Was it over?
The large-scale lava-type magic had indeed ended, but Linka’s life was not finished.
And at the moment she was pierced by the dragon’s claw, she used her right fist to strike at Ka Xiya.
Although Ka Xiya blocked it with her other claw at the critical moment, preventing the headshot, Ka Xiya was under considerable pressure.
She hadn’t expected this woman to be so desperate and incredibly strong, suppressing her even while dragging a dying body.
‘Wait… Not dying!’
Her body was rapidly repairing itself while enduring the lava burns from the dragon claw embedded inside.
‘Heh… Looks like I was careless.’
Her opponent’s initial intention was never a last-ditch struggle, but to close the distance and engage in close-quarters combat.
Since her opponent had gone this far, the now-serious Ka Xiya had no reason not to go all out.
As for the magic circuit burnout, a slight delay didn’t matter; she was also curious just how tenacious this human’s life force could be.
Thus, with her fighting spirit ignited, Ka Xiya held nothing back this time, launching attacks with fists directly aimed at flesh.
Although Linka’s strategy successfully held back this powerful demon dragon, buying precious time for the teleportation array to activate, she herself had fallen into a desperate situation with no chance of survival.
Originally, Linka had intended to use her other hand to tightly grip the claw that had pierced her abdomen, prolonging the stalemate.
But she had clearly underestimated the demon dragon princess’s strength.
As flames erupted around her, Ka Xiya not only pulled her arm free after a burst of magic, but in the next instant, she slammed the unprepared Linka into the stone wall.
Then, with maximum magic output, she unleashed a rapid flurry of punches!
Ora?
Ora? (bushi)
Moreover, Ka Xiya’s fists were covered in a layer of sharp obsidian crystals and a small amount of molten lava.
With this level of attack intensity, even Linka’s decent defensive talent and self-healing could only hold out for a few seconds before meeting the tragic fate of being pounded 👊🏻 into meat paste.
1 second ~ 2 seconds ~ … 10 seconds ~ … Such tenacious life!
It was as if she couldn’t be killed!
But it would end eventually!
Of course, Linka was happy to have held out this long, because only she knew how important these seconds were.
Although it was a gamble, she believed that Aiweier could do it.
However, just as Ka Xiya’s fist was about to deliver the finishing blow, she suddenly noticed a slight movement—a black-haired girl’s finger twitched?
She jumped back alertly.
Looking closer, there seemed to be no change; the girl was still as lifeless as a corpse.
But to be safe, Ka Xiya decided to prioritize dealing with the ice magic user who could compete with her.
After all, the one she had in her grasp was barely breathing, unable to get up and pose any threat.
But truth be told, her opponent was indeed extremely durable.
So far, this was definitely the most resilient human Ka Xiya had ever seen.
Of course, sticking to the principle of keeping captives alive, Ka Xiya wouldn’t kill her.
So she released a long-range magic called “Lava Blade,” attacking the other three including Aiweier.
Among these three humans, one was severely injured and unconscious, another was the healer Lina desperately trying to treat her, and the last was the magic swordsman Yi Sha Bei La, who stood in front of them with emotions on the verge of collapse.
Facing this wave of attack from the evil dragon, Yi Sha Bei La, as the only one still capable of fighting, thought she would stand in front to shield Lina and the unconscious Aiweier.
But due to the physiological reaction of fear, she hesitated for a moment before raising her sword to slash at the blades that swept in with heat.
Although the result was good—the two teammates behind her weren’t fatally injured—the blades were too dense.
Lina only had her cheek burned, but Aiweier’s limbs were precisely hit, and the solidified lava firmly bonded her body to the ground.
‘What do I do… Both the undefeated Captain Aiweier and Big Sister Linka have fallen. How can I face this dragon that burns everything? Why are my legs weak… Am I a coward who fears death? No!’
But whether she was or not no longer mattered, because Ka Xiya didn’t care about this sword-wielding human at all.
Watching her companions being trampled and abused by the enemy without being able to take a step—how formidable could she be?
So after verifying the information she wanted, Ka Xiya used a flash-step elbow strike, sending her flying into the stone wall.
Then the healer, as short as Yilisi, was even easier to handle.
Ka Xiya grabbed her and tossed her aside, slamming both into the same stone wall.
Now that all the nuisances were gone, Ka Xiya could use the safest method to ensure this ice magic user would have no resistance left.
“Lava Seal” was the only sealing magic she knew.
This spell could seal the enemy’s magic circuits by solidifying lava.
Earlier, Ka Xiya had already incorporated sealing magic into the Lava Blades, but the power was insufficient, only limiting the target’s mobility while sensing changes in magic power.
‘Come to think of it, it’s strange…’
In Ka Xiya’s expectation, the normal situation should have been that after entering the magic circuit burnout period like herself, the opponent would be injured but not fatally.
Even after many probes, she still felt something was off—ten out of ten, or even nine out of ten.
At first, it was unclear whether they were alive or dead, but now it seemed like they were actually dying??
Neither magic reaction nor aura showed any signs of life.
And just now, Ka Xiya had noticed the expression change of the healer.
Although she was still casting magic, her delicate face was filled with utter despair, as if her teammate was beyond saving.
‘Could it be that I overestimated this one?’
But it didn’t matter.
As long as she was completely sealed inside the crystallized lava, today’s farce would come to an end.
However, just as Ka Xiya was about to act, another unexpected accident occurred.
What does it mean when an enemy who was a corpse a second ago suddenly recovers from burnout and attacks with an underhanded sneak attack?
A punch directly hit the dragon horn.
This blow not only sent Ka Xiya flying, but countless tiny ice crystals rapidly spread over her body, threatening to completely freeze her.
Indeed, this was another close-range “Transcend • Ice Coagulation Secret Art.”
Without a doubt, Aiweier was not dead.
As for why she cosplayed a corpse for a while, it was because after falling, she sealed her own heart with ice crystals and completely halted the operation of her magic circuits.
This was not simply playing dead, but an extreme method she had recently developed to quickly end the magic circuit burnout period.