At the same moment.
Yue Huaiyuan also moved.
Although this County General was inwardly horrified, his skill was not in the least bit sloppy.
Almost the instant Jiang Yuechu moved, the black-gold long spear in his hand was already like an enraged Dragon emerging from the sea.
His figure followed closely behind the young girl, the spear tip spinning.
Both were seasoned veterans at slaying Demons.
Although it was their first time cooperating, their tacit understanding was as if they had practiced thousands of times.
One led the attack, the other provided cover.
Without any unnecessary words, their first move was a killing blow!
"Roar—!!!"
The Black Flood Dragon was enraged and alarmed.
At a critical moment, it suddenly flung its head.
The dark blue long blade it held in its mouth cut an arc through the water.
Cold Evil Qi erupted!
The surrounding Drinking Horse River water instantly froze into a thick ice wall, blocking its front.
However.
Crack!
A crisp sound.
The ice wall instantly shattered into a sky full of ice shards before this blade.
The momentum of the blade remained undiminished, heading straight for the Dragon's head!
The Black Flood Dragon was greatly alarmed and could only hastily raise the treasured blade in its mouth to block.
Clang—!!!
Another deafening clang of metal.
The Black Flood Dragon felt a tremendous force transmit through its jaws, making its head dizzy.
Before it could recover.
A cold gleam, like a poisonous snake flicking its tongue, emerged from the myriad ice shards and mud.
Yue Huaiyuan had arrived!
He did not try to forcefully strike the hard Dragon horns and treasured blade, but instead, following the opening Jiang Yuechu had created, he thrust straight at the Black Flood Dragon's softest lower jaw!
Pfft—!
The spear tip pierced flesh, and blood spurted wildly.
"Ow—!!!"
The thick Dragon tail swept out fiercely, carrying immense water pressure.
Yue Huaiyuan frowned slightly, just about to retract his spear to defend.
But then he saw a silver-white figure, like a slippery fish, brush past the sweeping Dragon tail with extreme danger.
Immediately after.
Her left hand formed a claw and shot out fiercely.
Black and red scales covered her five fingers.
Sharp bone blades several inches long extended from her fingertips.
Puff!
She fiercely dug into the gaps between the Dragon tail's scales.
"Rise!"
With a low shout in her heart.
Jiang Yuechu actually used the force of this grab to forcefully stop the sweeping momentum of the enormous Dragon tail.
Immediately after.
She exerted force from her waist and abdomen, and slammed downwards fiercely!
Rumble—!!!
The Black Flood Dragon's enormous body, ten zhang long, was actually swung up by this seemingly tiny Human Race girl and smashed heavily onto the riverbed.
Yue Huaiyuan's eyelids twitched.
Good heavens!
Is this really the Dianmo Realm?
Are you perhaps in the Zhonglian Realm, pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger?
But he didn't daze off.
Taking advantage of the Black Flood Dragon being dazed and disoriented.
Yue Huaiyuan stomped his feet repeatedly in the water, leaping high into the air.
He raised his great spear above his head, pouring all his True Qi into the spear body without reservation.
"Die!!!"
However.
The spear tip stopped a few inches from the Black Flood Dragon's skull, unable to advance even half an inch further.
Yue Huaiyuan's pupils suddenly constricted.
His gaze followed the spear shaft.
He saw a slender, fair hand gripping the black-gold spear shaft tightly.
The seemingly delicate hand, at this moment, seemed to contain the terrifying immense strength to move mountains and level ridges.
Even between her knuckles, black and red Evil Qi could vaguely be seen flowing.
Yue Huaiyuan's heart pounded wildly.
Compared to the terrifying monstrous strength this girl was displaying, what shocked him more was—why stop him?!
Killing other Demons might be a great meritorious deed.
But this Black Flood Dragon was different.
It was a native of the Drinking Horse River.
Killing it would mean completely tearing face with that colossal entity across the sea.
The imperial court, for the sake of the bigger picture, would certainly be enraged. The Drinking Horse River, for the sake of its reputation, would certainly retaliate.
This was a hot potato; whoever touched it would be unlucky.
Yue Huaiyuan smiled bitterly in his heart.
He had also harbored this thought, which was why he rushed to deliver this killing blow.
The girl before him was only seventeen, with boundless prospects, while he was merely a crude martial artist over fifty, confined to a corner.
Rather than let this girl bear this blame and ruin her bright future, it was better for his old bones to carry it.
Whether it was the imperial court's accountability or the Drinking Horse River's wrath.
Why invite such Karma?
Yue Huaiyuan's lips moved, wanting to speak, but he forgot he was still underwater and could only frantically signal with his eyes.
However.
Facing the old general's almost pleading gaze.
Jiang Yuechu merely shook her head gently.
The next instant.
Her five fingers released the spear shaft, and her palm gently pushed.
A soft force transmitted, pushing Yue Huaiyuan, person and spear, several zhang away.
Immediately after.
The young girl's wrist flipped.
The dark long blade cut a semicircle in the water.
Swish—!!!
The water flow was neatly cut by the blade.
The long blade, like a black lightning bolt, fiercely plunged into the Black Flood Dragon's head.
Pfft!
[Killed a Dianmo Realm creature, gained three thousand two hundred ninety-seven years of Dao Cultivation.]
[Dao Cultivation: Five thousand one hundred forty-seven years.]
[Detected an unrecorded Demon. Do you wish to expend Dao Cultivation to record it?]
The long-unseen prompt finally appeared.
Jiang Yuechu raised an eyebrow, a little surprised.
She vaguely remembered that the last time she recorded a Demon was... the last time.
Unexpectedly, after many days, she finally encountered a recordable Demon.
Although recording a Demon basically meant that all the Dao Cultivation gained from that Demon would be invested into it.
But there were plenty of opportunities to earn Dao Cultivation.
Opportunities to record Demons... didn't come every day.
Thinking of this, she no longer hesitated.
"Record."
On the panel, the number that had just surged to just over five thousand instantly plummeted like a bursting Drinking Horse River.
In the blink of an eye, only over one thousand three hundred years remained.
The scroll slowly unfurled.
Ink surged, outlining majestic Dragon horns and flying scales and claws.
A completely black Flood Dragon, arrogant in demeanor, coiled amidst the waves, domineering.
[Successfully copied the Black Flood Dragon, Jiao Chun, and received a Demon's gift.]
[Gained Divine Ability, Water Control · Fish Belly Concealment: The Black Flood Dragon lineage is uniquely talented, possessing a Sumeru mustard seed within its belly, capable of swallowing Drinking Horse Rivers and containing all things.]
A strange warm current settled in her stomach.
Jiang Yuechu felt a warmth in her abdomen, followed by an extremely peculiar sensation rising in her heart.
It was as if a void space had appeared out of nowhere in that spot.
It wasn't large, roughly the size of a small lake.
But this feeling... Jiang Yuechu subconsciously reached out and pressed her flat, firm lower abdomen through her Silver Robe.
"..."
Good heavens.
In her previous life, reading novels, other protagonists had Storage Rings or Storage Pouches.
How did it become a Storage Stomach for her?
What was this considered?
However... Jiang Yuechu felt the strange space within her abdomen, and that bit of complaining was quickly replaced by pragmatism.
It was a bit weird.
But it was useful!