Luo Yue had clearly come off worse in their first clash.
Yet her eyes only grew brighter!
The Little Juvenile Flood Dragon seemed rather short on combat experience, and Luo Yue seized on that weakness.
Almost the instant she steadied herself, she poured all her divine power into the Divine King Battle Spear in her hand and gave her arm a sharp thrust!
"Whoosh!"
Infused with the killing essence of the Divine King Scripture, the sun's blazing heat, and Taiyin's cold vastness, the Divine King Spear extended hundreds of yards forward. Like lightning tearing through the sky, it shot with a piercing shriek toward the young flood dragon, whose movements had briefly stalled after its attack was blocked.
The young flood dragon's golden slit pupils abruptly contracted as it sensed the threat within the Divine King Spear.
It reacted with extraordinary speed. The netherdark cold abyss vision around it suddenly contracted, forming a Nether Vortex Mystic Barrier before it, woven from pitch-black seawater and an abyss. This was a defensive ability derived from its Dao Palace vision.
"BOOM!!!"
The Immortal Divine King Spear plunged viciously into the spinning Nether Vortex Mystic Barrier.
Blazing golden divine radiance collided violently with dark, freezing currents!
The spear tip's supremely cold gleam battered the vortex's core. Dazzling light erupted, and the entire Cangming Divine Island seemed to tremble slightly beneath the collision.
The deadlock lasted only an instant!
Crack!
A crisp shattering sound rang out.
The seemingly impenetrable Nether Vortex Mystic Barrier before the Little Juvenile Flood Dragon was forcibly pierced by the spear's terrifying penetrative power and strange Dao resonance!
Though the Divine King Spear had lost much of its power and grown dim and insubstantial, it still thrust toward the young flood dragon's body with unwavering resolve.
"Aooo!"
Shocked and furious, the Little Juvenile Flood Dragon jerked its head aside. Its dark tail lashed out like a divine whip, carrying the howling roar of wind and thunder as it struck the remaining spear.
Bang!
The last remnant of the Divine King Spear finally shattered completely, scattering into a shower of light.
However,
a faint yet distinct white mark had also appeared on one of its cold, dark scales, across which golden patterns flowed.
"Aoo?"
The Little Juvenile Flood Dragon drew back its tail and lowered its head to inspect the white mark on its scale, seemingly unable to believe its eyes.
It abruptly raised its head and stared fixedly at the silver-haired human girl below. Though she had been driven back and was breathing a little hard, a spark of excitement burned in her eyes.
The initial provocation in the Little Juvenile Flood Dragon's golden slit pupils had vanished, replaced by profound disbelief.
Luo Yue lifted her little face, meeting the bewildered young flood dragon's gaze with her icy-blue eyes. Her lips curved upward, and she imitated its earlier gesture, crooking her little finger at it as she challenged:
"Again?"
She slowly straightened, shook out her slightly numb left arm, and closed her right hand around empty air. Another Divine King Spear began gathering and taking shape in her palm.
Luo Yue's behavior undoubtedly enraged the Little Juvenile Flood Dragon. With a howl, it swung its tail and lunged down at her again.
"Bang!"
The Divine King Body's cold river vision manifested behind Luo Yue as she met it with her Divine King Spear.
The two clashed fiercely once more!
For a time, neither could get the better of the other.
Besides, Luo Yue was no ordinary human child without any combat experience.
She had spent years roaming underground and encountered everything from mechanisms and traps to bizarre incidents... And she had emerged alive from all manner of dangerous places. Her reaction speed and execution were far beyond those of an ordinary person!
There was none of a novice's stiffness in the way she employed her various moves. With her abundant combat experience, bullying this green Little Juvenile Flood Dragon in the Dao Palace Realm posed no difficulty whatsoever.
Moreover, Luo Yue had laid a sufficiently solid foundation. Every step she took followed a path painstakingly deduced by the Yellow River Chart and Lo Shu, leaving her Dao foundation incomparably firm!
The Divine King Body's reputation was no empty boast, either.
Besides, when it came to fighting, she had never feared anyone!
"Aooo!"
The Little Juvenile Flood Dragon was fighting in utter frustration.
It was clearly an entire major cultivation realm above Luo Yue, yet it simply could not put her down!
Finally, unable to endure Luo Yue's cunning any longer, the Little Juvenile Flood Dragon even prepared to unleash its innate Divine Abilities and end the battle outright.
"Going for your ultimate move...?"
Luo Yue naturally noticed its intent as well.
Years of adventuring had taught Luo Yue that she absolutely could not give her opponent the chance to unleash an innate Divine Abilities.
With a shake of both hands, Luo Yue dismissed the Divine King Spear and the Immortal Divine Shield, then swiftly swept her hands through the air.
The next instant,
an endless Fire Domain manifested beside Luo Yue's left hand. Countless strands of crimson radiance streamed out, and nine phantom Divine Phoenixes were born from the flames. They wheeled through the scorching starry sky, releasing clear cries that could pierce metal and split stone!
Her right hand manifested a taiyin guanghan microcosm. Cool, aloof moonlight spilled across the void, while the majestic, ancient halls of Guanghan Palace stood tall amid swaying moon laurels and swirling cold mist.
It was as though two small worlds were taking shape, seemingly bearing the weight of countless mountains!
The two diagrams unfurled and, the moment they took shape, slammed down upon the Little Juvenile Flood Dragon! In an instant, the void itself seemed to collapse beneath the weight of the two scrolls, and the surrounding space twisted.
"AOOO, ROAR, ROAR!"
The Little Juvenile Flood Dragon did not even have time to unleash its ultimate move before Luo Yue crushed it down into the dirt.
Its bones and hard scales crackled as though they were about to be crushed to pieces. In pain, the Little Juvenile Flood Dragon rolled about, struggling frantically and thrashing its tail.
She had beaten Tom's Cry out of it...
Seeing that her single move had subdued her opponent so effectively, Luo Yue inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the Little Juvenile Flood Dragon's combat experience was clearly far too immature. The signs preceding its Divine Abilities were so obvious that Luo Yue had found the perfect opening.
She had interrupted it outright, seizing the initiative!
Had it been some experienced, devious old bastard who concealed an ultimate move within an ordinary attack, Luo Yue would probably have had a miserable time... After all, by the end of the fight, she had nearly exhausted every trick she had.
The Little Juvenile Flood Dragon's scales and hide were far too tough. Ordinary methods could not breach its defenses at all.
If even the Taiyin Guanghan Diagram and Hengyu Solar Diagram she manifested had failed to suppress the Little Juvenile Flood Dragon...
Luo Yue really would have been out of options!
Surely she could not throw the Heaven-Mending Remnant Stone she had just acquired at it like an ordinary rock?
That would have been far too much bullying.
"Little Yue, stop!"
Jiang Wei hurried forward to intervene, afraid that Luo Yue might accidentally crush the Little Juvenile Flood Dragon to death.
He truly had not expected this little terror to be so ferocious. She was only in the Divine Bridge Realm, yet she had crossed an entire major cultivation realm to suppress a Nether Flood Dragon hatchling of extraordinary bloodline!
And that young flood dragon was no ordinary creature. It
possessed the royal bloodline of the Nether Flood Dragon lineage.
He had originally intended to let Luo Yue pass as long as she could withstand the young flood dragon's Demon Race vision. He had never expected things to turn out like this.
Those two ancient scrolls are too strange!
They can actually suppress a Nether Flood Dragon's physical body outright. I've never seen a divine art like this. Could she have comprehended it herself? Jiang Wei felt a slight chill of apprehension.
He had just glimpsed traces of his family's Hengyu Scripture in that Sun diagram!
As for the other diagram depicting Guanghan Palace, it lay well beyond his knowledge. In any case, it was anything but ordinary!
"That powerful?"
To be honest, Luo Yue herself was surprised.
She had never expected the two diagrams she had deduced from Little Yao Xi's Guanghan Palace and the Hengyu Scripture to be so powerful.
They could directly suppress a Flood Dragon's physical body!
In the distance, Luo Qingluan also watched, dumbstruck. She knew that if she had been in the Little Juvenile Flood Dragon's place, she probably would not have fared much better...
Her little niece already possessed such combat strength at so young an age, able to fight across a cultivation realm. What would she become once her divine body reached full maturity?
Battles between Sea of Bitterness Realm and Dao Palace Realm cultivators were not unheard of throughout history. There were even frequent instances of Dao Palace Realm cultivators suffering unexpected defeats against Sea of Bitterness Realm opponents, with plenty of examples of them being killed instead.
But that also depended on what sort of Sea of Bitterness cultivator and Dao Palace cultivator they were!
If one had practiced divine arts from an emperor scripture since childhood and wielded a divine weapon, while the other was a miserable unaffiliated cultivator with nothing, fighting across realms was naturally possible. Any slightly outstanding disciple from a Desolate Ancient Family could give those wretched unaffiliated cultivators a beating.
But Luo Yue had faced a young royal of the Nether Flood Dragon lineage. With its Demon Race inheritance and powerful physical body, it was not the least bit weaker than some young Holy Sons.
The Divine King Body... was terrifying indeed!
"AOOO-!!!"
A whimper filled with pain and grievance squeezed out of the Little Juvenile Flood Dragon's throat. All its former imposing majesty had disappeared.
Its dark scales, once deep and lustrous with mysterious golden patterns flowing across them, now stuck up in patches. Many had even fallen off, revealing tender, blood-streaked flesh beneath.
The damage was worst along its spine and near its tail, where the terrifying twin-diagram vision had crushed it. Its scales were shattered, and crisscrossing pressure marks stood out clearly, leaving it in a sorry state.
The intense pain and the terrifying pressure of the visions had completely broken its will to fight. Only panic remained in its golden slit pupils.
"Woo, woo..."
It no longer dared spare that terrifying human child a glance. Its enormous body abruptly shrank into a bedraggled dark shadow, and with a whimpering rush of wind, it plunged headfirst into the enormous Cold Pool where its mother dwelled.
Like a frightened little snake, it desperately burrowed beneath its mother's mountain-like body.
Its small body now seemed astonishingly nimble-or perhaps its desire to survive had made it nimble. It frantically searched for shelter, finally burying its battered head and upper body deep beneath its mother's heavy belly scales, which were like a fortress of black iron.
Only its dragon tail, its scales in disarray, remained exposed. Like a startled ostrich, it trembled and twitched faintly on the water's surface.
"Woo... aoo..."
Soon, muffled, tearful whimpers drifted intermittently from beneath the shelter of the Nether Flood Dragon's enormous body, filled with grievance and lingering fear. It did not even dare poke its head out to look at the shore.
The enormous Nether Flood Dragon slowly lowered her head. Her cold slit pupils, which seemed cast from molten gold, were no longer wholly indifferent. She looked at the hatchling hiding beneath her, trembling with its scales shattered.
She seemed to be checking whether this really was her child...
Then she turned her calm gaze back toward Luo Yue on the shore.
For a moment, everything fell rather quiet...