Chapter 338 First round (16)
The fight looked like it was about to be over, but before it ended…
The mutated Salamander suddenly used a different move.
It started flapping the wings on its back that seemed almost too small for its body once it was opened wide.
After flapping these wings a few times, the mutated Salamander was carried off the ground.
While this cave wasn't that large, it did have a high ceiling so the mutated Salamander was able to easily fly up into the air.
When it did, the lizards that the other Awakeners had been fighting suddenly pulled back.
The Awakeners didn't stop them since their attention was fully on the mutated Salamander that was in the sky.
There were a few attacks aimed at the mutated Salamander as it ascended into the air, but they were easily blocked by the flames that gathered above its skin. These flames formed a layer of flame armour that completely protected the mutated Salamander.
Once the mutated Salamander got high enough up in the air, the flames that had been around it started to flow up towards its mouth.
At the same time, it reeled its head back as if it was gathering its breath and its chest seemed to swell to double the size as before.
The pressure that came from this mutated Salamander when this happened was so much that many of the weaker Awakeners couldn't help feeling a trace of fear.
Before it unleashed the breath that it was gathering, the lizards that had pulled away from the Awakeners suddenly dug into the ground. They once again went back into hiding underground in an instant.
But that wasn't the important thing.
The important thing was why they did this.
They were avoiding the breath of the mutated Salamander!
It was using a scorched earth tactic where it wouldn't hold back in burning ally and enemies. It was using all of its power in a single breath to burn away anything and everything in its path!
This was dangerous!
Tammy knew how dangerous this was, so she shouted, "Formation!"
As soon as she shouted this, the members of the Sol Warriors group took their places around her. They didn't hesitate to raise their hands and release their mana around Tammy.
When they did, the mana that they released turned into flames that gathered around Tammy in a tornado of flames.
As Tammy stood in the center of that tornado of flames, her figure started to change.
It was the tips of her limbs at first, but the transformation quickly spread to the different parts of her body. In no time at all, she had turned into a maiden that was completely made of flames.
This was her power, Maiden of the Sun.
It allowed her to turn herself into flames and control those flames to fight.
This power was further empowered by the formation that her teammates had taken around her.
The flames that were generated by her teammates were being absorbed by her, making her figure bigger and bigger.
When both sides finished gathering their powers, they looked at each other.
The mutated Salamander looked down at the humans at first, but then it turned to look at Tammy.
The mutated Salamander could feel the sensation of danger coming from this figure made of flames, so it changed the direction of its flame breath. It was targeting Tammy now, wanting to use the full brunt of its flame breath to wipe her out.
Tammy didn't mind this since she also wanted to use this chance to take down the mutated Salamander.
With a raise of her hand, the flames that had gathered around her formed a tornado that flew up into the sky.
The target of this flame tornado was naturally the mutated Salamander.
While sending this flame tornado upwards, she shouted, "Die!"
The mutated Salamander responded in turn as with a roar, it released the flame breath that it had been gathering.
Unlike the flame breath that it released before, it wasn't a wave of flames that rained down on them. This time, it was actually concentrated flames in the form of a beam of flames that was aimed specifically at Tammy.
The tornado of flames and the beam of flames clashed against each other and it didn't seem like either side was being pushed back by the other. It seemed like they were evenly matched in terms of power.
That was until the beam of flames seemed to push back the tornado of flames.
Tammy's figure of flame immediately knitted her brows when she saw this and said, "More power! Use everything you have!"
When she said this, the others from the Sol Warriors let out a roar before they released even more flames with this formation.
The flames quickly gathered around Tammy and strengthened the flame tornado she released.
When the flame tornado grew, the power of it also grew.
This time, it was the beam of flames that was pushed back.
The mutated Salamander revealed a look of shock before trying to use more power, but it really couldn't.
This was already all of the power that it could release, so there was no more power for it to draw on.
It could only maintain the losing balance for a few seconds before its flame breath was scattered by the flame tornado.
The flame tornado continued to sweep the mutated Salamander in it.
Though the flames seemed to want to obey the mutated Salamander, they were still controlled by Tammy.
So they burned through the thick skin of the mutated Salamander, causing it to be covered in burns. At the same time, it burned through the skin of the mutated Salamander's wings, causing it to drop to the ground.
As it slammed down on the ground, there was a large cloud of dust that was stirred.
After the dust settled, the mutated Salamander just laid there without moving as it was covered in burns.
But still it was not dead.
Its thick skin had saved it in the end.
"The time is now!"