The fatigue and discomfort brought on by exhausting her mana rapidly faded once the Healing Light enveloped her.
"Such powerful Healing Light!"
Zu Yanzhi was inwardly astonished. From their conversation, she had keenly realized that the old woman in brown before her was the one who had helped Master Shen melt the mystic ice.
This Healing Light was only Beginner Magic of the Healing Element, yet its effects were actually this powerful.
This old woman's Healing Element magic was at an extremely high level. She might even be a Super Level Mage like Master Shen and Elder Luo!!
A Super Level Mage was someone who could single-handedly make a family truly worthy of being called an established clan!!
They were the ruling class of this world.
Three had appeared all at once, but what made their hearts pound hardest was the figure flying out from the depths of Mount Wuyi.
An incomparably gigantic, ferocious bird!!
Even from over ten kilometers away, its body looked enormous. As it flew, it churned the clouds in the sky into scattered shreds.
Luo Long's body slowly floated into the air. He quietly waited for the ferocious bird to approach.
While Zu Yanzhi and Nangong Pei were looking into the distance, Lu Wu had already awakened. Seeing an old woman casting Healing Light on him, Lu Wu roughly understood what had happened.
"Thank you."
This Healing Light was who knew how many times more powerful than that of the teachers at school. He even felt as though his soul was basking in it.
With his mind no longer so exhausted, Lu Wu noticed that Grandpa Shen's gaze was already fixed on the distance.
That single look was enough to make Lu Wu's scalp prickle.
Several kilometers away, a gigantic, ferocious bird covered in azure feathers was fighting a person.
They were too far away for him to make out the person's figure at all; it was only a tiny black dot.
Lu Wu slowly stood up without asking who the grandmother beside Grandpa Shen was, though he had never seen her before.
After all, the person fighting was Elder Luo.
Lu Wu could tell that much from the worry in Grandpa Shen's eyes.
"Go back to Rongcheng," Master Shen said, looking at Lu Wu. "You're too weak right now. It's dangerous for you to stay here."
Without him here, the Azure Crow Overlord's imposing aura would cause them unbearable discomfort.
Giving Lu Wu and the others no room to refuse, Shen Shitian used Space Element magic to send them away.
"Grandpa Shen, just let us watch. That's a Ruler! We could..."
Before Lu Wu could finish, Shen Shitian directly withdrew the shelter of his aura, exposing them to the presence of the Azure Crow Overlord several kilometers away.
"Beast, pay with your life."
The swamp beneath Luo Long's feet had already been drained. Its mud formed a gigantic mud dragon, the azure aquatic plants on its body resembling an azure mane.
The mud dragon was over a hundred meters long and immensely thick. Flying above its head, Luo Long looked especially tiny.
The Azure Crow Overlord flew through the air. It did not remember this human at all, but it found this aura utterly loathsome.
That loathing came from deep within its bloodline!!
Commanding the mud dragon beneath him to bite at the Azure Crow Overlord several hundred meters away, Luo Long held the little Blood Bone Sword in his hand. He knew very well that against a Ruler like the Azure Crow Overlord, he needed to kill it in a single strike, or he would have no chance at all.
Standing on the mud dragon's back, Luo Long had no fear.
"Screee!!!"
The Azure Crow Overlord's cry was unlike that of ordinary crows or sparrows; it was piercingly shrill. It extended its sharp talons and clawed straight at the mud dragon.
To creatures like it, these long worms were nothing more than food.
It was extremely fast. A light beat of its outstretched, hundred-meter wings sent fierce winds sweeping between heaven and earth, carrying the dark clouds far away.
It swooped down and clawed directly at the mud dragon's body.
Luo Long had not expected the Azure Crow Overlord's hatred of the Northern Plains Ice Vulture to be even stronger than he had imagined, making it pounce straight at him.
Seeing it about to enter a two-hundred-meter radius, Luo Long did not hesitate. He poured in a tremendous amount of mana, preparing to use the Demon-Slaying Tool immediately.
Yet before the Blood Bone Sword could attack, the Azure Crow Overlord swept its wings upward and soared into the air. At the same time, it retracted its talons and instead spat orange-red flames from its mouth.
Flames that blotted out the sky blocked the way ahead, their terrifying heat driving away all the clouds across that stretch of sky.
Not only that, but the flames spread hundreds of meters, filling the entire sky.
Jumping off the mud dragon, Luo Long retreated while the mud dragon continued its attack.
Rumble!!!
The mud dragon collided with the blast of flames. Rather than piercing through them, the dragon formed from sludge was blasted apart by the fire.
Moreover, the flames baked the sludge until it was extremely dry. When the shattered pieces of the mud dragon fell into the swamp, they sent countless splashes of sludge flying.
"Looks like I underestimated you."
Now Luo Long did not dare be careless at all. He had never expected the Azure Crow Overlord to be so cunning that it could even feint.
Its initial dive had only been for show. Had he failed to dodge in time, the flames would have burned him.
Finding that its attack had not harmed that tiny human, the Azure Crow Overlord chased after him.
That loathsome aura was still there. Killing intent likewise filled its eyes as it swooped down again.
"Looks like I really have grown old." Luo Long landed on the ground, with no intention of retreating.
Stars continuously linked together, forming Star Paths. The Star Paths connected into Star Maps, and the Star Maps connected into Star Constellations!!
Casting Earth Element Advanced Level Magic took no more than a breath.
"Rock Demon's Eyes: Earth Dragon Spike!!!"
A brown sheen appeared in Luo Long's eyes. In an instant, over a dozen gigantic Earth Dragon Spikes thrust diagonally forward throughout a hundred-meter stretch of the swamp.
These Earth Dragon Spikes were much smaller than the mud dragon, only thirty-odd meters long, but there were a great many of them.
Not only that, these Earth Dragon Spikes rose from the ground, rooted underground and growing at an angle around Luo Long.
Their purpose was not to attack, but to block the swooping Azure Crow Overlord.
Though he wanted to get close, he did not need to get that close. Keeping thirty meters of Earth Dragon Spikes between them would be safer.
After all, the close range he wanted was his own effective attack range, not the Azure Crow Overlord's attack range.
Seeing sharp spikes sprouting all over the ground, the Azure Crow Overlord opened its mouth, slightly contracted its abdomen, and then spat out flames even more terrifying than before.
This time, the flames were no longer orange-red, but somewhat dark red.
The flames covered an extremely narrow area, yet they instantly made Luo Long's expression change drastically.
This attack was no joke, but if he did not defend against it, it would present an excellent opportunity to attack.
After hesitating for a moment, Luo Long gripped the Blood Bone Sword and flew straight up.
With a sufficiently high cultivation level, one could fly for a short time without Wind Wings or a Wing Magic Tool.
"Beast, let's see which of us wins."
He frantically poured mana into the Blood Bone Sword. Though he had never used it before, and it had only just been forged, Luo Long trusted his old friend.
The Azure Crow Overlord kept spewing flames, trying to burn that loathsome aura to death.
The somewhat dark-red flames kept engulfing that aura, but the Azure Crow Overlord discovered that the aura had suddenly grown stronger.
By the time a gigantic sword dozens of meters long appeared in its field of vision, it was already too late to dodge.
The Azure Crow Overlord extended its talons, trying to seize the gigantic blood-colored sword that had suddenly appeared.
The aura emanating from the gigantic sword was that of its mortal enemy.
Luo Long appeared bathed in firelight, bearing a momentum that surged into the heavens. His clothes had already burned to tatters, and a green Armor Magic Tool covered his body, but his bald head had still been scorched black.
"Time to pay with your life!!!"