Capítulo 92: Attack From The Dark Mists

"I need to make sure to get them all properly this time.", knowing his disadvantaged position, Dash moved back a few meters not allowing the dark mist to reach him.

With each passing meters the dark mist has covered, everything just melted into black murky state. From the small colorful water elementals plants, to the beautiful corals, they all slowly melted at the poison mist's potency.

Seeing it expanding further and further, Dash finally stopped and inhaled a large mouthful of water.

WATER BLAST!~

Preserving his fire attacks for killing blow, Dash decided to use a water-based offense just to drive away from the creeping dark mist.

WOOOSSH~

Straight from the turtle's mouth is a powerful torrent of heavily compressed water. The mist that it hit was instantly washed away, stopping it from advancing further. Slowly, Dash maneuvered the powerful water torrent to wipe clean the scattering dark mist revealing the fleeing Thagdas hiding beneath.

With the powerful water torrent destroying everything in its path, they made sure to avoid the turtle's attack, not daring to underestimate its power.

Shuk!

WOOOSH~

The five Thagda's took their turns whipping their poison darts towards the turtle intending to pierce his head and other vulnerable parts but the latter's reflex was just extraordinary!

Dash would use the water blast to shoot them from afar, anyone who manages to get close and tried to do melee against him is met by his tail wipe and would also use his hard shells for defense.

WOOOSH~

Shuk~

BLAAAST~

WHAAM!

The three greedy Thagda's would sometimes lose their control in the middle of their attack and would instinctively bite on Dash's scaly body instead, in return, he gave them a good stomp but the other brothers would not allow him to finish the stomped ones. Using their numbers and with their coordinated attacks, Dash found it impossible to do a clean wipe on them.

With every opening the Thagdas presented, a deadly opening is also being exposed in Dash's attack. Unless he was willing to get piereced by the poison, he had to make sure to really clean them in one go.

CRAAASH~

BAANG!

WHAAAM!~

Slowly, Dash tried to corner them all in direction to finish them all in one go. But they all refused to be led into such an obvious plan. The five Thagda coordinated perfectly while keeping a safe distance against each other. Carefully, they tested the turtle, waiting for the giant creature to reveal even the slightest clear opening.

"Follow my lead and shoot with me." The leader quickly commanded and the rest unhesitantly followed him.

They retreated in the dark mist scattered across the surroundings, hiding their presence at the same time. While Dash, used his water blast to clear the area, the five Thagda's simply reacted by releasing more dark mist and the surroundings became pitch black again.

"ARGH! This is going on forever! Show yourself, cowards!" Dash confidently taunted his enemies who shamelessly hid in their dark mist.

Suddenly, five two-meters-long-poison darts flashed out from the dark mist. An obvious retaliation of the five Thagdas.

Shuk~

From all directions, five poison dart that carried deadly poison converged in one single spot - Dash's head.

CLANK!

Despite Dash's big head and gigantic scaly body, his incredible reflex allowed him to hide under his shell just before he got hit by the poison darts while the other three hit his outer shell.

KSSK~

As the darts touched his ultra-tough shells, the poison it brought quickly did its job by slowly melting the hard shells. Noticing this, Dash reacted by covering his entire body by the blue fire - effectively erasing any traces of the poison.

"I hate that blue fire!"

"GRAA!~"

"I want to eat that turtle so bad!"

The first three glutton Thagdas shouted in irritation. They have greatly underestimated the creatures of the water realm and they have never expected to find a water elemental creature that perfectly counters their poison advantage.

With their overwhelming appetite, getting delayed for their snack is something that can easily make them go mad.

"Calm down brothers. Unlike the red fire, the blue one is indeed very effective against our poison because of its purifying properties. The red fire is only good for destruction, but the blue fire has purification ability that perfectly counters our corrosive poison. I just really wonder how did that turtle manage to obtain such rare fire despite being a water elemental." The leading one explained.

"I already know that." The fourth one added in obvious antagonistic attitude.

"Whatever. Let's work together and attack this turtle from different directions. Let's use our number advantage against him. His fire essence should not last long enough to survive our combined attack. Just follow my lead and we will get to dine in his hard shell in no time." The leading Thagda confidently declared.

"That's more I like it!"

"I want his tail and heart!"

"Can we eat the shell too?"

The gluttons quickly agreed while the fourth one remained serious.

"I will do what I want." It proudly said in arrogance, not wanting to follow the leader.

"Suit yourself." The leader replied nonchalantly.

Dash finally came out of his shell after he wiped clean the poison darts corroding his shell using a simple burst of his blue fire. Right now, he had just expended too much fire leaving him with a little bit of blue fire essence. One more instance of using a powerful blue fire and he will easily lose his trump card against the Thagdas.

"Just where are you at the moment hugon kid. I need your help here." Dash whispered to himself with an old and tired voice brought by his gigantic form. His black beady eyes followed the sneaky movements of the five Thagda's that seems to surround him from all directions. Their sneaky movement and coordinated attacks tell a lot about their battle capacity.

Unlike a normal Dragon that chooses to fight mano-a-mano, these bastards incorporate sneaking and faking their attacks just to make him reveal his openings.

"This is not good." Dash murmured.