"Whoosh—"
The water flood dragon coiling around Zhong Ming made him look like a youthful divine being riding a dragon, his majesty multiplied severalfold.
This sight also made Lin Shuyu, Qi Hong, and the others' Dao Hearts faintly crack.
They could sense that the flood dragon formed from water was not merely beautiful.
And indeed, that was the case.
"Step!"
Zhong Ming, who was fighting Shi Yun, saw the latter and his shadow attacking and instinctively wanted to retreat.
The footwork technique he used to dodge and shift was the Leaping Wave Dragon Creek Steps.
Previously, this footwork technique had allowed Zhong Ming to move like a flood dragon, leaping more than a dozen meters in a single bound.
But moving like a flood dragon and truly having a flood dragon protect one's body were naturally not the same—even if Zhong Ming's flood dragon was merely condensed from flowing water and possessed only a trace of a flood dragon's spirit.
"Whoosh—"
When Zhong Ming used the Leaping Wave Dragon Creek Steps to leap, clouds supported his body, making him light as a feather; wind lent him force, making him swift as a flying swallow.
Riding the void and commanding the wind, Zhong Ming crossed a hundred meters in a single step as if taking flight. As he swept through the air like a streak of lightning, those whose strength was slightly weaker—such as Yi Yunya, Youlan, Xie Yuzhu, and Zhuang Yi—saw only an afterimage flash past before Zhong Ming appeared far away.
Qi Hong said, "This is... riding clouds and mist. Can Zhong Ming fly now?"
With the water flood dragon's aid, Zhong Ming truly could ride clouds and mist, soaring freely between heaven and earth.
Unfortunately, he had not realized that yet.
The bizarre, corrosive black water, along with