(Picture of Zhu Zhuqing)
Zhu Zhuqing sat leaning against the corner of the wall, the blood at the corner of her mouth still wet. The golden dragon's shadow cast flickering light across the cold gleam in her catlike eyes.
She stared at the faint dragon-shaped phantom behind Lin Jiang. That pressure, that aura...
Could it be the Golden Dragon King?
If so... only by being with him... could she unlock her domain.
He had appeared at a time like this?
At her most desperate moment, he had dropped from the sky, stood in front of her, and taken Dai Mubai's full-powered strike?
Zhu Zhuqing bit her lip, her heart pounding impossibly fast.
The Soul Rings around Lin Jiang settled one by one.
Three black rings turned slowly within the Golden Domain, like three black suns.
Ten thousand years, ten thousand years, and ten thousand years again.
Dai Mubai's legs began to go weak.
The White Tiger phantom behind him curled into a ball, too scared to even growl.
He took a step back, his voice changing pitch.
"What??? Who are you?!"
Zhu Zhuqing stared at the three black Soul Rings, her mind completely blank.
She had seen Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings before.
But all three of a boy's first Soul Rings were Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings? What kind of monster was he?
Lin Jiang didn't answer Dai Mubai's question. His tone was as casual as if he were commenting on the nice weather.
"You don't need to know who I am. I only know I can't let you keep preying on young women."
Dai Mubai took another step back, his back hitting the stone wall. There was nowhere left to go.
As he watched Lin Jiang walk toward him, his calves began to tremble.
"You... What are you