Maddy whole body ballooned again, sucking in almost all the air around her.
"I SAID BACK OFF! AIR SHOT!"
Compressed air blasted through the Dire Drake, pushing it back just enough to give Maddy space to breathe.
"You’re too big to get pushed, huh? AGAIN!"
Maddy pulled in air once more, her body that had just deflated swelling up again.
"AIR SHOT!"
The Dire Drake was sent reeling again, blasted backward before it could even recover from the first impact. It let out a guttural, earth shaking snarl. It was furious—a re worm had dared to spit air at it, and worse, that air had actually moved its massive bulk.
The creature’s throat began to pulse, a terrifying glow of molten lava rising from its chest.
"Eh? I-it can breathe fire?"
Maddy’s voice wavered as the heat began to shimr in the air.
[Caution: That breath is not a simple fla. It is an Advanced Fire Elent, far exceeding the basic combustion of the Fla Frogs. Your current biological defense will lt. Avoid contact at all costs.]
"I can see that! And I have absolutely no intention of turning into a fried beige worm!"
The world turned white as torrent of molten, white hot fire erupted from the Dire Drakes mouth a roar of pure thermal destruction that didn’t just burn—it vaporized the very moisture in the air.
"NOPE! NOT TODAY!"
She dove, her beige body blurring as she used Rapid Burrowing to vanish into the floor just a millisecond before the fire swept over her position. Underground, the heat was still agonizing, the soil above her turning into glass.
"Oh, that was really an advanced fire elent!"
Using Terrain Control, she liquefied the earth ahead, swimming through the stone like a shark. She also used it to make her Pitfall skill much easier.
"Oh yeah, now I don’t have to eat dirt to make a pitfall. I can just control the terrain! Very, very convenient trait—thanks, Tremor Toad!"
Maddy then shifted the earth to create a massive hole.
"PITFALL!"
The pitfall swallowed the massive reptile, and Maddy surfaced directly beneath the Drake’s rear left leg, jaws unhinging for a huge bite. Activating her Unhinged Jaw.
"I’ll bite your thick legs! Burrow Bite!"
But the Alpha was king for a reason. Just as Maddy thought she’d sink her teeth into the aty leg, she was t with its sharp claw. It slamd its massive, glowing appendage into the ground right where she was erging. The claws scraped the earth, igniting it.
BOOM!
"GAAAAH!"
Maddy scread as she was blasted backward, her beige skin scorched black. The physical impact felt like being hit by a falling building, and the fire licked at her silk-wrapped steaks.
"IT BURNS! IT ACTUALLY HURTS!"
But as the Drake lunged to crush her, her Static Discharge flared, sending the massive reptile into numb, tingling shock. The Alpha bucked violently, its muscles seizing.
Maddy pulled herself free from the rubble.
"I was right to switch back forms. I couldn’t make the Princess body suffer these attacks... even though she could heal, this is monster-to-monster, predator-to-predator FIGHT!"
She was furious, as the wrapped at is now smoking as it got fired from the attack.
"GRRR! Enough with this at from your little lizards... I’m going to make my eldest’s first al truly legendary. I’ll turn it into super premium rank—using your own AT!"
Maddy unwrapped the lizard at and shoved it straight into her mouth.
CHOMP!
[System Notice]
[You have ingested an object containing traits.]
[Trait Acquired: Spiked Hide]
[Body covered in durable, pointed scales that provide protection against attacks and can injure close-range attackers.]
[Trait Acquired: Tail Whip]
[Strong, muscular tail capable of delivering high-impact strikes to knock back or injure opponents.]
[Trait Acquired: Thermal Camouflage]
[Can temporarily mask body heat to evade detection by predators or ambush prey.]
[Trait Acquired: Heavyweight Physique]
[Large, robust body provides physical resilience and stability, allowing resistance to knockback and strong impacts.]
[Trait Acquired: Powerful Limbs]
[Strong legs enable rapid sprints, climbing, and sudden lunges despite the creature’s bulk.]
[Trait Acquired: Autonomous Limb Reflex]
[Severed limbs or tail segnts retain brief muscular activity after detachnt. Detached parts may twitch, thrash, or writhe to distract enemies. Minor regeneration of lost extremities is possible over ti, though full recovery requires sufficient nutrition and rest.]
[Trait Acquired: Acute Predator Awareness]
[Heightened senses detect nearby movent, vibrations, or heat signatures to locate prey or threats.]
[Trait Acquired: Large Lizard Body Parts]
[You may now manifest any portion of the Large Lizard’s anatomy—arms, legs, or the entire physical form with perfect precision. These examples are not limiting; any part can be used.]
[Apply these traits to yourself, or store them?]
As the Dire Drake was still paralyzed from the static discharge, Maddy applied all of the traits—of course, not the body parts, only those that altered her very form.
"Apply! I’ve got to make sure to use these traits to put him in his place!"
[Response: By your command... applying all ingested traits directly to your body.]
Initializing...
Poof!
[Done.]
The Dire Drake finished staggering and let out a deafening roar, charging again with claws flashing, ready to swallow Maddy whole. But she had already vanished from its sight, using her lizard traits.
"You can’t see now, can you? Thermal Camouflage masks my body heat, and Adaptable Skin makes blend perfectly. And with Super Snake’s Predatory Stealth, I’m a silent killer. Even with your prey detection, I could vanish!"
Using her Super Snake’s Serpentine Locomotion, Maddy moved faster, even above ground. She slithered toward the Dire Drake, positioning herself for the kill, while it struggled to guess her path, circling its head and body as she prepared to strike.
But Maddy was shocked and amazed again. The Dire Drake blew its fiery breath in sweeping circles, engulfing the area around it in flas to protect itself. Maddy froze, stunned.
"Y-You’re a smart one, huh? I love it when an animal is clever—it makes ... want... to... EAT YOU even more!"
She drew a massive amount of water from her internal bladder and combined it with the force of her Air Shot and Fla Cannonball.
"TORRENT BREATH!"
A high-pressure jet of freezing water blasted toward the flas surrounding the Dire Drake, extinguishing them completely.
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