Chapter 474: Forgot Something

The woman, radiant in her white dress, possessed an ethereal elegance. Although her face was covered by a light veil, her exquisite beauty was still faintly discernible.

The refreshing yet delicate and pleasant fragrance emanating from her was highly distinctive. Who else could it be but Yun Riqing?

Yun Riqing's beautiful large eyes looked at Zu An, and her slender, jade-like hands gently caressed his wounds. "How did you get so badly injured? Does it hurt?" she asked.

Zu An smiled faintly. "It was quite painful, but now that you're here, it doesn't hurt anymore."

Yun Riqing's face flushed slightly. She scoffed playfully, "Still so smooth-tongued."

Zu An took her small hand; it was cool and extremely comfortable. "By the way, how did you get here?" he asked.

Yun Riqing was about to answer when an angry roar came from nearby. "You two are showing off your affection here, do you think I don't exist?!" it bellowed.

They turned their heads to look and saw Ao Quan's massive, panting dragon head glaring at them.

"How did you provoke the Dragon race?" Yun Riqing's brows furrowed slightly. Clearly, such a large creature posed a significant challenge for her.

"I didn't provoke it; this guy just came looking for trouble," Zu An said, dejected. He had just barely repelled a top assassin, only for an even more powerful one to show up. He felt incredibly unlucky lately, wondering if he should go to a temple to burn some incense.

"Another great beauty, just like that! You despicable brat are so annoying, why do you have such good fortune with women? Hmm, the more I think about it, the more I dislike you!" Ao Quan let out a long howl to the sky, then lunged and bit at the two of them.

Zu An was greatly startled and quickly warned Yun Riqing, "Watch out!"

To his surprise, Yun Riqing was even faster. With a gentle push, she moved him aside, then flew forward to meet the attack.

Although her figure was tiny compared to the enormous dragon's body, she showed no sign of being at a disadvantage.

She quickly formed hand seals with her slender hands, her movements exquisitely graceful. Then a massive purple rune appeared before her, firmly blocking the giant dragon's pounce.

With a bang, Ao Quan seemed to hit an invisible wall. His head uncontrollably wobbled, truly dazed from the impact.

"You're from the Demon Race!"

Clearly, he was knowledgeable and immediately recognized her origin.

Yun Riqing remained silent, clearly seeing no need to converse with him and not wishing to reveal any information about herself.

Ao Quan snorted coldly. "Whether you're human or demon, if you're involved with Zu An, you will die!"

Clearly, under the influence of the "Verbal Flourishes" skill, he already hated Zu An to the core.

He roared and swung his claw at Yun Riqing. The immense force instantly shattered the transparent runic shield before her.

Yun Riqing let out a soft cry and hastily retreated. While retreating, she simultaneously formed hand seals, and a dozen or so runes suddenly appeared behind her, encircling her like a halo.

The runes shimmered with crystalline light, which then shot out streams of purple light.

The light beams were like lasers, so powerful that even the hard dragon scales couldn't withstand them. Smoke constantly rose from where they struck his body, and a faint burnt smell permeated the air.

Ao Quan shrieked repeatedly, twisting his body desperately in the air to dodge the purple light beams.

Zu An looked at the dazzling woman in the air, who resembled a goddess of war. He couldn't help but swallow. Was this still the delicate woman who had pleaded repeatedly in his arms that night?

"You wretched woman, you've completely enraged me," Ao Quan roared. "Dragon Language Spirit Word*Prohi..."

Before he could finish, that nightmarish voice immediately echoed from nearby again: "What are you looking at?"

"So what if I am?!"

Ao Quan: "..."

He was on the verge of going mad. He swore that after killing Zu An this time, he would go back and research how to simplify Dragon Language Spirit Words, at the very least ensuring they could be cast with fewer than three words. He truly never wanted to experience today's agonizing ordeal again.

Yun Riqing looked at Zu An in surprise. She naturally knew how powerful Dragon Language Spirit Words were, but who knew they could be restrained by him in such a way.

She recalled that back at the Wu King's private estate, the dark elf could have successfully escaped, but precisely because of this phrase, he was distracted and lost his life there.

Now it seemed Zu An's phrase "What are you looking at?" was an even more miraculous existence than Dragon Language Spirit Words.

A memory surfaced in her mind of her straddling Zu An in his arms, and a blush appeared on her fair cheeks.

"Do you think I'm helpless without Spirit Words?" Ao Quan roared. He lifted his head skyward, opening his mouth wide, and as he lowered it, a massive stream of dragon's breath spewed out.

A single glance at the dark gray dragon's breath was enough to know it was filled with destructive power.

"Whoa, what did he eat to have such bad breath?" Zu An exclaimed. A foul smell, reminiscent of various acids from a chemistry class he once knew, could be detected from a distance. He looked at Yun Riqing worriedly, thinking that if even a drop landed on her, she would surely be corroded.

Yun Riqing did not dare to be careless. The runic formation behind her flared brightly, and several purple lights shot out, firmly blocking the dragon's breath. Purple and dark gray clashed in a stalemate in the middle; for a moment, neither side could gain an advantage.

"Watch out!" Zu An quickly warned. Unfortunately, it was already too late.

A massive dragon tail swung in from an angle. Yun Riqing couldn't dodge in time and, in haste, could only raise one hand to barely create a runic light shield.

But how could this hastily formed light shield withstand an attack that the opponent had been preparing for so long? With a crisp *bang*, she let out a low groan and was sent flying directly away.

The formations behind her naturally dispersed. Without the purple light beams to resist, Ao Quan's dark gray dragon's breath sprayed directly towards her. Clearly, he greatly feared this woman and wanted to seize this opportunity to turn her into ashes.

Yun Riqing's internal energy was in chaos at this moment; the heavy blow from the dragon's tail had almost completely disrupted her vital energy circulation. Of course, with her cultivation, she could recover in three breaths, but her opponent would not give her that chance.

Watching the increasingly close dragon's breath, a flicker of despair appeared in Yun Riqing's eyes.

Just then, she suddenly felt a pair of warm arms embrace her. When she regained her senses, she was already dozens of meters away, held in Zu An's arms.

"Ah Zu~" she murmured. Although they had shared the most intimate relationship, objectively speaking, they weren't very familiar with each other. Being held by him like this, she couldn't help but feel a little shy.

Zu An was panting heavily. Luckily, he reacted quickly enough; otherwise, he would have truly had to watch the beautiful woman perish for his sake.

"It's you again!" Seeing Zu An, Ao Quan's hair and beard bristled with rage, and he roared as he charged forward.

Zu An had just summoned the Great Wind twice in quick succession, exhausting the charges he had just managed to recover. Now he no longer had the ability to summon it a third time.

Given the disparity in their cultivation levels, if he couldn't teleport, running desperately would be meaningless.

Yun Riqing quickly jumped out of his arms, shielded him behind her, then looked at the pouncing dragon. Her beautiful eyes glowed intensely with purple light, and the world seemed entirely filled with purple.

"Eye of the Heavenly Demon!"

Ao Quan had lived for a long time and naturally recognized this powerful skill of the Demon Race.

His entire dragon body froze, clearly greatly affected by the Eye of the Heavenly Demon.

He hastily tried to use Spirit Words to dispel the Eye of the Heavenly Demon's control: "Dragon Language Spirit Word*Close..."

Zu An wouldn't give him the chance. "What are you looking at?"

"So what if I am?!"

Ao Quan was too exhausted to even curse now. He was sick of saying that phrase; it was a truly nightmarish memory, and he never wanted to experience it again.

"Even without Spirit Words, your Eye of the Heavenly Demon can control me for at most half an incense stick's time. Once I break free, it will be the death of you two." Ao Quan felt extremely resentful. Normally, this Eye of the Heavenly Demon wouldn't be able to trap him; a single Spirit Word would have dealt with it. It was all that scoundrel Zu An's fault.

Yun Riqing did not speak, but desperately maintained control. Normally, controlling dozens or even a hundred people was no issue for her, but this hundred-zhang long giant dragon was a bit too much.

Seeing her delicate body tremble and fine sweat on her forehead, Zu An looked at Ao Quan and asked, "Are you forgetting something?"