The flames on the fire dragon’s body blazed fiercely, its gaping maw opening as it lunged once more at Jared, who stood barehanded, calmly watching the approaching dragon.
As the fire dragon neared, Jared showed no sign of evading or retaliating, leaving Dario and Judd utterly bewildered.
“What are you doing, Axel?” Judd shouted.
But at that moment, the fire dragon swallowed Jared whole, engulfing him in flames.
His face filled with anxiety, Judd was about to rush in to help when Dario stopped him.
“Leave it. These flames might not harm him,” Dario said, understanding that Jared was doing this on purpose.
Remembering how Thiago used the demonic black lotus the previous day, and yet Jared emerged unscathed, Dario concluded that Juliet’s demonic fire likely wouldn’t harm Jared either.
Although Dario couldn’t fathom how Jared could be impervious to such fire, Jared’s confident stance indicated he had a plan.
Seeing Jared swallowed by the fire dragon, Juliet smirked.
“How foolish of him to even think about making a wager with me,” Juliet sneered, then turned to Dario. “Dario, I’ve won. His fate is none of my concern.”
“Ms. Juliet, it’s too early to declare victory,” Dario responded.
“Mr. Barclay, how could you say that? Your disciple has been engulfed by my demonic fire, and if you don’t save him, he’ll be reduced to ashes!”
Juliet couldn’t understand how Dario could be so nonchalant about not rescuing his disciple and claimed that the outcome wasn’t decided yet.
“Reduced to ashes? Do you really think I’ll easily be burnt to a crisp?”
Jared’s voice echoed from within the roaring flames.
Soon after, the flames around Jared rapidly extinguished, and the fire dragon vanished without a trace.
Jared stood before Juliet, unscathed.
“How… How could this be possible?”
Juliet was dumbfounded, seeing her fire dragon gone and Jared unharmed.
“Why not? Your demonic fire is too weak to harm me. Now, it’s my turn to retaliate. Be prepared!” Jared said, a ball of flame igniting in his palm.
Everyone watched in disbelief as the terrifying intensity of Jared’s demonic fire became evident.
Even though it was just a small flame, the temperature around it rose instantly, causing the air to sizzle.
With a casual wave, Jared sent the flame swirling around Juliet.
She screamed but found no escape.
“Stop! Don’t hurt Ms. Juliet…” Dario hurriedly called out.
“Don’t worry, I won’t harm her,” Jared assured, then looked at Juliet. “Do you concede? If you don’t, I’ll let the fire burn your clothes off, leaving you exposed to everyone here.”
Upon hearing Jared’s words, Juliet was absolutely livid.
Meanwhile, Judd was thrilled and whispered, “Axel, burn them! Burn Juliet’s clothes…”
He would die for a chance to see Juliet stark naked.
Although Judd whispered, Dario heard him and shot him a fierce glare, silencing him.
“I concede, I concede…” Juliet admitted reluctantly, knowing she couldn’t defeat Jared, not even with her demonic fire.
Seeing Juliet admit defeat, Jared extinguished the flame and approached her.
