146 Pressure

Upon hearing Slink's remarks, Jayce was slightly taken aback. Just as he was about to say something, Slink began to share his views on Piltover.

His views were relatively neutral at first, but towards the end, they became filled with condescending contempt.

"Simply put, how should we regard you as a city-state, or a nation, on par with Ixialia?"

Slink raised his hand and said with an arrogant expression:

"While Yuan Chen's knowledge is indeed astonishing, that doesn't mean I condone some of his actions."

"If you ask me, Ixialia should have just told Piltover in a more direct way who the true holy land of Runeterra is!"

"With the power you possess, expecting our genuine respect is asking too much."

Slink shrugged nonchalantly, his arrogance practically overflowing.

After a moment of silence, Jayce hesitantly glanced at Tina beside him:

"Um... why does his body language seem somewhat familiar to me?"

"You'll get used to it..."

Hearing Jayce's words, Tina rubbed her temples and said with a headache:

"To project an air of arrogance, Yuan Chen engaged in a lengthy academic exchange with him... Ionia's Spirit Theory are rather unique, and I suspect Yuan Chen learned his arrogance from this man."

"... No wonder they all share the same annoying traits."

Upon hearing this, Jayce also took a few steps away with a look of disgust.

At that moment, Master Odh, who was sitting in the carriage, subconsciously raised his head after hearing something.

Immediately afterwards, a look of horror involuntarily flashed across his eyes:

"What's that? Something's flying over here!"

As Master Odh spoke, the once clear sky darkened.

When people came to their senses and looked up at the sky, the entire sky was completely covered by a gigantic object.

Stretching for over three thousand meters, the enormous corpse of Kah'Mu lay overhead. Sunlight streamed down, casting a shadow that not only shrouded the convoy but also plunging the surrounding mountains and forests into darkness.

The scales resembled thick, heavy rocks, and through their gaps, one could clearly see the outline of the dragon's inhuman muscles.

Though the tiger is dead, its might remains. Under immense pressure, people can clearly feel their heartbeats growing heavier and heavier. Those with weaker strength will involuntarily roll their eyes back, foam at the mouth, and collapse upon seeing it.

The massive dragon corpse had a thick spine that resembled rugged mountains, and the shadows it cast were imbued with a bloody aura. For a moment, people couldn't even muster the slightest thought of resistance!

Just then, three figures descended from the shadow of the dragon corpse.

Upon seeing the three people's faces clearly, even Master Tina couldn't help but cover her mouth in surprise and exclaimed:

"That's... Master Yuan Chen?"

"Oh, Tina!"

Upon hearing Tina's voice, Yuan Chen nodded, then landed on the ground to the side. As he controlled the Flying Dagger back to his waist, he also looked at the convoy next to him.

"How's the convoy doing? Are they alright?"

"It was fine before."

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's question, Tina's lips twitched twice, then she said with a helpless expression:

"But something's happened... The Pack Beast can't withstand the remaining will of this dragon corpse, so it probably won't be able to get back on its way for a while."

As she spoke, Tina paused, then couldn't help glancing a few more times at the dragon corpse in the sky, and then at the two girls beside Yuan Chen—

It's mainly Nila.

Just by standing there, Nila's aura alone, not to mention the water-light whip blade in her hand connected to the dragon corpse in the sky, was impossible to ignore...

The not-so-thick, Flowing Water seemed unrestrained by gravity, slowly extending towards the sky from the dark-skinned girl's hand.

When it was still a hundred meters away from the dragon's corpse, the Flowing Water whip split into several water blades that entered the dragon's body. Through its powerful magic, the blades penetrated the dragon's body, stabilizing its structure and fixing it firmly in the sky.

"And this is...?"

"My name is Nila!"

Upon hearing Tina's question, Nila introduced herself with a broad smile:

"From Kashkan! A pilgrimage warrior from the Seventh Layer!"

Upon hearing Nila's introduction, Tina paused slightly, then looked up at Nila's figure—

The main thing was Nila's outfit. Her clothes were fine, but when people saw Nila's leg bindings and the ornaments on her braids, their expressions changed very noticeably.

Before Tina could say anything, a somewhat dissatisfied voice came from the car next to them:

"Kashkan? Even when you're lying, you need a plausible reason!"

Kiana lifted the carriage curtain, having waited all the way for Yuan Chen's return. But when she opened her eyes, she saw that Yuan Chen had brought back two girls. Qiyana's mood immediately changed from a secret little joy to resentment and dissatisfaction.

Although the Silk Material curtains of the car frame allow a view from the inside to the outside, it is ultimately a layer of gauze. Even if you can see through them, the final visual presentation is not very clear.

Qiyana lifted the curtain and said with some dissatisfaction:

"The real Kashkan were shrouded in mist over a thousand years ago, and the Kashkan people with historical records haven't set foot on Valoran and Shurima for over seven hundred years! You—hmm?!"

As they were talking, Qiyana also noticed Nila's lower body armor.

Calling it armor isn't entirely accurate, as it was more like leg wraps and knee pads.

Apart from some steel ornaments that reflected the luster of Pearl on the collar and hem of her robe, Nila's body was covered not even cloth armor, but just a dark gold robe.

On her knee pads and waist ornaments, Qiyana could vaguely discern that they were rather abstract imprints of seven hands formed by Flowing Water.

Upon seeing this unique mark, Qiyana paused for a moment, then said with some surprise and uncertainty:

"Are you really from Kashkan?!"

"Compared to this..."

Seeing Qiyana's surprised expression, Yuan Chen raised an eyebrow, then gestured with his chin towards the Flowing Water Whip Blade in Nila's hand and said:

"Didn't you notice what she brought?"

"What did you bring?"

Upon hearing this, Qiyana was somewhat puzzled. Then, following the direction of Nila's Flowing Water whip blade, she saw the enormous shadow in the sky. The immense pressure that followed made Qiyana hold her breath.

Without the illusion of a vehicle frame to conceal her presence, facing this overwhelming pressure head-on, even Qiyana clearly felt her heart skip a beat!

My car is in the repair shop, so I can only go to places like the study room once it's fixed. The compensation update will be delayed for a few days, depending on when the car is repaired...