"ROAR!!!"
A soul-shaking tiger's roar exploded.
The Second Crown Prince, Ao Shun, went rigid, disbelief blazing in his eyes.
It was hard to imagine.
With his strength, and several relatives nearby, someone had still managed to approach him without a sound.
And...
Seeing this Myriad-Forms Heaven and Earth brimming with boundless killing intent, his heart lurched.
Which renowned, peerless Great Demon had come?!
Could it be...
An ally of that good-for-nothing?
As these thoughts flashed through his mind.
Ao Shun's body surged into motion, billowing waves of extreme cold spreading wildly from within him.
Vast glaciers condensed out of thin air, occupying the entire stretch of water around him in an instant.
"You dare!"
Ao Shun roared. At the same time, waves surged in his hand, gathering into an ice blade once more, and he slashed toward the furious roar ahead.
Crack, crack!
Yet the instant the two collided.
A terrifying force blasted through the ice blade into Ao Shun's arm. A moment later, his body shot away like a meteor.
"This... this is..."
It happened so quickly that no one nearby had time to react.
When his Dragon Clan relatives finally recovered their senses.
And looked up again.
Where was the slightest trace of the Second Crown Prince now?
Only a cold, aloof figure in white stood silently before them.
"Uh... what happened?"
Ao Yu sat slumped in the mud and sand. She had already resigned herself to death, but sensing the changes around her, she opened her eyes in a daze, bewilderment flitting through them.
Even when the woman extended a pale hand before her, the little princess of Woyun Dragon Palace remained rather stunned.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang? Why are you here? Hurry, leave! There's..."
Halfway through, she suddenly realized something.
Wait!
*Jiang Yuechu was here... and her