After Taxisis briefly explained what had happened, Xia Fan finally understood why they had ended up together—if Luo Qingqing had not been eager to learn and asked Olina about the dragon language, and if Taxisis had not relied on her own formidable abilities to dare approach a foreigner who could use dragon language, this journey would never have happened.
That also meant the two of them would be delayed longer on the road and unable to reach the battlefield in time.
It seemed the goddess of fortune was still on his side.
Yet there was still one thing Xia Fan did not understand. Taxisis had come because of a diplomatic mission, but what had made Luo Qingqing decide to travel alone to Yama Island? What exactly did "the enemy in the omen" mean?
Unfortunately, he had no time to ask further, because the Evil Spirit had already stepped out of the blazing flames. Its obsidian hide, blackened by smoke, looked even duller, and some of its wounds had split open from the intense heat. But overall, the dragonfire had not dealt it much fatal damage.
"This thing... is it not afraid of fire?" Taxisis frowned. In her memory, Evil Spirits feared lightning and fire most of all. Whenever Dragonborn took the field, even large Lesser Evil Spirits could not stir up much trouble.
"It is not unafraid. It is that we can hardly truly hurt it." Li muttered, "Even if it is chopped into pieces, it can stitch itself back together. As long as even one piece remains, it can return to normal... We have never encountered an Evil Spirit like this before."
"It is qi." Luo Qingqing suddenly spoke. "Extra qi is supporting it."
"Extra qi?"
"Yes, I remember now... I saw an identical Evil Spirit aboard the Silver