Before Xu Taiping could speak, Dongfang Yuejian, whose breath was as faint as a thread, suddenly struggled to raise her head and forced herself to say:
"Eldest Brother Taiping, although the Dragon Domain has been broken... this Demon Dragon should absorb all its remaining power. That way... his fighting strength... can recover to at least... eighty percent of his prime!"
Xu Taiping nodded at Dongfang Yuejian and said:
"Don't worry. I'm prepared."
Only upon hearing this did Dongfang Yuejian relax. She smiled and said:
"Eldest Brother Taiping, I'll wait for you... wait for you to take us all out of here."
Xu Taiping smiled and nodded, then pressed his hand against the hilt of the Water-Cutting Blade at his waist, turned, and walked straight toward the Demon Dragon.
The instant he turned, however, his expression abruptly hardened.
The aura around him also changed from gentle to fierce in an instant. With every step he took forward, his aura fluctuations grew rapidly.
His physique, too, was growing taller and stronger.
"Rumble..."
In the blink of an eye, his ordinary physique transformed into a true dragon divine being body. Dragon horns sprouted from his forehead just like the Demon Dragon's, and purple-gold dragon scales covered every inch of his skin except his face.
Having fought tens of thousands of life-and-death battles against the Demon Dragon in the River of Time, Xu Taiping naturally knew that the Demon Dragon could use the remaining power of the Dragon Domain to restore himself.
But even when he had been alone back then, he had managed to find a sliver of a chance at victory, let alone today, when Dongfang Yuejian and the others had already broken the Dragon Domain and paved the way for him.
"Roar!!..."
Just then, the Demon Dragon ahead, his body battered