Three Heads Flee, Scholar Closes In!

Before long, the three pillars of light collided once more with the sword aura Yaoji had unleashed.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A series of explosions rang through the void.

Amid the terrifying shockwaves, both Yaoji's sword aura and the Three-Headed Flood Dragon's three pillars of light shattered into nothingness.

"Hm?"

Seeing this, Yaoji's delicate brows suddenly furrowed as she said in a low voice, "This beast has absorbed the power of the Hall-Suppressing Dragon Pearl. Its strength has increased considerably—it can actually take one of my sword strikes head-on!"

Just as Yaoji was muttering to herself, the Three-Headed Flood Dragon's enormous body suddenly twisted and rose.

In but a few breaths, its massive form had coiled above Yaoji's head.

"Yaoji!"

"Die!"

The Three-Headed Flood Dragon roared, and its huge tail suddenly swept out.

Looking again, its tail was already chopping fiercely down at Yaoji.

At the sight of this, Yaoji narrowed her eyes slightly, her expression turning somewhat grave. The immortal sword in her hand swept upward in a sudden backhand slash.

Whoosh!

A streak of sword aura flashed forth, colliding head-on with the Three-Headed Flood Dragon's tail.

Bang!

With a thunderous crash, the sword force Yaoji had unleashed was shattered by a single sweep of the Three-Headed Flood Dragon's tail.

"What?"

Yaoji's face changed drastically when she saw this. She had never expected that after absorbing the Hall-Suppressing Dragon Pearl's power, the Three-Headed Flood Dragon's strength would surge so terrifyingly.

Before Yaoji could think further, the enormous tail had already crashed down before her.

Caught off guard, Yaoji hurriedly raised her sword to block.

Pfft!

The instant they clashed, a tremendous force of impact traveled through the immortal sword and into Yaoji's body.

Unable to endure it, Yaoji suddenly spat out a large mouthful of Golden Blood, her body sent