After the main character who took the blame retired, the female lead quit.

Since that's the case, then we should take the initiative and attack. If we continue to run away, there's a high probability that we'll break both our legs.

After all, Xiao Yu noticed that Long Wanyan's attacks had gradually shifted from the girl in his arms to his legs, as if she intended to break his legs first, so that he wouldn't be able to run around with Li Yunshang in his arms and miss his target.

As he pondered, the bronze spear thrust forward. Xiao Yu pressed the girl's head close to his chest, advancing instead of retreating, and thrusting the spear forward.

He gritted his teeth, pressed close to her face, completely unguarded, and stepped into Long Wanyan's attack range.

Seeing the man approaching, Long Wanyan's heart stirred, and her hand hesitated for a moment. She changed her original dragon flame into a dragon claw.

As he hesitated, a layer of crystalline blue light emanated from Xiao Yu's body.

Ice explosion!

In an instant, the power of the explosion, like a missile bursting, erupted around Long Wanyan, its biting cold overwhelming her hot body surface.

A layer of crystalline ice flowers bloomed and spread on her surface, and soon covered her entire body, even freezing the bronze-colored spear into a solid block.

Amidst the exploding ice flowers, Xiao Yu was struck by the dragon's claw and stumbled out.

Boom!

Li Yunshang was thrown out and rolled far away from Xiao Yu.

The scorched, soft soil, mixed with the icy air, froze solid. On the pale, hardened soil, a humanoid ice sculpture holding a large spear remained frozen, motionless for the time being.

Call ~

Success...

Xiao Yu lay half-dead on the ground. Seeing this, he breathed a sigh of relief. Strands of moonlight fell from the twin moons in the sky, landing on him and rapidly restoring his health, replenishing his injuries and depleted spiritual energy.

It was a risky move. He squeezed out all his spiritual power in one go, creating an ice explosion in the form of a self-destruction. He didn't intend to seriously injure Long Wanyan, but freezing her for a while and calming her restless heart would be good enough.

Compared to constantly circling around and dodging Long Wanyan, this method is much better, but it also has its drawbacks.

For example, a blond-haired boy who is still trapped in an ice cell.

With a sense of place, Xiao Yu turned his head and looked at the ice prison he had created.

The cube of ice, suspended in mid-air, was suddenly enveloped by a thick layer of dark clouds. The clouds were pitch black, crackling with lightning, and gloomy, as if about to crush the city.

Just then, the ice prison suddenly began to shake violently, and after several tremors, a thunderous roar followed.

A thunderous roar erupted, and a bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket was drawn down from the dark clouds, striking the ice block directly and shattering the sealed ice prison into pieces.

It revealed the disheveled, tattered, and ferocious-looking blond-haired boy inside.

"Aaaaaaah! I'm out! That damn bastard, how could he make me look so pathetic..."

He screamed, clearly having been surrounded and attacked by a group of Xiao Yu men and his comrades inside the ice prison, leaving him with considerable psychological trauma.

Without spiritual power, Xiao Yu's mind was scattered, and his control over his innate talent of maintaining the Ice Prison weakened. It was expected that Lei Huang would break out of the ice... Damn it.

Looking at the lightning-wrapped horn in his hand, which seemed to have fallen from some kind of creature, he saw Lei Huang.

Is this the treasure he mentioned that he obtained in the secret realm?

Xiao Yu chuckled dryly; things were getting a bit complicated.

Chapter Thirty-One, The Thunder-Summoning Dragon

The sky was filled with lightning, and countless sparks of lightning danced on the single horn in Lei Huang's palm.

This horn is spiral-shaped, with wave-like engravings on its surface. The spirals go round and round, like a natural lightning rod, attracting lightning from the sky and condensing it into a vortex of lightning resembling an upside-down bucket at its tip.

"Excellent tactic! You forced me to use this item. In this duel, I'm betting my senior brother's reputation. Even if it means losing my dragon horns, I won't give up. I definitely won't lose..."

Lei Huang resembled Li Tianwang, the pagoda-bearer shrouded in lightning, holding the so-called thunder-summoning dragon's single horn in his hand.

The lightning around him was active, and the lightning bolts floating in the air were full of energy. Xiao Yu even felt a slight numb pain on his skin.

call out!

The transparent flying sword Yue Li was recalled and hovered beside Xiao Yu as if facing a formidable enemy. Its sharp tip, crackling with electricity, pointed tremblingly at Lei Huang.

As the ice prison broke, Xiao Yu's natal flying sword was also released and became free, though the blade was slightly numb and moved somewhat unsteadily.

The single horn of the Thunder-Attracting Dragon.

Xiao Yu's gaze fell on the object in Lei Huang's hand, and he had a general idea of ​​what was going on. No wonder Lei Huang's power had increased so much and he had broken through his ice prison. For Lei Huang, having this thing was like adding wings to a tiger.

The Thunder-Attracting Dragon, a species of dragon that went extinct in ancient times, has a true strength that increases with the magnitude of the tribulation it undergoes. It lives in the layers of thunderclouds in the sky, drinks sweet dew, eats gold and absorbs lightning to survive. The single horn on its head can attract thunder and summon wind and rain. Whenever that bright white dragon body appears, it often heralds the arrival of a rainstorm.

Some say that the Thunder-Attracting Dragon is a special product born under the Heavenly Tribulation. Whenever someone breaks through and crosses the tribulation, there is a high probability that this beast sleeping in the thunderclouds will be disturbed, causing it to rampage and turn what was originally a sure thing into a dangerous situation.

The single horn on the head of the Thunder-Attracting Flood Dragon is rich in both golden and thunderous Dao traces. It is the concentrated essence of the entire dragon and a top-grade material for forging weapons.

Weapons made from this material can cut hair in two and are naturally crackled with lightning. They do not require spiritual power to activate and can paralyze opponents when attacked, as if they have suffered lightning tribulation injuries.

Unfortunately, in the past thousand years, since the True Dragon perished, the chessboard of heaven and earth has been set in stone. The Thunder-Attracting Dragon, which coexists with the lightning tribulation, has never appeared in the lightning tribulation of cultivators again, and has naturally become extinct.

Lei Huang was blessed with good fortune. The place where he landed right after entering the secret realm was the remains of a lightning-summoning dragon. Its bones stood in rows, and its broken body stretched for thousands of miles. It had been burned black by flames. Only the single horn on its head glowed, as if the passage of time had not left any trace on it.

Of course, this was just the surface. Lei Huang easily broke off the thing from the raging lightning. It seemed that it had been there for too long and had already become osteoporotic, with much of its spiritual energy lost.

Therefore, Lei Huang did not intend to use it against the enemy at the beginning of the game. He only used it because he had no other choice and was forced to.

With the boost from the unicorn, Lei Huang's strength visibly increased dramatically, and under the witness of the Heavenly Thunder, he broke through in an instant.

The golden core was formed, with layers of lightning patterns emerging. The glow it emitted clearly indicated that it was a superior golden core, with a much brighter future than the inferior, useless core that Li Yunshang had hastily formed.

"Hahaha...Good! Excellent!"

Amidst the lightning, Lei Huang let out a long roar, a yellow phantom with a long tail flashing faintly across his body. His emerald eyes gleamed with thunder as he laughed loudly:

"With my Golden Core complete and the Thunder-Attracting Flood Dragon Horn assisting me, I am invincible within this secret realm. All of this is thanks to you!"

He concealed himself, the lightning in the sky receded, and his floating body landed in front of Xiao Yu, looking down at the disheveled Xiao Yu:

"Well, fellow Daoist of the Moon Shadow Sect, although I didn't know what happened, given your current situation, I don't need to say more. You know the outcome. I've gained the upper hand in this bet; I've won."

"Since you helped me break through my cultivation level, hand over the land deed and the sword-nurturing gourd, and I can guarantee your safe exit from the Phoenix Hill Secret Realm. Give them to me!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand towards Xiao Yu with great pride, demanding the sword-nurturing gourd that Xiao Yu had promised him earlier.

It gave the impression that he was somewhat overwhelmed by the joy of breaking through his limits.

Under his greedy, green gaze, Xiao Yu's hand slowly moved to his waist. Suddenly, a sharp, scolding voice rang out:

"You're dreaming, you brat! Your grandma isn't dead yet!"

A cloud of poisonous mist swept in, the pale purple gas spraying onto Lei Huang.

"You witch!"

The poison gas was extremely potent, and within a few breaths it covered the entire area where Xiao Yu and Lei Huang were located. Lei Huang dared not be careless and retreated a little later.

Taking advantage of this lull, a naked girl with purple hair and pink eyes condensed in the drifting poisonous fog.

Her complexion was rosy, and her previous paleness had subsided. It seemed that she had taken some medicine while Xiao Yu and the others were fighting, and her injuries were recovering quite well.

Zi Yun came to Xiao Yu, and without saying a word, she helped him up and ran out of the poisonous fog. "As long as we're alive, we can always fight again. Let's go! Damn it, this is the first time I've ever been so disheveled in battle. What the hell was that Taoist nun? She was terrifying!"

She murmured to herself as she slipped a pill into Xiao Yu's mouth. This would not only heal his injuries but also make him immune to the poison she brought, preventing him from being affected.

As for the battle, she had already given up on it. Putting aside the fact that she had broken through to the Golden Core Realm and greatly increased her strength, she wondered if she could defeat Lei Huang, who was specifically designed to counter her poison.

Don't forget, we still don't know the situation of the Taoist-robed woman who pushed Ye Ba to the brink.

Judging from her previous display of strength, she is probably only temporarily trapped. Once she breaks free from the ice, the entire team will likely be finished.

"You saved me once before, now it's my turn to help you."

Zi Yun carried Xiao Yu, whose internal organs were dislocated and who had been partially paralyzed by a dragon claw attack, and fled frantically.

If it weren't for the fact that her avatar, the poisonous mist, couldn't carry people, she would have already ridden away at full speed.

"Wait! There's one more..."

Seeing Ziyun carrying him away without hesitation, Xiao Yu raised his arm, thinking of Li Yunshang, and hurriedly reminded her.

"Don't worry, Da Hua will go to save that girl," Zi Yun said, having anticipated this.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu felt slightly relieved, but only slightly.

After all, given the current situation, there's no guarantee they can escape.

As if to confirm Xiao Yu's thoughts, a flash of light pierced through the thick poisonous fog and struck Zi Yun directly.

With a muffled thud, Xiao Yu also experienced the tingling sensation of stepping on a leaky electrical wire.

The two of them instantly collapsed to the ground, numb.

"Witch, do you think the same trick will work a second time?! My patience has its limits. Don't go back on your word. I've already signed a Great Dao Oath with him. There's no use in running away."

Through the hazy poisonous fog, Lei Huang slowly walked over, braving the toxic fumes.

"How is this possible! He couldn't even break through my poisonous fog last time."

Zi Yun looked up, her pupils contracted upon seeing this, and she said in disbelief.

Lei Huang's lightning can disperse her poisonous gas, but that doesn't mean his body is immune to the toxin.

"Horn, don't forget he's still holding the Thunder-Attracting Dragon's horn." At this crucial moment, Xiao Yu reminded him in a deep voice.

Zi Yun looked closely and, sure enough, Lei Huang, who was walking towards her, was draped in a golden lightning feather robe woven from light golden lightning.

The dense poisonous fog, upon encountering the lightning armor, was like a spider web meeting a burning flame; it was all blocked with a crackling sound.

"So what if you have horns? I'll just steal that old woman's Purple Heaven Golden Centipede someday, and I'll bite you to pieces, no matter what kind of horns you have."

Seeing that her poison mist was useless, Zi Yun cursed and shot out several pale purple threads from her fingertips to entangle Lei Huang.

However, the effect remained the same: the silk thread was instantly electrocuted to ashes upon contact with lightning.

At the critical moment, a flash of snow appeared.

Deng!

With a crisp sound, Xiao Yu's flying sword was intercepted by Lei Huang's natal flying sword.

Xiao Yu twitched the corner of his mouth. It seemed that Lei Huang wasn't entirely sure whether the lightning armor he wore could defend against Xiao Yu's natal flying sword.