When Morax saw that Xiu Yuan had no intention of telling him the truth, he stopped pressing him and dove straight down into The Chasm.
The immediate priority was to subdue Azhdaha. If the rampaging dragon escaped to the surface, they would be in real trouble.
Soon, the sounds of fierce combat rose from the depths of The Chasm.
They continued for quite some time before gradually dying away.
"Come on, let's take a look." Without waiting for Shenhe to respond, Xiu Yuan scooped her up and jumped down.
Startled, Shenhe instinctively wrapped her arms around Xiu Yuan. Yet the terrifying sensation of falling never came. Instead, their descent was remarkably gentle.
As Shenhe slowly opened her eyes, she discovered that they were actually floating in midair!
They descended slowly but steadily. With her eyes closed, she felt as though they were perfectly still, with no sensation of falling at all.
"Darling..."
"You can fly!?"
Shenhe was utterly stunned.
The things Rex Lapis had just said to Xiu Yuan had already been strange enough.
But Shenhe had known nothing about the situation then, so she had not understood why Rex Lapis would say those things to him.
Only now, after experiencing it herself, did she understand.
Her husband, Xiu Yuan, was no ordinary person at all!
What ordinary person could fly!?
"A little." Xiu Yuan smiled faintly.
"I don't believe you. What else have you been hiding from me? Come clean." Shenhe pinched his cheek, puffing hers out in indignation.
Just then, their gentle descent suddenly seemed to go out of control, and they plunged from midair.
"Ah!"
The sudden change made Shenhe cry out in fright, and she hurriedly clung to Xiu Yuan again.
"We're already here," Xiu Yuan told her with a cheerful smile.
Only then did Shenhe