Phoenix's Requiem

After her successful sneak attack, Yun Ruoyan quickly retreated. The silver dragon elder’s eyes burned with rage as he stared at Yun Ruoyan, shards of the orb still in his palm.

Yun Ruoyan turned toward Whitey. “Whitey, do you recognize me?”

Whitey nodded.

“If you’re clear-headed now, then there’s no need to fight, is there?” Qiuqiu asked. Whitey nodded again, blowing a deep breath at Qiuqiu in agreement.

“In that case, let’s fight together!” Whitey blew another breath at Qiuqiu, and the dragon and qilin flew to Yun Ruoyan’s side in opposition to the silver dragon elder.

“Today, I’ll make you repay this blood debt.” Yun Ruoyan pointed her Scarlet Eye at the silver dragon elder. On her other hand, Li Mo’s sword cried out in resonance.

“You’re no match for me.” The silver dragon elder released the crystalline shards of the dragon orb, one of the last great treasures of the clan. However, he didn’t seem at all upset. Suddenly, he asked, “Do you know why your father was able to become the eye of the formation?”

Yun Ruoyan, not knowing what the silver dragon elder was trying to get at, pursed her lips and refused to answer. The silver dragon elder continued, “Because his cultivation was relatively advanced. He had just broken through to the realm of a sword saint when I caught him, and you know how hard it is to do so on the Chenyuan continent—but he did it.”

The silver dragon elder was praising her father, but his words were like poison to Yun Ruoyan. “The greater his cultivation, the stronger his bloodline, and the more precious his blood. Although your baby doesn’t have any cultivation of his own yet, he has both the silver and demonic dragon bloodlines, and he too would be good as the eye of the formation. However, he’s still too young, and it would be a waste to trap him in the formation as is. But what I hadn’t realized was that there was a candidate far surpassing both of them: you, Yun Ruoyan.”ƒr𝙚𝙚𝘸e𝚋𝐧૦ѵ𝒆𝒍.𝒄𝒐m

The silver dragon elder pointed at Yun Ruoyan. “I can tell that you’re already a fourth-rank sword saint, a peak existence even on the Jiyuan continent. Your demonic dragon bloodline’s both purer and far stronger than your father’s, and you’ll be an ideal core for my formation.”𝙛r𝚎𝐞𝑤𝚎𝗯𝗻𝗼𝐯e𝚕.𝒄𝐨𝓂

“Dream on!” Yun Ruoyan spat out.

“Whether I’m dreaming or not, you’ll be able to see for yourself immediately,” the silver dragon elder replied. “After all, we’re on the Jiyuan continent, the focus of my power. Do you really think you can fight against the entire silver dragon clan with just a few paltry cultivators?”

Yun Ruoyan glanced all around them, at the silver dragon warriors still streaming in from the distance and surrounding them all.

“Warriors of the silver dragon clan,” the silver dragon elder shouted. “Slaughter these intruders to the last!”

“Yes, Elder!” the warriors all around them shouted, their combined voices drowning out even the sound of the fighting.

The demonic bandits who were still alive paled.

“Qiuqiu, how many warriors can you handle?” Yun Ruoyan asked.

“At least a few hundred,” Qiuqiu replied. “But I need to help you deal with the silver dragon elder. Alone, you’d be no match for him.”

“Whitey will help me. Go deal with the warriors. Li Mo’s injured, and he’ll need to be protected too,” Yun Ruoyan commanded.

Qiuqiu still wanted to protest when the demonic spirit shouted from behind, “Your reinforcements are finally here!”

When Yun Moxiao left, the demonic spirit had given him a talisman, one that he was supposed to light when their reinforcements were ready. The demonic spirit had just sensed Yun Moxiao lighting that talisman.

“Mistress, our reinforcements are here!” Qiuqiu called out excitedly.

Li Mo also stood up and went to Yun Ruoyan’s side. “My injuries are only superficial, and I can still fight.”

Yun Ruoyan glanced at Li Mo’s arm, which had stopped bleeding, and nodded. Then, she turned to Qiuqiu. “Qiuqiu, go help the demonic spirit tear a spatial rend and welcome my brother and the others here. Then, come back and help.”

“Yes, Mistress!” Qiuqiu nodded immediately.

“You have reinforcements?” The silver dragon frowned at Yun Ruoyan and Li Mo.

“Just a few friends and allies. There’s no need to worry, Elder,” Li Mo replied, smiling faintly.

“No matter who arrives, kill them all!” the silver dragon elder commanded again.

“Yes, Elder!” the warriors all around them chorused.

On the other side of Yun Ruoyan, the demonic spirit revealed a skeletal hand glowing with a blue light. He clawed at space and tore it like cloth. Qiuqiu mimicked the action, and a man walked out from the rend.

“Yun Moxiao!” Qiuqiu called out.

“Qiuqiu, what’s going on?” Yun Moxiao hurriedly asked.

“The battle’s already begun. Good timing!”

A large group of swordsmen followed Yun Moxiao out, Feng Yicheng, Pi Yang, and Feng Bo among them. When the silver dragon warriors saw these swordsmen, they immediately charged at them.

“Let’s settle our debts today!” Yun Ruoyan called out again.

“And mine. You still remember my mother, Xue Tong, don’t you, Elder?”

“Xue Tong’s your mother?” The silver dragon elder seemed a little flabbergasted.

“Indeed. My mother was Holy Maiden Xue Tong, who escaped from the Jiyuan continent to the Chenyuan continent many years ago. Her body’s still in the silver dragon temple. My father, the Beast King, died at your hands. Today will be the day I exact revenge.”

“Hahaha!” When he heard Yun Ruoyan and Li Mo’s words, the silver dragon elder laughed again. “No wonder your hair’s such a pure silver—so you have the holy maiden’s bloodline! Well, since you’re all here now, come at me.”

“Li Mo!” Yun Ruoyan turned to glance at Li Mo, somewhat worried about his arm.

“Don’t mind me!” Li Mo called back. He partially transformed his other arm into draconic form, and his sword returned to his hand.

“Together, we’ll kill that silver dragon bastard,” Yun Ruoyan promised, then leapt onto Qiuqiu’s body. Li Mo stood atop Whitey’s head.

Yun Ruoyan and Li Mo infused the entirety of their spiritual energy into their swords and dashed toward the silver dragon elder. Just then, the elder closed his eyes, chanting under his breath. His hands were infused with spiritual energy, forming glowing symbol after glowing symbol. Beneath him appeared a formation of surprising breadth, causing his body to shine with a silver light. The silver dragon elder’s two legs turned into a dragon’s tail, his arms into a dragon’s claws, and his body quickly grew in length and breadth. Silver scales covered his skin.

“A draconic formation!” the demonic spirit yelled out in shock.

The unbelievable sight caused the heated battle to pause for a moment as everyone looked toward the formation glowing in brilliant silver, at the silver dragon elder’s transformation.

“What’s this draconic formation?” Yun Moxiao asked.

“Although the members of the silver dragon clan are descendants of the silver dragons, they can’t take on a draconic form—unless they ascend to the realm of a ninth-rank sword saint, but that’s an almost impossible feat. Apparently, there’s also a taboo formation that can create the same effect, the draconic formation,” the demonic spirit explained. “However, this formation has long been sealed because of its danger. That bastard’s probably making use of the holy water’s regenerative power to sustain the transformation.”

Exactly as the demonic spirit suspected, the silver dragon elder had been pouring holy water down his throat to mitigate the deleterious effects of the transformation.

“We have to stop him!” Yun Ruoyan shouted at Li Mo, then began flying toward the silver dragon elder.

“Ruoyan, it’s too dangerous! Let me go!” Li Mo shouted, then charged toward the elder with Whitey. However, the spiritual energy being exuded from the formation wasn’t something that Whitey could handle, and he was quickly pushed away from the elder.

“Qiuqiu, follow me!” Yun Ruoyan shouted, then threw her silver bracelet into the air. It enlarged in size, and Qiuqiu leapt on top of it.

“Sit tight, Mistress!” Qiuqiu shouted, then brought Yun Ruoyan toward the center of the formation.

The silver dragon elder’s transformation had already reached its final stages. His body had taken on a draconic form, and only his head remained yet untransformed. Just then, Yun Ruoyan suddenly appeared in front of him.

“Silver dragon bastard, die!” Yun Ruoyan infused her entire supply of spiritual energy into her Scarlet Eye as she thrust toward his head. The Scarlet Eye transformed into a scarlet beam, one that shot straight at the silver dragon elder...