At this moment, Zhang Lingshui was utterly unable to move, let alone resist.

Filled with despair, she closed her eyes, ready to welcome the arrival of the Death God.

But at this critical juncture, a sound of "whoosh" was heard.

A ray of light, like a meteor breaking through the night sky, pierced through layers of darkness and slashed straight down.

The Demon Dragon, realizing that danger was approaching, had to abandon its thought of devouring Zhang Lingshui, suddenly curled up its tail, and launched an attack with a Sweeping Thousands of Army to meet the light.

The enormous tail lashed within the darkness, producing a sound like firecrackers crackling violently, and as it collided with the light, brilliant sparks burst forth.

The dazzling sparks illuminated the abyss, as dark as ink, into daylight in an instant.

Taking advantage of these rays of light, Zhang Lingshui recognized the person who came, and her previously dim eyes instantly became incomparably bright.

It was her master who had come to rescue her!

However, after a burst of excitement, Zhang Lingshui suddenly understood.

No wonder Jian Hee placed her beside the abyss.

No wonder he said it wouldn’t be long before her master would come to rescue her.

No wonder this Demon Dragon would suddenly appear...

All these circumstances, coupled with her recollection of Jian Hee’s eerie and sinister smile before he left.

Zhang Lingshui knew in her heart that this was Jian Hee’s trick. He used her as bait to lure the Demon Dragon from the abyss to confront her master.

Understanding this critical point, Zhang Lingshui disregarded other matters, fiercely gritting her teeth, she suddenly pulled out the dagger embedded in her body.

In an instant, blood gushed like a fountain!

The intense pain made Zhang Lingshui’s consciousness instantly clear.

Using all her strength, she shouted toward Li Chen.

"Master, this place is dangerous, leave quickly!"

Li Chen heard Zhang Lingshui’s shout and saw his disciple, already weak and collapsed in a pool of blood, his expression immediately turned gloomy.

"Little Demon Immortal, I’ll deal with this Demon Dragon, you go and rescue Lingxiu!"

Upon hearing Li Chen’s words, Little Demon Immortal nodded heavily.

Then, without any hesitation, she immediately flew toward Zhang Lingshui.

The Demon Dragon, seeing someone dare to snatch its meal, burst into a fury instantly.

It roared towards the sky, its massive tail, in a terrifying, sweeping motion, landed toward Little Demon Immortal.

Li Chen kept his gaze on the Demon Dragon.

Seeing it make a move, he acted like lightning, waving the Seven-star Dragon Abyss, slashing it in a splendid arc toward its tail.

"Ding clang!"

The Sword Shadow slashed onto the dragon’s tail, immediately bursting into brilliant flames.

The Demon Dragon, feeling the pain, decisively retracted its tail.

Then, it glared with eyes as terrifying as giant red lanterns, staring dead at Li Chen.

"Human, your strength is formidable, likely not inferior to that Heavenly Swordman!"

Li Chen, upon hearing the Demon Dragon suddenly mention "Heavenly Swordman," couldn’t help but frown slightly.

The Heavenly Swordman was famed for slaying dragons throughout Jiuzhou!

Now it seems, not that he the Heavenly Swordman slew dragons, but he was slain by dragons!

Li Chen dared not look directly, his gaze akin to a drawn blade, fixed firmly on the Demon Dragon.

"The Heavenly Swordman died under my sword, would you say I’m stronger than him?"

Upon hearing Li Chen’s reply, the Demon Dragon was also greatly surprised.

"Oh, then Jian Wuheng was also killed by you?"

Li Chen nodded in acknowledgment: "Indeed!"

After saying this, he looked at the Demon Dragon again and asked, "If I’m not mistaken, you’re from another Star Domain, aren’t you?"

The Demon Dragon, hearing this, was stunned, and became more curious about Li Chen.

"Indeed, I’m from Tianwu Star Domain’s Dragon Island!"

Hearing the Demon Dragon admit so straightforwardly, Li Chen’s eyes moved, asking, "Then why are you here?"

The Demon Dragon replied, "Because of the Five-clawed Golden Dragon!"

"Five-clawed Golden Dragon?"

Li Chen was greatly shocked, Little Dragon is a descendant of the Five-clawed Golden Dragon.

The Demon Dragon, seeing Li Chen’s reaction, also appeared surprised, asking, "Why, have you seen the Five-clawed Golden Dragon?"

Li Chen shook his head and replied, "No!"

The Demon Dragon, seeing Li Chen did not seem to be lying, chose not to pursue further.

At this time, Li Chen added another sentence.

"I’m just very curious why you left Tianwu Star Domain to come to this barren land?"

Upon hearing Li Chen’s question, the Demon Dragon fell into silence, a pained expression seemed to flash on its face.

Clearly, it was a past too painful to reflect on!

However, possibly due to being too lonely, the Demon Dragon decided to tell the whole story.

As it turns out, it and the Five-clawed Golden Dragon were brothers from the same mother.

However, it is a mutated Demon Dragon and did not inherit the noble blood of the Five-clawed Golden Dragon, being shunned by parents and despised by peers.

Yet its brother the Five-clawed Golden Dragon received countless love and even ascended to the Dragon Emperor’s throne.

It tolerated all these!

Unbelievably, the Five-clawed Golden Dragon even snatched the she-dragon it loved the most.

On the day they married, it took advantage of its brother’s distraction to attempt to forcibly XX the she-dragon.

The she-dragon refused, committing suicide on the spot!

The Five-clawed Golden Dragon, seeing his wife’s tragic death, outraged, personally pursued the Demon Dragon.

Thus, they traversed across billions of star domains until encountering a black hole whirlpool, both being teleported to Earth.

The Demon Dragon suffered extremely severe injuries, its flesh destroyed, leaving only the residual soul.

The soul possessed a barbaric Python Dragon, causing disaster in Jiuzhou.

Later on, Heavenly Swordman went to slay the dragon, and the Demon Dragon took the opportunity to come to Heavenly Sword Mountain.

Fearing being found by the Five-clawed Golden Dragon, it hid in the abyss of Heaven Sword Mountain’s forbidden land, planning to restore its essence before venturing out.

It felt despair as Earth was an extremely barren Death Star in spiritual power, inferior to even a tenthousandth of Tianwu Star Domain.

Its injuries were severe, impossible to recover in a short time.

Precisely for this reason, it remained in the abyss the whole time.

As for the successive demonic transformations of the Heavenly Swordman and Jian Wuheng, they were all its doing!

After recounting its painful past, the Demon Dragon used eyes as cold and silent as Death God.

"Considering you are somewhat congenial to this emperor, I shall spare your life and make you my slave, what do you think?"

Li Chen did not directly answer the Demon Dragon but squeezed out a sneer through his teeth.

"Hehe!"

The Demon Dragon, hearing Li Chen’s sneer, couldn’t help but burst into anger, asking, "What are you laughing at, ignorant human?"

Li Chen raised the Seven-star Dragon Abyss, its tip gleaming coldly, pointing far toward the Demon Dragon.

"With your residual soul, you want me as your slave? You’re simply daydreaming!"

Upon hearing Li Chen refuse, the Demon Dragon erupted in rage, roaring toward the sky.

"Insignificant human, this emperor’s might is beyond your imagination. Even though now my power can’t achieve even one-tenth of my peak, obliterating you little human is still an effortless task!"