Chapter 177: Twin Flood Dragons Annihilated
Yun Che was well aware of the consequences of Mo Li's intervention. He remembered vividly how she had nearly scattered her soul when she killed the Flame Dragon back then. But these two flood dragons were definitely not comparable to that Flame Dragon, and after being purified by the Heavenly Poison Pearl during this time, Mo Li's current state was far better than before. Taking action to kill these two flood dragons might nullify all the purification she had undergone, but at least there would be no danger of her soul dissipating.
If she did not act, however, Xiao Xiannü would be in mortal danger. After the Ice Cloud Domain had faded, she was clearly at a disadvantage.
Yun Che was about to continue persuading Mo Li when, from the distant sky, the voice of the male flood dragon suddenly rang out: "Human, your power is weakening. It seems that was already your limit. Half-step King Xuan, nothing more than this."
The female flood dragon's voice also chimed in arrogantly: "How could a mere human contend with us Dragon Clan? To dare covet the treasure left by the Dragon God only leads to destruction! Die!"
Although Xiao Xiannü's profound force level was half a minor realm higher than that of these two flood dragons, in terms of endurance, how could she match them? After flying at full speed for three consecutive hours and then fighting fiercely for so long, her power had begun to show clear signs of fatigue. The flood dragons, on the other hand, though the male had over a hundred silver scales cracked and dragon blood seeping from some, their momentum remained undiminished. Those wounds were minor to him. As for the female, there was no need to mention—the power contained within their massive bodies seemed inexhaustible.
Under the frenzied assault of the twin flood dragons, Xiao Xiannü's counterattacks grew weaker and weaker, until she could only defend with all her might, with no strength left to strike back. Her petite figure within the storm created by the two dragons was like a swaying duckweed, liable to be shattered at any moment.
Reaching such a state, a deeper and deeper anger finally gathered in Xiao Xiannü's beautiful eyes.
"I have no grudges against you, yet you not only attack me without reason but also push me to the brink," she said, her voice slow and calm, but beneath the calm lay a deep fury. "Since I am destined to fall here today, I will make sure you... pay a heavy price!!"
From her voice, Yun Che heard deep resentment and bone-piercing coldness... and even a hint of resolute acceptance of death. As the last syllable fell, a sapphire light suddenly shot up from Xiao Xiannü's body, straight into the sky. At the same time, the temperature of the surrounding space dropped at an incredibly terrifying speed, plunging below zero in an instant and continuing to plummet. Ice began to form and thicken on everything below.
Even Yun Che, ten miles away, felt a biting chill rushing toward him, making his whole body shiver. He stared at the blue light shooting into the sky and murmured, "What is that...?"
Mo Li: "..."
"Human, are you making your last stand? Unfortunately, with your current power, you cannot possibly destroy the bodies of us flood dragons! Only utter annihilation awaits you!"
Beneath the blue light, Xiao Xiannü's face was utterly calm. She slowly raised her ice sword, but instead of pointing it at the already wounded male flood dragon, she aimed it at the female who had spoken. Her snow-white lips moved, each word like ice: "Before I fall... let you... fall first!!"
"Ice Cloud Forbidden Art — Zero·Hua!"
Ding...
Xiao Xiannü flashed through the air like a bolt of blue lightning, shooting toward the female flood dragon with a speed that was double her normal limit. The ice sword, enveloped in blue light, thrust straight at the female dragon, piercing through its scales with a screeching tear and plunging deep into its body.
If such a sword were to fully penetrate a human body, it would indeed be fatal. But a five-foot-long ice sword was far too small compared to the flood dragon's massive form. This strike was like a tiny needle piercing a human body.
This scene did not alarm the male flood dragon; instead, it let out a mocking voice: "A powerful force indeed—it even paralyzed me for a moment. But do you think that can seriously wound our flood dragon bodies? This kind of damage is nothing to us..."
Before the male dragon's voice had faded, the female dragon suddenly let out a piercing shriek, its body thrashing violently. But only its head and tail were struggling; the area where Xiao Xiannü's ice sword had pierced seemed completely frozen solid.
Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack...
A series of loud ice-condensing sounds rang out. Centered on Xiao Xiannü's ice sword, thick ice crystals formed on the female dragon's body at a nearly frantic pace, spreading from the middle of the dragon's torso toward its head and tail.
The female dragon's shrieks grew more and more anguished and desperate, even turning hoarse, but its struggles became weaker, as more and more of its body was completely covered by ice. Finally, its struggles and cries ceased entirely, for even its head and tail had fully turned into ice.
The entire process lasted only five breaths. In just five breaths, a flood dragon several tens of zhang long had become a complete ice sculpture, so fast that the male dragon hadn't even reacted.
The massive dragon-shaped ice sculpture hung in the air for a moment, then fell heavily with Xiao Xiannü's ice sword still embedded in it, crashing onto the cold, storm-flattened ground. The heavy impact caused countless fine cracks to spread across the ice sculpture.
The blue light on Xiao Xiannü's body vanished, and even her power aura almost completely dissipated. Her face turned as pale as snow, and she closed her eyes with extreme calm.
"What... have you done!!"
The male flood dragon's voice became immensely furious and berserk, its power aura chaotically surging. Because the ice on the female dragon was not simple freezing—it had frozen not only its exterior but also its body, blood, organs, life, power, and even its soul. The male could no longer sense any trace of her life force...
Dead! Under this terrifyingly complete freeze, the female dragon was utterly dead. Not a single cell in its entire body retained any vitality.
"ROAR!!!!!!"
The male dragon's furious roar shook heaven and earth, echoing across most of the Death Wasteland, startling countless profound beasts. For a moment, the central region of the Death Wasteland was thrown into chaos, with thousands of beasts fleeing in all directions.
"You killed my mate! You actually killed my mate!!"
A gale howled, and even the clouds in the sky were scattered by its enraged roar. Xiao Xiannü slowly raised her head, a cold smile on her pale face: "I was just a passerby, yet you forced me to this desperate end... You brought this upon yourselves! You deserve to die!"
"ROAR!! Vile human! I want you dead! I want you to suffer the agony of poison devouring your body and die!"
Ten miles away, Yun Che stood frozen, exclaiming in shock, "That female flood dragon... is dead?"
"Yes, dead," Mo Li said flatly. "As for that woman, she is about to die as well."
"What did you say?" Yun Che's heart skipped a beat.
"Hmph! Her final outburst of power was clearly a forbidden technique. Moreover, that forbidden technique was unleashed at the cost of self-destructing her profound veins. Now, her profound veins are destroyed, her meridians are snapped in every place—she has become a cripple! She will surely die! Knowing she had no hope of escape under the siege of these two flood dragons, this was her best option... at least she took one down with her."
"What?!!"
Yun Che's body shot up, his profound force at full blast as he charged madly toward Xiao Xiannü.
"What are you doing? Have you lost your mind?!" His action shocked Mo Li.
"I haven't lost it!" Yun Che gritted his teeth and roared, "I can't let her die! She encountered this disaster because she was protecting me! I absolutely... absolutely cannot let her die! Mo Li, quickly kill that male flood dragon... I'm begging you, kill that male flood dragon! If Xiao Xiannü really dies at the hands of that male dragon, I will never have peace of mind for the rest of my life! Mo Li!!"
Mo Li: "..."
"If you don't act now, even if Xiao Xiannü dies, I won't stop—I'd rather die alongside her under the flood dragon's claws! I will definitely fulfill everything I promised you! Please, this once, you have to help me!"
As he spoke, Yun Che's speed increased... far exceeding his natural speed limit.
Having lost her power, Xiao Xiannü began to fall from the sky. Her eyes were closed, her face utterly calm, for she clearly understood what her end would be. With her profound veins shattered, her meridians snapped, and her crippled state, she no longer wished to live.
But a single crystal teardrop quietly slid from the corner of her eye.
"Die... die!!!"
The male flood dragon opened its maw wide, and a poisonous windstorm swirled toward the falling Xiao Xiannü.
"Mo Li!!" The male dragon's action made Yun Che's face contort in horror.
How terrifying was the flood dragon's storm? Xiao Xiannü now had no profound force to defend herself. If that storm touched her, she would be torn to shreds in an instant.
Just as the dreadful storm was less than three zhang from Xiao Xiannü, a small, crimson figure suddenly appeared before the storm. A tiny hand waved casually... With a dull thud, the storm was directly knocked back, surging toward the male flood dragon at an even faster speed.
The male dragon's body writhed in the suddenly reversed storm. As it stared at the small red figure that had appeared before it, its dragon eyes filled with fear: "You... who are you!"
With a casual palm strike that didn't even emit a power fluctuation, she had sent its poisonous storm back. That alone was enough to prove that this small human girl's strength was at least three major realms above his. But what truly terrified it was an intangible pressure emanating from her. In its entire life, it had never experienced such terrifying pressure. In the face of this pressure, it felt as insignificant as a speck of dust before the vast ocean.
Mo Li did not answer. Her crystal-clear eyes were full of killing intent and anger. She extended a slender, fair finger, pointing at the flood dragon. At the tip of her finger, a faint red light flickered: "Truly troublesome... A mere low-level flood dragon forcing this princess to waste an entire year's worth of effort. If not for the severe poison in my body, I would shatter you into a thousand pieces... Die!!"
As her voice fell, Mo Li's extended finger gently traced through the void...
Riiip...
In that same instant, a slender crimson light appeared across the flood dragon's entire body, running from head to tail. Along that thread-like red line, the flood dragon's body split neatly in half, falling apart in orderly segments. The dragon's eyes were wide open, and there was no further movement.
No sound, no fierce battle, not even a death cry. The male flood dragon had been annihilated.