Selinaughed, a cold, mocking sound, her savage thrill for battle radiating through her. "Easily? Oh no," she purred, pushing against his fiery de. "I n on enjoying this, dumbass."


    "Last time, you had help. That pathetic statue won''t be able to help you again," She swung her de again as she spoke, this time aiming for his side.


    "Are you sure about that?" However, the Half-Drow Leader just smiled and effortlessly blocked her attack with a deft twist of his wrist as he replied, causing his me-imbued sword to burn even more intensely.


    The heat was bing unbearable, and the very air around them seemed to sizzle. But Selina was far from fazed. In fact, she was growing more excited.


    The body she was using now—was modified using one of the dead Bio-Mechanical soldiers—made from abination of flesh and metal, not as advanced as her true body, it was vulnerable to the fire attribute that had bested her in theirst battle.


    Not to mention the advantage of fire attribute over metal. Her Bio-Mechanical body back then was vulnerable to withstand such strong me attacks.


    Unlikest time she came prepared this time, and it showed in the gleam of her cold eyes.


    As they shed again, her skin, once smooth and pale, started to harden. Small, hard scales started growing across her skin, spreading over her limbs and torso like armor.


    They shimmered faintly under the firelight, resisting the heat pouring off the Half-Drow''s attacks.


    The transformation was slightly iplete at first, but it grew stronger with every passing second. These weren''t ordinary scales. They were Dreadscale Wyrm scales.


    After her humiliating defeatst time, she collected arge amount of blood from Dreadscale Wyrms.


    The Half-Drow Leader noticed it immediately, his brows furrowing in confusion as his de met the hardened scales. "What the hell…what have you done to yourself?" he muttered, his expression tightening with suspicion.


    Selina grinned, licking her lips with twisted delight. "What''s wrong? Finally scared?" She taunted, twisting her de against his.


    The nanoids coursing through her veins worked overtime, reshaping her body, and growing thick, fire-resistant scales that shimmered like dark armor.


    While retaining its humanoid shape, she turned into a humanoid Dreadscale Wyrm.


    Her body grew slightlyrger and stronger than before,plete with piercing ws and small horns on top of her head.


    Selina''s new form was the result of absorbing the blood of Dreadscale Wyrms—powerful war beasts carefully cultivated and enhanced by The Shadow Society, each one carrying a trace of pure-blooded Dragon lineage.


    These creatures, known for their incredible speed, strength, and imprable scales, were nearly impervious to both fire and water.


    The Half-Drow Leader observed her newly transformed body but didn''t back down. "You think changing your body will change the oue?"


    "I know it will," she retorted. "This time, I''m taking you apart piece by piece."


    She pressed her advantage, moving faster than before. Her strikes came quicker, more forceful, each one hammering at the Half-Drow''s defenses with growing intensity. Discover worlds on m _v _lempy _r.


    The scales on her body thickened, her strength rising with every second as the nanoids worked to fullyplete her transformation.


    Sparks flew as her ws shed against fire, the heat radiating from his weapon shing against the cold, hard gleam of Selina''s scales resisting the searing heat, offsetting most of the damage from mes.


    The Half-Drow Leader suddenly let out a roar and threw his ming sword to the side. The mes around him flickered dangerously, but instead of dimming, they grew stronger.


    "Enough with the chit-chat," he smiled as he spoke, still not taking Selina seriously. His hands shot out, crackling with raw energy. He was done ying around.


    The ground beneath him rumbled, and suddenly, massive pirs of me erupted from the earth. The force was staggering, the heat so intense that it made the previous fire attacks feel like nothing inparison.


    These weren''t just ordinary mes; they carried the raw powerparable to Tier-4 Fire Spells, far stronger than the fire sword he had been wielding before.


    Selina barely dodged the first pir of me as it exploded toward her, the ground where she had stood moments before now charred ck. But she wasn''t fazed. In fact, she seemed to be enjoying the challenge.


    "You''re finally getting serious," she taunted, dodging another pir with ease. "Good! This is what I was waiting for!"


    The Half-Drow Leader lifted his arms once more, his eyes aze with a crimson glow as jets of me erupted from his palms.


    Selina soared through the air, her newfound agility and strength enabling her to twist and turn mid-flight, dodging the spells with unnatural grace.


    Shended behind him, her ws tearing into the earth as she lunged.


    A rain of fireballs shot down, each one crashing into the ground with deadly force. Selina swerved and spun between the explosions, her body barely touched by the searing heat.


    Her ws gleamed as she shed through the mes, her movements precise, deadly, and faster than ever before, forming after images as she moved.


    She closed the distance between them in a blink, her sharp ws aimed at the Half-Drow Leader''s throat.


    But he was ready, using a burst of me from his feet tounch himself backward just in time.


    "Is that all you''ve got?" Selina roared as her carefully nned attack missed, her eyes became sharp again as she rushed at him again.


    The Half-Drow Leader''s smirk grew as the air around him crackled with huge amounts of spiritual power. His body glowed brighter, the intense red light pouring from his skin like moltenva.


    The ground trembled beneath him as arge firebird three meters tall with a wing''s span of five meters long erupted from the earth, spiraling upward with a shriek that pierced the air.


    The creature, made entirely of mes, towered over them both, its wings stretching wide as itshed out at Selina with a powerful burst of fiery energy.


    Selina barely had time to react before the firebird''s massive talon came crashing toward her. She dodged, rolling to the side as the ground where she had stood exploded into a pool of molten rock.


    The intense heat bore down on her, but her Dreadscale Wyrm body held strong, the scales absorbing much of the damage.


    Despite this, she sensed the extensive damage her body was enduring. Were it not for the nanoids helping her recover, she would have alreadyid down unable to fight.


    "Impressive trick," Selina growled, her eyes narrowing at the fiery beast circling above. "But you''re still too slow."


    Her body twisted and blurred as she moved forward, her ws gleaming as she shed at the bird.


    But the creature wasn''t easily torn apart, instead used its fiery wings to sh at Selina, forcing her to back off momentarily.


    Meanwhile, the Fire Mage Leader now stood near the shattered remains of the statue, his eyes glowing with intense madness and crazy belief as he reached into his robe.


    Protected by the massive bird, he pulled out a small golden crystal that gleamed faintly in the chaotic glow of the mes.


    Without a word, he began to chant in a deep, rumbling tone. His voice was low but as he held the golden crystal aloft, its light grew stronger with every word.


    The shattered statue at his feet seemed to respond to his prayer and began to vibrate with a faint resonance.


    Selina''s eyes flicked toward him, a sneer curling across her lips. "What now?" she muttered, her voice dripping with disdain.


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    -> Corrections on thest chapter- Dragon Blood Vine, I''ve changed one of its skills Posinious Byte to Jade Wood Body.


    [Jade Wood Body]: Under the influence ofrge amounts of Reiki and Dragon Blood, the Dragon Blood Vine transformed its body into a Jade Wood Body, thereby boosting its defense by an additional 250%.