Yunxi's arrival made the men and women surrounding the Giant Earth Dragon instinctively take a step back, though they still gripped their weapons.
The Giant Earth Dragon also noticed Yunxi on its body and sensed the threat. It immediately spun around three hundred and sixty degrees, intending to crush Yunxi beneath itself, drawing cries of alarm from those around it.
Yet Yunxi, standing atop the Giant Earth Dragon, did not fall when it rolled over. She merely watched as fine, needle-like spikes, as thin as ox hairs, rose from the earth dragon's hide. Feeling its deep hostility, she swung her staff without hesitation.
Under Yunxi's efforts, six stars on the Seven-Star Deadly Staff had already lit up. Even without its master's power to bolster it, its destructive force was first-rate. Thus, the instant Yunxi's staff came down, the Ice Soul Pearl activated on its own, freezing the dense, tiny needles covering the Giant Earth Dragon's body. A thin layer of ice instantly spread across the writhing earth dragon.
The spot struck by the Seven-Star Deadly Staff caved in at once with a rustling sha sha sha. The Giant Earth Dragon twisted into a U-shape, half its body sinking into the sand.
Using the force of her attack, Yunxi leaped upward. She flipped through the air and landed once more atop the Giant Earth Dragon's head, and her second strike came down close behind.
This attack carried the Deadly Staff's own weight as well as Yunxi's strength. The Yaoguang Star on the staff flashed, secretly sending a surge of heavenly lightning into the Giant Earth Dragon's head. The earth dragon shuddered uncontrollably twice, then immediately began burrowing desperately into the sand, clearly trying to escape.
Naturally, Yunxi would not allow that. She intended to use the Giant Earth Dragon's death to