon.
And that magnified claw appeared to follow the movements of its main body. It wasn’t a Phantom Dragon, so calling it a Phantom Claw would be more apt.
「!!!」
It surged to the surface, far from its main body, and struck over Inglis’ head. Its destructive power was so immense, it felt many times stronger than the Dragon’s Breath!
A hole was perforated in the ground, and a roar was heard. At the same time, the ice blocks that were beginning to fill the surrounding area were all destroyed, their shards scattered and thrown about. To Inglis’ naked eyes, her entire field of vision seemed to be filled with twinkling little stars. Quite the magical sight.
This attack made use of the application of the Phantom Dragons. Phantom Dragons were a phenomenon where a dragon’s biological aura or ki automatically took the form of its own kin and attacked its enemy. But, if the flow of that aura was intentionally manipulated and focused on a single point on the body, the Phantom Dragons became a new limb, and its destructive power seemed to be equal if not greater than that of the original body.
Just as the Phantom Dragons were active away from the main body to some extent, it seemed like the Phantom Claw also worked the same way.
The fangs of individual Phantom Dragons couldn’t pass through Inglis’ Ether Armor. Therefore, Vufailbane chose to concentrate its force and increase its destructive power. From the looks of it, it seemed like this technique packed more punch than Vufailbane himself.