Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

Now, with only one-fifth of his mana left, Rain had to think of what he should do… he didn't have much time for that since the beast soon charged at him, though.

"I guess it can't be helped… let's see how well you can fare against this," Rain thought.

Rain focused his magical energy on his forearm guards, channeling it through his arms. As he did, a deep chill began to emanate from his hands, and a layer of frost started to form on the guards. The ice grew thicker and thicker, gradually transforming the guards into colossal, icy appendages resembling the arms of an ice giant.

The once ordinary forearm guards were now encased in a layer of glacial ice, shimmering with an eerie blue hue. The ice was hard as stone and exuded an aura of freezing cold. It crackled with a powerful energy, ready to be unleashed at Rain's command. With his new icy gauntlets, Rain had not only augmented his defensive capabilities but also gained a lot of blunt attack power.

When the monster got close enough, Rain moved downward and then tried to counterattack the monster with an upper. But the creature surprisingly swung its head downward and took the hit head on… Rain frowned when he felt that he had hit a massive steel wall. The monster didn't even flinch…

"Did it just harden its flesh?" Rain thought.

The monster quickly turned and tried to stab Rain with its tail, but he blocked the attack with his arms. Rain was pushed backward dozens of meters since he didn't have the ground below him to support his body.

Before the monster could attack again, Rain used Magic Eyes and then saw a thick layer of mana around the body of the monster… how could he have forgotten that the sea dragon used Dragon's Rage… he hadn't noticed that before because he was underwater and it was dark…

"I should have known…" Rain thought.

In the next moment, the sea dragon opened its mouth again, and then Rain immediately moved to to the side… but instead of a water blast, Rain began to feel a pull toward the Monster's mouth and the pull was stronger than the whirlwind.

"What the… how?" Rain thought.

Rain tried to move from one side to the other, but he still could feel the pull of the attack… that didn't make any sense… How come the monster could swallow so much water?

Rain tried to move backward with all his might, but the pull was only getting stronger… until he noticed that the water around him wasn't being pulled… only Rain was.

"... Is this fucker controlling the water inside my body?" Rain thought after he opened his eyes widely.

At first, Rain thought that the monster used gravity magic, but there was no reason why a sea dragon would have known that kind of magic. Soon enough, Rain began to feel wafer leaving his pores… even though he still was controlling the wind barrier, the sea dragon could do that much when it's dragon rage was active.

"Well, if you want a piece of me, then you shall have it," Rain shrugged and then let go.

In the next moment, Rain stopped resisting and even canceled his wind barrier. In the next moment, he was sucked toward the maw of the monster violently, and the creature closed its mouth as soon as Rain reached the teeth.

Still, some impacts inside the Monster's mouth made the creature tremble, and then eventually was forced to open it… Rain covered his shin guards with ice magic as well, and with those and his arms, he blocked the fangs of the giant beast.

"You did well trying to chew me properly, but it would have been better for you if you didn't try that," Rain said while he moved away the teeth of the monster. "Now that I have some footing, I can finally use Limit Breaker."

Rain lowered one arm, and then the mouth began to close again, but soon he punched the ceiling of the mouth of the beast over and over again and forced the monster to stop… the impacts from inside the mouth made the brain of the creature shake, even while it was using Dragon Rage…

Still, the giant beast was anything if not stubborn… with its fury strengthening its own Dragon Rage, the gaping maw began to crush Rain's bones despite his attack. Even the ice in his shin guards began to crack.

"I know that you are a bitch, and I know that you are trying to keep your mouth shut, but only my wives can taste me, asshole," Rain thought and then prepared to use his trump card.

Still, just when Rain was about to go all out… the entire body of the monster trembled with a powerful impact. After three more tremors, the beast stopped moving altogether.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

An unknown skill leveled up.

The ice mage's path received 5.000 experience points.

An unknown skill leveled up.

The ice mage's path received 5.000 experience points.

…

The monster died, and while frowning, Rain left the mouth and went to check the outside, only to see another sea dragon there… it was the one that he had trapped in an endless loop as a mole in a whack-a-mole game… it seemed that Artisia managed to capture it without a master ball. It must be nice to be born with such cheat code... but everything has a price.

"Well, this thing is only on the level of a Gyarados, not even a red one, so it can't be compared to a legendary," Rain thought, and he swam to the surface.

Rain found the magic people there… in the end, they followed the plan and managed to come to help him in time, even though he only told them to attack when he was absolutely in danger… it seemed that almost being swallowed by a giant sea dragon seemed dangerous enough for them, but not so much for Rain.