It was undoubtedly an incomparably gigantic flood dragon.
Its body stretched thousands of feet, covered entirely in fiery red scales, with half its body exposed above the magma, resembling a flame soaring into the sky. The most terrifying aspect was its two dragon horns, which were actually composed of the purest flames, constantly burning and flickering!
Boom!
As the flood dragon appeared.
The already scorching Flame Ridge Mountain suddenly surged in temperature by threefold, causing the air to crackle and pop as if igniting. Yet Han Yue Ran and the others felt a chill rising from their hearts!
Because the dragon’s fiery serpent-like eyes reflected their images vividly.
"Retreat quickly!"
With almost no hesitation.
Han Yue Ran shouted loudly.
Swish!
As soon as she uttered the words, the Red Flame Flood Dragon had already responded to the sound. Turning its massive body, it surged like a dragon emerging from water, bringing with it an endless torrent of raging flames, charging straight toward the group!
In a flash, its might extended like a fiery tongue from the volcano, reaching the group instantly over a distance of hundreds of feet!
"Not good!"
At this moment.
Han Yue Ran realized it was too late to retreat. Her pupils contracted, and True Qi swirled around her. Her long hair explosively erupted, standing upright like icy needles, and on the flame-ridden Flame Ridge Mountain, goose-feather snow began to fall!
"Rise for me!"
Han Yue Ran shouted deeply and waved her sleeve.
With a ’rumbling’ sound, an ice wall rapidly rose from the void. The ice wall was nearly a hundred feet high and several dozen feet thick, standing like a Celestial Stream, intercepting heaven and earth.
And there were as many as twelve such ice walls!
Clearly.
At this moment, Han Yue Ran had pushed her ice True Qi to the extreme!
But these twelve ice walls, capable of an Earth Immortal’s strike, were utterly powerless before the Red Flame Flood Dragon, shattering in an instant and crashing violently onto Han Yue Ran!
"Bang!"
Han Yue Ran spat out a mouthful of blood mist, her body erupting with crackling sounds, and under the horrified gazes of everyone, she was flung back like a rag doll.
"Senior Sister Han!"
"Senior Sister!"
Only at this moment.
The astonished crowd came back to their senses, erupting in alarmed exclamations.
Meanwhile, the Red Flame Flood Dragon turned its body, its crimson eyes sweeping over the crowd. Witnessing this, the young girls drew their weapons in terror, ready to face a great enemy!
"How did the power of this Red Flame Flood Dragon increase so much?" Ye Qing’s delicate brows furrowed, "When I joined the Ice and Snow Divine Palace, I heard it was just an Earth Immortal, but now it’s at least at the Earth Immortal Fourth Layer!"
"The issue must be inside the volcano!" Ye Qingchen squinted his eyes.
To others.
This seemed like just a slightly larger volcano, but to Ye Qingchen, it was a Spirit Spring, constantly spewing abundant Spiritual Qi. Such a place is a holy land for the cultivation of demon beasts!
"Brother, what should we do?" Ye Qing asked hurriedly.
"Since we’re here, let’s take the opportunity to slay it! On my journey here, I’ve collected many extreme yin and soft Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, and I’m missing something extremely yang and hard to harmonize yin and yang!"
Ye Qingchen looked toward the mountaintop with his hands behind his back.
"But this Red Flame Flood Dragon has at least reached the Earth Immortal Fourth Layer!" Ye Qing protested while watching Han Yue Ran and the others join forces to block the Red Flame Flood Dragon, transforming fallen snow into a barrage of swords in an instant.
Yet these flying swords shattered into sparks against the dragon’s scales, like eggs smashing against rocks, unable to cause it any harm.
They had thought that by combining their efforts, they could hold back this Red Flame Flood Dragon, but who would have thought it would not feel the slightest pain.
"To slay it, at least those senior sisters at the Earth Immortal level from the Snow Divine Palace are needed! However, this Red Flame Flood Dragon occupies this place with such rapid advancement in cultivation; there must be a treasure within the mountain."
Han Yue Ran cursed under her breath, her gaze piercing toward the mountaintop.
To have reached Half-Step Earth Immortal, one couldn’t possibly be a fool, quickly calming down. The others also pushed their ice True Qi to the extreme, barely managing to stave off the Red Flame Flood Dragon’s onslaught.
"Roar!"
But before Han Yue Ran could breathe a sigh of relief.
The Red Flame Flood Dragon let out a long howl, a roar more like that of an ancient beast than a serpent. In an instant, a fierce wind swept out, cracks appeared in the ground around them, and everyone felt the wind slam against their faces, filling their ears with a howling roar!
Under their terrified gazes, a visible shockwave rapidly swept across! Where it passed, the overwhelming flying swords exploded, turning into dust!
At the same time.
The body of the Red Flame Flood Dragon turned, and overwhelming demon energy surged forth like a spring. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into fiery arrows, wildly sweeping towards everyone!
Seeing this scene, Ye Qing’s pupils contracted!
What a terrifying demon beast.
In just an instant, strange moves emerged, directly suppressing the seven people. Faced with the suddenly intensified offensive of the Red Flame Flood Dragon, the originally stalemate battle was instantly broken.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of thunderous roars.
Then they saw.
Fiery arrows crazily crashed down, stirring up a sky full of dirt. Amidst the dust, several figures had already spat blood, flying tens of yards away, and crashed heavily onto the ground.
In one move, Han Yue Ran and the others were injured!
And at the next moment.
The Red Flame Flood Dragon slowly swayed its body and swam towards them, its gaze at them full of mockery!
"Senior Sister Han, what do we do?"
Someone cried and asked.
"I, I don’t know either..." Han Yue Ran was panicking; ever since seeing the mocking expression of the Red Flame Flood Dragon, her heart had sunk into the abyss.
To fend off this Red Flame Flood Dragon, she had already used all her trump cards but was powerless.
The seven of them together were no match for the Red Flame Flood Dragon. Now only Ye Qing remained, how could she turn the tide? The Red Flame Flood Dragon could annihilate them at any moment; the only reason it hadn’t acted was that it was merely playing with them!
"Roar!"
Seeing the fearful expressions in everyone’s eyes, the Red Flame Flood Dragon became even more satisfied. Then, suddenly its gaze shifted to Ye Qingchen. Ye Qingchen stood there at ease, and unexpectedly spoke human words:
"Kid, aren’t you afraid?"
As the Red Flame Flood Dragon spoke, Han Yue Ran and the others suddenly snapped back to reality, looking towards Ye Qingchen with eyes full of disbelief.
’This kid is simply bold beyond measure! I thought he would have run away in fear, but I didn’t expect him to still be here!’
Han Yue Ran frowned slightly.
But she didn’t believe in the slightest that Ye Qingchen wasn’t afraid when facing the Red Flame Flood Dragon.
In her view.
Ye Qingchen and his sister were nothing but lowly folks from the lower realms. Ye Qing was lucky to join the Ice and Snow Divine Palace, which granted her such strength. But what strength does Ye Qingchen have?
It’s likely that upon seeing the Red Flame Flood Dragon, he was already too frightened to move!
Ye Qing also suddenly grasped her long sword tightly, stepping forward to stand in front of Ye Qingchen.
"Afraid? You’re just a mere four-legged snake, borrowing from this Flame Ridge Mountain to gain your current cultivation! If you retreat, I may consider sparing your life!" Ye Qingchen stood with his hands behind his back, speaking lightly.
"Courting death!"
The Red Flame Flood Dragon could not endure such taunts.
It let out a furious roar, its scales standing upright, with demon energy billowing, instantly transforming into sky-high flames, flowing down mightily from Flame Ridge Mountain. That surging force was like a torrential flood accumulated over three days and nights, arriving with a roar!
From afar, it seemed as if the very heavens were furious!
"My heavens!"
Seeing this scene.
Han Yue Ran was even more shocked, unable to stand, and the others also knelt to the ground, trembling. Facing an enraged Earth Immortal Demon Beast, they were simply like ants!
However.
Ye Qingchen just smiled faintly, pulling Ye Qing.
"Shameless!"
Han Yue Ran’s eyes showed a trace of disbelief.
Ye Qingchen actually dragged Ye Qing into the battle at this moment. Was he trying to use his own sister to block the Red Flame Flood Dragon’s strike?
It’s just.
As this thought emerged, their gazes became completely rigid.
In the unbelievable eyes of everyone, Ye Qingchen had already grasped Ye Qing’s right hand holding the long sword, slowly lifted his head. At the next moment, his entire aura soared to the extreme!
Just as the mighty surging flame flood was about to engulf the two of them completely.
Ye Qingchen moved!
"Clang!"
A crisp sword sound echoed through the void!