(The third update is here. I'll keep asking for recommendations and collections. I need to write six hundred thousand more words this month. For a working man like Hammer, that's already pushing myself to the limit. Fellow readers, if you have any votes to spare, please don't waste them. I'm deeply grateful.)
Seeing the black-faced young man's utterly emotionless, icily cold gaze, even Cheng Tao, who had always been bold, felt a sudden, inexplicable panic. This man had come for him, and at their current distance, retreating without a fight had already become a pipe dream.
Although the battle that had just erupted had lasted only a few breaths, this man had broken out of the encirclement of so many people and killed so many of them. He looked fearsomely formidable, so he must have expended quite a bit of magical power, right? Cheng Tao consoled himself with that thought. When two strong opponents met, the braver one won. Cheng Tao's face twisted savagely as he stuffed a pill into his mouth. It was actually a Life-Returning Pill as well. Life-Returning Pills were exceedingly rare for the vast majority of Foundation Establishment cultivators, but for people with Golden Core cultivators backing them, obtaining a few was never difficult.
After swallowing the pill, Cheng Tao let out a furious howl and drove the Azure Flood Dragon Pearl's power to its limit, pouring all his magical power into it. The Azure Flood Dragon Pearl hovered above his head and trembled faintly, while wave after wave of flood-dragon roars came from within. Countless azure flood dragons swam out of it. If Cheng Tao had been given a little more time, once these flood dragons merged into one, their power could have reached an even greater level. Unfortunately, like the other cultivators, he had