Acnologia bites Ben's shoulder and tries to rip Ben's arm. But then, he gets choked by Ben's tail and his arm gets held by Ben's hand. Even Acnologia needs to breathe, so he releases his bite and sends his tail to attack Ben's head.
So Ben releases his grip and gets away because he can't block the tail. But he immediately makes a Dragon's Roar while retreating. It hits Acnologia and sends the Black Dragon flying and crashing onto a mountain quite far from them.
Acnologia coughs some blood and a burnt mark appears on his body because of Ben's attack. It was a clean hit and Ben's attack is very hot, that's why it could even burn Acnologia's tough scale. Now Acnologia can really feel Ben's power which has gotten stronger.
'Does he gets stronger while we fight?' ponders Acnologia with widened eyes.
Ben doesn't actually get stronger while fighting, he just starts revealing his real power. His stats are still the same, but he can make stronger attacks with some more complicated spells. Surely it takes more magic power, but the sun is still in the sky, so Ben can replenish his magic power.
Acnologia looks at Ben and sees the bite wounds on his shoulder heal very fast. The wounds disappear after some seconds because Ben's self-healing ability improves a lot when sunlight shines on his body. He is absorbing the energy passively, after all, even if the rate is much slower than when he eats the sunlight.
Ben suddenly looks in the direction of Ishgar because he senses something. He sighs after feeling that his Guildmates and other Ishgar Mages are coming here. This means he needs to end this as fast as possible because he knows Acnologia can use them to stop him.
Acnologia also looks in the same direction, so Ben knows the guy also feels the incoming people, especially the Dragon Slayers. But then he looks back at Ben and ignores the incoming Dragon Slayers. Acnologia knows that right now he needs to focus on Ben.
The current biggest threat and best target for Acnologia are Ben. If he can defeat Ben, then anyone else won't matter anymore. He won't just remove his strongest opponent, but also gets strengthened a lot after killing Ben.
But of course, Ben won't let that happen, and he will be the one getting those benefits. This battle will decide the True Strongest individual in the world. Well, there are still Gods who are said to be stronger than Dragons, but they don't directly involve themselves in the world's affairs, so it doesn't really count.
Anyway, Ben sends a strong claw attack at Acnologia who's still lying on the ground. Acnologia jumps away to avoid the claw attack that melts the ground. Ben's attacks that have gotten stronger can break his defense quite easily, so he is very careful now.
Then Acnologia covers his body with magic and flies very fast toward Ben. He starts attacking Ben using magic-coated physical attacks. He wants to know whether Ben's physical attacks also get stronger or not.
Well, it doesn't take long for Acnologia to find out because Ben overwhelms him very fast. Not only Ben uses more power in his attacks, but he also has better close combat skills. So his attacks are much deadlier and more effective than Acnologia's attacks.
"Is this all you've got? You were slaying Dragons with this level of power? I don't know whether those Dragons were weak, or you were lucky, or I have gotten too strong for you. But I know for sure that I won't lose this battle," says Ben before he claws Acnologia.
The claws hit Acnologia cleanly and rip his front scales, leaving deep cut wounds on his chest. But there's no blood coming out of the wounds because Ben's magic burnt the wound. That's why the wounds are still painful with a burning sensation.
"Come on, the real battle has just started," says Ben while taunting Acnologia.
Acnologia then attacks Ben again with his magic-coated body. He sends a lot of attacks, but Ben keeps evading those attacks. His magic flies everywhere, creating massive impacts and explosions all over the battlefield.
Ben moves freely in the air and evades all Acnologia's attacks. He tries to tire Acnologia who has gotten too reckless after getting injured by Ben's attacks. Acnologia will get tired while he will save and even increase his energy by absorbing solar energy.
It doesn't seem possible though because Acnologia can eat the pure Ethernano around him. Ben sighs before he rushes to attack Acnologia again. The Black Dragon still looks strong even with all the wounds on his body. He is a very tough guy, after all, and those wounds are mere scratches for him.
Both of them start fighting again using their magic-coated attacks. Ben sends a claw attack, and Acnologia counters it by shooting a small beam from his mouth at Ben's body. So Ben cancels his attack and uses his claw attack to hit the beam.
The beam flies toward a mountain and destroys a big part of the mountain. But the 2 Dragons don't even look at it and focus on their battle. Ben turns around and sends a strong tail attack at Acnologia.
His tail hits Acnologia's face, but it doesn't send the Black Dragon flying. Acnologia is biting Ben's tail strongly to prevent Ben from getting away. Then Acnologia points his right hand at Ben while accumulating his magic on his palm.
A big & strong blue beam gets shot from Acnologia's palm. It hits Ben directly because he doesn't have a chance to escape. A massive explosion happens in the sky and the shockwave shakes the land.
Acnologia then flies down fast while still biting Ben's tail. He pulls Ben out of the explosion smoke and then slams Ben onto the ground. The slam creates a massive crater because of how powerful Acnologia's throw is.
Ben coughs some blood and his body also has some injuries. Acnologia's strong beam attack has injured him quite severely. Then the slam made his injuries worse because of how powerful it was.
Acnologia is still very powerful even after using a lot of magic power and has some big injuries. He doesn't end the Age of Dragons and dominate the world after that for no reason. Even the current Ben won't be able to take Acnologia down that easily without a miracle.
After slamming Ben, Acnologia tries to attack him again by jumping onto him. But then Ben sends his legs to kick Acnologia while still lying on the ground. He sends Acnologia away and then gets up as his injuries get healed.
Ben and Acnologia look at each other for a while before they rush to fight again. They run toward each other very fast on their 3 legs while also flapping their wings to increase their speed. Then their heads glow bright before they hit their heads at each other.
The headbutts clash is very strong that its shockwave creates a big crater below them. The debris also flies very far along with the shockwave that even breaks Vistarion's ruins. The Capital city has been destroyed completely now after getting hit by some strong stray spells.
Ben and Acnologia keep fighting very closely using attacks that can kill even S-Class Mages in one hit. They are going all-out in their attacks to overwhelm the other and dominate the battle. Ben doesn't even use his superb battle skills because he wants to win this overwhelmingly and truly get the title of the Strongest.
Acnologia sends an uppercut at Ben that feels like it's about to rip Ben's jaw off. But it doesn't and even while his head gets shot up, Ben still can send an attack. He slashes his claws at Acnologia from the stomach to the shoulder.
Ben's attack makes some cut wounds on Acnologia's torso. But the Black Dragon doesn't faze, and so is Ben. They send more attacks at the other while accumulating more wounds too. Even though they only have an arm, their battle is still more deadly than anyone with complete limbs.
As their battle gets more intense, they fly to the sky where they can move more freely. Ben starts attacking Acnologia with his legs as they go up. He grabs Acnologia's shoulder and sends a knee attack at Acnologia's stomach.
But Acnologia blocks it using his tail and creates some massive magic circles around Ben that shoot strong magic beams. Ben clicks his tongue and releases Acnologia before going on defense by curling his body. He covers his curled body using his wings before covering his whole body with magic.
Massive explosions happen in the sky and the sound can be heard even from other nations. Ishgat Mages who have gotten closer can see the explosions. They also know that Ben is inside the explosions, so they get very worried.
But the explosion smoke suddenly disperses because of a strong wave after the explosions end. Ben comes out of it with some wounds, but he is still alive and kicking. Although the man himself doesn't seem happy seeing the Mages getting quite close to the battlefield.
Ben looks at Acnologia and thinks, 'I need to finish this soon.'
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