Lin Yizhi’s eyes widened as he stared at the figure in front of him…
She stood before him, shielding him from the Azure Flood Dragon’s fierce attack. Like a celestial being descending into the mortal world, she radiated an otherworldly grace.
Lin Yizhi’s heart suddenly pounded violently.
He thought to himself—this was a sight he would never forget for the rest of his life!
Bai Ying showed no fear in the face of the Azure Flood Dragon’s overwhelming power. Her figure moved as lightly as a swallow, darting nimbly, and the weapon in her hand flashed with cold light. Each strike was as fast as lightning, landing precisely on the dragon’s vital points.
The Azure Flood Dragon roared in fury, thrashing its massive body in an attempt to shake off Bai Ying’s attacks.
But Bai Ying moved too swiftly. She changed positions constantly—leaping high one moment, sidestepping the next, then striking with explosive force. Each time her weapon clashed with the dragon’s scales, it produced sharp, grating sounds.
While Lin Yizhi was still in a daze, he suddenly heard Bai Ying shout toward him, “Do you have any spirit stones to restore your energy?”
“Yes!” Lin Yizhi quickly snapped out of it and hurriedly took out his spirit stones, absorbing the spiritual energy from them at once.
Seeing this, Bai Ying didn’t hesitate for a second. She continued attacking the Azure Flood Dragon with full force, buying Lin Yizhi more time.
As the spiritual energy within him gradually recovered, Lin Yizhi finally shouted, “I’m ready!”
Bai Ying immediately retreated and flipped back to her original position.
“It can’t last much longer. Everyone, remember to replenish your energy when needed!” she said while crushing a spirit stone in her hand. “Within the next half incense stick’s time, it will die!”
Though the Azure Flood Dragon didn’t look like it would die so soon, everyone instinctively believed Bai Ying’s words.
Faced with such a monstrous being, they no longer felt the initial fear. Instead, they were filled with excitement.
Even their attacks became fiercer than before.
Sure enough, it didn’t take long before the ferocious Azure Flood Dragon began showing signs of exhaustion. Its massive body twisted in the air but lacked its previous strength.
It struggled desperately, letting out eerie, chilling howls—like the angry cries of something on the brink of death.
“The more critical the moment, the more careful we must be,” Bai Ying said calmly, her gaze locked onto the Azure Flood Dragon.
Without delay, she summoned her censer artifact and channeled all her remaining spirit stones into it. In an instant, a surge of spiritual energy flooded into the censer like a tidal wave, greatly enhancing its power.
With a loud BOOM, the censer burst into dazzling light. Like a massive glowing net, it instantly wrapped around the Azure Flood Dragon and trapped it in place.
The Azure Flood Dragon thrashed wildly inside, its giant body twisting and flailing, claws and fangs flashing. It tried to break free from the bindings, but the glowing net held firm, locking it tightly in place. Visit NovelPing for the full chapter.
“Now! Attack together! It’s nearly finished!”
Lin Yizhi and the others quickly unleashed their strongest spells.
The Azure Flood Dragon crashed about, but it was completely unable to escape the censer’s grip. As its strength drained away, their attacks grew even more intense—until finally, its massive body came crashing down.
Lin Yizhi and the others were in complete disbelief.
Panting, they stared blankly at the scene before them, minds still struggling to catch up.
“Is it really dead?” Xiahou Ming asked, stunned.
“Yes… Oh my god! We actually killed the Azure Flood Dragon!”
Xie Sangjie rubbed his eyes. “I’ve never even dreamed of something this epic! If I start crying later, you guys better not laugh.”
“Who’d laugh at you?” Qiao Chengfeng said as he wiped away his own tears. “I’m about to cry too.”
Lin Yizhi bent over, bracing his hands on his knees, still catching his breath. His eyes were fixed on the Azure Flood Dragon—and then slowly shifted toward Bai Ying.
His feelings were a complicated mess.
He had plotted to harm Bai Ying, yet she had risked her life to save him.
He wanted so badly to say, “I’m sorry.”
He used to believe everything Ruan Xinrou said, that Bai Ying was some despicable schemer—but now, there was just no way he could connect this brave, radiant woman before him with anything like that.
Xiahou Ming and the others had already collected the Azure Flood Dragon’s corpse and brought it to Bai Ying.
Bai Ying removed the dragon’s horn and said to them, “You can have the rest.”
She planned to use the horn to reinforce her censer. As for the rest of the corpse, she didn’t need it. “You all worked hard too.”
“What do you mean, worked for nothing? Don’t you know that the real treasure is this battle experience?” Xiahou Ming replied. “You keep the rest. We don’t need it, right guys?”
He looked toward his companions.
Lin Yizhi nodded. “Take it. These guys are all sons of Elders or Sect Leaders—they have plenty of resources. If it weren’t for you, we’d never have been able to kill that Azure Flood Dragon today.”
Bai Ying didn’t refuse again. She was poor, and this corpse could be exchanged for many spirit stones.
While Bai Ying quietly cleaned up the battlefield, outside the Mirror of Heaven and Earth, the atmosphere had already exploded with excitement. Find the original chapter at g.com.
This battle had been so intense and thrilling that everyone watching was pumped full of adrenaline.
They couldn’t stop praising Bai Ying.
Some female cultivators, in particular, were thrilled at the thought of Bai Ying and Lin Yizhi being together.
They watched their interactions with sparkling eyes, bursting with excitement.
“I bet Lin Yizhi likes Bai Ying. Did you see that? After they killed the Azure Flood Dragon, he looked like he was staring at the dragon, but he kept sneaking glances at Bai Ying!”
“Totally! I saw it too! He definitely has feelings for her.”
“Quick, look again—he’s looking at Bai Ying again! Ahhhh! They need to be together already! Even the Sect Master approves of this match! Hurry up and get married!”
Xiao Yu, who had been silently watching Bai Ying this whole time, suddenly turned ashen when he heard them linking Lin Yizhi with her.
His eyes locked onto Lin Yizhi in the Mirror of Heaven and Earth, brimming with malice.
He had been feeling something was off for a while—something vaguely familiar.
Because he had been paying close attention to Lin Yizhi, he’d been thinking it over… and it finally hit him.
Wasn’t Lin Yizhi just like him?
He had also deceived Bai Ying!
When Bai Ying was using her healing artifact earlier, there had been no problem, but Lin Yizhi insisted she hadn’t treated them.
If Bai Ying hadn’t killed that Flying Centipede, she would’ve been the scapegoat when she returned from the trial!
So that was it. No wonder it felt familiar—Xiao Yu had pulled that exact move before.
Now, Xiao Yu felt only contempt for Lin Yizhi.
Even though he had done worse things himself, he still saw Lin Yizhi as a despicable scoundrel.
He had to tell Bai Ying the truth—let her see Lin Yizhi for who he really was!
Someone that shameless… Bai Ying absolutely could not end up with him!