The Hydra's triple beam, the very same technique that had overwhelmed an elemental guardian in less than half an hour, collided head-on with the black dragon's burning breath and failed to push it back.
The point of contact between the two massive energies held firm for a fleeting second, and then it began to retreat.
It was creeping backward, inching steadily toward Ren.
Because the ignited, furious and wounded black dragon was no longer fighting with its standard baseline strength.
With every passing second it spent engulfed in flames, its internal temperature spiked, and it aggressively channeled every single degree of that unbearable pressure straight into its attack. The pain was making the beast exponentially stronger instead of weakening it. The inferno Ren had unleashed to secure a clean kill for the mutants was actively forging the black creature into something vastly more dangerous than it had ever been.
The guardian forced even more raw power into the clash.
