Ma Xiaotao, Why Did You Show Up at This Time?

"So beautiful!" Wang Dong spread her arms and faced the sea breeze, enjoying its caress. The fresh air and comfortable feeling made her stretch lazily.

As she stretched, her shirt was inevitably pulled upward, revealing her slender waist and round, pert backside. Jiang Yuheng stared blankly.

He swore he had not looked there on purpose. It was just a coincidence, really!

"What are you looking at?" Wang Dong's icy voice rang out as her gaze locked directly onto Jiang Yuheng.

"You," Jiang Yuheng replied. Lost in the moment, he actually blurted out what he was thinking.

The next instant, he hurriedly waved his hands and explained in a panic, "No, no, no, that's not what I meant, Wang Dong. You misunderstood!"

"Don't hit me yet! Give me a chance to explain, give me a chance!"

What followed was a scene of domestic violence unsuitable for children.

It had to be said that Wang Dong's title as the Young Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect was no empty boast. She hit viciously, nearly beating Jiang Yuheng into disfigurement.

"My dear ancestor, go easier on me! You'll disfigure me like this. How am I supposed to find a wife in the future?" Jiang Yuheng touched his nearly swollen right cheek and complained pitifully.

"You deserve it. Better if you can't find one. Who told you to look around like that?" Wang Dong said fiercely.

Jiang Yuheng turned away miserably, not daring to voice a single complaint. He could only silently pick up a twig and draw circles on the ground.

Just then, someone familiar waved as he ran toward them. "Brother Yuheng, Wang Dong!"

The youth had blue eyes and black hair, still wearing an iron vest. Fine beads of sweat covered his forehead, clearly showing that he had just finished running.

"Yo, Yuhao. Morning." Jiang Yuheng turned around and waved at him.

Wang Dong also nodded in greeting.

"By the way, why did you come all the way to Sea God Lake? You really made me look for you!" As he spoke, Huo Yuhao removed his iron vest and stored it in his Spatial Ring.

Jiang Yuheng glanced at Wang Dong and muttered quietly, "Someone made me come with her, then gave me a beating."

"What are you muttering about?" Wang Dong asked.

A brilliant smile immediately appeared on Jiang Yuheng's face. "Nothing. I was saying that Sea God Lake has such great scenery. It's a shame we can't see farther away!"

Damn it, when did Wang Dong's ears become so sharp?

Huo Yuhao snapped his fingers. "That's easy. Use my Spirit Detection Sharing!"

As he spoke, a white Spirit Ring slowly rose from beneath his feet. His Spirit Eyes Martial Soul appeared, and the Spirit Detection Sharing soul skill was bestowed upon the two of them.

Within Huo Yuhao's Spirit Sharing world, everything was slowed down and magnified. For example, a dragonfly speeding across the lake, a leaf falling between the branches in an instant, and a red dot hurtling through the mist at incredible speed all entered the trio's field of vision.

Wait, a red dot?!

Jiang Yuheng suddenly stood up, unknowingly moving closer to the lake. Barely concealed astonishment filled his expression. "Seriously? It can't be such a coincidence, can it?"

"What is it?" Wang Dong asked in confusion.

Huo Yuhao followed Jiang Yuheng's gaze as well. Amid the layers of mist rising in the distance, a red point of light suddenly appeared and rapidly approached them.

That red figure was simply too fast. In only a moment, she had already rushed to the center of the lake. Each light tap of her toes on the water created ripples.

Using that slight buoyancy, she continued accelerating. From afar, she looked like a red shockwave racing forward at breakneck speed.

Only when she drew closer did they finally see her clearly. The red figure was not merely dressed in red; even her hair and eyes were blood-red. She was tall and slender, wearing a red mask that radiated an incredibly terrifying pressure, like a fearsome Soul Beast.

"Is that a Senior from the Inner Court?" Huo Yuhao said.

"She's incredible! Look, she hasn't even released her Martial Soul, but she can run across the lake!" Wang Dong tugged Jiang Yuheng's sleeve, analyzing the situation with an excited expression.

Jiang Yuheng hurriedly shouted, "Incredible my ass! Yuhao, take Wang Dong and run!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Wang Dong's arm and violently shoved her toward Huo Yuhao.

The sudden movement left the two of them stunned, but Huo Yuhao still instinctively caught Wang Dong.

Just as they were about to ask what was happening, the red figure entered within a hundred meters of the shore. Immediately afterward, a terrifying surge of Soul Power erupted, and scorching heat swept over them.

Horror appeared on both their faces, because they both sensed an indescribably crazed aura erupting from that Senior. It was absolutely not something that should exist within a normal Spirit Master.

Without any hesitation, Jiang Yuheng immediately unleashed his first soul skill, Breath of Frost. Layers of white mist instantly condensed around him, temporarily blocking the black flames released by his opponent.

Ma Xiaotao's Martial Soul was the Evil Fire Phoenix. Although she was currently unstable, a trace of divine beast bloodline was enough to suppress all Beast Martial Souls of the same kind.

Jiang Yuheng's Martial Soul possessed the Extreme Ice attribute, but the gap in their strength was simply too great. It was not something that attributes could make up for. Besides, he was not even fighting at full strength.

Jiang Yuheng said, "Wang Dong, Yuhao, the flames here are too hot. Leave now. I'll hold her off!"

"No! If we leave, we leave together. How can we leave you here alone?" Wang Dong said urgently.

Anyone could tell that the strength of the Inner Court Senior before them had long surpassed the limits of their understanding. And those flames were incomparably scorching. Jiang Yuheng, a two-ring Soul Grandmaster, could not possibly withstand them!

"And you call me stupid. My dear Dong'er, can't you hurry up and fly to the teaching building to find teacher Zhou Yi and bring her here to help me?"

As he spoke, Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Flame forced him back once more. Without the support of Extreme Ice, his Ice Aura could not contend with Extreme Flame at all.

"Wait for me!"

Wang Dong stopped hesitating. She immediately turned around, and azure-blue wings spread from her back. At the same time, she circulated her Soul Power and flew at top speed toward the teaching building.

After Wang Dong had gone far away, Jiang Yuheng no longer had anything to worry about. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was inside Huo Yuhao's body, so there was naturally no need to worry about Ma Xiaotao's flames.

"Brother Yuheng, what do we do?" The light in Huo Yuhao's eyes had not faded, and his first soul skill continued supporting Jiang Yuheng.

Jiang Yuheng smiled helplessly and shouted, "What else can we do? Fight!"

Jiang Yuheng had never expected that Ma Xiaotao would not follow the Original Plot and show up today. Wasn't this just screwing him over?

His gaze suddenly sharpened, and his black Eyes had already turned Deep Blue.

At the same time, an enormous deep-blue dragon fused with his body. An immensely cold aura abruptly burst forth from him, and within a hundred-meter radius centered on his body, the area instantly transformed into a frozen world, freezing everything around it.

Ma Xiaotao let out a muffled groan. The temperature around her body plummeted, and a layer of white Ice Silk quickly spread across her entire body before she fell straight into Sea God Lake.