This was not going to be a fight which I could afford to be prolonged, in other words. Also, if I was unable to prevent him closing on me, and would then be unable to rely on Arrow of Truth, the only contest would be how long I would even be able to resist him. After all, dragons were, bloodline for bloodline, the most physically superior species in the Heavens, and every single one of them knew it.
Fortunately, we started on opposite sides of the arena, so I'd have a chance. I had a plan involving Icewalls, one which would be expensive in internal Qi since I'd need to shore them up every few seconds against Qiang's Heat, but if a Sacred Dragon wasn't a worthwhile opponent for that kind of effort, for absolute maximum force, then who was? Few even born in the Heavens could possibly be arrogant enough to think otherwise.
