Solomon pulled Eden's Penance free from the deep wound in the beast's spine. He immediately strapped the executioner's sword back across his chest. Grabbing the jagged, crystalline scales with his bare hands, he began climbing higher toward the monster's massive head.
The serpent was still moving at terrifying speeds, flying erratically, coiling through the thin air, and doing everything within its power to throw the human off its back.
However, Solomon had already endured more than enough practice clinging to the thin, sharp edges of the Azure Dragon Sect's vertical cliffs. The ice scales felt incredibly similar under his grip. He anchored his boots and pulled himself forward relentlessly.
He dug his boots into the crevices, holding on relentlessly until he finally reached the crown of the serpent's head.
