"I could be considered the first dragon in ten thousand years."
Being able to witness a phoenix's Nirvana Rebirth up close with her own eyes finally brought a trace of excitement to her numb, exhausted life. Perhaps this was the only such opportunity in all the world. With enough effort, one might find a phoenix in some forgotten nook or cranny, but the chance to witness one breaking out of its shell existed only before her.
Photo filters and beauty effects were utterly meaningless.
She took out a brush, spread open a scroll, and licked the brush to wet it before painting.
Blue sea, shimmering waves; blue sky, a black mushroom cloud slowly rising level with the clouds; fiery red magma spraying and pouring down; burning rocks trailing flames as they fell into the sea.
Bai Yujun stood suspended in the air, her brush moving without pause.
As she painted and painted,
her body suddenly stiffened with the brush in hand, her pretty face blank...
"Had I known, I wouldn't have drawn up so much earthfire. The power seems a little too excessive. I was careless."
From afar, she looked toward the volcano.
The composition was strange: a figure in white robes with long black hair floated in midair. Before her, the black smoke from the crater seemed to pause slightly, then erupted as though vast amounts of gunpowder had exploded—an especially, especially violent explosion. The volcanic island trembled as rocks and lava were shaken clear off the ground!
The crater erupted.
A spherical shockwave visibly spread from all around the volcano, expanding with ferocious speed. Waves rose across the sea as Bai Yujun watched silently from the air.
She narrowed her eyes slightly, as though a fierce wind were blowing straight into her face.
Her jet-black hair was instantly