The battle between Locke and the unknown man who had become one with the blood dragon continued to escalate. The surrounding reinforcement soldiers could no longer get close to them.
Seeing the soldiers who were constantly charging forward and sacrificing themselves, Locke immediately warned them, "All of you, leave quickly! Leave this battle to me! The more important task here is to repair the communications tower!"
Hearing Locke's words, the surrounding soldiers immediately retreated.
Seeing that the soldiers had left, Locke immediately raised his hand, and the tattoo on his wrist began to glow.
This was Locke's first attempt. He was prepared to enter the state of becoming one with both the Steel Dragon and Eliza. Because of the Steel Dragon, Locke was not sure if he could do it. However, if he didn't, he would lose this battle.
Before he transformed, Locke quickly filled in all the experience points that he had obtained into their respective lists. After splitting the 350,000 EXP evenly, their levels immediately went from Level 10 to Level 15.
Their strength improved tremendously!
Clifford, who was standing far away, did not expect the magic in Locke's body to suddenly expand. This was too surprising!
"Just how many secrets is this kid hiding?!"
After leveling up, Locke immediately merged with the Steel Dragon and Eliza.
The white dragon scale armor appeared on his body, and the Steel Dragon split apart, merging seamlessly with the white armor. The originally handsome and ferocious armor was immediately filled with an ancient aura. The combination of white and black metal had an indescribable strangeness to it.
"Two dragons in one, Light and Dark Sacred Armor!"
When the enemy saw that Locke had evolved into a similar state as him, he immediately sensed that something was wrong. He could sense the presence of two dragons from the other party!
Locke immediately took out his Nine Tribulations and injected magic into it. The black and white armor on his body immediately extended to his weapon.
Twin Light and Darkness—Nine Tribulations!
After the spear was unfurled, the spearhead immediately released a black thunderstorm that was even more destructive than lightning!
After completing everything, Locke swung the spear in his hand. A destructive black lightning energy immediately struck the man with the Blood Dragon. Feeling the irreversible damage from the attack, the unknown man was scared! He did not dare to receive Locke's attack because he could sense that the energy contained within the attack could severely injure him.
After dodging Locke's attack, he immediately cast auxiliary magic on himself. His body's movement speed increased by more than two times.
Clifford, who was at the side, made use of the time they were fighting to immediately escape to a safe corner. He was prepared to find the weakness of this cursed blood dragon.
However, after a careful search around, he did not find any magic formation around him.
However, through Locke's constant attacks, he could see that there was a blood core inside the man's body. He could tell that this core was the reason why every physical attack from Locke was unable to deal any damage to him.
However, this unknown man seemed to avoid most of the magic attacks Locke threw at him. Hence, it did not cause any damage to him as well.
During the battle, Clifford immediately used a magic communication device to speak to Locke.
"You can't hurt him like this! He has a blood core inside his body, it's a little to the left of his heart! I'll cast a spell to trap him later, then you can use your weapon to stab him there!"
Clifford started casting his spell, but he was soon discovered by the man with the Blood Dragon.
The strange man intended to make a move to stop Clifford from casting the spell, but he could find no way to avoid Locke's attacks.
Meanwhile, Locke was like a god of war. The more he fought, the fiercer he became, and the strength in his arms did not seem to decrease at all.
Suddenly, the man with the Blood Dragon noticed that something was wrong. He immediately took out his magic communication device and prepared to contact his main group. However, he realized that his communication failed!
"These bastards! How could they give up so easily? I knew I shouldn't have worked with them!"
Knowing that there was no way out, the man immediately cancelled his transformation and commanded the blood dragon to fly him into the sky.
Meanwhile, the fourth communication tower had been repaired. The troops on the ground immediately received the order to defend the kingdom. They immediately attacked the blood dragon in the sky, but the thumping attacks did not cause him any damage.
As he rose into the sky, he glanced at Locke before quickly flying away from the city.
Because of his depleting magic powers, Locke no longer had any means to pursue. Although this fusion had increased his attack power by several times, the consumption of magic was also huge.
After the strange man and his Blood Dragon left, Locke immediately cancelled his transformation. The two dragons then transformed into a black and white light that returned to Locke's back.
Locke immediately used the Nine Tribulations spear in his hand to support his body when he felt the energy of both dragons escaping his body. Clifford immediately stopped casting his spell and came to Locke's side to cast an inspection spell.
"I'm fine, just a little exhausted!"
Clifford immediately took out the potion bottle and handed it to Locke.
This kind of intermediate magical potion was rare even in the kingdom, that was why even the Dragon Rider mages did not have access to Mana Recovery Potions.
There were some elementary Mana Recovery Potions in the warehouse, but even a hundred of these potions would not be able to replenish their mana.
After the battle ended, the city returned to normal. All the soldiers began to distribute the rations that Locke and Clifford had brought.
After completing the mission, the two of them retreated to Queen Melissa's palace for a rest. Seeing how disheveled they looked, she immediately arranged for them to rest in a very spacious room.
The next morning, they were woken up by a maid's voice.
"Queen Melissa invites you over!"
After saying that, the maid waited for them at the door.
After tidying up their clothes, they followed the maid into the palace.
Today, Queen Melissa looked completely different. She had put on makeup again. Furthermore, she had changed into a battle attire!
Seeing Rock and Clifford arrive, she immediately said to them, "In another hour, it will be six o'clock! When the time comes, I will light up the flames on the tower in the center! We will then launch an all-out counterattack!"
After hearing the queen's words, the two of them stood quietly at the side and waited.
At this moment, Locke's badge rang, and Green's profile appeared before their eyes.
"How's the situation?"
"At six in the morning, Empress Melissa will launch a counterattack!"
"Have the other teams arrived yet?"
"They have already met up with Duke William Rowan and are now lying in ambush near the enemy's army. When the war begins, they will sneak up to the enemy from behind! All preparations are completed. Now, it's time for a full-scale counterattack. We're definitely going to win this war!"