A remote, desolate mountain.
At the bottom of a wild forest valley lay a smooth slab of solid rock, with a stone hollow filled with clear water.
The spring water was crystal-clear and unfathomably deep. With a splash, water scattered everywhere, startling birds into flapping their wings and fleeing. Beside the stone hollow, the white-clad figure clenched both hands as though grasping something, gritting her teeth as she forced them together. Her arms trembled, and her teeth creaked...
Rumble~
The ground of the desolate mountain shook, sending beasts into panic.
Bai Yujun murmured dragon words under her breath and pressed her hands together with force, mobilizing the mountain range's Water Vein to crush her opponent.
Unfortunately, this mountain range was neither a famed mountain nor a great river valley. Crushing a great demon was difficult. She exerted herself desperately until scattered white scales appeared on her pretty face. Her opponent was too strong; she would likely need to find another way.
In an underground river hundreds of zhang below.
The flood dragon demon, squeezed by river water and rock, roared furiously. Its voice sounded especially muffled through the earth.
"Dragon Girl! I'll eat you!"
Its savage face began to transform, its body writhing and stretching longer...
"Ah...!"
Bai Yujun, standing on the ground, inwardly cried that things were bad.
She leaped backward and soared into the air.
Hovering in midair, she watched as the forest floor bulged and split open. A long swelling ridge rose amid violent tremors, uprooting trees and sending dust flying. Once it reached a critical point, soil and rock exploded apart. From the dirt rose an enormous, savage gray flood dragon head, wicked in appearance.
Bai Yujun had looked far better in the past. Mortals would have regarded her as a sacred beast.
The savage head