My SSS-Rank Clone Talent: I Level Up Endlessly! novel Chapter 21

Chapter 21: Trial, The Way of the Dragon!

Well, one thing led to another, and this is what has happened so far.

Drayken was injured, on the verge of dying. The energy was rapidly destroying him, and in his weakened state, he had to dodge these impossible arrows that could not only penetrate his defense but were also impossible to perceive.

It was a wonder he was still alive!

Sigh.

He supplied more mana to his Aura spell, and at the same time, starlight glitter across his entire body.

Star Strike was a broken skill that could harvest the energy of the stars, and after the battle with the Orc, Eryke realised it was much more versatile than he had thought. The only problem was that the destruction to the body became too much!

Whistle!

An arrow silently shot through the air and into his heart, effortlessly penetrating his Aura and Starlight. Its momentum was slightly halted, and luckily, his Fortification Skin, along with his dragon scales, stopped the arrow in its tracks.

This brief moment of respite allowed him to gather his thoughts and think calmly.

"The biggest problem with these arrows isn't that they're fast, but that I can't sense them. I can rely purely on instinct, but instinct can only get you so far."

Drayken was rapidly contemplating a solution to his problem. In the end, it all came down to his inability to sense the arrows.

Meanwhile, veins bulged across his body, and his skin began to crack like a broken vase.

"Damn it, think, think, Drayken."

He cursed loudly with all his strength, trying to find an optimal solution...

"Should I rely on my destiny points?" He opened his eyes, then closed them again. All the arrows were being deflected, and Drayken hesitated.

If it was impossible to complete this trial, then he wouldn't be here. Since they had given him such a challenge, there had to be a way to overcome it.

"I can neither smell, hear, nor see... What can I even do?"

Eryke focused.

"The only way is my instinct from my Dragon Bloodline... Is there something I'm missing?" _{ƒrēewebnovel.com}

He began to sense the blood in his body.

Dragons are battle-hungry beasts; their power comes from their blood. As someone with a lesser dragon bloodline, even if he reached a higher rank of Dragon, he would still be much weaker than those with a purer lineage.

"What is the core essence of a Dragon?"

Drayken thought hard. Then a thought hit him, until now, he had only seen everyone in human form with dragon parts, but Dragons weren't humans!

"I have also abandoned my human bloodline... Does that mean—?" His eyes snapped open.

For a moment, Drayken stood still, then facepalmed himself, only for a layer of skin to tear from his cheek.

"Is it really this simple?"

His body was badly mangled at this point.

Eryke carefully sensed the energy rampaging inside his body, and his expression grew even stranger.

He had already tried to control this energy before, but he couldn't. However, on his next attempt, he used his bloodline to absorb it.

Immediately, there was an effect—his body glowed with a golden light.

Drayken hurriedly withdrew his Star Strike and retracted his Aura. Then, he sat cross-legged, taking all the arrows defenseless.

It wasn't that he wasn't hurt—every fiber of his being was screaming in pain.

His body was badly mangled with each arrow. The pain was overwhelming, and it was a life-and-death situation.

If it were any ordinary person, they would have died from the sheer pain alone, but Drayken was different.

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