The sword shadow descended, pausing briefly against the Azure Flood Dragon's neck. A metallic clash rang out, and then an eerie white light tinged with blue flared along the blade.
Buzz!
A low sword hum sounded.
Crimson dragon blood poured from the sky into the sea like a torrential downpour.
The Azure Flood Dragon's enormous head also plunged toward the water.
A small azure flood dragon less than a foot long emerged from the crown of the falling head, an Azure Orb clasped in its mouth. It darted through the rain of blood, frantically trying to escape into the sea.
Lin Yun's eyes lit up when he saw the little dragon. Sword light flashed around him, carrying him to its side. He raised his sleeve and swept it over the creature, capturing it within. Then, with another flick of his sleeve, he collected the enormous dragon corpse that had already fallen into the sea.
The vast quantities of dragon blood spilling over the water drove the surrounding Beast Tide utterly mad. Even the lingering aura of the Demon-Slaying Sword's sword qi could not deter these low-level Demon Beasts from fighting over the blood.
Lin Yun chuckled. "Beasts really are beasts!"
Then he cast a glance, half smiling, at the only remaining Shapeshifting Demon Cultivator-the Red-Haired Suanni Beast, which Nangong Wan had beaten into hiding beneath the sea.
The Red-Haired Suanni Beast's heart trembled beneath that gaze. Without a second thought, it plunged into the depths.
Lin Yun chuckled and said to Nangong Wan and Xin Ruoyin, who had just flown over, "Wan'er, Ru Yin, let's go."
Nangong Wan and Xin Ruoyin glanced at the utterly frenzied Beast Tide below. Their expressions eased slightly, and they nodded.
Having witnessed Lin Yun slay a Ninth-Level Flood Dragon with her own eyes, Madam