Chapter 130 | Flying Serpent

Chapter 130: 130 | Flying Serpent

Only after reaching full condition—his mana at one hundred percent, his stamina fully restored, and his HP at maximum—did he stand up and walk toward the next passage.

The moment Andrew stepped through the stone gate, it sealed shut behind him with the same thunderous boom as before. Not even a crack remained. He was sealed in once again, committed to whatever challenges lay ahead.

A notification appeared.

[Third Area of the Forgotten Godfall Cave]

↳ Chamber of the Tiger

Trial Objective:

↳ Kill all Flying Serpents

Reward:

↳ Access to the Fourth Area ℯℯ𝑙.

The third chamber was different from the first two. Where the first had been a relatively open circular space and the second had been similar but with more cover from the ox-themed pillars, this chamber was vertical.

The ceiling was impossibly high—far beyond the range of even Andrew’s Omniscient perception—and the walls were covered with natural stalactites and stalagmites that created a labyrinth of vertical surfaces.

The murals on the walls depicted tigers—powerful, fearsome, and lethal. Unlike the static poses of the rat and ox murals, the tiger paintings seemed to capture motion, each one showing the great cat in a different phase of a pounce or strike. The effect was dynamic and almost unsettling, as if the painted tigers might leap from the walls at any moment.

The next second, shrill screeches echoed throughout the cavern. The sound was piercing and alien, like metal scraping against glass amplified a thousandfold. It came from above—high above, from the darkness that even the blue light couldn’t penetrate.

Ten enormous monsters descended from above.

[Flying Serpent]

↳ Level 15

↳ 3-Star BOSS Monster

↳ HP: 30,000/30,000

Each serpent was over four meters long. Their bodies resembled giant pythons—thick, muscular, and covered in iridescent scales that shifted between green, blue, and purple depending on the angle of the light. Membranous wings extended from their sides, bat-like in structure but stretched over a framework of elongated ribs that gave them a span of nearly three meters.

Although they could not truly fly—they lacked the musculature and wing structure for sustained flight—they moved through the air with terrifying speed, gliding from stalactite to stalactite like arrows loosed from bows.

Their heads were triangular and reptilian, with large, forward-facing eyes that glowed with an eerie yellow light. Their fangs were long and curved, dripping with a venomous substance that hissed and spat when it contacted the stone floor.

Andrew immediately realized the danger.

One Flying Serpent was manageable but not overwhelmingly so for someone of Andrew’s current power. Ten of them together, however, operating in three-dimensional space where they could attack from any angle including directly above, were deadly.

Without hesitation, he activated two of his most familiar bloodline transformations.

Storm Dragon Bloodline and Titan Bloodline.

The two forms merged together in a way that was different than the original blue dragon bloodline and Founding Titan bloodline.

It was different but Andrew could get used to it.

Purple scales covered his body, overlapping like armor plates and gleaming with an inner light. Horns emerged from his head, curving backward like a crown. A powerful tail extended behind him, thick and muscular, capable of sweeping opponents off their feet or propelling him through the air. His hands became clawed, his teeth sharpened, and his eyes transformed into slitted pupils that glowed with draconic power.

His body became that of a dragon-armored titan—a fusion of two bloodlines that combined the raw strength and durability of the Titan Form with the speed, ferocity, and elemental affinity of the Dragon Form.

But against ten Three-Star BOSS Monsters fighting in three dimensions, he needed every advantage he could get.

The serpents attacked.

The first three dove simultaneously from different angles—one from directly above, one from the left, and one from the right. Their coordination was impressive, the kind of instinctive pack behavior that predators developed over generations of hunting together.

Andrew’s tail swept upward, catching the descending serpent from above and deflecting it to the side. His left claw raked across the path of the right-hand serpent, forcing it to veer away. His right hand brought the God Slayer Blade up in a diagonal slash that intercepted the left-hand serpent mid-dive.

The blade connected, slicing through the serpent’s wing membrane and sending it spiraling out of control. The creature crashed into a stalagmite, its body coiling in pain, and Andrew was on it in an instant, driving the blade through its skull.

One down. Nine to go.

The remaining serpents adjusted their tactics. Instead of diving attacks, they began circling, using the vertical space of the chamber to maintain distance while looking for openings.

They would glide in close, strike with fangs or tail, and then retreat before Andrew could counter. It was a hit-and-run strategy designed to wear him down over time.

Andrew fought back with everything he had. His Dragon Form gave him enhanced reflexes and the ability to launch short bursts of elemental breath gouts of flame that lanced through the air toward the gliding serpents.

His Titan Form gave him the strength to leap incredible distances, launching himself from stalactite to stalagmite in pursuit of the flying creatures.

The battle lasted an entire hour.

The Flying Serpents were relentless, their stamina seemingly inexhaustible as they circled and struck, circled and struck. The vertical battlefield gave them a significant advantage—they could attack from angles that were difficult to defend against, and their gliding ability meant they could change direction faster than Andrew could pursue.

Several times he was knocked into cave walls, the impact cracking the stone and leaving him dazed. His armor absorbed most of the damage, but the cumulative effect of dozens of hits was taking its toll.

Several times he was nearly overwhelmed—moments when two or three serpents coordinated their attacks perfectly and Andrew found himself fending off strikes from multiple directions simultaneously.

In those moments, it was his Omniscient perception and his enhanced reflexes that saved him, allowing him to predict and counter attacks that would have been impossible to react to through normal perception.

Yet he continued fighting. Each serpent he killed was one fewer to worry about, and each extraction from a fallen serpent gave him a small boost that kept him going.

One serpent fell, brought down by a combination of Dragon Breath and a precisely aimed throw of the God Slayer Blade.