He did not object to that.


    No oneins about having more preparation on their side.


    However, the giant lizard in front of him certainly didn’t think so.


    It let out a low growl again.


    "Why, why help them?"


    In the growl, themonnguage of this world came through.


    Although it was stuttering at first, just after a few words, the speech became smooth, and even Jason sensed a tone of confusion in it.


    "You smell just like me!"


    "We are the same kind!"The giant lizard continued to speak.


    Jason nced at the opponent’s scaly body, then at its fierce face, and subconsciously shook his head.


    "We are not the same."


    As he spoke, a thick fog appeared.


    Jason’s entire body merged into it.


    The giant lizard was also enveloped by the mist.


    In the darkness, which already conferred a stealth bonus, Jason’s stealth check increased by another +1 after activating "Mist Concealment."


    Silently, he approached the giant lizard, swinging his Broad de Cleaver again and again.


    It wasn’t just his own strength, but also the "secret technique" of thrusting.>


    Using this technique with a mist-covered de could never be as smooth as with a sword, but Jason did not find it clumsy; on the contrary, it was even more exhrating.


    Chi, chi.


    The de’s glow flickered. The giant lizard, already having its vision obscured by the fog, had its eyes damaged once more.


    Roar!


    The giant lizard let out a pained roar as its thick tail swept forward.


    Jason leapt aside, dodging easily, a hint of me beginning to show in his hand.


    The next moment—


    A cone-shaped me burst forth!@@novelbin@@


    The instant the explosive-level power of the me appeared, it covered the giant lizard’s head.


    The continuous burning caused immense pain to the giant lizard.


    Hum!


    Bang!


    The thick tail swept forward again. Jason rolled to dodge with ease, avoiding it effortlessly, while the me in his hand didn’t cease at all, continuing to spray relentlessly.


    Soon, the scent of roasted meat filled the tunnel.


    By now, the giant lizard’s head was already scorched ck, and its whole body seemed to copse powerlessly.


    But Jason was not careless.


    His "Predation" Talent told him that the giant lizard was far from being as seriously injured as it seemed. Discover hidden stories at empire


    And just like Jason anticipated, as he maintained the "Charles Burning Technique," the giant lizard, with its burnt-ck head, rose up again.


    The charred outer skin directly peeled off.


    Revealing... six eyes!


    Yes!


    Six eyes!


    Above its original eyes, four more had grown.


    The newly sprouted four eyes, shining with a bright green glow, seemed to ignore the fog entirely.


    This was Jason’s instinctive guess.


    However, the new scales on its head had indeed be immune to the burning at this stage.


    In the expert-level "Charles Burning Technique," the newly grown scales were pitch ck and lustrous, as if they were carved from ice crystals, with no temperature at all.


    "Evolution?"


    Jason was surprised inwardly, but his actions didn’t stop. Using the walls and ceiling of the tunnel, he executed two quick jumps. Landing atop the giant lizard’s head, he took hold of the cleaver with both hands, then rolled from the creature’s head all the way to the base of its tail, like a rolling wheel.


    ng, ng, ng!


    As if it were the sound of metal striking, sparks flew from the de of the Broad de Cleaver.


    Yet, such an attack wasn’t sufficient against the bullet-resistant scales. Apart from leaving some marks on them, it didn’t truly injure the giant lizard.


    But Jason didn’t care.


    He didn’t intend to stop. With a forceful step, he rolled back the way he’de.


    Threads of sharpness appeared around Jason.


    That was...


    The unique "Wind des" of Whirlwind Dance.


    Although his posture was unusual, who said that "Whirlwind Dance" must be performed standing up?


    If one could do a barrel roll on the ground, why not a whirlwind?


    If there’s a step, one can spin with fiery wheels!


    So why couldn’t he "Whirlwind Dance"?


    This unconventional "Whirlwind Dance" caused the giant lizard to scream in pain again. The marks on the scales deepened, and as Jason rolled back in his spinning top motion, the deepened marks cracked.


    Fine lines began to spread, intersecting.


    Finally—


    Crack!


    With a sharp snap, the scales shattered, flesh flew.


    The sliced flesh was immediately caught up in the "Wind des," chewed up again, and flung into the air.


    A wound about a meter long appeared on the back of the giant lizard.


    This caused the roaring giant lizard to immediately flip over and copse.


    It tried to use its weight to ovee Jason.


    But instantly, the giant lizard regretted itsbat strategy.


    As the lizard flipped over, Jason leapt high into the air. The "Whirlwind Dance," not yet fully formed, disintegrated in that moment, sending "Wind des" flying in every direction, slicing up the concrete walls, floor, and ceiling, as well as leaving shallow cuts across the scales of the lizard’s underbelly. However, the true damage still came from Jason.


    Leaping up, Jason twisted his body in the air with powerful core strength and pushed off the ceiling of the tunnel once again.


    He charged at the giant lizard once more.


    Just like a repeat of before.


    Jason began a rapid, dense barrage of cuts, intermixed with "Whirlwind Dance" moves.


    This time, it took only one pass back and forth for the scales on the lizard’s underbelly to shatter.