(First update)
(I woke up at seven this morning! Sure enough, the Heat won the championship today!!! jms finally won after nine years of fighting!! Also, happy Dragon Boat Festival, everyone!! Eat a couple more zongzi!)
"Good!!!" Li Xiaoya's expression grew grave at those words. Indeed, his divine sense told him that although the Sea Flood Dragon's aura had weakened considerably, there was no sign of his life force dying out. Having fought him for so long, the Whale-Swallowing Beast naturally knew what he was capable of.
"Whoosh, whoosh!!!" Having spoken, the Whale-Swallowing Beast began chanting. A mysterious, peculiar incantation emerged from his enormous mouth, sounding particularly bizarre. As he continued chanting, the pitch-black inner core that had smashed the Sea Flood Dragon into the sea erupted with black qi, staining several miles of seawater black. Countless Black Light Runes spun within it. With a thunderous boom, it burst out of the water, sending spray flying everywhere, and hovered in the air. The Whale-Swallowing Beast spat out torrents of black qi that surged toward the Black Light Runes. Crackling waves of pitch-black lightning rippled across the glow surrounding the inner core, and the tremendous fluctuations of magic power seemed to warp even the air around it.
"Whoosh, whoosh!!!!" Seeing the Whale-Swallowing Beast's actions, Li Xiaoya's heart stirred. He knew they had reached the critical moment. His fingers rapidly formed seals as he chanted, and the Shaking-Heaven Divine Fire Staff, which had just knocked away the Sea Flood Dragon's inner core, blazed with dazzling red light and shot high into the sky.
Seeing this, Blue Ice naturally had no time to take Li Xiaoya to task over that matter. Her fingers swiftly formed seals, and with a flash of blue-violet light, the Ren-Kui Twin Swords shot out. Blazing with blue-violet light,