The Purple Gold Flood Dragon before him looked tiny, but a closer look revealed how majestic it truly was.
Its large eyes were lively, and purple-gold mist swirled around it, auspicious as a True Dragon.
Its tiny scales were close-set and ornate, every one crossed with fine, intricate patterns. The patterns joined together across its body, like an ancient design of swirling clouds.
It was incredibly wondrous.
"Can you help the Golden Flood Dragon Gate weather this crisis?"
The Purple Gold Flood Dragon asked with utmost seriousness.
The little fellow spoke in a babyish, childish voice. Judging by its humanlike speech, it was no more than three years old.
Li Ye stared at it in astonishment. Where had this little thing come from? It had suddenly barged into his Dao Field, and he hadn't noticed it at all.
It was only a baby flood dragon, yet it had boldly claimed it could help him break through with his physical body.
He could hardly believe it. Smiling, he said, "Sure!"
"Your word is your bond!"
The little fellow said, holding out one tiny claw.
"A word is a pledge of nine cauldrons!"
Li Ye smiled and hooked a finger with it.
The little fellow immediately beamed, looking utterly adorable.
Li Ye was about to ask how it would help him break through when, to his surprise, it turned out to be the sort to take action first and talk later.
It opened its mouth and spat out a mouthful of dense purple-gold mist.
The mist burrowed beneath Li Ye's skin.
Li Ye froze.
He was now Invulnerable to All Laws. Even the eerie black mist of the Black Mist Forest couldn't seep beneath his skin.
Yet the mist spat out by a baby flood dragon had broken through his defenses and