"Ah..."
Bai Ye grunted, a whimpering hiss escaping his throat.
The improvements to his physical attributes were the most immediately noticeable, but in order to slay a dragon, physical attributes weren't that crucial.
Even with his enhanced physique, Bai Ye didn't believe he could directly contend with the colossal creature before him using just his body.
What mattered was...
The ten percent enhancement to all ability effects, and the fifteen percent enhancement to his weapon.
The Goro Goro no Mi was terrifyingly powerful; even a ten percent boost was significant.
Secondly, the lightning fang characteristic of the Thunderfang Raging Beast perfectly complemented the Goro Goro no Mi. Therefore, the fifteen percent weapon enhancement could stack with the ten percent ability enhancement, thereby bolstering the destructive power of Bai Ye's attacks.
Of course, there was also...
"Dark Devour!"
Bai Ye thrust his hand forward. In the next instant, a shadow vortex materialized before him, spinning and expanding in the air like a pitch-black singularity.
Then...
Everything around it was sucked into the black hole!
The already dilapidated structure collapsed entirely, countless stone fragments being drawn into the vortex and crushed to dust.
The dragon's massive body was not spared; it was continuously dragged by the suction. The moment it touched the black hole...
The dragon's back instantly tore open. Its robust armor proved brittle, instantly ripped apart, and a large amount of blood spurted out.
Terrifyingly potent!
The demon god's ability, while seemingly simple, was terrifying in that Dark Devour could bypass any defense and tear through it.
However, compared to the dragon's immense size, the tear in its back was clearly too small.
Bai Ye needed something more formidable...
An attack that could completely cleave through that body!
Bai Ye's fingertips brushed against the Thunderfang Raging Beast, and then...
*Zzzzzzt!*
The crackle of electricity echoed as countless arcs of lightning enveloped the Thunderfang Raging Beast.
The color was as dark as ink.
Perhaps influenced by the demon god's power, the generated current turned entirely black, coiling around the blade.
The next moment, Bai Ye raised his sword high!
At this moment, due to the Dark Devour, the dragon's body was being pulled by the black hole's suction.
Despite its struggles to break free from the pulling force, the immense suction still heavily restrained the dragon.
With such an opportunity, why hesitate?
"Lightning Fang!"
Bai Ye roared, and the Thunderfang Raging Beast, raised high, slashed downwards with force.
*BOOM!*
The black lightning entwined around the Thunderfang Raging Beast exploded instantly, descending downwards.
The black currents scattered and condensed, scattered and condensed...
Then...
They gradually expanded, growing immense.
A colossal black lightning blade appeared, shimmering in the air.
With the demon god's power augmenting it, with every arc of lightning that leaped and passed, the surrounding space was torn asunder.
One after another, spatial rifts appeared, quickly covering the surrounding area.
They resembled ravenous beasts baring their fangs, appearing ferocious and terrifying.
The next second...
*BOOM!* The black lightning blade struck the dragon's back.
The lightning blade shattered instantly, and countless black currents adhered to the dragon's armor, beginning to spread.
Simultaneously, as the black lightning surged along the dragon's body, its tough scales began to peel away piece by piece.
In an instant, the dragon's back was a bloody, mangled mess.
In excruciating pain, the dragon struggled more ferociously. Around its periphery, crimson bubbles suddenly appeared.
New Kagune!
From its body, blade-like limbs began to sprout, one after another.
Beneath the shattered armor, pairs of blood-red eyes slowly opened.
A terrifying aura, an immensely powerful pressure.
The final part of its body, hidden beneath the ground, finally revealed itself and swept towards Bai Ye.
*Thwack!*
The instant it made contact, the sharp edges of its limbs sliced open a portion of Bai Ye's waist and abdomen.
In an instant, Bai Ye's body felt as if it were split in two, and then...
*RUMBLE, RUMBLE, RUMBLE!*
The dragon's body propelled Bai Ye, crashing him into the building to the side, shattering its outer wall. But it didn't stop, continuing forward, forward, ever forward...
The walls of the buildings continuously crumbled.
Aside from the pain in his back, Bai Ye felt nothing but the relentless impacts and shattering.
Until...
*RUMBLE!*
Another building was severed in half, tilting and collapsing downwards.
Bai Ye was flung out, tumbling through the air. Then, his massive fiery wings unfurled, suspending him in the air.
"Your defensive item, the Black Order uniform, has been completely destroyed."
The clothes Bai Ye had condensed from Steel Slime were utterly shredded, reducing to tattered scraps clinging to his body.
Blood trickled from the corner of Bai Ye's mouth, and his abdomen had been ripped open, his internal organs almost visible.
His chest had caved in completely, and his left arm was unnaturally twisted, its bones clearly pulverized.
But...
Bai Ye reached out and touched the wound on his waist.
The moment his palm passed over the injury, it began to heal rapidly. In an instant, it became a scar, which then also began to fade.
His sunken chest also puffed out again.
Bai Ye glanced at his arm.
*Crack, crack!*
His completely contorted arm emitted crisp cracking sounds as it slowly, bit by bit, straightened itself out.
The demon god's power of super-regeneration!
As long as he wasn't dead, any injury could be instantly healed!
It was just a pity that the Black Order uniform was completely ruined. While items condensed from Steel Slime could continuously repair their "durability," if that durability was reduced to zero in a single blow, they were still rendered useless!
Besides that...
Bai Ye glanced at the status screen. There were six minutes remaining.
He looked at the dragon, still bound by the suction of Dark Devour, but not completely immobilized.
Its back bore horrific wounds from the lightning blade attack, but the dragon also possessed strong regenerative abilities. While not as miraculous as super-regeneration, some parts of its body were visibly healing.
At this rate, it would be difficult to kill the dragon before the time limit.
Bai Ye mused, reaching forward.
"Dark Devour!"
As Bai Ye's low voice resonated, a vortex of light and shadow reappeared in the air, spinning continuously, transforming into a black hole.
The terrifying suction emanated from the center of the black hole, fiercely tearing at everything around it.