[Warning! Silver-tier lizard has entered rage mode, all its abilities and stats are doubled for the next 3 minutes]
"Doubled stats for 3 minutes?" Reid said seeing Evo's warning "things just got a bit harder".
The lizard didn't wait for Reid's attack, it immediately transformed into a ball of flames and shot forward in a trail of flames, aiming for him.
Reid jumped out of the way, narrowly avoiding it. The lizard didn't even give him or his partners a chance to recover before launching an attack again.
It kept on getting faster by the moment until Reid could hardly track it with his eyes.
It slammed into Reid back sending him tumbling forward, the lizard prepared for a follow up attack before it was [paused] mid air.
"Got you" Reid said, standing up from the ground.
He walked towards the lizard and slammed his bat on its head. He prepared to land another hit when its tail suddenly whipped forward, colliding with the metal bat and unarming Reid.
"Fuck" he said while dodging another attack from its tail. Rusty couldn't directly attack it since its entire body was basically flames.
This left Rusty with support as the only other option. Nyx on the other hand, had a few attacks that could work.
The lizard had somehow broken Rusty's time lock, aiming directly for Reid with another tail attack. Nyx quickly used [Smoke Screen] to obstruct its vision, allowing Redi to retreat to safety.
Nyx the used [Collapsing Space], hoping to crush the lizard as it was previously doing to the other beasts.
The lizard roared in pain from the invisible pressure being crushing it from all sides. It suddenly activated [Molten shield], which worked in countering Nyx's ability.
It the spat flames at them again but this time, instead of dodging it Reid ordered Nyx to use [Nullification] which negated the flames.
'Defeating it in this form is going to be hard' he thought to himself 'how long will its rage last, Evo?'
[One minute and fifteen seconds] Evo answered.
'we can do this' he said.
The air and the ground below Reid suddenly grew hotter and he knew exactly what was coming. Rusty, Nyx and him teleported away again, narrowly avoiding a much bigger flame tornado.
As soon as they reappeared, Reid was greeted with a fire ball which landed on his chest, sending him flying— burning his shirt and chest.
"Argh!" Reid groaned in pain. The lizard had perfectly baited them into teleporting, somehow knowing exactly where they'll appear.
Nyx used rewind on him again, causing the burn to have never happened but Reid still felt a bit of phantom pain.
"The bastards getting smarter by the minute" He said, keeping an eye on the now smug lizard "I have to end this quick".
'Evo, bring up the description for Nyx's [Nullification] skill' he said to Evo, an idea forming in his mind.
[Okay
[Skill]
Nullification: negates/nullifies any type of energy
]
'This could work' he said after seeing the description.
He suddenly rushed towards the lizard. Before it could attack, Rusty used [pause] on it freezing it for a second and Nyx used [smoke cloud] to blind it, allowing Reid to retrieve it.
The lizard jumped out of the smoke cloud to be met with Reid's swinging bat, which dealt some damage but it shrugged it off and attacked with its tail.
"Rusty" Reid said and Rusty used [delayed reaction] on it which allowed Reid to land another attack on its head this time.
Feeling even more angered, The lizard was about to use [Eruption] when Reid shouted.
"Nyx, now!"
Nyx reacted instantly, activating [Nullification] just as the lizard began to activate its skill.
Expecting another tornado of flames, the lizard froze in shock for a brief moment, its ability didn't activate even though it felt energy from its core power the skill.
Reid didn't waste the opening. Gripping his bat tightly, he dashed forward with everything he had.
"Rusty, keep it locked down!" he barked.
Rusty activated [Pause] once more. The lizard was locked in time again.
Reid swung his bat with all his might, aiming for the creature's head.
The force of the hit echoed through the battlefield as the bat connected, cracks forming along the molten scales on its skull.
"Nyx, one more time! Crush it!" Reid shouted, sweat pouring down his face from the intense heat radiating from the creature.
Nyx activated [Collapsing Space] once more causing the space around the Lizard to compress its entire body again.
It wanted to use [Molten shield] again but was Rusty was faster in using [pause] again.
[20 seconds remaining on Rage Mode.] Evo updated.
Reid grimaced. "It's still not enough to finish it."
The lizard, in a last-ditch effort, exploded again, breaking free from Rusty's time manipulation and Nyx's spatial crushing.
It staggered but quickly recovered. It then looked at Reid in rage, hoping to find anyway to crush this annoying bug.
"You stubborn bastard," Reid muttered, gripping his bat tightly.
"Nyx, smoke cloud! Rusty, lock it again when I give the signal!" he commanded, stepping back as the beast charged at him.
Nyx conjured another [Smoke Cloud], blocking the charging beast line of sight but it still kept moving forward.
"Now, Rusty!"
Rusty activated [Pause], freezing the creature mid-charge.
Reid sprinted forward, pouring every ounce of his strength into his legs. As he approached the frozen beast, he raised his bat high and shouted, "Nyx, nullify the heat".
Nyx quickly did as instructed and nullified the heat emitted by the lizard.
With the suffocating heat neutralized, Reid closed in and with a shout, he dropped the bat on the beast's head with all the strength he could muster.
The impact was really loud, the force almost breaking Reid's hand.
The beast let out a final, ear-splitting roar before it collapsed, the flames on its body dissipating.
[Congratulations on killing the Silver-tier flame lizard Infernal Ravager. You've gained a silver-tier core]
Reid then collapsed on his back, with Evo's confirmation. Rusty and Nyx walked towards him and Rusty nudged him a little with its nose.
"You did good, boy" he said, patting it and then turning to Nyx "you too Nyx".
"That was one hell of a fight kid" old man Scrappy said while approaching "now let's go back, we have a lot to talk about".
Old man Scrappy helped him up and they, alongside the other tamers started heading back. By this time, the sun was already peeking at the horizon.