Infinite Paths: The Raging Phoenix-Chapter 873: Terrible choice of words

Rain couldn’t let the fight escalate since he couldn’t let the chaos spread or leave signs of the battle behind… all that was for the sake of not letting the other dragons realize what he was planning to do there.

"This will be a massive pain in the ass… to slay twenty dragons that are very known for their endurance and without alerting the others," Rain rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

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Rain knew the most obvious option, but he didn’t want to share the experience with the shield or let that asshole gain his memories… it could be convenient, but Rain needed to have some idea on how to deal with it before he takes some risks with the shield.

Even though he doesn’t have a body, he still could get stronger, which was surprising since the relics should only have a copy of his memories and knowledge. That being said, the firebirds that Rain used were some entities that could level up, so perhaps that wasn’t unreasonable.

"There is also the chance that the shield might have put limitations on himself… like he would only want to kill dragons, that way, he should get a lot more experience and that will make his strength grow even more," Rain thought. "This is the kind of thing that the system definitely allows."

In any case, Rain decided to put that aside and focus on the plan. Another option that he had was to use the dragons blood and use their ability to kill the others… that wouldn’t corrupt his mind and he just needed another ring for that.

"No… I shouldn’t rely on that since my body still will become a temporary vessel for the sins," Rain thought. "I will have to use Mortal Bet… my goal is to kill them with one strike and take as much mana from them as possible after that to reinforce my attack."

In the end, Rain decided to make a long ice spear instead of two blades… he would need to kill them as fast as possible and a thick and long weapon will help him with that. Rain didn’t even try to make the ice spear as sharp as possible… but he used his mana to make it as hard as possible. Thanks to it, Rain was having shivers thanks to the cold while holding it and his hand was getting numb too.

The cold of the ice was increasing the durability of the frozen water tremendously.

"All right… The bet is… I need to kill them in a single strike," Rain thought. "I don’t have any other option since I might lose my fingers if this takes too long, after all."

A while ago, Rain’s domain began to lose power thanks to the vast amount of mana that he had been using, so he had to act fast and attack the golem dragons, so he had to make his move already. Still, before he could do that, he had an idea and then he left the spear behind and began to use Impulse in the air.

Before long, Rain stopped at the top of the Tower and looked below. The scene was almost surreal as the area of the ancient city began to tremble, a low rumble echoing through the air. Initially resembling statues, the dragon Golems, standing guard around the city’s central tower, seemed to awaken from their slumber.

As they moved, their bodies showed signs of decay, pieces of their once-solid skin flaking away in dusty remnants.

With an eerie creaking sound, the Golems shifted, their movements stiff and slow, as though they were grappling with the stiffness of ages. The transformation from seemingly motionless sentinels to active beings shed light on their true nature; they had indeed adopted an appearance akin to lifeless stone.

However, the illusion of being stationary crumbled away, quite literally. Bits and pieces of their weathered forms, akin to falling fragments of stone, dusted the area.

The monsters turned and then raised their heads to look at Rain, and soon they found him jumping from the top of the Tower in the opposite direction he came from… still, even before he could reach them, two of them had their necks blown from behind… and they didn’t even realize it.

The skill Mortal Bet received 150.000 experience points.

The Skill Enduring Patience received 150.000 experience points.

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Rain landed nearby and the golem dragons began to move toward him and soon they used their magic to emerge earth spikes from below. The spikes hit Rain and wounded his legs… they were massive after all. Without doing anything, Rain began to spin in the air while blood was gushing from his legs.

The skill Mortal Bet received 150.000 experience points.

The Skill Enduring Patience received 150.000 experience points.

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The dragon golems charged at Rain and smashed their bodies against each other to crush him… they finally started to use their hardening ability, but Rain was still was able to use his arms to prevent himself from turning into a smashed potato… the reason for that was the fact that their hardening ability relied on their anger and without angering them, the golem dragons could only get so much harder.

"Terrible choice of words…" Rain said while he felt his arms cracking.

The skill Mortal Bet received 150.000 experience points.

The Skill Enduring Patience received 150.000 experience points.

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Eventually, the dragon golems realized that something was off… they could finally smell the blood in the air and the temperature dripping as well. Six of them had already surrounded Rain and were ready to attack him on turns, but when they turned around, they saw the necks of their allies being destroyed by the giant ice spear… more than half of them had already fallen to that.

At that point in time, Rain didn’t have to try to be sneaky anymore… using the mana that he got from using Mortal Bet, Rain made the spear spin violently and made it fly with all his might.