After over a decade, Luka was finally facing her mother’s killer.

For years she dreamt of this day. She even thought about countless scenarios where she would encounter Dario.

But now that she was actually facing him in a battle to the death, especially on such a grand stage, countless thoughts were running through her mind.

*Boom!*

She bent her back to dodge a strike from Dario.

She jumped back and threw her two knives at Dario.

Dario easily dodged them and rushed towards her with his saber.

Luka swung her hand and a dozen arcs of wind rushed towards Dario.

Dario jumped over them, and they sliced up a tower behind him.

He covered his body in [Dragon Rage] swung down his saber.

Luka created a lightning blade and blocked the saber.

*Boom!*

She pushed him back, charged at him, and thrust her lightning blade.

*Boom!*

Dario who was still airborne, quickly used the side of his blade to parry the attack.

“Ugh?!”

But a pulse of electricity entered his body, and caused it to freeze up.

Luka quickly created an ice spear and threw it. It struck Dario in the shoulder.

*Boom!*

The ice spear suddenly exploded and Dario felt a severe cool sensation enter his body.

His used his aura to drag himself away.

However, Luka didn't intend to let him escape.

“[Black Frost Dragon’s Roar]!”

A pillar of dark chilly winds hit Dario head on.

*Boom!*

Dario was sent crashing through countless structures because of Luka's attack.

However, since his body was being protected by [Dragon Rage] the damage he received wasn't much.

He quickly stood up and searched for Luka.

“?!”

His instincts suddenly alerted him of danger.

He quickly jumped and saw 20ft spikes coming out of his shadow.

No. It didn't came from his shadow. It came from the dark spot that was where he had just escaped.

Dario decided that the ground was dangerous, so he used his aura to create wings.

“Roar!”

That's when he suddenly heard a roar.

He looked and saw a giant black serpent attacking him out of nowhere.

It opened its mouth to devour Dario whole.

Dario quickly used his saber to block the serpents mouth.

The saber was set vertically, which prevented it from chomping down on Dario.

Dario quickly moved back. Immediately after, the saber snapped like a twig in the serpents mouth.

With his weapon lost, and the serpent looking at him with a hungry expression, Dario drew out his favorite weapon.

His cannon-size gun.

The gun lit up when Dario held it, and it gave off a low roar.

At this moment, the serpent pounced at Dario.

“Eat this!”

Dario pulled the trigger with a roar.

*Boom!*

A loud sound rang as a powerful laser hit the serpent.

It wailed in agony, as smoke came from its body.

Dario pulled the trigger again.

*Boom!*

This time the serpent was sent flying back.

Dario then suddenly heard a roaring sound coming from behind him and saw four elemental dragons rushing towards him.

One was made of lightning.

One was made of ice.

One looked like a dragon-shaped tornado.

The last one was made of pure darkness.

All of these dragons charged towards Dario.

Dario saw the dragons and pointed his cannon at them.

*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*

He fired four blasts and destroyed each of the dragons.

He then saw something rush out of the explosions.

It was Luka who was in her [Black Ice Dragoon].

Dario was shocked when he saw the 7ft beast made of black ice rushing towards him, but he was still calm enough to counter with his cannon.

*Boom!*

He fired at the ice beast.

However, the ice beast was able to slap the shot away with its bear hands.

A tail then shot from behind and pierced towards Dario's chest.

Dario barely dodged it be jumping to the side, and fired again.

*Boom!*

The ice beast was blown back, but it's tail suddenly lengthen and stabbed Dario in the back.

However, he had anticipated this and focused most of his aura to protect his back beforehand. The tail only bruised his skin.

The ice beast flipped to kill its momentum, and created a giant sword.

“Roar!”

At this time, the giant serpent came back for revenge.

The serpent and the ice beast moved towards Dario at the same time. One from the front and one from the back.

Dario saw that the cannon gun was no longer able to assist him here, so he put it away.

His eyes then turned bloodshot, and the aura around him condensed so tightly you would think that it was a second later of skin.

The first one to meet him was Luka.

She swung the ice sword that looked like it could easily cut a man in half.

Dario welcomed her and punched out.

*Boom!*

His fist collided with the ice sword and instantly shattered it.

“?!”

This caught Luka off guard.

Dario spun around and kicked her armor.

*Boom!*

A section of the armor instantly shattered.

At this moment the serpent pounced toward Dario.

Dario turned around and punched the serpent in its nose.

*Boom!*

The serpent flew back for more than a mile.

Considering the serpent’s size and the speed it was going, it would take tremendous strength to send it flying back so far.

Luka who was a victim of Miko's [Dragonite] immediately used her experience to determine Dario's physical abilities had jumped to an all new level.

She also knew that it had something to do with [Dragon Rage].

This was actually an advance form of [Dragon Rage] or second form if you will.

Dario had drawn on his dragon genes for power. Only those who had a certain mastery over [Dragon Rage] can tap into their dragon ancestry.

[Dragon Rage] was something the Dragna clan inherited from Tiamat. So it was a dragon-based ability. The more you master it, to closer you become to a dragon.

Luka could see a few azure scales on Dario's fist.

She easily determined that he had touch upon the power of dragons.

Seeing that, Luka deactivated her [Black Ice Dragoon].

“To think that you actually want to compete with me in draconic abilities.”

A cold look appeared in her eyes.

“You must be one dumb bastard.”

*Boom!*

Luka's magic suddenly burst from her body, and then forced itself back through her pores.

Her hair immediately grew and stretched to the ground.

Her skin turned into black scales, minus the center of her face and torso.

Her cornea turned black, and her fangs and claws grew as sharp as knives.

She had entered [Dragonite] mode.

“This is the same technique that Nero’s grandson used.”

Darwin said with a hint of surprise.

“It looks like they either developed it together, or one of them gave the other the technique. Either way it proves that they're pretty close.”

Joesph said.

An idea suddenly floated in his head, but he decided to keep it to himself for now.

*Boom!*

Luka took a step forward and cracked open the ground.

This was a similar scene to when Miko activates [Dragonite].

Dario watched her vigilant eyes.

He could feel the tyrannical aura that Luka's giving off.

It was obvious that her body now possessed incredible power.

Luka moved and disappeared.

Dario also moved and disappeared.

*Boom!*

The ground suddenly burst open 50 meters from where they were.

Their afterimages showed for a second before fading again.

*Boom!*

Another crater opened up dozens of meters from the last one.

*Boom!*

Craters started opening up all over the place, while Luka and Dario's afterimages were at multiple places at once.

There was an afterimage of Dario hitting Luka with a right hook.

There was one of Luka lifting him off the ground with a kick.

There was also one of the two punching each other at the same time.

*Boom!*

A church exploded as Dario was seen flying out of it.

He quickly spun in the air and caught his balance. He then rushed forward again.

*Boom!*

Luka was seen crashing into a building in a completely different direction.

*Boom!*

All the surrounding buildings cracked open when their fists collided.

“Ugh!”

Dario groan and blood sprayed from his fist.

Luka dragged his arm and slammed her leg in Dario's midsection.

*Crack!*

The sound of Dario's ribs breaking rung out in the stadium.

He punched Luka under the throat, and then stooped and punched her in stomach.

Luka angrily slammed her arms on his back and slammed him into the earth.

She then lifted him up and threw him with a spin.

*Boom!*

Dario crashed through the few buildings that were left in this almost destroyed town.

Luka quickly appeared before him before him even hit the ground.

With a twirl she slammed her heel in Dario's chest.

*Boom!*

He slammed into ground and created a large crater.

He looked up and saw Luka aiming a stomp at his head.

He rolled out of the way.

*Boom!*

However, the shockwave of Luka's fall made his body bounce a couple times off the ground like a ball.

He quickly stood up, but Luka was already aiming another kick at his head.

He desperately bent his back and avoided it by the skin of the teeth.

Cold sweat soaked his body when he heard the sound of the leg cutting through the air.

If he had received that kick, his head would've flown.

He straighten his back and leaped back.

He then quickly focused his mind on his dragon genes, and began to draw more power from his bloodline.

More azure scales appeared on his body, and his eyes became extremely bloodshot.

He then suddenly rushed back towards Luka with his newly attained draconic strength.

*Boom!*

Surely enough, it was enough to make Luka noticed the difference with a single strike.

She used her hair to slapped Dario away.

She then charged towards him and threw a punch.

Dario also threw a punch of his own.

*Boom!*

A 20m deep crater formed under them when their fists collided.

*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*

They then started clashing their fists against each other's without reserve.

Each punch deepen the crater underneath them.

Every collision caused a deafening sound to ring out.

It was hard to believe that it was flesh hitting against each other, and not iron.

*Boom!*

At that moment, Luka's fists suddenly sprayed a large amount of blood.

She quickly tried to leap back, but Dario was faster.

*Boom!*

He hit her square in the face, and sent her flying back.

Luka instantly used her newly gained momentum and took initiative to retreat and quickly assessed her situation.

She looked at her fists and saw that they were shattered, and would be useless if nothing was done.

This made Luka frowned.

She knew quite well, just how durable her body should be. The fact Dario could actually cripple her hands meant that he possessed immense strength.

Naturally, this was strength he gain from his draconic ancestry, so it shouldn't be underestimated.

What if he could draw out even more power? Wouldn't Luka lose even with [Dragonite]?

“It was a good thing I came up with a countermeasure for such a situation.”

She spurted her wings and to took to the skies.

“Unfortunately, I wasn't able to unlock my [God Personas] in time for this battle. But Nero did help me create this.”

Luka's body glowed and then pulsated.

The temperature around her suddenly dropped below zero. Ice mana was released from her body before forcibly reentering it through her pores.

Luka's body suddenly lost its muscular look and became slim again.

Her hair started dancing in the air, before hardening. Her hair quickly became paled blue spiky icicles.

Her black scales turned a light blue.

Her skin paled like she was dead or suffering from the cold.

Her wings froze, before shattering like glass. New wings made of ice quickly took their place.

And finally, a tail made of ice formed at her lower back.

This was the second form of [Dragonite] created by Luka with the help of Nero.

“[Dragonite: Elemental Form-Mode Ice]!”

Luka's body was surrounded by a cold aura that was like winter itself.

She flew down and stared at Dario with eyes as cold as the aura surrounding her body.

Dario drew more power from his ancestry, but secretly hit his limit.

He was now ready to face Luka and this unusual form she took.

The two stared each other for a while.

As they were about to make their move-

*BOOM!*

The last building around them exploded, and two crimson figures appeared savagely ripping each other apart.

They laughed loudly as they were both punched away at the same time. One crashed in front of Dario, while the other in front of Luka.

Miko who laid on the ground all blooded, savagely smiled and said-

“Hey, Luka. How's it going?”