Ronan did not waste the moment.
Swooosh!
Dark-red fire surged higher around both gauntlets as he planted his scaled feet and drove forward again.
"Dragon Flame Barrage!"
A rapid series of burning punches came in a tight, overlapping sequence, left, right, left, then a heavier cross that trailed a short roar of flame.
Gray slipped the first two, caught the third on his forearm with a solid thud, and leaned just enough for the cross to pass over his shoulder.
Heat washed across his neck.
He stepped inside the extended arm and drove a short elbow into Ronan's ribs.
Thump!
Ronan grunted, scales flexing under the impact, and immediately opened his mouth.
"Flame Breath!!!"
A dense column of dark-red fire erupted at point-blank range.
Gray turned his torso and let the main force of the breath sear past his chest, the edge of it still hot enough to sting.
Before the flames fully cleared, he snapped a low kick into the side of Ronan's lead knee.
