The blood-red barrier peeled away like melting ice, and the silhouette of the Red Iron Dragon stumbled out from the void.
His scale armor was battered and torn, his body covered in crisscrossing wounds. A piercing injury from back to abdomen, along with a massive cut on his neck, gushed with Dragon Blood.
The battle had ended by now.
Pain and exhaustion surged like a tidal wave, and Galos should have collapsed in weakness.
But a strange sensation began to grow within him, as the nearly depleted magical energy and overdrawn life force entwined like two writhing Giant Pythons deep within his organs, biting and fusing, birthing a soul-searing pain and heat that kept Galos standing.
This sensation was a sign of Dragon Qi Awakening.
Galos was in great pain, but his gaze remained sharp and resolute.
The magical energy and life force pushed to their limits were sublimating, transforming, evolving into Dragon Qi.
The battle with the Dragon Hunting Squad was incredibly perilous.
