He had no time to ponder, because Chiying had already moved.
The dark dragon figure suddenly ascended, circling once above the plum blossom-shaped floating island at the highest point.
The sky darkened.
Dark clouds gathered in just a few seconds, but they weren't ordinary dark clouds; they were toxic clouds with a purplish-black sheen. The clouds surged, and lightning flashed within them, but the lightning wasn't the usual silvery-white, but an eerie purple.
The next second, raindrops began to fall.
It wasn't ordinary rain, but purplish-black, corrosive, pungent poisonous rain.
The raindrops landed on the surface of the floating island, making a dense "hissing" sound and splashing tiny white smoke.
When they hit the energy shield below, purplish-black ripples spread out in circles.
The raindrops fell on the Blazing Feather Eagle.
Its golden-red feathers were soaked by the acid rain, and an abnormal purplish-black glow began to appear on their surface.
The Poisoned status took effect.
Shui Heyu stood on his maglev skateboard, his pupils slightly contracting, staring at the spreading purplish-black rain curtain in the air.
He remembered.
Death Rain, an A-rank Poison-type skill, unleashes highly venomous acid rain over an area, dealing damage to all units and continuously applying the Poisoned status.
Shui Heyu's gaze fell on Liu Yi.
The first-year new student stood on her maglev skateboard, her expression calm, even carrying a hint of composure.
She was hiding her strength.
In all the matches of the first week, she had been holding back. The Ice Fox had hidden Snowfall and Extreme Cold Storm, and the Moling Dragon had hidden Death Rain.
Only in the second week, when opponents started studying their information and targeting their tactics, did she reveal her trump cards one by one.
Shui Heyu took a deep breath and turned his gaze to Chiying.
Death Rain's poisonous rain also fell on Chiying. The purplish-black raindrops struck its dark scales, but unlike when they hit the Blazing Feather Eagle, they left no corrosive marks.
The moment those raindrops landed on its scales, they seemed to be absorbed, transforming into tiny purplish-black specks of light that vanished into the gaps between its scales.
Chiying's breathing was steadier than before.
The Poison-type energy seeping into its scales was being converted into its stamina.
Counter-Poison.
Of course, he knew this trait. Poison-type pets are immune to Poison-type damage and actually recover stamina when attacked by Poison-type skills. He had seen it in the data and witnessed it in Chiying's match against the Ghost-Mask Moth last week.
But this trait was useless if the opponent wasn't a Poison-type pet, or if they deliberately avoided using Poison-type skills.
Yet, it also had Death Rain.
Death Rain was an area attack, indiscriminate of friend or foe. Normally, this skill was a double-edged sword, harming the enemy by a thousand and oneself by eight hundred. But Chiying's Counter-Poison trait turned the “harm oneself by eight hundred” into “heal oneself by eight hundred.”
The poisonous rain falling on the Blazing Feather Eagle caused continuous Poisoned damage.
The poisonous rain falling on Chiying caused continuous stamina recovery.
Shui Heyu gritted his teeth, but quickly forced himself to calm down.
The stamina recovery effect of Death Rain on Chiying was currently continuous, but Death Rain would eventually dissipate, while Burn would last the entire battle.
As long as the Blazing Feather Eagle could deal enough damage before Chiying recovered enough stamina, there was still a chance.
“Blazing Feather Eagle, Winged Flash Strike.”
The Blazing Feather Eagle sharply pulled up from the rain curtain, its golden-red figure drawing a dazzling arc across the purplish-black sky.
Its wings folded, its body cut through the air like a sharp arrow, moving so fast its trajectory was almost invisible.
Winged Flash Strike, a B-rank Flying-type skill, instantly dashes and boosts the power of the next attack skill, but exposes the back weakness for 1 second.
This was a high-risk, high-reward skill.
If it hit, the power of the subsequent attack would be greatly increased. If its weakness was exploited, that brief exposure could be fatal.
The Blazing Feather Eagle was clearly extremely proficient with this skill. During its dive, it constantly adjusted its angle, using the cover of the rain curtain and the staggered floating islands to make its flight path unpredictable.
Chiying hovered in the air, its crimson eyes fixed on the rapidly approaching golden-red figure.
Its tail swayed steadily behind it, the golden patterns on its scales faintly shimmering with its breath. Death Rain's poisonous rain continued, the purplish-black raindrops falling on it and seeping into its scales.
The Blazing Feather Eagle cut in from Chiying's left, its wings suddenly spreading wide!
Golden-red feathers burst forth in the rain curtain, and the Blazing Feather Eagle's figure suddenly changed direction at the last moment, sliding from the left to behind Chiying.
Its back weakness was exposed, but only for an instant.
Chiying didn't turn its head.
It didn't even turn around.
Its tail flicked sharply, and a glob of purplish-black venom shot out from its tail tip, not towards the Blazing Feather Eagle itself, but towards the airspace three meters behind it.
Shui Heyu's pupils slightly contracted.
That was the Blazing Feather Eagle's inevitable path after completing its Winged Flash Strike.
The Blazing Feather Eagle had just swept past Chiying's rear, and as it prepared to gain altitude, it ran head-on into that glob of venom.
“Hiss!”
The venom splattered on the base of its wings, and a purplish-black glow rapidly spread. The Blazing Feather Eagle cried out in pain, its body swaying.
But it didn't retreat.
It suddenly flipped in the air, its wings flapping continuously, and several translucent air blades shot out from its wingtips, slashing towards Chiying's back!
Chiying did not dodge.
It merely adjusted its hovering angle slightly, allowing the air blades to strike its thickest back armor.
“Clang, clang, clang!”
The air blades struck the dark scales, producing crisp sounds. Fine cracks appeared along the edges of a few scales, but none shattered.
Chiying's body was pushed forward a few meters by the impact, but it quickly stabilized.
It turned its head, its crimson eyes calmly watching the Blazing Feather Eagle, which was readjusting its posture in the rain curtain.
Death Rain's poisonous rain continued. The purplish-black glow on the Blazing Feather Eagle deepened, and the Poisoned status had stacked to the second layer.
The sparks seeping from the gaps in Chiying's scales still flickered; the Burn status had not disappeared. Two forces pulled at it internally: continuous recovery from Death Rain, and continuous consumption from Burn.
Shui Heyu's gaze lingered on Chiying for a moment.
The Burn was still active.
Two layers of Burn were constantly draining the dragon's stamina and weakening its attack power.
He stared at the sparks seeping from the gaps in Chiying's scales, rapidly calculating in his mind.
Blazing Feather Eagle's Feather Dance could reduce the opponent's attack power. Combined with the weakening effect of Burn, it should be able to suppress the dragon's attack power even further.
As long as its attack power was suppressed, no matter how many A-rank skills it had, it wouldn't be able to deal enough damage.
“Blazing Feather Eagle, Feather Dance.”
The Blazing Feather Eagle suddenly spread its wings, and golden-red feathers drifted down like snowflakes.
Those feathers spun and scattered in the rain curtain, carrying a strange rhythm that enveloped Chiying.
Feather Dance, a C-rank Flying-type skill, scatters feathers to interfere with the opponent, reducing the target's attack by 10%.
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