At the same moment.
Yue Huaiyuan moved too.
Though the Yuhang general was shaken to his core, his hands did not falter in the slightest.
Almost the instant Jiang Yuechu moved, the Black Gold Spear in his hand surged forth like an enraged dragon bursting from the sea.
He followed close behind her, the spearpoint spinning.
Both were veterans at slaying demons and driving out evil.
Though this was their first time fighting together, their coordination seemed as though they had rehearsed it a thousand times.
One led the attack; the other struck from cover.
Not a word wasted. The moment they struck, they went for the kill!
"Roar—!!!"
The Black Flood Dragon roared in shock and fury.
At that critical moment, the Black Flood Dragon whipped its head around.
The Deep Blue Long Blade held in its mouth traced an arc through the water.
A freezing, baleful force erupted!
The surrounding river water instantly froze into a thick wall of ice before the Black Flood Dragon.
But then—
Crack!
A sharp snap rang out.
The wall of ice shattered into a storm of chips before Jiang Yuechu's blade.
Her strike drove on, straight for the Black Flood Dragon's head!
The Black Flood Dragon panicked. It could only raise the blade in its mouth to block.
Clang—!!!
Another deafening clash of metal rang out.
A tremendous force traveled through the blade and into the Black Flood Dragon's jaws, leaving its head reeling.
Before the Black Flood Dragon could recover—
A glint of cold steel darted from the swirling ice chips and silt like a venomous snake flicking its tongue.
Yue Huaiyuan had arrived!
Instead of meeting the hard horns and blade head-on, he drove his spear through the opening Jiang Yuechu had carved, straight at the Black Flood Dragon's soft