Chapter 650: I Acknowledge You as the Strongest
At the very beginning of the struggle, both sides realized that they would be at a stalemate, so they immediately made their respective reactions.
The Tyrantrum's massive body twisted violently, his strong hind legs pushing off the ground, swinging his thick tail sideways towards Kazuya.
Kazuya's golden eyes stared straight ahead, casually raising his claw to swat to the side.
Smack!
A crisp yet muffled explosive sound erupted, and a shockwave rolled outward with the two dragons at the center.
Both of their bodies shuddered.
The Tyrantrum's tail was swatted away, the massive force causing his entire body to spin uncontrollably to one side, exposing his relatively weak flank to Kazuya.
Just as he planted his feet on the ground, trying to maintain balance and change direction...
Kazuya shook off the numbness in his arms, his right foot wrapped in heavy earthy-yellow energy, and viciously kicked the Tyrantrum's exposed midsection!
Earthquake.
Thud~
The Tyrantrum's thick hide rippled violently like the surface of water, waves of flesh rolling across his body.
He fell uncontrollably to the side, his two feet scraping against the ground, kicking up countless pieces of gravel.
Kazuya stepped forward to pursue.
His fist shone with a dazzling golden light. After the initial wear down, he prepared to follow up with a heavy, powerful Focus Punch on the Tyrantrum.
But he didn't notice.
When the Tyrantrum fell to the side, the gravel kicked up by his feet didn't fall. Instead, as Kazuya charged over, they transformed into stone bullets, shooting violently towards him.
Rock Blast!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!
The sharp pieces of gravel flew right at his face.
By the time Kazuya noticed, they had already reached him. His eyes widened slightly, and he opened his mouth to intercept the attack with a Dragon Pulse, but it was too late.
The stones hit Kazuya's head.
They scraped against his scales and horns, creating sparks and emitting a teeth-setting screech.
Thud!
Heavy footsteps sounded.
Kazuya sensed the Tyrantrum's Aura.
The latter had stood back up, and using this momentary cover, was rapidly approaching.
Kazuya raised his arms to block the stones while flapping his wings to fly backward and create distance.
However, the Tyrantrum's explosive speed was faster than he imagined. When Kazuya lowered his arms...
What appeared in his vision was a blinding pale white light, and the Tyrantrum charging right at him amidst this destructive energy.
Giga Impact!
Boom!
A blue round shield instantly lit up in front of Kazuya.
Unfortunately, the round shield shattered with a crash before it could hold out for even half a second, the terrifying impact pouring entirely onto him.
Kazuya was instantly sent flying backward, embedding straight into the steep cliff face behind him.
The rock wall cracked, and dust filled the air.
The Tyrantrum looked at his masterpiece and grinned in satisfaction, but didn't move.
After using Giga Impact, there would be a period of stiffness.
But he was confident.
After taking his Giga Impact, the time this fire dragon would spend paralyzed was definitely longer than his.
Unfortunately.
The next moment, he saw that pitch-black figure fly out from the mountain, striking towards him like a bolt of lightning.
Kazuya turned into a flaming wheel in mid-air, spinning his body continuously as he rapidly approached the Tyrantrum.
Just at the last moment when the Tyrantrum broke free from his stiffness...
Kazuya's battle-axe-like dragon tail slammed heavily onto the top of his skull.
Thud!
The Tyrantrum, his head taking a heavy blow, couldn't help but roll his eyes upward. The intense pain accompanied by a strong sense of dizziness made him stumble backward repeatedly.
Kazuya hadn't anticipated that the Tyrantrum would use Giga Impact to accelerate.
But the Tyrantrum also hadn't anticipated that Kazuya could materialize his Aura, mitigating a portion of the Giga Impact's damage.
Next.
Kazuya chose not to pursue.
He spat out some embers to burn away the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, then began a Dragon Dance in mid-air.
The Tyrantrum, having steadied his footing, shook his head.
A flash of anger appeared in his eyes.
With such a good opportunity to attack just now, why didn't that fire dragon attack? Is he underestimating me, intentionally going easy?!
It wasn't until he opened his eyes and looked at the sky that he realized.
The fire dragon's speed was getting faster and faster.
Only then did the Tyrantrum dispel his anger, revealing an even heavier look of excitement in his eyes.
"Rua-ooh!!"
The Tyrantrum roared at the sky.
Hyper Voice.
Invisible sound waves swept towards Kazuya like a tsunami.
Hum—!
Kazuya's second Dragon Dance was interrupted.
He gritted his teeth, enduring the stinging pain in his eardrums, and flapped his wings, diving down.
"Huu~"
Kazuya spat a ball of blue flame into his palm, then threw it towards the Tyrantrum's feet.
Inferno.
The small fireball hit the ground and didn't explode. Instead, it melted into the earth.
The ground beneath the Tyrantrum's feet vibrated continuously, and an unsettling ghostly blue light seeped from the depths of the cracks created during their previous collisions.
Boom!
The ground split completely open.
Giant pillars of blue flame shooting straight into the sky erupted from the ground, as if a volcano had erupted, instantly surrounding the Tyrantrum in a sea of ghostly blue fire.
Surrounded by the pillars of fire, the Tyrantrum's expression remained unchanged.
He raised his foot and stomped down.
Earthquake.
Crack, crack, crack—!
The already fragmented ground completely collapsed. Countless massive clods of dirt and rock tumbled and squeezed together, forcefully filling and compacting the cracked ground back together.
It made it so those ghostly flames, like something crawling out from hell, could no longer show their heads.
The Tyrantrum grinned and looked up at the sky, ready to see what other tricks Kazuya had.
But he was surprised to find that his opponent's figure had long since disappeared from the air.
A diversion!
By the time the Tyrantrum realized this, he knew it was too late.
Sure enough.
The next moment.
A scorching aura came from behind.
Before he had time to turn around, the Tyrantrum felt a heavy punch land on his flank.
His vision spun.
Thud!
This time, it was the Tyrantrum's turn to be smashed into the mountain.
The poor mountain peak had suffered back-to-back heavy blows.
The massive impact caused the already teetering mountain to let out a groan of being overwhelmed.
The upper half of the mountain completely collapsed and disintegrated amidst a rumbling boom.
Countless massive boulders crashed down from above.
It was as if a meteor shower had started falling from the sky.
"Rua-ooh!"
The Tyrantrum walked out from the mountain, roaring at the sky.
Those giant boulders were blasted into sharp pieces of gravel.
They still looked incredibly lethal.
However.
A Fire Blast swept over and exploded instantly.
The ensuing wave of flames and hurricane winds burned all the gravel into scorched black powder that scattered down.
The originally terrifying meteor shower... in this moment, had actually turned into somewhat tragic, gray snow.
Amidst the fluttering black ash.
Kazuya and the Tyrantrum, who had just broken free from the mountain, looked up simultaneously. Their gazes pierced through the falling ash, clashing fiercely in the air once again.
The next moment.
Kazuya burst into raging flames, turning into a ghostly blue meteor plummeting downwards.
The Tyrantrum erupted with berserk purple-red energy, becoming a bolt of lightning rushing upwards.
Boom, rumble—!!
The moment the two sides met, a semi-transparent black-and-red shockwave swept in all directions.
Another layer of topsoil was ripped away.
The mountain beneath their feet, along with several surrounding mountains, shook incessantly.
The Salamence retreated further into the sky in terror.
Zzzt, zzzt, zzzt—
Intense, chaotic air currents collided and rubbed against each other in the atmosphere, actually generating streaks of dark red lightning, looking like blood seeping from the sky.
The sea of clouds in the sky completely vanished at this moment.
As if terrified of being caught in the crossfire of the battle between the two Overlords.
In just two seconds.
The two figures each flew backward from the shockwave.
But before their silhouettes could become clear, they turned into blurred shadows and charged at each other again.
Kazuya's speed was clearly more than a notch or two faster.
Before the Tyrantrum could even react... Kazuya had already smashed a Dragon Claw heavily onto his head.
Crack!
One of the orange rock protrusions on top of the Tyrantrum's head was smashed to pieces.
However, his expression didn't change.
Instead, he used brute force to slam his head forward, knocking Kazuya away and sending him rolling on the ground a few times.
Thud, thud, thud!
The Tyrantrum's heavy and continuous footsteps rang out.
In the blink of an eye, he was already in front of Kazuya. He raised his foot, seemingly planning to unleash a Bulldoze.
Swish—!
Faster than his foot, was the tail Kazuya whipped from the side.
Dragon Tail.
Smack!
A crisp sound rang out on the Tyrantrum's face. He was whipped back by Kazuya's tail, his Bulldoze momentum instantly disintegrating as he stumbled two steps to the side.
After getting up, Kazuya followed up with another Focus Punch.
The battle had completely entered its most primal and brutal stage!
It was as if both sides had their primal animal instincts triggered, engaging in a life-and-death, close-quarters brawl.
Kazuya delivered a fierce Focus Punch uppercut, smashing viciously into the Tyrantrum's lower jaw.
The Tyrantrum didn't dodge or evade, taking the punch head-on.
Blood flowed from his nostrils.
But the Tyrantrum's pupils didn't show the slightest hint of retreating. He leaned his upper body back, and hammered a heavy Iron Head straight onto Kazuya in front of him.
Kazuya also didn't dodge or evade, forcefully taking it with his chest.
Dragon scales fell from his body, but the flames burning in his golden eyes didn't diminish in the slightest.
Dragon Claw.
Iron Head.
Brick Break.
Iron Tail.
Ice Punch.
Ice Fang.
The two sides exchanged blows back and forth.
Not to mention fists, feet, and heads, even their teeth and tails were weapons in their battle.
Until the very end.
Close Combat.
Close Combat.
Continuous Close Combat.
There was no talk of type matchups, and barely any fighting techniques involved.
It was purely a contest of strength and willpower!
After yet another unembellished headbutt, the two staggered apart.
Both of their pupils were unfocused.
But in the end, Kazuya's consciousness was clearer.
Even in the purest physical brawl, it was still Kazuya who had the upper hand.
"Rua-ooh!!"
The Tyrantrum let out his final roar, taking unsteady steps to charge at Kazuya.
This was the end.
He had already seen the conclusion.
But he was going to fight until the very last moment.
"It is indeed time to end this!"
Golden light exploded in Kazuya's dragon eyes. Raising the Dragon Claws in his hands, he flapped his wings and lunged forward.
Swish!
A streak of black light flashed past.
Squish!
A clear tearing sound rang out.
The Tyrantrum's massive charging body suddenly stiffened, his actions of trampling the earth coming to an abrupt halt.
"...Rua...ooh..."
I acknowledge you as the strongest. The Overlord title is yours...
The Tyrantrum grinned, blood flowing from his mouth. Then, he lost all his strength and crashed to the ground.
The sunlight pierced through the dust and smoke.
It shone upon Kazuya's battered but upright body.
His scales reflected a dazzling light.
Victory.
Belonged to the Dragon King.
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