The beauty of this skill was that it wasn't a direct attack, but rather a form of interference. The feathers fell along unpredictable trajectories, covering a vast area, making them almost impossible to completely avoid.
Chiying did not avoid them.
The golden-red feathers landed on its body, sticking to the surface of its scales.
The Blazing Feather Eagle's Feather Dance hit.
Chiying's attack power should have decreased.
Shui Heyu looked at the feathers clinging to Chiying's scales, his mind settling slightly.
With two layers of Burn and one layer of Feather Dance, even if the dragon had the Dragon Dance buff, its attack should have been suppressed significantly.
All that remained was to...
"Chiying, Dragon's Breath."
Liu Yi's voice came from above.
Chiying opened its mouth, and dark golden energy condensed in its throat.
A purplish-golden aura surged from Chiying's mouth, cutting a straight trajectory through the air, heading directly for the Blazing Feather Eagle!
The Blazing Feather Eagle's wings vibrated rapidly, dodging sideways at the last moment. The purplish-golden aura grazed its left wing and struck a floating island behind it.
"Boom—"
The edge of the floating island was hit by the Dragon's Breath, sending shattered rock flying and leaving a charred crater. The shockwave pushed aside the surrounding rain curtain, revealing the mottled, corroded rock surface below.
The edge of the Blazing Feather Eagle's left wing was grazed by the aura; a few flight feathers were scorched and curled, emitting faint smoke in the rain.
Shui Heyu's expression changed.
He stared at the charred mark on the Blazing Feather Eagle's left wing, his pupils contracting slightly.
The power of that Dragon's Breath hadn't decreased at all.
With two layers of Burn and one layer of Feather Dance, under normal circumstances, Chiying's attack should have been weakened by at least 30 to 40 percent.
But the power of that Dragon's Breath was almost identical to its power at the start of the match.
He quickly reviewed all of Chiying's match replays from last week in his mind, and then all the analysis posts about the Moling Dragon on the forum.
Poison immunity—Counter-Poison. Illusion immunity—some unknown trait. Wingless flight—Cloud Walking. He had studied all of these.
But immunity to attack power reduction too?
He recalled a post on the forum where someone had mentioned that "the Moling Dragon seems to have a special resistance to mental suppression effects." At the time, he hadn't paid much attention, thinking it was just a normal resistance.
Now he understood.
That wasn't a normal resistance.
The dragon's trait wasn't just immunity to mental suppression; it was immunity to all negative statuses, or at least all negative statuses that would reduce its abilities.
Burn reduces attack, immune. Feather Dance reduces attack, immune.
So, its attack power had never decreased from start to finish.
Shui Heyu's expression became utterly solemn.
He stood on his maglev skateboard, his hands pulled from his pockets, gripping the edge of the board tightly.
Shui Heyu didn't speak, merely staring at the dark figure in the rain curtain, his gaze complex.
In the staging area, murmurs rose and fell.
"Was that just now..."
"Yes, the power was off. It still had Burn on it, so its attack should have been weakened."
"You saw Feather Dance hit it too, so how did it deal damage like nothing happened?"
"Unless... those weakening statuses have no effect on it."
"No effect? How is that possible?"
"Why not? Didn't you see its match against Sheng Mingxi last week? Fear Face, Soul Devour—all immune."
"That's different, those are mental-type skills. Burn and Feather Dance aren't mental-type."
"Then what do you suggest?"
No one could answer that question.
In the rain curtain, Chiying hovered above the highest plum blossom-shaped floating island.
The golden-red feathers clinging to its scales were falling off, one by one.
They weren't washed away by the rain; Chiying shook them off with its own energy.
The feathers detached from its scales, scattered in the rain, and were quickly corroded into ash by the poisonous rain.
Shui Heyu watched the scattering feathers and gritted his teeth.
Feather Dance ineffective.
Burn ineffective.
Two layers of Burn and one layer of Feather Dance were utterly useless against that dragon.
Shui Heyu took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.
He glanced at the Blazing Feather Eagle's status.
Two layers of Poisoned, and its stamina was significantly depleted. But the Blazing Feather Eagle still had a trump card.
Blazing Obsession.
When stamina falls below a certain level, Fire-type skill power increases by 30%.
As long as he could suppress the dragon's stamina to a certain level and the Blazing Feather Eagle triggered Blazing Obsession, there would still be a chance.
Moreover, the Burn on Chiying was still active. Although the attack reduction effect of Burn was immune, the continuous damage from Burn itself remained.
Every moment, the dragon's stamina was being consumed.
And while Death Rain could restore Chiying's stamina, the recovery rate wasn't fast.
The Blazing Feather Eagle's attacks might still be able to outpace its stamina recovery.
"Air Slash, continuous release."
The Blazing Feather Eagle's wings vibrated repeatedly, unleashing wave after wave of Air Slashes towards Chiying like a torrential downpour.
The Wind Blades were incredibly fast, cutting countless transparent trajectories through the rain curtain, striking Chiying simultaneously from various angles and heights.
Chiying did not resist directly.
It flicked its tail, and its dark figure carved a fluid arc through the air, gliding from above the highest plum blossom-shaped floating island towards the central double helix floating island.
The Air Slashes whistled past its sides; some grazed its scales, leaving faint white marks, while others struck the floating islands behind it, carving deep cracks into the rock walls.
Chiying weaved between the floating islands, constantly changing direction by utilizing the staggered terrain.
Its movements were so fluid it seemed less like dodging attacks and more like dancing.
The Air Slashes pursued it, yet always missed by just a hair.
The Blazing Feather Eagle's attack frequency grew faster and faster, and the density of the Air Slashes increased.
Chiying's evasion space was being compressed.
Finally, an Air Slash came from the side, and Chiying couldn't fully evade it, getting hit on its left flank.
"Clang!"
Scales collided with the Wind Blade.
Chiying's body was pushed several meters to the right by the impact, and a shallow crack appeared on the scales of its left flank.
But that was all.
The crack was very shallow, not even penetrating the thickness of the scales.
Chiying steadied itself, glanced back at the crack, and then continued weaving among the floating islands.
Shui Heyu's expression became even more solemn.
The Blazing Feather Eagle's Air Slash wasn't powerful enough; it couldn't break through the dragon's defense.
He needed a more powerful skill.
"Blazing Feather Eagle, Winged Flash Strike, then Blazing Air Burst."
The Blazing Feather Eagle swooped down from a high altitude, moving faster and at a sharper angle than before.
During its dive, it constantly changed direction, using the staggered floating islands and the cover of the rain curtain to make its flight path almost unpredictable.
Chiying hovered above the central double helix floating island, its crimson eyes fixed on the approaching golden-red figure.
This time, the Blazing Feather Eagle did not approach from the side.
It swooped down from directly above, its wings folded, its body like a sharp arrow piercing straight towards Chiying.
Winged Flash Strike, followed by Blazing Air Burst.
Shui Heyu's plan was clear.
After Winged Flash Strike hits, the power of the next attack skill is greatly increased. Blazing Air Burst itself has a power bonus, and if the target is under the Burn status, its power will be further enhanced.
With two layers of bonuses stacked, even Chiying's high defense wouldn't be able to withstand it.
Rate on N.U.
