It was good to watch this fight, more than a demonstration of the Masters' power, it was a reminder of overcoming for those who lived in Asshai for a long time. The Dragon that was called 1 of the 5 great calamities was now hunted brutally. As soon as Iahssa approached, we could all see his size. He barely reached the size of the 5 largest Targaryen dragons. His biggest problem was his "Immortal" trait, a cloak of shadows that looked like a living black flame covered his body, and healed any wound, preventing him from dying. It is said that even when his body was completely torn apart and torn apart by the strongest attack of two dozen Masters, that cloak of shadows still enveloped what was left and healed all the damage.
The first place Iahssa reached was the area near the group of Masters called the Horadrim. While the 7 masters of the group prepared a drum that resembled a cannon, some self-proclaimed "Masters" attacked the dragon with everything they had, but they barely took a little blood and some scales; he ignored the weak attacks and approached the area where he felt there were more people.
It was at that moment that the leader of the Horadrim rose into the sky with the "drum", while the other seven Masters began a ritual supplying energy to the item in their leader's hand. When he felt that the energy had accumulated to its limit, he pointed it in Iahssa's direction, and a gigantic blade of ice formed, flying towards one of Iahssa's front paws, managing to sever her. As soon as the paw fell from the sky, causing great damage due to its enormous weight, the Masters summoned two flying creatures made of shadows and brought their spoils inside the shield of their tower.
Realizing that the dragon didn't even react when it lost one of its legs, Rafael and the others who were watching the Immortal Dragon for the first time were able to confirm Iahssa's frightening capabilities, as its leg completely regenerated in less than 15 seconds. Everyone also noticed that the drum in the leader's hand had several cracks after his powerful attack...
After that, what caught the most attention was the Master Invincible, who was now advancing to fight the dragon directly. Rafael wasted no time giving the order to begin the ritual that he had created. Several apprentices positioned themselves in the pre-defined locations at the top of the Yin-Yang Tower, while Rafael remained in the center of the ritual. Several barrels of fresh blood were taken from the bags of several apprentices, and an even larger amount was removed from Rafael's own "bag".
The most interesting thing about this ritual is that the blood never touched the ground, forming a kind of disk of crystallized blood that Rafael climbed on top of. Soon, the disk made of blood began to rise towards the sky, while Rafael remained on top of it. Although there were some rituals that allowed flight, none of them had the option to fly and attack. This disk was a solution that Rafael thought of as a way to bypass these restrictions and have attack, defense, and mobility. Its biggest weakness was that the more blood was used to defend or attack, the smaller the disk would become. Furthermore, the many members participating in the ritual would be exhausted within 30 minutes.
As soon as Rafael was high in the sky and drew the attention of many Masters to the red platform beneath his feet, he could witness the Master Invencible punch the dragon's mouth several times until it spat out some fangs. Satisfied, the brute Master left laughing loudly as he collected his loot.
Master Zima and Master Venus, as well as the two mysterious women who accompanied the beauty of Asshai, took advantage of Invincible's gap and cast powerful, advanced-level spells, making Iahssa gush out dozens of liters of blood that were quickly collected by all of them. At that moment, the dragon finally got close enough to be attacked by Rafael. Being the center of the ritual, he controlled 1/3 of all the blood on the platform and launched a kind of giant red blade that flew spinning as quickly as a saw.
When it hit Iahssa's side, it made a huge cut, easily spurring more than 100 liters of blood across several places and buildings. Rafael realized that there were already some apprentices and false masters sneaking in to steal the precious blood that fell on the streets, but at that moment, all the blood flew back to the sky controlled by the ritual matrix and flowed into the Yin Yang Tower, leaving all the thieves disappointed. Rafael didn't stop and used the same attack once again, taking another 1/3 of the blood from the platform.
He formed another blade and this time threw it at the tip of one of Iahssa's wings. Although it only cut a piece of skin and muscles, hopefully, there would be some bones and scales in the cut piece. This time, Rafael himself flew over the platform until he reached the small piece of the cut wing, making it disappear into his huge inventory. Then he walked away, watching the powerful dragon use its reverse breathing constantly, without getting a single soul.
Master of Beasts, his wife, Blood Armor, Master Odin, and many others observed the power used by Rafael. This was a new and innovative ritual never seen before; the damage caused to Iahssa was certainly one of the most remarkable. But soon Rafael's attack was forgotten when the Shadow Society organization used an even stranger and more innovative method and extracted one of Iahssa's internal organs...
After all these attacks, and without being able to feed on a single soul, the Immortal Dragon was already getting slower, and this was the sign that it was about to leave, at that moment, the Val Brothers who remained motionless throughout the battle finally made their move...
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