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Dark clouds gathered densely, and numerous lightning bolts, like silver dragons, tumbled across the sky, heralding the onset of a torrential downpour!
"Xiaoqing, come back," Li Zhirui's brow furrowed slightly. In this situation, Xiaoqing, who had not yet transformed, should not fly. If he used mana to erect a barrier, it would significantly weaken his strength. Forcing Xiaoqing to take action under these circumstances would only harm him.
Moreover, Li Zhirui was also keen to measure himself against this Flood Dragon, to assess his own strength and thereby estimate the average might of this pack of devil beasts.
"Da Qing, you and Xiaoqing protect the cultivators within that village," Li Zhirui had not forgotten that the success or failure of this trial and the lives of those people were greatly connected.
