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In the midst of soaring water columns, the thirty-meter-long Variant Armored Lizard darted through the water, its left side heavily battered with its thick shell shattered, flesh blurred, and blood continuously gushing out.
Under the fierce attack of the Sword Armor Flame Beast, which had ridden the momentum of the tsunami, the Variant Armored Lizard reacted quickly, using its strongest defense on its back to block the devastating blow at the first instance.
Otherwise, that strike would have blasted its head apart.
At this point, the Sword Armor Flame Beast, though noticeably smaller than its opponent but with a more ferocious aura, was rapidly closing the distance, plowing through waves after waves.
But just as the Sword Armor Flame Beast came within fifty meters of the Variant Armored Lizard, a violent water column erupted beneath it.