CHAPTER 932
The armored Cockatrice lunged again, its massive form surprisingly agile as it twisted mid-air. Its silver-plated beak snapped like a guillotine, missing Burning Storm's shoulder by mere inches. The air itself seemed to part before the creature's strike, creating a vacuum that pulled at Raizel's clothing.
Burning Storm pivoted, twin swords singing through the air in a deadly cross-pattern.
The Cockatrice let out with a deafening screech that shattered remaining windows for hundreds of meters. Glass rained down like crystal tears as the beast's armored tail whipped forward with devastating force, carving through a marble column as if it were paper.
Raizel dodged with preternatural speed, but the edge of the tail's armored plates grazed his cheek, drawing a thin line of crimson. Rather than retreat, he charged forward, using the momentum to slide beneath the Cockatrice's massive form.