System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

"hold head high--"

A deafening roar, like that of a monstrous bull, erupted from the thick, inky black mist. The sound seemed to carry boundless majesty and power, directly confronting Huo'er, who was filled with shame and anger, and about to launch another attack.

At that moment, the surrounding environment seemed to tremble because of the dragon's roar.

In the forests at the edge of Tangwu Mountain, the leaves rustled as if in fear of this powerful force.

The Firewing Bird, Huo'er, was enormous, with feathers as brilliant as fire. Although she possessed a faint trace of the bloodline of the divine beast, the Seven-Colored Peacock, this bloodline advantage seemed insignificant in the face of the being she was about to confront. A flame of fury burned in her sharp eyes, yet at this moment, that flame began to flicker erratically amidst the dragon's roar.

Although the Firewing Bird can barely be considered a descendant of an ancient divine beast, it is worlds apart from the creature that is about to appear.

And the being that is about to appear is Bai Li.

Bai Li possesses the bloodline of the Illusionary Dragon, and based on the degree of this bloodline, she can be roughly defined as a collateral descendant of the Illusionary Dragon. One is a remnant of a divine beast, the other a collateral descendant; the difference in strength is self-evident.

Bai Li's dragon roar spread out, like a violent shockwave that swept across the entire area.

Because this roar did not suppress any cultivation level, Huo'er was stunned after fully absorbing the dragon's roar, and even her action of rapidly diving down to attack in the air was forcibly interrupted.

Huo'er's mind went blank, and she lost consciousness for a moment. Her large body plummeted onto the bluestone floor like a kite with a broken string. The bluestone floor cracked slightly under the force of Huo'er's impact, as if to tell the story of the heavy impact.

However, Bai Li did not give Huo'er another chance to jump around. Almost as soon as Huo'er landed awkwardly, a huge black shadow rapidly slithered to the spot where Huo'er had fallen.

A dragon claw, positioned high above, pinned Huo'er firmly to the ground.

The black dragon's pale red vertical pupils were fixed on the captured and pinned firewing bird at close range. A cold light flashed in those pupils, as if it could penetrate everything.

"Roar--"

When a powerful demon in the Myriad Manifestations Realm unleashes its full pressure, how could a powerful demon like the Firewing Bird, who is only in the early stages of the Foundation Establishment Realm, possibly withstand it?

Immediately, Huo'er spat out a mouthful of blood, then stared wide-eyed at the enormous head of the black dragon that was so close to her, filled with fear and terror.

In Huo'er's eyes, besides fear, there was also resentment and shock. She never imagined that the seemingly innocent and unruly girl in front of her was actually a black dragon demon.

"Little hussy, are you convinced now?"

Bai Li's cold, emotionless eyes were fixed intently on Huo'er at close range, a double pressure descending from the bloodline of a divine beast and from a realm far beyond. If this were an ordinary Qi Refining Realm demon beast, it would probably have already fainted.

Huo'er, being a descendant of the Seven-Colored Peacock bloodline, was able to barely hold on, though she was already in a state of semi-consciousness.

"It's just a friendly spar, Bai Li, come back." Chen Xuan didn't want the sparring to damage his relationship with Jiang Ming, so he said this. Chen Xuan was dressed in a blue robe, with a tall and straight figure, handsome face, and eyes that revealed wisdom and composure. His voice wasn't loud, but it had a power that Bai Li couldn't resist.

"Hmph." Upon hearing Chen Xuan's command, Bai Li snorted coldly at the firewing bird beneath her feet, then transformed back into a white-clad girl and appeared beside Chen Xuan. Bai Li possessed a graceful figure and exquisite beauty, with long, jet-black hair cascading over her shoulders like a waterfall. Although her eyes remained icy, a subtle tenderness flickered in them when she looked at Chen Xuan.