Ruyan was an accomplished dancer. With her charms woven into every movement, she truly had the power to turn all who watched her heads.
Yet her dancing had never truly entered the Dao. Her skill had not reached the point where technique bordered on the Dao.
What she relied on was still her beauty, the uncanny allure of her serpent-demon body, and even the added power of this Fierce Land's rules.
By contrast, Zou Feng's dancing had entered the Dao long ago.
He needed no outside help. A succession of movements imbued with the deepest truths of the Dance Dao was enough to draw people in.
So Ruyan's attempt to challenge him to a dance-off was like an ant trying to shake a tree. She had badly overestimated herself.
Before long, she began to struggle.
Her movements were clearly more sinuous and seductive. Some were so difficult that a human body could never have performed them. And yet, even she gradually felt that... Zou Feng looked better dancing!
His dance captivated the soul itself, far beyond anything the physical body could achieve.
As Ruyan came to understand how powerful Zou Feng's Dance Dao truly was, her earlier resentment vanished. In its place came a profound sense of helplessness and... heartfelt admiration!
Pfft—
When Zou Feng unfurled another dazzling flourish of his hands, Ruyan could hold out no longer. She spat a mouthful of blood, and her strength rapidly faded.
"I... I lost!"
Ruyan burned with shame. Her earlier arrogance made her wish the ground would swallow her whole.
She had actually tried to defeat a Dance Dao master this terrifying in a dance-off?
Forget defeating him. Even after exhausting every trick she had, she had failed to give him a satisfying challenge.
By then, every guest present, Bai Ruogu included,