Roar.
Far away, a crimson flame dragon several tens of miles long walked on fire through the void, its entire body blazing with astonishing radiance. A male cultivator unleashed a copper hammer laden with howling, bitter cold that struck toward the flame dragon.
Although the flame dragon appeared to span several tens of miles in length, its speed was exceptionally swift. Its body coiled gracefully through the void, and stretching out a claw, a ball of fire transformed into a giant claw that pinned down the frost-wrapped copper hammer. It burned the hammer until it sizzled, the bone-chilling frost on its surface melting in an instant.
Before the man could react, the flame dragon soaring through the clouds and mists in the void flickered its tail, and a blast of dragon-essence fire energy came howling through the air. Before the man could gather his wits, the fire energy had already swallowed him whole, and a series of crackling sounds echoed from within, accompanied by endless screams. When the fire outside dissipated, the man inside had been reduced to a mere skeleton, plunging downward from the void.
The sallow-faced man at the lead looked extremely grim. The might of this flame dragon far exceeded expectations; the six of them had joined forces, yet they had been chased and beaten all the way by the beast. Suffering a disastrous defeat, they had already seen three companions fall one after another, while another fellow apprentice, Yu Chashu, was heavily wounded, leaving only himself and his junior sister, Li Yu, with any remaining combat strength.
"Hand over the dragon-qi jade pendant, and I will spare your lives!" The crimson flame dragon's elongated body rose and fell unpredictably in the void, its massive dragon head and whiskers rolling. A pair of crimson eyes glowed with