The ice and frost dragon lay sprawled onto the ground, and it panted heavily as it tried to crawl to its feet.
It also wasn’t expecting to be wounded so severely by a woman who had just transcended her tribulation.
Xu Xiaolan was not going to give Zhuo Ma the chance to catch its breath. She hurtled toward it in preparation to unleash another sword strike.
Zhuo Ma suddenly spread open its wings, and its entire body transformed into a pristine, white body of snow.
Boom!
Xu Xiaolan’s sword blade was like a pouncing Vermilion Bird, which instantly pulverized the pristine, white Zhuo Ma.
However, in the next instant, Zhuo Ma had appeared over ten kilometers away and was quickly fleeing into the distance!
“Dammit! What a humiliating day! Not only have I been bullied by Ao Qingyu, but I even got pushed around by a junior…” Zhuo Ma turned to look around with shock and horror on its face.
Thankfully, it had a special escape technique, which it used to escape from Xu Xiaolan.
“Where the hell are you going? F*ck off back to where you came from!”
An enraged roar suddenly erupted up ahead.
Zhuo Ma looked up to discover a crimson golden man launching an almighty fist toward it!
Extremely fast speed and extremely fearsome power.
The two combined in a lethal package as Zhuo Ma was knocked flying through the air by a terrifyingly explosive punch, causing a wail of anguish to escape from its mouth.
“My Xiaolan isn’t done with you yet!”
The crimson golden man’s aura was overwhelmingly powerful as his battle intent surged from his body.
An Lin had been in hiding all this time just to cut Zhuo Ma off and prevent it from escaping!
Zhuo Ma was in despair. It was severely wounded, and it was being sandwiched by An Lin and Xu Xiaolan while Apollo was being held off by Ao Qingyu and Long Aotian. What could it do?
“Howl!” another dragon roar erupted into the distance.
It chose to yell for help again.
However, Xu Xiaolan had already spread open her Vermilion Bird wings of fire and flew toward it at blinding speed as she unleashed a series of powerful sword projections.
Zhuo Ma’s fortress-like body was sliced open by the sharp blade of the sword, and a few dozen ghastly wounds appeared on its body in the blink of an eye. At the same time, the devastatingly destructive power imbued within Xu Xiaolan’s sword intent was wreaking havoc within its body…
“You have to hold on! Don’t die, Zhuo Ma!” an urgent yell sounded in the distance.
Is Apollo going to save me?
Zhuo Ma raised its eyes with a hint of hope on its face, only to discover Ao Qingyu flying toward it with crimson eyes and a longsword in his hand, unleashing his speed to the very maximum.
Tears instantly flowed down Zhuo Ma’s face. These weren’t reinforcements; this was just another guy trying to kill it…
“It’s over, Zhuo Ma,” a pleasant voice sounded from above the heavens.
The Dragon Sparrow Sword rang as it sliced through Zhuo Ma’s neck, and its head separated from its body. Everything was so spontaneous, but also so predictable.
Zhuo Ma’s eyes widened in shock and horror. Even in the very last second before its death, it still didn’t believe that its life would come to an end at the hands of a human woman who had just progressed to the Return to Void Stage.
Boom!
Its massive body crashed into the ground, creating a gargantuan creature.
The Frost God of the Western Dragon Forest, the Return to Void Final Stage mighty figure Zhuo Ma, had finally fallen.
It had become the tragic first victim of the Return to Void Stage Xu Xiaolan.
“That’s what you get for trying to kill An Lin and me!” Xu Xiaolan looked down at the decapitated Frost God with a cold expression.
A vast flow of the power of dragons rose up from Zhuo Ma’s body before quickly fusing with Xu Xiaolan’s body!
“No…!”
Ao Qingyu was in complete despair as he sobbed into his hands.
“How could this be? I was the one who saw it first!
“I’ve chased it three times! Why did it give its life to you instead?!”
Ao Qingyu was about to break down. He was unable to accept this harsh reality.
An Lin’s lips twitched at the sight of Ao Qingyu’s display of heartbreak.
He thought about it for a moment before picking up Zhuo Ma’s storage ring and flying toward Ao Qingyu.
“Mr. Ao Qingyu, thank you for your help earlier. This storage ring will be my present to you as a gesture of gratitude.” He knew that without Ao Qingyu’s assistance, he and Xu Xiaolan would’ve most likely already perished at the hands of the two Return to Void Final Stage dragons.
An Lin knew right from wrong, and he knew when he needed to express gratitude.
Of course, Long Aotian also played a role in saving the two of them.
Ao Qingyu quickly repressed his grief and shook his head with a cold expression. “There’s no need for that. I saved you to repay you for your help in killing Zeus.”
An Lin was a little surprised. He didn’t think that Ao Qingyu would be willing to pass up even this storage ring.
“Xu Xiaolan slew Zhuo Ma, so this storage ring rightfully belongs to her. I have cleared my debt to you, and you will still be the enemy of the Dragon Court next time we meet each other.” Ao Qingyu didn’t wait for An Lin to give a response before flying into the air with a nonchalant expression.
He came and went like the wind.
A sense of admiration welled up in An Lin’s heart. Being able to flex to this extent was quite a skill.
At the very least, if it were him, he would not be willing to pass up the storage ring of a Return to Void Final Stage mighty figure just so he could flex!
Soon, the red and white dragon flew toward them before transforming into a half-naked man.
An Lin was familiar with this human form. He was a little taken aback by his lack of clothing on his upper body, but there was no mistaking it. This was indeed the Long Aotian whom he had encountered in the Winter Dragon Tomb!
“Sigh… Apollo got away in the end.” Long Aotian shook his head with disappointment on his face.
“It’s very difficult to prevent a Return to Void Final Stage mighty figure from escaping if they insist on doing so. If you require the power of dragons, Xu Xiaolan and I would be happy to help you,” An Lin said.
“Haha… That’s not important.” Long Aotian waved his hand dismissively. “I’m actually very astonished by you two…”
He carefully sized up An Lin, as well as the meditating Xu Xiaolan, with a hint of shock and envy on his face. “It has only been a few years, but you two have grown so quickly that I don’t even know what to say anymore…”
“Hehe, we both encountered some miraculous opportunities to get to this point. It was all luck!” An Lin spoke with a modest expression.
“There is no concept of luck on the path to pursuing dao.” Long Aotian looked at An Lin with a serious expression. “The two of you are both exceptionally talented, and that is the reason for your extraordinary progress. It shows how bad*ss you are, and you should embrace it!”
An Lin was ecstatic upon receiving such glowing praise from the serious Long Aotian…
Xu Xiaolan opened her eyes again.
Her golden dragon eyes had disappeared, and her usual pair of clear, bright human eyes took their place.
She made her way toward Long Aotian and extended a respectful bow. “Thank you for saving us, Senior.”
“Haha… You are the successor to Shen Yin, so it was my duty to save you. There’s no need to thank me.”
Long Aotian was smiling. He was clearly very pleased with Shen Yin’s successor. “You’ve only just progressed to the Return to Void Stage, but now, you’ve fortified your cultivation base by borrowing on Zhuo Ma’s power of dragons, thereby cementing you firmly at the Return to Void Initial Stage. That is extremely impressive, and I am in awe!”
Xu Xiaolan turned to An Lin with a dainty smile. “It was all thanks to An Lin’s support. Without him, I would still be a mere Soul Formation Stage cultivator.”
There was nothing wrong with that. An Lin had provided her with her two major scalps, which were extremely vital to her progression.
“So how do you plan to thank me?” An Lin turned toward her with a grin.
A faint blush appeared on Xu Xiaolan’s face as she was scrutinized by An Lin’s scorching gaze. “You… you tell me how you want me to thank you.”
“Kiss me! No, kiss me twice! I helped you kill two dragons!” An Lin proposed.
“No!” Xu Xiaolan was a little shy. “There’s someone here!”
“Don’t worry, Long Aotian is a dragon, so he’s not a human. We can just treat him as a piece of background wallpaper!” An Lin insisted.
Long Aotian: “…”
Not only was the progression in their cultivation bases extremely astounding.
Even the progression in their relationship was astonishingly fast!
