Fei Xiao stared directly at the ripple before her, her mind going blank as a scent of death washed over her.
But she immediately forced herself to calm down, gritting her teeth. Her slender arms exerted sudden force, using the hilt of her blade to vault upward. She then forcibly adjusted her body in mid-air, a powerful storm erupting from within her. The cyan light, reminiscent of the glow from the purest jade, ultimately converged in her right hand.
She then clenched her right fist and swung it rapidly at her opponent's chin.
Bang!
This heavy, powerful punch struck the opponent directly, causing its consciousness to daze for an instant and successfully diverting its attack toward the sky.
This earth-shattering blow flew into the air, transforming into a giant purple dragon that shot straight into the clouds. Under the drive of that inexplicable power, the layers of mist that had originally permeated the sky gradually parted, revealing the deep, azure firmament behind them.
Fei Xiao did not relax; her previous attack had been a purely instinctive action. She then quickly and deftly caught the falling gunblade in mid-air.
Rapidly adjusting her posture, a violent storm surged from her body, with green cyclones swirling around her. The wind elemental energy within her began to concentrate on the gunblade in her hand, intending to strike while the iron was hot and take it down in one go.
However, at this moment, the electric current wrapped around her body again. Fei Xiao's movements paused for a split second, but she quickly stabilized herself, enduring the discomfort to continue swinging her blade down.
Hydreigon recovered during Fei Xiao's brief moment of distraction. Unable to mobilize its internal energy in time, it used a headbutt to meet the blade strike she had been charging.
Bang!!!
There was no suspense in this collision. Hydreigon, having no ability to resist, was sent flying backward. The wind blades emitted by her weapon slammed it hard against the ground, and it was forced several yards across the earth before finally coming to a halt.
Its massive body crashed down like a meteorite striking the earth, triggering a violent shockwave. The originally solid ground could not withstand this power, causing a massive tremor that toppled the surrounding trees. In the center of the long trench, a sharp fissure even extended outward, showing that Fei Xiao had held nothing back with this strike.
The two people on the ground nearly fell over due to the earthquake, but their expressions were as shocked as if they had seen a ghost; their jaws were practically dropping to the floor.
Even after the shaking stopped, the two still couldn't snap out of it, staring at the figure that had flown out and the wreckage on the ground.
As Fei Xiao landed again, the two shifted from sorrow to joy, the girl's eyes shining as she stared intently at the beautiful and cool figure in the distance.
"Little Meng, where did you find such a cool older sister? She's just too amazing, right?" the girl asked, staring unblinkingly at the woman standing there.
"This... I just accidentally bumped into her on the way to find you. How could I have expected..." Meng Xi herself hadn't expected the person she bumped into by chance to be so powerful.
"Huh? You can hit the jackpot just by bumping into someone on the street? Why is your luck always so good? How come I never encounter that!" the girl was instantly displeased.
Her cute little face was filled with grievance. She had only come out once and encountered such a terrifying magical beast, while her best friend had met such an incredibly badass woman—a beauty who was not only inhumanly strong but also gorgeous.
Both of them seemed to relax quite a bit now; after all, Fei Xiao's strength was plain to see, and those fluid movements in the air just now were even more astonishing than in the movies.
If it weren't for the slight pain in their bodies, they would have suspected they were dreaming.
On the other side, Fei Xiao, who had just landed, still wore a fearful expression, but she could finally catch her breath.
It had been too terrifying for Fei Xiao earlier; she had truly thought she was done for just a moment ago.
The seemingly fluid movements were actually Fei Xiao's rapid, intuitive counterattacks in an instant. If her reaction had been a split second slower, she would be the one lying on the ground now.
She had been too careless in her first all-out battle. In the past, she had been too relaxed because of her own strength, which was why she was in such a sorry state this time when encountering an opponent stronger than herself.
Of course, this was just Fei Xiao's own opinion; if someone who knew her saw this, they would swear at her.
Even if she was careless in her first battle, she was able to maintain calmness in an instant, simultaneously relying on instinctive reactions to resolve the crisis, and finally executing such fluid movements without any flaws—it didn't look pathetic at all, okay?
At this moment, even Fei Xiao didn't notice how exaggerated the improvement in her combat awareness was, especially that split-second counterattack in the air, which was like that of a battle-hardened general.
"Phew... but is it over now?"
Fei Xiao would not be careless again; she remained vigilant, looking toward the distant spot where Hydreigon had fallen.
Sure enough...
"Roar!!!"
Hydreigon's middle head was severely injured, and there was a terrifying slash on its chest from which bright red blood was even flowing, yet the creature seemed completely unaware of it.
Its body flew rapidly into the air, and its three heads began attacking everything in sight indiscriminately; at this moment, it seemed to have completely lost its sanity.
The powerful light wave, like the roar of a giant dragon, swept through every corner of the surroundings like a raging tsunami. Wherever it passed, in the face of this terrifying light wave, everything was like fragile building blocks, turning into dust and being completely destroyed.
Watching everything unfold before her, the situation Fei Xiao worried about most had happened.
Fei Xiao summoned the wind element, gripping her dual blades tightly. The blades were wrapped in fluorescent light, emitting a sharp, explosive sound as she launched several more wind blades, though this time her movements were slightly sluggish.
But the wind blades still shot out toward Hydreigon. However, the creature acted as if it didn't see them, seemingly not dodging, and allowed the attacks to strike its body.
The wind blades successfully left various wounds on Hydreigon, yet it continued to attack regardless, as if it couldn't feel pain.
Fei Xiao was not surprised; the opponent was now completely berserk, and only by beating it until it lost the ability to fight could she make it stop.
Fei Xiao set her stance, preparing to launch an attack.
"Ah!"
Hearing the cry, Fei Xiao paused her steps and looked back.
Only then did Fei Xiao notice that Hydreigon's attack was too widespread, and the two spectators had also been caught in it.
Even though the two kept moving away, the enemy's attack was faster, and they simply couldn't escape.
The two were still struggling to flee and dodge the attacks when Meng Xi, who was holding Fletchinder, suddenly fell to the ground. The girl turned around, just wanting to help her up.
But when she turned back, she saw a flame flying toward her best friend.
She hurriedly ran over and warned, "Little Meng, watch out behind you."
Meng Xi also saw the flame coming straight at her, but the severe pain in her foot made it too late to dodge.
So, she decisively threw the Fletchinder in her arms toward her friend.
The girl was stunned and instinctively caught Little Fire, and Little Fire seemed to wake up due to the violent shaking.
But as soon as it opened its eyes, it saw itself being thrown by the woman it had been protecting, and its consciousness immediately cleared.
Fletchinder instinctively wanted to fly up, but the severe pain in its body made it unable to move, and the firelight behind Meng Xi was already extremely close.
"Fletchinder!!!"
"Meng Xi!!!"
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