Chapter 178: Double Dragons Perish

He clearly remembered the scene where Jasmine almost dissipated after killing the Flame Dragon. However, these two flood dragons were definitely not comparable to the Flame Dragon. Furthermore, after the purification from the Heaven Poison Pearl during this period, Jasmine's condition was much better than before. Killing these two flood dragons might nullify the purification efforts of this time, but at least there would be no risk of her soul dissipating.

If she didn't act, the Little Fairy's life would be in peril. After the Ice Cloud Domain disappeared, she was clearly at a disadvantage.

Just as Yun Che was about to continue persuading Jasmine, the male flood dragon's voice suddenly resounded from the distant sky: "Human, your power is weakening. It seems your previous display was already your limit. Half-step King Profound, nothing more than that."

The female flood dragon's voice also arrogantly rang out: "How can a mere human contend with our Dragon Race? Those who dare to covet the treasures left by the Dragon God will only meet destruction! Die!"

Although the Little Fairy's profound strength level was half a minor realm higher than these two flood dragons, in terms of endurance, how could she compare to them? After three continuous hours of full-speed flight and now such a long period of intense battle, her power had begun to show obvious signs of exhaustion. In contrast, though the male flood dragon had hundreds of silver scales cracked and dragon blood seeping from beneath some of them, its momentum remained undiminished. These injuries combined were mere trifles to it. The female flood dragon was even more formidable; the power contained within their massive bodies seemed boundless.

Under the flood dragons' furious assault, the Little Fairy's counterattacks grew weaker and weaker until she could only defend with all her might, no longer having the strength to retaliate. Her delicate body, amidst the storm created by the two dragons, was like a swaying duckweed, liable to be crushed at any moment...

In such a predicament, increasing fury finally gathered in the Little Fairy's beautiful eyes.

"I have no grudge against you, yet you attack me without reason and push me to this desperate situation..."

The Little Fairy's voice was slow and calm, but beneath that calm lay deep anger: "Since I am destined to perish here today, then you... must also pay a heavy price!!" From her voice, Yun Che heard deep resentment and bone-chilling coldness... and even a hint of grim determination. As her last note faded, a brilliant blue light suddenly shot up from the Little Fairy's body, piercing the sky... Simultaneously, the temperature of the surrounding space plummeted at an incredibly terrifying rate, dropping below zero almost instantly and then continuing to fall sharply. All objects below began to be covered with increasingly thick layers of ice.

Even ten miles away, Yun Che felt a biting cold rushing towards him, making him shiver. He gazed at the blue light shooting into the sky and murmured, "What... is that?"

Jasmine remained silent.

"Human, are you making your last stand? Too bad, your current power cannot possibly destroy our flood dragon bodies! Only complete annihilation awaits you!"

Under the blue light, the Little Fairy's face was calm. She slowly raised the ice sword in her hand, but instead of pointing it at the already injured male flood dragon, she aimed it at the speaking female flood dragon. Her snowy lips moved slightly, each word like ice: "Before I fall... let you... fall first!!"

"Ice Cloud Forbidden Art — Zero Bloom!!"

*Clink...*

The Little Fairy flashed in the air, shooting towards the female flood dragon like a blue lightning bolt. Her speed at that instant was more than twice her usual limit. The ice sword, enveloped in blue light, stabbed directly into the female flood dragon, then... pierced through its scales with a grating tear, sinking deep into its body.

If this sword had fully pierced a human body, it would indeed have been lethal. But a five-foot-long ice sword was simply too tiny before the flood dragon's enormous body; to the dragon, this single strike was as minuscule as a needle piercing a person. This sight did not alarm the male flood dragon. Instead, it let out a mocking sound: "What powerful momentum, it actually immobilized me for a moment. But do you think this can gravely wound our flood dragon bodies? This amount of damage is utterly insignificant to us..."

Before the male flood dragon's voice faded, it suddenly heard a piercing shriek from the female flood dragon's mouth. Its dragon body struggled violently... yet only its head and tail moved. The part where the Little Fairy's ice sword had pierced seemed completely rigid, unmoving.

*Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack...*

A series of deafening sounds of ice crystals forming echoed. Centered on the Little Fairy's ice sword, thick ice crystals solidified on the female flood dragon's body at an almost frantic pace, spreading from the middle of its body towards its head and tail. The female flood dragon's shrieks grew increasingly piercing and painful, becoming hoarse and desperate, but its struggles weakened as more and more of its body became completely covered in ice crystals... Eventually, its struggles and cries ceased entirely, as even its head and tail had transformed into ice.

The entire process lasted merely five breaths... In just five breaths, the dozens-of-feet-long flood dragon had become a complete ice sculpture. It happened so fast that the male flood dragon couldn't even react.

After lingering in the air for another moment, the gigantic dragon-shaped ice sculpture, still impaled by the Little Fairy's ice sword, fell heavily, crashing onto the cold, flattened earth. This heavy impact caused countless fine cracks to spread across the ice sculpture.

The blue light on the Little Fairy's body vanished, and even her power aura almost completely dissipated. Her face became as pale as snow, and she closed her eyes with immense calm.

"You... what have you done!!"

The male flood dragon's voice became incredibly furious and wild, its power aura growing exceptionally chaotic. The ice on the female flood dragon was not merely a simple freezing; not only its exterior, but its body, blood, organs, life, power, and soul... all were completely frozen! It could no longer sense any trace of its mate's life force... Dead! Under this terrifying and absolute freezing, the female flood dragon was utterly dead. Not a single cell throughout its entire body retained any vitality.

"ROOOOAARRRRRRRRRR!!!"

The male flood dragon's furious roar echoed through the heavens and earth, resounding across most of the Death's Wilderness and startling countless profound beasts. Instantly, all beasts in the central part of the Death's Wilderness were alarmed, running wildly in every direction, causing widespread chaos.

"You actually killed my wife, you actually killed my wife!!!"

A fierce wind swirled, and even the clouds in the sky were dispersed by its furious roar. The Little Fairy slowly raised her head, a cold smile appearing on her pale face: "I was merely passing by, yet you forced me to a dead end... you brought this upon yourselves, you deserve your demise!"

"ROAR!! Despicable human, I will make you die! I will make you die from the torment of virulent poison devouring your body!!"

Ten miles away, Yun Che stood dumbfounded, exclaiming, "That female flood dragon, it's dead?"

"Yes, it's dead," Jasmine said calmly. "As for that woman, she's about to die too."

"What did you say?" Yun Che's heart pounded.

"Hmph! Her final power surge was clearly a forbidden art. Moreover, this forbidden art was activated at the cost of destroying her profound veins. Now her profound veins are completely ruined, her meridians severed, rendering her crippled! She will certainly die! Knowing that escape was hopeless under the assault of these two flood dragons, this was her most practical choice... at least she took one down with her."

"Wh-what!?"

Yun Che's body shot up, profound energy fully unleashed, and he charged wildly towards the Little Fairy.

"What are you doing? Are you insane!!" His actions startled Jasmine.

"I'm not insane!" Yun Che gnashed his teeth, roaring almost like a beast: "I can't let her die! She encountered this disaster because she was protecting me! I absolutely... absolutely cannot let her die! Jasmine, quickly kill that male flood dragon... I'm begging you, kill that male flood dragon! If the Little Fairy truly dies at the male flood dragon's hands like this, I will never have peace in this life!! Jasmine!!"

Jasmine remained silent.

"If you don't act now, even if the Little Fairy dies, I won't stop; I'd rather die by the flood dragon's claws with her... I promise to do everything I've agreed to! Please, help me this one time!" As he spoke, Yun Che's speed increased rapidly... completely surpassing his instinctively achievable speed limit.

The Little Fairy, having lost her power, began to fall from the sky. She closed her eyes, her expression incredibly calm, for she knew her impending end... With her profound veins shattered and meridians severed, now a cripple, she would no longer be willing to live.

Only a single, crystal tear silently slipped from the corner of her eye.

"Die... Die!!!"

The male flood dragon opened its mouth wide, and a venomous storm swirled towards the falling Little Fairy.

"Jasmine!!" The male flood dragon's action made Yun Che gasp in alarm.

How terrifying was the flood dragon's storm? At this moment, the Little Fairy had no profound energy defense whatsoever. If she were touched by this storm, she would be torn to shreds instantly. Just as this terrible storm was less than three *zhang* away from the Little Fairy, a petite, crimson figure suddenly appeared in front of it. With a casual flick of a small hand... a muffled sound was heard, and the storm was instantly repelled, swirling back towards the male flood dragon at an even faster speed.

The male flood dragon's body writhed amidst the suddenly repelled storm. Looking at the tiny red figure that had abruptly appeared before it, fear flashed in its dragon eyes: "You... who are you!"

A casual flick of a palm, without even a ripple of power, had sent its poisonous storm back. This alone was enough to prove that the petite human girl before it was at least three major realms stronger than itself! But what truly terrified it was an invisible pressure emanating from her. It had never in its life endured such terrifying pressure; before this aura, it felt as minuscule as a grain of sand before a vast ocean.

Jasmine didn't answer it. Her crystal-like eyes filled with killing intent and rage. She extended a slender, fair finger towards the flood dragon. At the tip of her finger, a faint red light shone: "Such a bother... A mere low-level flood dragon, yet you forced this princess to waste an entire year's effort. If not for the poison in my body, I would certainly tear you into a million pieces... Die!!"

As her voice fell, Jasmine's extended finger lightly drew a line in the air...

*Rip...*

In that same instant, a thin, elongated crimson light suddenly appeared across the flood dragon's entire body. Following this thread-like red light, the flood dragon's body split perfectly in two, then fell neatly to the ground, its dragon eyes wide open and lifeless... There was no sound, no fierce battle, not even a death cry. The male flood dragon simply perished.