Zheng Dan was speechless.
Wasn’t this dragon just slightly too disgusting? However, all of her attention was focused on the words ‘surely perished’. Her heart turned to ashes immediately.
Not even she could contend against this dragon’s strength, let alone Zu An, who was weaker than her.
“Why aren’t you resisting at all? This king will only feel happier the more you struggle!” The crimson dragon was rather unsatisfied. He raised a claw, easily slicing through her skirt.
Her skirt seemed as though it was cut by a blade, falling off neatly and exposing her fair, snow-white thighs.
“Despicable!” Learning of Zu An’s death had sobered her up a little. Despite the drug’s effects, Zheng Dan’s entire expression radiated with shame and indignance.
Unfortunately, faced with this massive dragon, her strength was like that of an ant. She thought about summoning her elemental power, but this dragon was most likely the fire element. This cave was full of ferocious fire elements—where would she find much water element to use?
“Haha, things are much more interesting now.” That giant dragon roared with laughter when it saw Zheng Dan struggling.
“My beloved beauty, please wait for me. I shall be able to assume human form once I completely refine this Brilliant Glass Pearl. I will then pour my love all over you.” The red dragon placed Zheng Dan in a corner of the cave. It released a breath that quickly formed a mist around her which prevented her from moving.
This was a completely unnecessary precaution. The effects of the drug in Zheng Dan’s body were fully activated. Only the thought of Zu An’s death had helped her regain a moment of clarity. There was no way for her to move her body now.
The crimson dragon nodded in satisfaction when it saw her obediently lying in the corner. It focused all of its attention on refining the pearl floating in midair.
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Meanwhile, outside the cave, Zu An’s body lay motionless. Suddenly, his finger twitched, and feeling slowly returned to his body as well.
A wave of pain ravaged his body. Zu An gritted his teeth, his face contorting. He had no idea just how many of his bones had been broken just now.
“You should be glad. If your body hadn’t been forged by the Primordial Origin Sutra, you would have already been turned into a puddle of flesh,” Mi Li said. “You just had to show off in front of a woman. Look at you now.” She seemed to be taking perverse pleasure in his suffering.
Zu An took a long breath to suppress the pain. He snorted. “No matter how painful it is, it still doesn’t hurt as much as when you beat the shit out of me.”
Mi Li had no reply.
She thought back to the scene where she had hacked at him endlessly, yet he crawled back up again and again. Back then, his entire body had been drenched in blood, every inch of him covered in wounds. She couldn’t help but feel slightly regretful.
Zu An turned back towards the cave. “Big sis empress, can you win against that dragon?” he asked, his voice downcast.
Mi Li’s projection shook her head. “My strength has fallen sharply after I turned into soul form. The effects of the ‘Red Tears of Lady Xiang’ are also too powerful, affecting even my soul. All of my attention is focused on purifying it right now, so I cannot do anything to that dragon.
“Even if I did have a way to get rid of that dragon, I still wouldn’t do it. Why would I throw away all of the hard work I’ve put in during this period, perhaps even suffer serious injury to my soul, all for the sake of a woman I have nothing to do with?”
From her tone, Zu An could tell that there might really be a way to deal with that dragon. He was just about to speak, but she spoke ahead of him. “Please do not tell me that you’ll commit suicide or something if I don’t save her. I, Mi Li, have always been a resolute and firm-willed woman. I never cower under threats.”
Mi Li sneered. “If I am exploited by you every time, then I’ll never recover. At that point, I might as well just let myself die early.”
Zu An smiled in embarrassment. “Well, I didn’t threaten you.”
Mi Li grunted. “Who would have thought that an ordinary man like you would be such a skirt-chaser! You looked like you would go through life and death for the sake of your wife, and then you slept with that elf not long afterwards! How much time has passed since then? Yet look at you now. How are you already with another girl?”
Zu An sighed. “What can I do? When your luck with ladies is too great, you really become powerless sometimes.”
Mi Li had nothing to say to him.
If she had run into someone like this while she was still empress, she would have immediately ordered his castration.
Zu An managed to crawl to his feet. The Primordial Origin Sutra boosted his recovery abilities far beyond that of ordinary people. Even though he had been seriously injured, he had already recovered enough to move.
Mi Li jumped in fright when she saw him walk towards the cave entrance. “What the hell are you doing? Are you really going to throw away your life for that woman?”
There was not a single person who understood his strength better than her. Even though he had many tricks up his sleeve, all of it was meaningless in the face of absolute strength.
“Don’t worry, I have a plan.” Zu An said calmly.
He had to save Zheng Dan. She’ll die if I leave her in her current state.
He had learned about the lascivious nature of dragons from the academy’s records. Even though he didn’t understand what the two of them could even do, given their difference in size, there was no way he could watch Zheng Dan meet such a tragic ending. Not if he considered himself her friend.
“I won’t save you if you get into trouble!” Mi Li stomped her feet in anger. Even though she said this, she still followed along out of worry.
Zu An activated his Mirror Image technique, which had been given to him by Qiu Honglei. His aura grew more and more faint, until no one else could detect him.
Mi Li was shocked. When did this guy learn this trick?
He was clearly right in front of her, yet she couldn’t sense him at all! Even with her cultivation, she had to fully focus her mind and stare at him several times before she could sense his existence.
Zu An quietly reached the end of the tunnel, but didn’t continue on further.
After all, even though Mirror Mirage could hide his aura, it couldn’t hide his physical body. If that crimson dragon saw him, he would still be done for.
He carefully examined his surroundings. The crimson dragon was still continuously flying around the sparkling pearl.
“Oh? That pearl seems quite incredible.” Mi Li looked at that pearl pensively.
How could Zu An be bothered with a pearl right now? All of his attention was on Zheng Dan’s safety.
He looked high and low, and finally saw the corner Zheng Dan was lying in. She seemed like she was still okay for now.
“You want to save her?” Mi Li couldn’t help but ask. In her opinion, this was the same as courting death.
Zu An didn’t reply. He withdrew silently.
When they were finally back outside, Zu An said, “I’ll get some people to help out.”
“We are in the wilderness right now! Where would you find anyone?” Mi Li asked in confusion.
A mischievous smile appeared on Zu An’s face. “There will definitely be people around.”
Chen Xuan and the Whale Gang lackeys were right at their disposal!