Clouds veiled the way, mist coiled around it, and the path ahead stretched into obscurity.
Jiang Yuechu did not look back.
As for what that Old Flood Dragon had done, she did not care.
When the master walked ahead, why would she keep turning back to check on her dog?
After she passed the thousandth step, what had felt as gentle as a breeze against her face became a crushing burden.
Two thousand steps.
Three thousand steps.
The oppressive force finally bared its fangs.
Jiang Yuechu frowned slightly.
Even her running pace involuntarily slowed.
With every footfall, she had to pause on the step.
Only after dissipating the rebounding force could she take the next step.
Four thousand steps.
Jiang Yuechu stopped.
She raised her head and gazed up at the stairway into the clouds, its end still nowhere in sight.
Her breathing had grown somewhat heavy.
"It's getting a little heavy."
The girl murmured softly.
Spending twice the effort for half the result was no wise person's choice.
Besides.
Since this was called the Dragon-Ascending Platform, she ought to look the part of a dragon.
Jiang Yuechu drew a deep breath and stopped forcing herself onward.
Boom-!!!
Five-Colored Divine Light erupted from the apertures throughout her body, a thousand streams of auspicious radiance instantly engulfing her figure.
The next moment.
A Five-Colored True Dragon several dozen feet long burst from the light.
Five-colored auspicious clouds supported her feet, and countless rays of rosy light shielded her body.
Jiang Yuechu took True Dragon form and coiled in midair.
Something strange happened.
The suffocating pressure from moments before vanished entirely the instant she assumed her dragon form.
Not only was the pressure gone, there was even a hint of affinity.
A glimmer of understanding flashed through Jiang Yuechu's slit pupils.
This