Chapter 18 - Dragonification!

"Who said you've won ?"

hearing those words Klent looked back in shock what he saw was a badly bruised Dante stand up from the crater with a confident smirk

"Just as you had something saved for the inter-clan competition, so did I !" continued Dante

"Dragonification ! "

"ROAR !"

With those words, a terrifying roar erupted from Dantes body while a blast of flames exploded turning the training ground crimson red, if you looked closely in the flames you could see the illusion of a terrifying Red Dragon roaring madly in rage wanting to destroy everything in its sight.

Blood Red scales started appearing all over his arms and legs, while his hands and feet turned clawed and lizard-like while his body ballooned becoming terrifyingly muscular. in addition to this, a pair of curved obsidian dragon horns grew from the top of his head giving him a truly demonic look.

"Now are you ready? " Dante asked confidently with his aura of dragon fear radiating out along

"Of course" replied Klent and with that siring his terrifying Will in addition, a terrifying humm erupted from him yet again, shaking all the swords in the training ground.

Suddenly Dante took a heavy step leaving a claw-like footprint in the ground and shot towards Klent

"Rushing Dragon Claw !"

arriving in front of Klent Dante let out a swift claw attack that seemed to let of two resounding dragon roars

"Blade Storm !"

not wanting to be overwhelmed, Klent let off an attack of his own, sending blinding beams of energy towards Dante, that when coupled with his sword intent, were sharper than ever!

"Bang! Bang! "

two beams of energy were clasped and crushed directly by Dante with his claws, leaving Klent staring stunned.

but as Klent looked up, all he received from Dante was a mad grin.

"Phantom ghost steps"

Klent quickly executed his movement technique trying to put some distance between him and that monster.

Escaping Klent shouted,

"Apocalypse Sword Style, Split The Earth !"

a giant burst of golden sword energy erupted from his sword hurtling towards Dante

seeing the terrifying sword energy once again there was no fear in Dante's eyes instead he roared madly

"Red Dragon Breath "

All of a sudden Dante's chest rapidly expanded as heat rapidly gathered around Dante's mouth forming a blinding orange hue.

"ROAR!"

As the sword beam approached Dante let out a horrifying roar sending out a cone of flames colliding with the beam in a spectacular fashion letting of a blinding array of lights.

"Rushing Dragon Claw"

bursting out from the explosion Dante was covered in light burns and scalds but he still rushed towards Klent madly

seeing the oncoming claw Klents sword shuddered erupting in a glowing white light

"Heavy Hack"

Klent brought down a fierce strike towards the claw

"Bang!"

sparks erupted as scales and steel met under a fierce impact

"Bang! Bang! Bang! "

blow after blow was exchanged between them sending out thunderous bangs and even leaving scratches along Dante's Dragon Scales.

"Bang!"

suddenly Dante managed to grab Klent's sword firmly locking it in place.

seeing such an opportunity a devilish smile appeared on Dante's face as his chest expanded rapidly while flickers of flames started to gather in his mouth.

noticing such a frightening development Klent didn't hesitate and sent a fierce punch straight at Dante's nose

"Bang!"

"ROAR !"

the fierce impact caused Dante to retreat letting out a roar of rage and pain releasing the torrent of flames trapped in his mouth bathing the training ground in a horrifying flame

Gathering his bearings Dante rushed furiously towards Klent again

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" again they collided fiercely, sending out shock waves from their attacks.

suddenly Dante's arm shot out grabbing Klents shoulder but this time Dante learnt his lesson. instead of dragon breath Dante instead went with a headbutt.

"sphlittt!"

In panic, Klent tried dodging the attack but Dantes horns still managed to pierce into Klents Shoulder

"Arrgh!" klent let out a shriek of pain. Furious, he grabbed his sword and shoved it straight into Dantes side leaving a deep gash.

"ROAR!"

Dante's eyes went red with pain letting out a berserk roar, Dante grabbed Klents shoulders almost crushing them leaving in helplessly in his grasp. in addition to this Dante opened his mouth as a torrent of fire element spirit energy poured towards him causing his surroundings to reach terrifying temperatures

Klent was terrified as if he was hit by dragon breath at such close range he would be turned into nothing more than a pile of coke and ash

At the last second Dante seemed to come to his senses turning his head away from Klent

"Bang"

A fierce wave of flames was released towards the ground melting it from stone into molten flowing lava.

Releasing Klent from his grasp Dante asked " Do you concede defeat, I think it's my win ?"

"Of course," replied Klent "You almost killed me you know! " exclaimed klent in exasperation

"Yeah my bad, "said Dante "I got carried away from the fight and almost lost myself." apologized Dante.

"Here take this," said Dante throwing Klent a bottle "inside are some healing pills they'll speed up your recovery greatly. " "By the way are you interested in joining me on the mission to the Howling Beast Forest ?"

"Sure, I do owe you, after all you helped me comprehended sword intent." klent said gently stroking his sword "But what time is it ?"

"It's in two days time, you can just meet me at the Clan entrance in the morning "

"The same goes for you Anne. If you're interested in joining us it's the same time at the clan entrance." Dante said turning to face her

After saying this Dante went back to his room to recover leaving the destruction of the training ground far behind him, anyway, it wasn't his job to clean it and if he was going to get in trouble for destroying it he'll face the consequences after a good rest.