Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix

As Rain touched down, a sharp pang shot through his ankle, and he realized he had twisted it during the forceful kick. Although the water dragon lay unconscious, the price of his audacious move became apparent. Rain had sustained an injury that could prove troublesome in the ongoing battle.

As soon as the fire dragon recognized the vulnerability of its fallen comrade, it swiftly redirected its burning gaze towards Rain. On the dragon's colossal form, a look of pure rage was etched across its face, radiating an aura of seething fury.

In a display of ferocious determination, the dragon's surroundings ignited with an intense, burning aura, a manifestation of its formidable power known as the Dragon's Rage. This blazing force enveloped the creature, underscoring the gravity of the threat it posed to Rain and his companions.

"Hmm, this might be a bit bad…" Rain thought.

The dragon's aura blazed with such incredible potency that it appeared to ignite the surrounding air. This immense energy emitted from the creature gave rise to a thick shroud of dark smoke that enveloped its form. The atmosphere crackled with the searing intensity of the dragon's aura, leaving behind an eerie and unsettling presence.

With a single powerful flap of its massive wings, the dragon propelled itself into the air. But what came next was astonishing. It hurtled towards Rain with incredible, supersonic speed, all without the need for another wingbeat. The sheer velocity of its approach was nothing short of breathtaking, a testament to the dragon's awe-inspiring agility and might.

Rain used Impulse to escape the attack, but he barely did that. It looked like the enemy was flying by only using magic… Rain confirmed that when the dragon began to fly toward the sky and turn at the same time without using its wings. That only confirmed Rain's worries.

When the dragon was returning to attack Rain, he wondered if he should risk his arm to land a counter on the beast… in the worst-case scenario, he would leave his arm unusable for a few weeks, and that would be a real problem.

As Rain hesitated while facing the charging fire dragon, the water dragon he had temporarily incapacitated began to rouse from its stupor. Swiftly regaining its composure, the water dragon took off in a sprint towards the carriage.

This turn of events presented a fresh opportunity for Jori and the others. In their prior encounter with another water dragon, they had been overwhelmed. However, with Rain now unable to assist them due to his engagement with the fire dragon, the responsibility of defending the carriage fell squarely on their shoulders.

As the fire dragon soared close to the ground, its presence alone wrought havoc and devastation. The sheer power of its fiery aura radiated like a scorching tempest, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

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Anything unfortunate enough to be in the dragon's immediate vicinity faced a merciless fate. The intense heat and flames generated by its fiery aura scorched everything in their path, reducing vegetation to ashes and turning the once vibrant landscape into a charred wasteland.

The very air seemed to sizzle with the intensity of the dragon's presence, leaving a harrowing testament to the destructive might of this formidable creature.

In the last moment, Rain used Impulse to the side, but soon, he returned by propelling himself to the side of the monster. Rain hit the face of the creature with a drop kick that made the beast twitch its head a lot, but it didn't lose speed.

At the same time, Rain felt his legs burning. Even though he only made contact for a moment, he was only five percent of his total health… he lost a bit more since his boots began to burn alongside his pants.

"I should have known…" Rain thought when he saw the monster turning around again.

In the end, Rain didn't have any other choice aside from testing a new fighting style. It was totally different from what he envisioned himself years ago. Still, he never envisioned himself fighting dragons, so it couldn't be helped…

Rain jumped away, and using his magic, he summoned a torrent of water on his legs and arms, when the dragon was about to reach him, he froze all that to the point that the temperature around him began to drop.

A sense of disbelief briefly registered in the creature's gaze as it observed Rain enveloping his limbs with ice. However, this display of elemental control did little to deter the fire dragon's relentless charge. With unwavering determination, the creature pressed forward, its fiery resolve burning even brighter in the face of Rain's icy defense.

With control over the ice on his limbs, Rain abruptly halted in mid-air, defying gravity's pull. The fire dragon, its eyes widening in astonishment, beheld this unexpected maneuver.

Rain sidestepped the dragon's ferocious charge in a swift, evasive move, leaving the creature bewildered. He wasted no time in launching a counterattack, targeting the dragon's face.

But Rain's assault didn't stop there. Displaying remarkable agility and precision, he continued to weave through the air, moving backward and side to side and punching the beast relentlessly. Each strike generated powerful bursts of air, causing the dragon's colossal head to sway from one side to another.

Rain's relentless assault kept the creature off balance, creating a dazzling and chaotic aerial display of his prowess.

The fire dragon, determined to strike back, attempted to claw at Rain with its massive arms. However, Rain remained a slippery target, employing a mesmerizing array of evasive maneuvers.

Rain deftly sidestepped the dragon's razor-sharp claws with remarkable agility, moving in diagonal angles, shifting up and down, and swaying from side to side. His movements were as captivating as they were effective.

Rain didn't let up in his relentless assault. Blow after blow, he relentlessly pummeled the dragon's face. The once-impervious scales covering the creature's visage crumbled under the relentless barrage. As a result, the dragon's mouth began to spew blood.