Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Doesn’t Want to Become a Night City Legend

Chapter 304 Flaw
boom! boom! boom!
On the boiling battlefield of the lava lake, Pompeii's movements revealed a hint of fatigue for the first time.

This isn't the first time the "Heaven and Earth as Furnace" technique has been used to create a replica of Gungnir, which is now completely covered in silver armor.

But both the armor and the spear were now covered with dents left by the dragon's claws.

The skilled warriors kept a close eye on their opponent's every move, which prevented Pompeii from making any wrong judgments. A single setback would put him in Lu Mingfei's and his group's rhythm.

But as time went on, his concentration reached its limit.

boom!
When Fenrir smashed the earth's crust with his headbutt again, the God-King was a beat too slow in his leap. A flying piece of basalt grazed his shoulder, splashing golden divine blood.

roar!----!----

instinct.

Fenrir, with its second instinctive keen sense of its prey's weakness, abandoned its defenses, allowing Gungnir to tear open a wound on its back and seize Pompeii's left leg with its claws!
That one-second exchange was enough to drastically change the course of the battle, lifting it up and slamming it down to the ground!
The entire crystallized rock layer collapsed upon impact, and Pompeii's skin was ignited by the lava. But at this critical moment, Jormungandr suddenly appeared from the side.

This brother and sister are the closest of twins; when they fight together, almost no dragon king dares to face them alone.

The instant Xia Mi unleashed a black moon-like arc of light, the blade precisely piercing the extremely minute gap in the God King's defenses.

Lu Mingfei then jumped down from directly above the God King.

Pompeii unleashed a storm, the elemental torrents intended to deflect Lu Mingfei, but the boy calmly channeled his power downwards—

boom!
Sure enough, just before it touched her face, Feng Liu had already lifted her hair, but it was pierced by the [Judgment] beam that shot from a distance and completely disappeared.

Meanwhile, Lu Mingfei's Seven Deadly Sins pierced Pompeii's shoulder.

"!!"

[The Sixth Cut]

Lu Mingfei's eyes burned to a brilliant gold.

He started counting just now.

He didn't know what Pompeii was planning, but he thought that if he could just take advantage of the enemy's weakness and kill him, everything would be over.

The reason why Lu Mingfei gave the Kusanagi Sword to Xia Mi and kept the Seven Deadly Sins for himself was not only because the Kusanagi Sword was more suitable for the frontal battlefield, but also because of the alchemical domain of the Seven Deadly Sins.

The Seven Deadly Sins

That was the most advanced alchemical weapon.

Regardless of the materials, in terms of 'weapon manufacturing technology', the Seven Deadly Sins are, in a sense, still above the Kusanagi.

He was created by Norton and Constantine at the height of their power, creating new metals purely according to his own will, a feat that no alchemical master in history could only look up to.

This sword, as a burial item for the King of Bronze and Fire after his metamorphosis, slept with him in the City of Bronze until it was brought out by Lu Mingfei, and it also slew many powerful enemies along the way.

Pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust.

Lu Mingfei did not try to use all seven knives together, because they were different in shape and their methods of use were quite different.

But Lu Mingfei knew.

The seven blades, whose initial letters combine to form the medieval Latin word 'saligia', meaning 'the seven deadly sins'.

The ancient Hebrew inscription on the sword sheath, translated into Chinese, reads "All the blood of kings will end with the sword," meaning that judgment will surely come.

That was a hint, and also a judgment.

When used together, the seven swords can unleash the most powerful alchemical realm—Sin and Punishment. Sin and Punishment [Scelus et poena]

Lust and gluttony pierce the kneecaps, greed cleaves the dragon's scales, sloth pierces the eyes and cuts the bridge of the nose, pride and envy sever the roots of the dragon's wings, and rage bursts into the dragon's spine.

This serves as the preparatory procedure. Then, the sacred words of final judgment are uttered, activating the alchemical domain "Sin and Punishment." The alchemical domain activated according to this process can be considered a [sure-kill] attack.

Even adult dragon kings will die.

Even in the worst-case scenario, Lu Mingfei planned to work with Xia Mi to kill Odin using the Seven Deadly Sins.

But
Although the Pride skill has been completed, the final one, [Rage], is still missing.

【Rage】is a horse-slaying sword with two forms. Form one is 1.8 meters long and emits a dragon's roar when swung. Form two appears when it senses an extremely high bloodline and is 8 meters long, with the blade turning into spikes.

Lu Mingfei deliberately avoided using his second state, since Pompeii was currently using human form and the eight-meter-long sword would be somewhat of a hindrance.

However, Pompeii was clearly aware of the seven deadly sins, so he did not give the sword a chance.

Even at the risk of being hit by Xia Mi and Fenrir, he was unwilling to get close to Lu Mingfei.

But
What is his reason for not fleeing or transforming into a dragon?
Lu Mingfei kept thinking throughout the battle.

Countless possibilities have been ruled out one by one, based on all the clues so far.

Ultimately, only one conclusion was retained.

--bluff.

Correct.

The final conclusion is that there is absolutely no reason not to transform into a dragon.

Pompeii's desire to kill Xia Mi and Fenrir was clear, and he had just shown his murderous intent towards Erii, so there was no need for him to hold back.

Therefore, it makes no sense for him not to transform into a dragon. The only explanation is that he either cannot transform, or he can transform, but there will be corresponding losses that he is unwilling to bear.

Pompeii could not afford the loss?
Lu Mingfei recalled his memories up to this point.

Finally, the answer was obtained.

It's molting.

(Dragons, driven by their instinct to strive for excellence, gradually began to transform into humans.)
(But as mentioned before, strength does not equal excellence. Pompeii knew this. While he longed for the dragons to evolve into a new race that would rule the world, he also hoped to be the one to lead that future.)
(However, the closer one gets to humans, the farther one gets from the 'dragon'.)
Like Xia Mi, who had countless opportunities to devour Fenrir but did not, it was because she already had a large part of her soul close to that of a human, and therefore felt pity for her fellow human beings and compassion for the beings who had accompanied her for thousands of years.

So they simply abandoned their dragon form and became human.

The same is true of Pompeii.

He knew he was transforming into a human, and his contract with the school board referred to himself as a 'new human,' so once he transformed into a dragon, it would be equivalent to reversing his life instincts.

Perhaps this will have a fatal impact on the dragon race, which is a collection of elemental life forms?

For example, will it no longer be able to revert to human form?

This might be the correct answer.

However, upon further reflection, even so, Pompeii had no need to prolong the conflict, as his chances of winning were clearly diminishing.

This was especially true after Caesar and the others recovered their strength.

His actions were aimed at buying time; in other words, Pompeii believed that his chances of winning would increase as time passed.

But what reinforcements did he have left?
At this moment, warriors who can reach their level are hard to find in the world.

While his mind was racing, Lu Mingfei caught a glimpse of something—

A fleeting flaw

(End of this chapter)