The ever-proud Water Marquis had offered to recruit the invincible young warrior, hoping he would bow his head and surrender. But once the youth declared his position, the last thread of hope in the Water Marquis's heart snapped. After a brief pause, he saw the stubborn youth's eyes redden, strange light gradually stirring within them. Even with a hundred battles behind him, the Water Marquis dared not take him lightly. He immediately decided to strike first and lashed his whip at Xing Yan.
The peerless divine weapon blazed with lightning as it tore through the night, hurtling at Xing Yan with a savage, murderous fury. There seemed no way to evade it, but the instant its lightning flashed, the keenly perceptive youth sensed it. He sprang upward with all his strength, barely dodging the deadly weapon.
"Szzzt!"
With a faint sound that seemed to tear through heart and lungs, a streak of lightning like a golden serpent vanished into the night behind Xing Yan.
"Where do you think you're going!"
His lash missed. Seeing Xing Yan leap from his horse into the clouds, Meng Zhang did not hesitate. He abruptly left his Winged Dragon mount and shot into the night like a fish slipping into water, pursuing Xing Yan closely and lashing out again with all his might.
"Ah!"
Suspended in midair, Xing Yan had nothing to push against as he had before. Sensing searing lightning shooting up beneath his feet, he hurriedly steered his vital energy to dodge sideways. The armor on his back shuddered violently, as though a great wagon had suddenly raced over him.
That glancing blow nearly sent him plunging into the sea. In the past, it might well have knocked him out of the clouds already, but Zhang Xingyan was no longer the same. Not