A streak of azure escape light raced in from the west as if its ass were on fire, forcibly wedging itself into the terrifying, sword-drawn tension between Li Xinge and the Eldest Princess.
As the escape light dispersed, it revealed a middle-aged man nearly ten feet tall, clad in an azure dragon robe and drenched in sweat.
Li Xinge raised a brow as he looked at the newcomer.
So it was an old acquaintance. No—an old dragon.
The newcomer was none other than the former overlord of the Demon Race in the Qinghe Mountain Range, the Qinghe Dragon King—Chixiao's father as well.
"Eldest Princess, hurry and put away the Dragon Pearl! You mustn't, you absolutely mustn't!"
The instant the Qinghe Dragon King appeared, he did not even stop to catch his breath before urgently roaring at the Eldest Princess.
The Eldest Princess was first stunned upon seeing him, but the fury in her enormous vertical pupils only intensified.
"Ao Qing, you useless coward! You still dare show your face before me?"
She had already been feeling stifled, with a bellyful of rage and nowhere to vent it. Now, at the sight of the Qinghe Dragon King, that wicked fire was like a bucket of boiling oil poured over it, exploding in an instant!
"I'll skin you alive first!"
Before her words had even faded, the Eldest Princess truly stopped caring about Li Xinge.
She swallowed the Life-Bound Dragon Pearl hanging in midair, which had been ready to fight Li Xinge to the death, back into her belly in a single gulp.
Then, her thousand-zhang dragon body twisted sharply, carrying a terrifying blast of air that could topple mountains and overturn seas as she lunged straight at the Qinghe Dragon King!
Boom!
Her thick dragon tail swept out, tearing through the