At the same time, the Dragon Qi around Galos condensed intensely, swirling around his arms.
His muscles bulged like steel, clearly defined, and at first glance, seemed about to burst through the hardened Dragon Scale covering them!
The Red Iron Dragon neither dodged nor evaded, raising its sharp claws to meet the incoming Warhammer of the Frost Giant head-on!
Boom!
A deafening explosion erupted suddenly.
At the point of collision, the surface of the Red Iron Dragon’s armor shattered, splitting into countless spider-web-like cracks.
However, Voluk’s enormous Warhammer shattered inch by inch the moment it made contact, as if crushed by an invisible Giant Strength, scattering into numerous fragments.
"How is this possible?! How can my [Sky Splitter] trait be so ineffective?!"
The Giant’s face changed drastically, a fierce numbness and tremor spreading through his hammer-wielding arms.
The Red Iron Dragon’s expression remained unchanged.
His high-level physical immunity was no mere decoration.
At the same time, the remaining force of the Red Iron Dragon’s [Giant Strength] was not yet spent, as his Claw Strike ripped through the air, irresistibly striking the Frost Giant’s chest, left exposed from swinging the hammer.
Boom!!
The impact thudded like a giant drum.
The Frost Giant felt an irresistible overwhelming force penetrate his body.
He was like a kite with a broken string, uncontrollably tumbling backward, carving a deep trench into the ground, and finally crashing heavily into a low ice mound, where he barely came to a stop.
The Red Iron Dragon did not immediately pursue, but quietly hovered in midair, gazing at the distant swirling dust and smoke.
During his past battle with the four Legendary members of the Dragon Worship Cult, the tension was too high to fully feel his own strength.
Now, through this brief skirmish, he had roughly gauged the Legendary Frost Giant’s power level, and it was an excellent opportunity to further test his own strength more comprehensively.
With his fierce and unmatched strike earlier, an equivalent human Legendary would have been dead beyond doubt.
But the Frost Giant was not so fragile.
"Cough... cough..."
As a low cough resounded, Voluk struggled to extract himself from the rubble of the fractured ice mound, swaying as he stood straight once more.
On his chest was an obvious dent, but it hadn’t been fully pierced through.
Moreover, the flesh at the collapsed area looked strange, resembling fractured Ice Crystal, and was slowly self-repairing.
[Extreme Cold Armor]—Blood and flesh like ice, as hard as armor.
Voluk wiped away the blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, his eyes filled with apprehension as he fixed his gaze on the distant Red Iron Dragon.
In that brief clash of lighting-fast exchanges, he realized the opposing traits might not be fewer than his own, and the Dragon’s inherent attributes were absurdly high.
If it weren’t, he would never have been so flustered after just one encounter.
"Should I... temporarily retreat?"
This thought unwillingly emerged in his mind.
However, under the Red Iron Dragon’s gaze, an unexplainable fury surged from the depths of the Frost Giant’s heart, burning away his budding retreat intention.
Retreat? The Dragon Race is the Giants’ age-old nemesis!
He represented not just himself but the honor of the entire Giant race!
Facing a nemesis, how could he retreat without a fight?! He had to kill the Red Iron Dragon here, using its head to cleanse his shame!
As the Red Iron Dragon approached again, the Giant roared and charged forward.
In an instant, he clenched his Giant fists, bristling with countless sharp ice spikes between his fingers, striking toward the Red Iron Dragon.
The Red Iron Dragon reacted simply and directly, unsophisticatedly slashing forward with a claw.
Crash!
The ground beneath the Frost Giant crumbled on impact, with numerous large cracks rapidly radiating outwards like a web, even causing the tremendous glacier supporting Dragon Fang Fortress to shake violently, its surface splitting into countless clear fissures.
Yet, unexpectedly.
In this intense upheaval, the Frost Giant at the center stood unmoved, while the Red Iron Dragon was staggered by the blow.
[Ice Resonance]—Resonating with the glacier earth, sharing the damage.
"The feeling just now was not right."
Galos Dragon Eyes narrowed slightly.
His rich combat experience immediately made him aware of how to effectively counter in the next move the moment he was staggered.
On the other side, seeing himself gaining a slight advantage in the first frontal collision, Voluk wouldn’t let the chance pass?
He immediately let out a thunderous roar.
[Mental Assault]!
With the trait’s powerful amplification, this roar held an immensely strong mental impact and daze effect.
The Giant Dragons and Followers watching from afar on the Dragon Fang Fortress walls felt dizzy and disoriented just from hearing the residual waves, with weaker individuals even blacking out and collapsing.
Voluk stepped forward abruptly, raising his ice-spike-laden Giant fist again, pouring all his strength into it.
Sky Splitter! Critical Strike!
The Frost Giant ruthlessly unleashed a powerful explosive skill, stacking it with the [Sky Splitter] trait, his fist infused with a shattering aura of destruction, aiming for the Red Iron Dragon’s head!
If this strike hit, even with the Red Iron Dragon’s defenses, it would not have been pleasant.
Boom!
The air compressed to an extreme point before blasting out with a sharp shriek.
However, this assured strike fell on empty space.
The Red Iron Dragon was not affected at all by the Mental Assault roar.