"Bai He?!"
His long silver hair whipped wildly in the wind. Although his handsome face was now covered in silver-white scales, Yan Qingcheng recognized him at a glance.
Yet as she looked at the unfamiliar yet familiar face before her, Yan Qingcheng found it hard to believe for a moment.
Before Yan Qingcheng could ask what was going on with Bai He's current form, the Crystal Wings behind his back immediately caught her attention.
"You..."
Looking at the silver-white wings behind Bai He that seemed carved from crystal, Yan Qingcheng recognized them at once despite their somewhat altered color. They were indeed the secret, untransmitted technique of their Undying Saint Gate—Undying Sky Wings!
Although she had demonstrated it before him when she had tried to subdue him, she did not remember ever actually teaching it to him!
Could there really be monsters in this world who could completely learn someone else's martial arts after seeing it only once?
Such a terrifying thought suddenly surfaced in Yan Qingcheng's heart.
It was as though all the hardship she had endured while cultivating Undying Sky Wings had become a joke. For a moment, Yan Qingcheng simply could not accept reality.
"No!"
Yan Qingcheng suddenly gritted her teeth and struggled to reach behind Bai He's back. This had to be fake!
"Stop messing around!"
Somewhat annoyed, Bai He used one arm to seize Yan Qingcheng's "mischievous" hand.
At a time like this, she still wanted to touch him. Touching his face before had been one thing, but now she even wanted to touch his body!
Back then, he had been forced to bow his head because he was under someone else's roof! But now, he was the one in charge. He would not humiliate himself and compromise like before.
Hmph! Get ready to be punished!
A strange, wicked amusement suddenly welled up in Bai He's heart. He chuckled to himself, then continued dodging the Purple Lightning crashing down from the sky while freeing one arm to slap Yan Qingcheng's pert rear with a series of smacks.
"Touching me wherever you please, are you? Touching me wherever you please! Hehe, now we're even!"
"You..."
Feeling the faint pain coming from her rear, Yan Qingcheng's whole face flushed scarlet with embarrassment. No one had ever dared treat her like this!
She wanted to rise up and resist, but her entire body was weak and she could not move at all. She could only watch helplessly as Bai He brazenly violated her sacred rear. In her panic, Yan Qingcheng opened her mouth and bit down on one of Bai He's arms!
But unfortunately, in his Hidden Dragon Transformation state, Bai He's entire body was covered in tough silver-white dragon scales. Yan Qingcheng's bite did not hurt or itch in the slightest. Instead, Bai He had to worry whether her teeth would chip from biting too hard.
Perhaps realizing that Bai He felt no pain at all, Yan Qingcheng bit his arm even harder in anger.
"Ah, Sister Yan! Stop making trouble, okay? Look at the situation we're in!"
Rapidly dodging the Purple Lightning striking down around them, Bai He said with a wry smile.
Looking at the mountain-sized purple Thunder Dragon behind them, Yan Qingcheng could only suppress the shame and anger in her heart and loosen her bite.
Seeing Yan Qingcheng obediently surrender because she had to consider the bigger picture, Bai He felt an indescribable thrill in his heart.
He had always been the weak and passive one. Now he finally got to take the initiative and be forceful for once. This feeling was truly... refreshing!
Roar!
For some reason, the enormous purple Thunder Dragon seemed to have singled Bai He out. It abandoned its pursuit of the other cultivators and refused to stop chasing Bai He. Rolling thunder danced wildly through the air, and deafening rumbles rang out without end.
After giving up its pursuit of the other cultivators, the Thunder Dragon focused more of its attention on Bai He. The Purple Lightning continuously crashing down from the sky grew denser, and Bai He found himself unable to evade it all for a moment!
"This can't go on!"
Bai He gritted his teeth.
Although he did not know whether the Thunder Dragon had taken the wrong medicine and become determined to chase only him, he could not simply sit around and wait for death.
If this continued, the lightning falling from the sky would only grow denser. Sooner or later, he might be struck by accident.
After thinking it over, Bai He decided to use his innate ability, Summoning Wind and Rain, to compete with the Thunder Dragon for control over lightning.
Many of the Dragon Clan's innate abilities actually overlapped. For example, the Eight-Armed Evil Dragon and the Thunder Dragon: the Eight-Armed Evil Dragon's innate abilities were Summoning Wind and Rain and Overturning Rivers and Seas, while the Thunder Dragon's was Driving Thunder and Controlling Lightning.
And Summoning Wind and Rain actually possessed part of the ability to control thunder and lightning.
Dense dark clouds slowly gathered above Bai He's head. Thunder rolled, and Bai He could clearly sense another will competing with his own for control of the lightning.
After all, controlling lightning was merely a derivative ability of Summoning Wind and Rain, and Bai He was far weaker than the Thunder Dragon. He simply could not compete with it.
But Bai He had never intended to wrest control of the thunder from the Thunder Dragon, because he knew he could not win. All he wanted was to disrupt the Thunder Dragon's use of its innate ability!
After Bai He unleashed Summoning Wind and Rain, the power of the lightning summoned by the Thunder Dragon greatly increased. But under Bai He's interference, its aim was nowhere near as accurate as before.
Roar!
The Thunder Dragon roared, but under Bai He's interference, the rolling Purple Lightning could not strike Bai He at all. It merely danced wildly before crashing into the forest below or striking the ground.
No longer needing to cautiously evade the endless Purple Lightning falling from the sky, Bai He still had to devote part of his attention to interfering with the Thunder Dragon, but he was far more relaxed than before.
As the Undying Sky Wings spread, Bai He accelerated.
The enraged Thunder Dragon seemed determined not to rest until it achieved its goal, but without the aid of lightning, it had no way to deal with Bai He.
At last, the endless dense forest gradually came to an end. In the distance lay a desolate Gobi Desert strewn with jagged rocks.
Bai He spread his wings and flew over the lush Sea of Forests below before entering the Gobi Desert. The Thunder Dragon pursuing him let out an unwilling roar at the edge of the forest, but it did not follow.
Seeing that the Thunder Dragon was no longer chasing him, Bai He finally breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, facing that terrifying savage dragon all this time had put him under considerable pressure.
But Bai He still did not dare lower his guard easily.
The fact that the Thunder Dragon did not continue after him meant that the Gobi Desert surely had a ruler of equal or even greater strength. That was likely why the Thunder Dragon did not dare pursue him rashly.
Bai He began slowly lowering his altitude to avoid being noticed by any powerful savage beasts that might be lurking nearby.
After crossing a desolate stretch of the Gobi Desert, an endless green grassland gradually appeared before Bai He.
With a light beat of his Undying Sky Wings, Bai He immediately flew toward the grassland.
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