"GRAARGH!" roared the white dragon, outraged by the insulting sentence its opponent had just uttered. As Yoichi well knew, the dragon demons were extremely proud and fierce beasts. Insulting one of the Guardians of the Whole would never be a wise thing to do in the real world.

Urgerross seemed oblivious to the fact that its young adversary had just mitigated the damage of its attack, and in a sudden fury, it slammed its wings hard, creating a mighty current of wind.

The air released from the flapping wings caused the eternal flame that burned along Yoichi's arms to flicker. Bending his knees slightly, the young tamer was able to stand on his feet, not flinching and showing no fear.

The roar of the thunder dragon echoed in the sky and the flashes of lightning within the storm increased in number and size, making the scenario even more apocalyptic.

Therion's winged warrior flew several feet into the air and came to rest above the Sanctum of Infinity. Flapping its mighty golden wings, Urgerross opened its arms outward, as if to cast a spell.

"I don't care if Supreme Therion has deluded you into thinking you have a hope of defeating me. My power is far greater than yours or that of the demon who has your back. No one can defeat Urgerross, the terror of the heavens!" the dragon growled, as thunder and lightning flashed over its horned head.

Suddenly, one of the lightning bolts that streaked across the gray sky at great speed hurtled violently at the dragon's head, striking its horns.

*ZAP* - A quick and violent sound exploded in the air after about a second, being slower than the light that enveloped the thunderbolt. Urgerross' horns absorbed the energy from the sky and transferred it to the rest of the dragon's body, which charged up like an electric coil.

Showing its jaws from the sides of its mouth, Urgerross folded its arms and flexed its muscles, which suddenly became bigger and harder, harnessing the lightning's energy. The white dragon was empowering its body by drawing energy from the eye of the storm!

Two more bolts struck its horns, which, like antennae, repeated the process, increasing the dragon's strength. After about thirty seconds, it finally seemed ready to launch yet another attack.

Before launching down, the white dragon turned its gaze to the mountain near the floating island. Urgerross knew that its king was watching the fight from that position, and it wanted to make sure that it watched its heir being torn to shreds.

"Grooargh!" another roar punctuated the start of the dragon's dive, which, after flapping its wings and gaining a few more feet of altitude, dropped towards Yoichi. Urgerross's jaws were wide open and the muscles in its arms were much more swollen than before.

If it had managed to hit Yoichi one more time, the young tamer probably wouldn't have been able to withstand the attack.

Above his head, he saw the black sky and clouds swirling in circles. In their center, the eyes of its first draconic opponent shone like two gems, accompanying the descent of that winged lightning.

The moment of truth has arrived, Yoichi thought. Calmness increases my magical strength, anger increases my physical strength. How can I feel anger for a demon who has never hurt any of my friends? It won't work! I have to think of something else!

Yoichi's thoughts, though quick and concise, were not fast enough to give him a solution to counterattack the great white dragon. Urgerross's mighty arms spread wide and one of its clawed hands struck the young tamer right in the face.

He crossed his arms as he had done before, using Kenji's scales as an impenetrable armor. However, the force of his enemy's arm was so extreme that it knocked his feet off the ground and sent him flying off, several feet away.

*boom*boom*boom* - Yoichi bounced off the arena floor three times until his back impacted the back of one of the white columns. This time, the damage suffered by Therion's heir was extensive, and the fight against Urgerross had entered its second phase.

"Ouch! My arms!" Yoichi cried, writhing on the ground and somehow managing to sit up with his back against the column. Slowly, the blond-haired warrior brought his arms under his gaze and what he saw left him breathless.

His right arm was practically unharmed and the only wounds it had sustained were only superficial; his left arm, on the other hand, after cushioning the bounces of his body on the hard tiled floor, had bent in a decidedly unnatural way.

The ulna and humerus bones lost adherence to the elbow joint and sprained, preventing the nerves from moving the arm. Because of the strong adrenaline he was feeling, the pain took a few extra minutes to reach Yoichi's brain, which was still processing the injury.

When his head stopped spinning and his gaze focused on the backward bent arm, the young tamer couldn't hold back a scream of pain. "Aaargh!" Yoichi screamed, being able to feel the muscles in his arm swollen more than usual and bent abnormally around his elbow.

The pain is real! Why does it hurt so much if it's just a vision? He thought frantically, noticing that a good amount of blood was oozing out from under the scales.

"Grooargh! Graargh!" not content with sending its opponent to the other side of the arena, Urgerross landed on the floor and used its wings to move quickly in that direction: without flying, the white dragon spun around, transferring most of the electricity to its tail and lashing out at Yoichi.

The poor Nightblades warrior couldn't get up in time because of the pain in his arm and before his eyes, Urgerross' heavy tail hit him in the stomach, taking his breath away and lifting him from the ground.

As if its opponent was a lifeless puppet, Urgerross used the tip of its tail to lift Yoichi and enforce its bulk against the young warrior's human one.