Great horned lizard (3)

With the spear in hand, the flow of the fight changed since Ryu's fighting style with the spear allowed him to defend better and attack while keeping his distance. This tactic of switching weapons allowed him to extract the full potential of the immortal grade martial art style.

While the lizard was angry to be pushed by the spear, Ryu took the lead of the fight for the first time since the beginning, so he moved laterally, trying to encircle the lizard. Since the head was the hard part of the beast and he was not confident in trespassing the skull using the spear, he had to find a gap to attack the lateral, in a spot where there are no bones under the scales.

But the horned lizard had the same tactic planned, as the last trade showed the lizard the trouble to fight against a spear. It could only think to avoid the tip and shorten the distance.

Since both opponents had the same tactic, for a different reason, the fight became even faster as the two foes tried to overcome the other with speed. Ryu pressed forward, launching the tip of the spear against the lizard's face, to which the lizard answered with a leap to the side and a step to get closer, sending the claw towards Ryu's tights.

To that, Ryu blocked using his spear, at the same time that he stepped diagonally, moving to the lizard's side. Then Ryu stumped on the ground to make a stance and started to swing the spear horizontally, aiming to hit the beast's flank with the spear's blade.

Thrusting, although it can be the strong point of the spear, is not the only form of attack of this weapon, in fact, the spear is a versatile weapon whose real strength is revealed when used creatively.

About Ryu's strike, the spear moved towards the lizard, borrowing the fluidity of the water, making the shaft gain flexibility, bending back as the strike moved to its target until it collided against the lizard.

For an instant, when the spear collided with the lizard, a watery sound like a waterfall spread across mountains. The blow broke the scales of the horned lizard in a circle larger than a hand, exposing its bare skin while the lizard arched to the side in pain.

With that gap, Ryu retrieved the spear and prepared to send a thrust attack on that exposed skin, so he sent the spear forward in a straight path, and for every centimeter the spear moved, a bright red color appeared on the tip of the spear. But for some reason, the heat wasn't even close to the heat when he fought the three rapists less than a weak ago.

However, before the spear could reach its final destination, Ryu stopped the movement when the lizard sent its tongue to his shoulder, making him lose balance. But the impact wasn't so heavy since the lizard used this attack while struggling to resist the pain received.

But then, Ryu recomposed his posture, and another set of fast blows took place. Ryu sent the spear straight, the lizard dodged to the side and launched a claw attack, Ryu dodged back and swang the spear horizontally, the lizard moved back and threw its tongue.

That fast sequence lasted for almost 5 minutes until the foes started to get tired and their breath heavy, then the lizard was the first to try and retreat to get some rest, it stepped back opening distance.

But Ryu wasn't willing to give this chance, as he pressed forward, forcing the great lizard to use its strong front leg to slash when the claw came his way. At this moment, Ryu pulled the spear back, allowing the paw to get closer, but instead of blocking it like he had done many times already, he simply vanished from his spot, and the claw slashed on empty.

With the last use of the movement skill, Ryu went to the lizard's side with his spear ready to thrust, and as the spear moved forward, gaining heat, the lizard panicked to have lost its opponent. Then, tip pierced the lizard in the joint near the shoulder, a target meticulously planned for Ryu to seal one attack of the lizard, possible two.

After Ryu pulled the shaft encrusted on the lizard's flesh, the lizard went into a frenzy kicking in a random direction and forcing Ryu to retreat. He managed to cause a heavy injure in a critical place of the great lizard, but he paid a huge price for that because that fifth use of the vanishing raindrop skill left him with his legs fatigued.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the cliff, the remaining group of agitated horned lizards started to scream, sensing that the battle approached its end.

As all that noise from the lizards motivated the leader to go all out, the great horned lizard decided to throw away the precaution to take Ryu with it. Thus ignoring the blood loss from the cut on his neck and the heavy wound in his shoulder, the lizard prepared for the final attack as it knew the end was approaching.

Thus the lizard turned to face Ryu and charged in his direction, pointing the pair of horns. Not even when Ryu stuck the spear on the lizard's forehead, it stopped, as it was determined to push him down the cliff to die together.

Step by step, the lizard pressed, pushing forward, and Ryu desperately trying to make the lizard retreat or open space for him to move out of the cliff's path. Fight with strength wasn't an option since the lizard was stronger. Desperate, Ryu began to launch a series of thrusting attacks, but not even when he pierced the lizard's eye did it retreated, while at the other shore of the cliff, the group of lizards screamed in agony.

But then, when the end of the cliff was just a single step, Ryu retrieved the spear and yelled at full lung, planning to launch one last strike with every bit of power he had remaining, so he prepared the spear straight to launch one fire thrust.

However, before he could press the spear forward, as if reacting to his mood and the release of his aura, a fighting movement appeared in his mind, which he let his body follow accordingly.

So, the tip of the spear went high in the sky while emitting a strident sound, in sequence, the spear started to move down while Ryu's upper body lowered to put all his weight on that downward stroke.

As the spear moved down, the clouds in the sky turned black, and sparks of lightning rushed between them. When the spear was about to land on the great horned lizard's skull, a bolt of yellow lightning descended from the sky, colliding with the spear's tip at the same time to the lizard's head.

*BOOOOOOOM*

A powerful explosion occurred when the lighting made contact, and Ryu's vision started to blur. In his view, a stream of black smoke rising from the fallen lizard on his feet, and a series of notifications appeared in his field view as he was passing out.

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Sword Mastery increased to intermediate level 2

Spear Mastery increased to ...

Quest completed: Save the village, ...

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