"Brother, stop! Old Ghost Li is already dead. Don't burn his treasures and the Wood Wraith!"
The dragon maiden had wrestled with the Drought Demon and the Wood Wraith, then poured all her icy magic power into freezing the Wood Wraith, only for it to snap her tailbone in the end. The whole ordeal had gravely depleted her vitality, and every bit of it had rebounded onto Xue Linglong. The tremendous backlash made her vomit blood and collapse.
Even so, she was still thinking about the treasures on Li Xiahua.
If the dragon maiden's lower body had been made from dragon bones rather than jiao bones, how could her heavenly dragon strength have fallen short of the Wood Wraith's during their earlier struggle?
Fortunately, everything had gone fairly smoothly. So what if the jiao bones had broken? She would have dragon bones soon!
Just then, the Flying Skulls that blotted out the sky lost control and dropped, rolling all over the ground.
The giant ape that had been guarding Mountain Sprite's and Xue Linglong's bodies had not a patch of uninjured flesh left either. The Flying Skulls had bitten it into a bloody mess.
In the distance, the Drought Demon finally stopped. The top of the Wood Wraith was already charred black, a sight that made Xue Linglong's heart ache.
Still, Xue Linglong knew how to conduct herself. Seeing the Drought Demon stop, and seeing how badly the giant ape had been wounded protecting the two of them, she bowed gracefully to Cheng Xinzhan.
"Thank you for protecting me, Brother."
But the response to her bow surprised Xue Linglong. This mountain monkey neither helped her up nor stepped aside, but accepted her courtesy as his due! This left her displeased. *You haven't even taken the Mountain Lord's seat yet, and