Ch.168168. Dragon of the Sky

The mere fact that the plane was rushing toward me was already a problematic situation.

The creature moved with unprecedented agility.

As I tried to follow it, I noticed its gaze had already shifted to me.

Just as I was about to interfere using my trait, all speed suddenly returned to normal.

“What’s this?”

It had neutralized my trait. With my trait blocked, the creature calmly shot out fog like spines.

At a speed incomparable to its previous sluggish movements.

I tried to dodge using speed, but these spines transformed into smoke and spread out.

“…”

When I tried to approach the creature thinking its attack range had changed, the smoke reformed into rope-like shapes.

“Damn it.”

[Solid Itself]

The moment I defended with a sub-card, my body took a severe hit.

[Wind Magic]

[Wind Tuner]

Just as I tried to blow these things away with skills, once again my power failed to work.

The enemy nullifies traits like the wolf… no, it’s better than the wolf. The wolf only nullifies traits when it attacks, but this…

It feels like I’m affected just by being within its range.

So against this opponent…

[Energy Supplement]

[Stat Up]

I quickly switched my sub-cards. Think constantly.

It nullifies traits? Then I have no choice but to counter with physical abilities.

Using pure physical ability might work.

I flapped my wings powerfully to avoid the creature’s demonic hand.

My speed increased compared to before, and only then could I break through its defensive barrier.

But it had already attached itself to the plane, clinging like a leech with a slimy grip.

“What are you doing?”

It smashed the front of the cockpit and stuck its face inside.

And then… it transforms. As if its fog-like body was taking shape.

“!”

It’s transforming again before I can even assess it? This can’t happen. As it transforms, the plane makes a bizarre metallic sound as if being compressed.

At this moment, there’s only one thing I must do. I pulled out my evolution card.

[Evolution]

-Dinosaur DNA added

-Race: Flying Dragonkin, Name: Half-Dragon Half-Human Sura, Growth Form: Evolved Form

Traits: Sky Ruler (While existing in the sky, all ranks increase by 1, additionally receive buffs equal to debuffs applied by opponents), Sky Speed (Reflex and agility ranks increase by 1, and wind attributes can be freely added to skills), Weakness Analysis (Analyze opponent’s movements and discover weaknesses. Skill power increases and all techniques become optimized for exploiting weaknesses), Survival Rage (Stats increase by 1 rank for 5 minutes even with severe injuries), Overwhelming Force (Forcibly inflicts damage regardless of opponent’s state. Affected by energy levels)

Strength: SS(8)

Agility: SS(5)

Resistance: SS(6)

Magic Resistance: SS(7)

Energy: SS(10)

Magic Power: SS(5)

Skills: Devil’s Wings, Wind Storm, Sharp Claws, Magic Power Increase, Blood Flow, Vortex, Energy Cannon

Evolution: None

Sub-cards: Flame Emperor (Summons fireballs in the sky), Sky Instinct (Controls weather based on agility and energy values), Flame Shower (Spews powerful flames from mouth), Magic Conversion (Makes magic techniques use energy judgment), Space Destruction (Concentrates magic power to delete space)

Among countless silhouettes, I chose one thing: enough power to smash that monster from the air.

That means I need to be large enough.

I just need to have two hands from human genes.

The silhouettes showed me something excellent.

Remember the genie from the lamp? A being with a dinosaur-like upper body and a snake-like long tail.

I’ve become like a monster from Greek and Roman mythology.

With everything about this monster now in my mind, I activated the Devil’s Wings skill.

[Skill]

-Devil’s Wings: Enables high-speed movement affected by energy stat and releases shockwaves around.

[Traits]

-Sky Ruler, Sky Speed

As the traits activated, I felt more power flowing through my body.

I moved toward the defensive barrier created by the creature.

I could see the fog transforming into spines before they showered down. I felt slight stinging, but there was no real problem.

[Sky Ruler]

-Offsets poison and paralysis effects by the same amount

-Effect decreases if energy value drops

Oh, so “applying buffs” means “offsetting.” This entity doesn’t have immunity to the opponent’s debuffs. Rather, it’s a type that fights freely by offsetting them.

So, the issue is that it nullifies my traits…

-Offsets the opponent’s magic interference debuff.

So it was blocking my traits through magic interference? This form can counter that.

I rushed toward the creature that was trying to crush the airplane.

As I approached, the fog wrapped around me like bindings.

But Devil’s Wings repelled all of them.

As I approached with a shockwave, I saw the creature with its gelatinous, rope-like body and a beast face resembling a Lycanroc staring at me.

The moment it exerted force, the front section of the plane was torn off.

Come out.

There was only one thing I needed to do. I finally reached out my hand.

But at that moment, the creature’s body stretched like rubber and grabbed my outstretched hand.

I felt pressure on my arm.

When I swung roughly with my other hand, the plane shook violently once more.

“…”

This is dangerous. This thing is using the plane as a shield…!

I tried to forcibly tear it away, but surprisingly, it stuck to me like gum.

Then magic power flashed from the fog.

“Ugh!”

I felt a tingling sensation passing through my body, but I could endure it. To some extent…

The byproducts of ancient species are strong enough to contend with evolved forms. This much was expected.

[Magic Power Increase]

-Increases magic stat and imbues techniques with magic power

Wind began to swirl around my hands.

I swept the upper part of the creature with my hands, each fingernail enveloped in power. With each pass, its slimy body shook in the vortex. But at the same time, the plane was breaking apart even more.

It’s taking hostages. This bastard is sticking to the plane and only moving its body.

After that, my vision flashed and I felt numerous painful sensations again.

Impact pounding throughout my body. But this time, the creature began to cling directly to my body as well.

[Erosion]

-Not a debuff.

-Stat reduction

This damn thing was directly draining my body.

The moment I forcibly moved my hand, the plane shuddered again.

“!”

I couldn’t move freely. At this point, I pulled out my sub-card “Solid Itself.”

[Erosion Reduced]

As my body hardened, the creature’s tendrils embedded in my arm began to convulse.

But that wasn’t the end. The creature stretched its body like rubber and moved above me.

I swung my arm, but it ignored me and rose up, moving with an odd feeling between liquid and gas.

Is it targeting both me and the plane?

“You bastard!”

The moment I released a shockwave with Devil’s Wings, the surroundings shook again.

And the creature stretched its body, trying to force the plane to descend.

I used this body’s trait.

I grabbed the falling plane with my tail. The instant I curled it up, I felt a strong impact on my back.

Having a tail is quite nice.

The creature’s attacks continued. The wounds on this body were growing.

[Weakness Analysis Complete]

-Must attack with fire and wind attributes

-Skill power increased

The solution appeared. Fire began to burn in the wind attribute in both my hands.

A vortex of flames formed.

I needed to drive the creature away… but a fundamental problem arose.

I needed to detach the creature’s body that was stuck to the plane.

At this moment, the creature’s fog was concentrating on its attached body.

Damn it… if only the plane could somehow be safe…

During this time, another great pain struck my body.

Blood spurted out. The rubber-like body was shining brilliantly with magic power.

Should I endure as much as possible while descending? Should I lower the altitude as much as possible using my traits, then safely disembark passengers before moving? As these thoughts crossed my mind,

Suddenly, the creature in front of me began to swell enormously.

Its magic power turned black and lunged toward me.

Energy began to explode in the suffocating pressure.

“Grrk!”

Under the continuous attacks, my body was becoming increasingly numb.

This body began to transform into a form covered entirely in magic power spines.

Here it comes. If that touches me… it’s dangerous.

My instinct was telling me, but I couldn’t avoid it.

I had no choice but to try.

I tried to counter by pulling the plane toward me as much as possible, but the creature wouldn’t let go either.

It was a stalemate as I imagined the plane being torn in half.

Suddenly, the slimy form of the creature next to me bounced up.

Wait, it bounced?

I turned my head to see what happened.

At that moment, a shield was flying through the wind at this altitude.

It was Minwoo’s shield.

“Thank you.”

In this moment, I began to concentrate my magic power on the shield.

As the shield glowed with my magic power, it successfully blocked the opponent’s attack with a massive barrier.

*

Koo Sangheon was shocked at the chimera-like monster with a dragon’s face and bat wings, just like Han Minwoo.

The other Jaegers felt the same.

“The upper body looks human but the tail is like a snake?”

“The face is like a really fierce dinosaur? What’s going on here?”

And these two entities began fighting furiously at close range over the plane.

The plane shook back and forth like a ship caught in a storm.

While everyone was at a loss for what to do, Koo Sangheon stepped forward.

“We need to detach that thing from the plane right now!”

In front of him, Do Jonghyun was continuously throwing himself to protect the plane.

Sangheon noticed this, but he couldn’t knock away what the monster was holding with his strength alone.

But it would be different if everyone helped.

“We all need to work together to remove that strange rubber-like monster’s hand! It’s using us as hostages to attack.”

“Can we trust that monster?”

At one Jaeger’s words, Sangheon got a little angry but held back.

This wasn’t the time to just get angry.

At that moment, Han Minwoo shouted loudly.

“Look at the situation!”

Minwoo said just this short phrase, but the Jaegers realized that Jonghyun was fighting to protect them.

Sangheon seized this opportunity to shout:

“If that monster were our enemy, we’d be dead already. Believe me. It’s not a villain—it’s throwing itself into danger to help us. Who else would do that? Who else is saving people like the Jaegers do?”

This appeal quickly moved the Jaegers’ hearts.

And so a large-scale joint operation began.

However, during this time, the rubber-like monster tried to deliver a finishing blow to Jonghyun.

At this moment, Han Minwoo prepared his shield.

“Please throw the shield over there!”

“What? To the monster?”

The Jaeger with telekinesis didn’t understand, but nodded at Minwoo’s intense gaze.

And the flying shield was utilized by Jonghyun to block the opponent’s fierce attack.

“My God…”

A monster using their power? It was astounding.

With this, they finally succeeded in freeing the plane from the enemy’s grasp, but there was one problem: the monster protecting them was now covered in blood.

“Can it win?”

Everyone worried, but this was as pointless as commoners worrying about the wealthy.

Powerful magic began to emanate from this being’s hands, and then energy infused with wind and fire attributes was released from the monster’s mouth.

A whirlwind began to engulf the rubber-like monster and set it ablaze.

“…My God.”

Regardless of its wounds, the firepower itself was beyond imagination. The power of this entity that even strengthens with injuries.

The battle at 10,000 feet ended in their victory.

The monster slowly descended from the plane and handed over the shield.

Han Minwoo received the shield and nodded.

“Thank you.”

The monster seemed to understand these words, nodding before flying away into the sky.