# Chapter 176: Fierce Battle
The male flood dragon's voice carried deep hatred and killing intent, as if humans were their mortal enemies. Clearly, the idea of negotiating with them verbally and then leaving was simply impossible.
"Leave quickly... Get as far away as you can!"
The powerful auras released by these two flood dragons gave Xiao Xiannü a strong sense of crisis. She suddenly reached out, sending a blast of cold air that pushed Yun Che far away. At the same time, ice light flickered all over her body as she met the attack of the male and female flood dragons head-on.
"Xiao Xiannü——"
Xiao Xiannü's push was something Yun Che simply could not resist. Amidst his shouts, he was carried by the airflow for ten li before falling to the ground, simultaneously leaving the attack range of the two flood dragons. From his previous position came earth-shaking rumbling sounds.
The two enormous flood dragons coiled and spiraled high in the sky, their roars shaking heaven and earth. Compared to their massive bodies, Xiao Xiannü's figure was just a small, delicate snow-white shadow, darting between them like a butterfly weaving through flowers.
The two flood dragons were of similar size and appearance, one male and one female, seemingly a mated pair. They both opened their massive maws wide and spat out tornado-like storms. The storms were only a few zhang wide at first, but they rapidly expanded as they swept forward, reaching hundreds of zhang in an instant. The two enormous storms, one in front and one behind, rolled toward Xiao Xiannü with terrifying tearing force.
When Yun Che looked up, this was the scene he saw. His eyes went wide, and his heart nearly stopped beating... Amidst these two nearly sky-obscuring storms, Xiao Xiannü's delicate body was as small and insignificant as a leaf.
Xiao Xiannü rose slightly, then began to spin. Her rotation was slow, graceful and enchanting like a butterfly dancing. But this slow, illusory spin stirred up a storm around her that was in no way inferior to the flood dragons'... and it was a bone-chilling ice storm.
Boom!!!
A thunderous roar exploded in the sky, as if the heavens themselves were shaken.
The three storms collided in midair. Space trembled violently. The hills below were shaved flat by the storms in an instant. Dead trees that had stood for centuries or millennia were flung high into the air and carried who knows how far away. Dust and sand rose in vast clouds, blotting out the sky. Even Yun Che, ten li away, was knocked over by a sudden gust of wind. He held tightly to the corner of a huge rock to avoid being blown far away.
The terrifying turbulence from the collision of the storms lasted a long time without dissipating. Yun Che was at the very edge of this storm's range, yet he was already completely breathless. Xiao Xiannü, however, was at the very center of the storm... Gasping for breath, Yun Che lifted his head with difficulty and looked at Xiao Xiannü in the sky. Her delicate body was still rotating slowly, without moving an inch. The two flood dragon storms were firmly repelled by her profound force barrier, twenty zhang away, never touching her body. Instead, they were being pushed further and further away.
That is to say, facing two Heavenly Xuan peak flood dragons alone, she was not at a disadvantage at all!
Yun Che heaved a huge sigh of relief. At that moment, he suddenly saw a dark shadow being carried rapidly out of the turbulent airflow above him. That shadow made Yun Che's pupils contract slightly...
Storm Flame Eagle!!
The Storm Flame Eagle, which had been flying at full speed for three hours, was already completely exhausted. After being caught in this storm, it had lost consciousness. Without thinking, Yun Che leaped high, grabbed one of the Storm Flame Eagle's talons, then relaxed his profound force, relying on the weight of the heavy sword on his back to descend rapidly, landing behind a large boulder that could block the turbulent currents.
The Storm Flame Eagle was either unconscious or already dead. After Yun Che dragged it down, it remained completely still. He kicked its body over and immediately saw a faint copper-colored object on its right talon.
"It really is on it!"
Yun Che was overjoyed. He quickly stepped forward and untied it from the talon. Despite all the turmoil, the pendant was still perfectly intact. Its string was made of some unknown material, soft as silk thread, but also completely undamaged.
Yun Che carefully opened the pendant and looked at the small mirror inside. After confirming that this small mirror was also completely unharmed, he finally relaxed completely and hung the pendant back around his neck.
"You've found what you were looking for. Why don't you leave quickly? Are you staying here to die?" Mo Li said anxiously.
"No way! Xiao Xiannü is still in a fierce battle with those two flood dragons. How can I leave!" Yun Che poked his head out from behind the boulder, looking in Xiao Xiannü's direction, and said decisively.
"Foolish! A battle at this level is something you simply cannot interfere with! Whether she wins or loses, whether she lives or dies, none of it is something you can intervene in! Staying here only puts yourself in danger. What help can you possibly give her?"
Yun Che gritted his teeth and said, "I know I can't help her much. But she encountered these two flood dragons because of me. If I just walk away while she's in danger, I will never be able to look myself in the eye again. Besides, we're in the center of the Death Wasteland. The profound beasts around here are all at the Earth Xuan or even Heavenly Xuan level. If I run into one, it's nine deaths and one life. Where could I even escape to?"
Yun Che's words left Mo Li with no retort.
The storm lasted a full half quarter of an hour before finally dissipating. In the sky, the male flood dragon's voice rang out: "So it's a human who has half a foot into the King Xuan realm. No wonder you dared to come coveting the Dragon God's treasure. But since you're here, don't ever think about leaving!"
Xiao Xiannü said coldly, "I just happened to pass by here. I know nothing about any Dragon God's treasure, and I have no intention of offending you."
The female flood dragon's voice came angrily: "Shut up! You humans are all vile and treacherous creatures! Back then, we showed a moment of mercy and spared a human who intruded here. Three months later, he brought several dozen people here... and killed our only child! We will never make the same mistake again... Human, die!!"
Both flood dragons' powers were of the wind element. As they released their power, the surrounding space churned with wind, sand, and stones. The tremendous commotion made the entire central region of the Death Wasteland tremble faintly. The profound beasts in the surrounding area were roused from slumber or stillness and fled in terror. When they reached what they considered safe places, they still dared not roar or even breathe loudly, shivering as they watched the huge dragon silhouettes in the distant sky from afar.
"Ice Cloud Domain!"
With Xiao Xiannü's delicate shout, the three-hundred-zhang space around her instantly turned into a sheet of ice blue. Within this massive ice-blue domain, frost silently fell from the sky. Water elements in the air condensed into countless ice crystals. The ground was covered in a layer of white. The bodies of the two flood dragons began to be covered with an increasingly thick layer of ice. Their movements became sluggish. Even the storms seemed to be freezing bit by bit, their howling no longer as fierce.
"Domain... a Domain!" Yun Che blurted out in shock. Domain techniques were legendary powerful profound arts that supposedly required at least the King Xuan realm to execute. Once a domain is formed, everything within it becomes favorable to the user's elements, even completely under their control. Domains are also divided into many types: offensive domains, defensive domains, amplification domains, restraining domains, intimidation domains, and so on...
And Xiao Xiannü, who had not yet fully entered the King Xuan realm, could already use Domain techniques!
Within the Ice Cloud Domain, the cold, the falling snow, the frost... all slightly enhanced Xiao Xiannü's abilities, while also reducing the two dragons' mobility and attack power to some degree. In Xiao Xiannü's hand now appeared a transparent sword as if condensed from ice crystals. Her body moved, a blue light flashed, and she thrust straight at the male flood dragon.
Clang!!!
The violent impact sound was heard clearly by Yun Che, ten li away. Although flood dragons were not true dragons with complete dragon bloodlines like Flame Dragons, but rather sub-dragons with seventy to eighty percent dragon blood, they were still dragons, possessing a toughness similar to true dragons. With this strike, Xiao Xiannü only managed to break one silver scale of the male flood dragon.
But injuring a scale was enough to provoke the male flood dragon's deeper fury. Its counterattack came swiftly. As the wind howled, large patches of ice on its body cracked. One enormous dragon claw, surrounded by countless wind blades, smashed violently toward Xiao Xiannü. Wherever the dragon claw passed, it brought a sharp screech that tore through space.
Boom!!!
The huge dragon claw landed on Xiao Xiannü's ice shield. The claw bounced off, and the ice shield cracked extensively. The next instant, the female flood dragon's massive tail slammed in like a moving mountain, following the male flood dragon's claw strike and impacting the ice shield... With a "crack," Xiao Xiannü's ice shield shattered completely, exploding into countless fragments.
The dragon tail swept through, hitting Xiao Xiannü's afterimage. Xiao Xiannü's real body appeared higher up, her expression becoming even more grave. Taking advantage of the domain not yet having dissipated, she dove rapidly, her ice sword aimed straight at the male flood dragon. Every time the sword body struck the flood dragon's body, it produced flashes of light like blue lightning. Amidst the blue light, the flood dragon's scales were shattered piece by piece.
Her only option at the moment was to focus her attacks on one flood dragon.
If these two Heavenly Xuan peak profound beasts were of another species—wolves, lions, falcons, for example—even facing two alone, she would have a great chance of victory. But unfortunately, they were flood dragons! The dragon body, bloodline, endurance, soul power, aura... all were incomparable to any other beast.
After a quarter-hour of combat, Xiao Xiannü understood very well that whether it was to win or to retreat safely from this battle, it would be extremely difficult.
The sky grew darker. Night was beginning to fall quietly, making the blue light that kept flashing in the sky even more dazzling.
After lasting for half a shichen, Xiao Xiannü's Ice Cloud Domain finally disappeared completely.
The cold in the air quickly dissipated. The movements of the male and female flood dragons became swift again, while Xiao Xiannü's power began to wane. The sound of her ice sword striking the male flood dragon's body was distinctly less ear-splitting than before.
Yun Che's heart could no longer remain calm. He said anxiously, "Mo Li, how much power can you use now?"
"Forget it. I won't help her." Mo Li had already anticipated this moment and refused decisively: "Killing these two flood dragons would be trivial for me. But if I use that level of power, all the progress I've made in suppressing my poison over this past period will be completely wasted! I am not kind enough to waste an entire year's worth of effort in the Heavenly Poison Pearl for an unrelated woman!"