457: Lionel's Ambition

“Overestimating himself!”

As the Azure Dragon soared into the sky, Lionel’s eyes flashed with disdain.

Sending out only one Beast Pet, even if it was an Ice-attribute Divine Beast, Wang Chen was, in his opinion, courting death.

It was well-known that while Divine Beast Dragons were powerful and possessed strong magic resistance, Wang Chen’s current cultivation stage meant his Dragon was, at best, in its youth.

Against a Awakener of the same Rank, he might hold an absolute advantage, but facing an opponent nearly sixty Ranks higher than him, this slight advantage became ridiculous.

Even if a portion of the attack’s damage was offset, the remaining damage would be enough to severely injure or even kill a low-Rank Dragon.

“Although it’s just an arena battle and won’t result in actual death.”

“But if I kill this Dragon, I suppose I can consider it a feat of Dragon slaying!”

Lionel thought coldly to himself, his hands moving continuously as he began to prepare his next skills.

After all, although he was confident, he also held Wang Chen in sufficient regard; the two attacks he had just launched, while powerful, were not enough to deal with this Dragon in his opinion.

However.

As Ice-attribute magic just began to gather around him, his hand movements suddenly paused, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Facing the dense Ice Spears raining down from the sky, the soaring Dragon neither dodged nor avoided them, not even using a defensive skill.

It simply flew straight towards him.

“What is he planning to do?”

“Does he intend to tank the attacks and get close? What a joke!”

“After this round of attacks, the Dragon will be severely injured if not dead. How is approaching me any different from seeking death?!”

Lionel sneered inwardly, already envisioning himself completing the feat of Dragon slaying.

But the next second.

His eyeballs nearly popped out of their sockets.

The Azure Dragon flew amidst the countless Ice Spears, completely unhindered.

Those incredibly sharp Ice Spears, the moment they struck the Dragon, vanished without a trace, as if snowflakes falling into a hot oil pan.

Meanwhile, the Ice Spears that landed on the ground nearby blasted out large craters.

These two completely different scenes instantly dumbfounded Lionel!

“What’s going on?!”

“My Ice Spear attacks didn’t cause him any damage? No, they couldn’t even hinder his movement?!”

“How is this possible?!”

Lionel was incredibly astonished, completely unable to comprehend what he was seeing.

Even if the Ice Spears weren’t enough to damage the Dragon, the power they carried should at least slightly slow down his advance, right?

But now, facing these Ice Spears, that Dragon was like a black hole, devouring them without a trace.

… …

At the same time.

“Holy crap!!”

“What the hell is this?!”

“Lionel’s attacks are ineffective against Wang Chen’s Beast Pet Dragon?!”

“Is there a mistake? Even a Divine Beast can’t be this exaggerated?!”

In the main arena, watching the Dragon flying amidst the countless Ice Spears on the live broadcast, everyone in the spectator stands was stunned.

This was illogical!

The bizarre scene shattered their lifelong understanding—that Divine Beasts possessed a fifty percent resistance to magic of the same attribute.

“Is this a special skill of the Dragon?”

“But it shouldn’t be. Look at the Ice Spears that landed on the ground; each one probably has the power of a rocket, not only possessing Ice attributes but also carrying a powerful impact. How could there be no effect whatsoever?”

“Exactly. Unless it’s completely immune, the impact force it carries should at least slow down the Azure Dragon.”

The audience buzzed with discussion, everyone eagerly debating. Just then, someone suddenly offered a guess:

“What if Wang Chen’s Beast Pet, the Azure Dragon, has more than fifty percent resistance to Ice-attribute, perhaps even higher?”

But before those who heard could ponder the possibility of this conjecture, someone immediately jumped out to object:

“Are you stupid?”

“Divine Beasts possess a maximum of fifty percent resistance to the same attribute. If Wang Chen’s Beast Pet has higher resistance, wouldn’t its Rank be above that of a Divine Beast?!”

“Blue Star hasn’t seen a Sacred Beast in over seven hundred years; whether they even exist is unknown. How could Wang Chen have contracted one?!”

“If you ask me, this is very likely the effect of the Azure Dragon’s skill!”

As soon as the rebuttal was uttered, it immediately drew agreement from many.

After all, a Sacred Beast was simply too overpowered!

Since the standard for Beast Pet Ranks appeared, no existence above a Divine Beast had emerged in over seven hundred years.

Many people regarded Divine Beasts as the highest Rank for Beast Pets, viewing the higher-Ranked Sacred Beasts and Ancestral Divine Beasts as groundless, absurd conjectures.

However.

No sooner had these people finished speaking than the scene appearing on the live broadcast seemed to be a series of slaps across their faces.

After the Azure Dragon charged through the countless Ice Spears, Lionel, realizing the situation was dire, pulled back further, while simultaneously wielding his magic staff into a blur, unleashing powerful magical attacks like a cannon turret.

Ice Ray!

Frost Orb!

Freezing Aura!

However, these attacks, whether single-target strikes, area-of-effect strikes, or single-target controls…

Had no effect whatsoever on the Azure Dragon.

Not even the slightest mark was left on its shimmering azure scales.

Instead, it allowed the Azure Dragon to seize the opportunity and close the distance with him.

“Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn!!”

“No way?! Could it really be a Sacred Beast?!”

“Even if it’s using skills to tank, it’s absolutely impossible for it to last this long, and these magical attacks have different effects; no defensive skill could block all of them!”

“Indeed, from the beginning until now, ever since this Azure Dragon appeared, I haven’t seen it use any skills. This is probably truly relying on its powerful magic resistance to tank the attacks!”

“And have you noticed? Lionel’s attacks haven’t caused any damage at all. Wang Chen’s Beast Pet’s resistance to Ice-attribute has probably exceeded eighty percent, reaching a nearly immune level!”

In the spectator stands, everyone was now filled with astonishment, their faces showing hesitation and disbelief, but the stark reality laid out before them forced them to believe the most improbable conjecture.

Wang Chen’s Dragon was very likely a Sacred Beast!

… …

And in the battle arena.

“Damn it!”

“What kind of monster is this?!”

Lionel’s psychological defenses were on the verge of collapsing.

But it was normal; anyone who unleashed their signature moves only to find their attacks doing no damage to their opponent would probably feel the same way he did now.