Immediately afterward, the sword seal in Su Shi'er's hand changed in an instant.
The whistling Nirvana Sword abruptly froze in midair less than a foot from the Cloud Dragon hatchling's neck.
Su Shi'er's figure moved again, vanishing from the spot in a flash.
At the sight, the Cloud Dragon hatchling immediately felt the pressure ease. It promptly stirred the spiritual energy within its body, swaying as it prepared to leave Tianyu Peak. ????
It was no fool. The moment Su Shi'er made his move, it knew it was no match for him.
Now that it had found an opening, it naturally intended to run.
Yet before its swaying body could leave its position, it turned its head and saw a gaunt figure in azure robes standing before it at some unknown time.
Su Shi'er had restrained his aura to the utmost, with not the slightest trace of it leaking out.
But his cultivation realm was there for all to see. The instant their gazes met, the Cloud Dragon hatchling's heart inexplicably tightened. An invisible pressure bore down on it like black clouds pressing upon a city.
"What... what are you trying to do?"
Seeing that Su Shi'er neither spoke nor showed any sign of attacking, the Cloud Dragon hatchling shrank its neck and involuntarily retreated several zhang.
Ignoring the Cloud Dragon hatchling's question, Su Shi'er scrutinized it with his eyes and swiftly swept his gaze over its body.
Then his eyes shifted, and he turned to look at the Spirit Turtle, which sat limply on the ground atop Tianyu Peak, utterly listless.
"Fellow Daoist, is this the little fellow that hatched from that Dragon Egg?"
The Spirit Turtle hurriedly nodded and swiftly replied, "That's right. The little fellow broke out of its shell twenty years ago. At the time, Master