Fortunately, I was a Ghost Gu body. Otherwise, the Food-Eating Dragon's claw strike would have left me grievously wounded. But since the Food-Eating Dragon had insisted on courting death, it couldn't blame me for striking back. Completely unharmed, I thrust the Azure-ink Qilin Spike in my hand upward, striking the Food-Eating Dragon directly in the jaw and piercing into its brain!
Even if the venomous spike hadn't poisoned the Food-Eating Dragon to death, that blow had driven deep into its brain. Not even an immortal could save it. The heroic Food-Eating Dragon plummeted straight toward the ground like a kite. I flipped over and landed on its back, bracing myself for the impact that followed!
Rumble!
Fortunately, the floating land wasn't too high. When we crashed into the ground, I rolled several times before getting back to my feet. Just then, Chu Ruo's cry, edged with sobs, came from behind me: "Big Brother Xia! Big Brother Xia!"
Even my Gale Beasts hurried after me. This little fellow had finally learned to protect its master. It seemed that after I fed it a Moonstone, its loyalty had shot straight up.
I slowly stood up and pretended to gulp down several mouthfuls of emergency blood tonic. Chu Ruo immediately leaped from the Gale Beast and threw herself at me. I caught her in one hand and laughed. "What could possibly have happened to me? How did things go on your end?"
"Do you know how badly you scared me!? I thought you were going to be eaten, do you know that!?" Seeing that I was fine, Chu Ruo still couldn't help pounding me several times, looking as though everything was my fault.
The Earth-Walking Dragon hadn't followed us, so she must have dealt with it. I laughed. "If I hadn't let the