“Miss Bai?” Liliya looked at the blue dragon scale with a daze. She was very familiar with this item, as if she had seen it somewhere before, but she couldn't recall it for a moment. Why was it stuck to her chest?
“This is… the Inverse Scale.” Bai Cha’s figure flickered, moving like an arrow released from a bow through the night. “The dragon race’s strongest defense is this scale, it saves lives.”
However, if the dragon was severely injured, it would emit a powerful force to protect its master. The reason for its high temperature just now was that it was desperately releasing its energy and heat.
But hadn't she already dispatched Lucifer to protect Coroara? Why was Coroara still severely injured?
Suddenly, Bai Cha stopped. Holding Liliya, she instantly retreated five or six meters before managing to halt, looking at the space in front of her with some uncertainty.
Liliya knew that Bai Cha couldn’t be disturbed. She snuggled obediently in Bai Cha’s arms, remaining silent.
“This is…” Bai Cha’s expression was rather grim. For many years, she had rarely experienced emotional fluctuations. Whether it was shock, worry, happiness, or sadness, these emotions were like dragonflies skimming the water, only rippling the surface before disappearing.
But this time, Bai Cha truly felt a sense of uneasy uncertainty reverberating within her. She landed on a tall building, looking at the brightly lit sea of lights all around, as if it were day, and then at the crowded streets below. Her expression had become extremely grim.
If one looked closely, they would notice that a large area of space not far above was slightly distorting, indicating strong energy fluctuations within.
It was a space lockdown.
But why would it be in the city, and in such a prosperous area! This was the first time Bai Cha felt fortunate to have someone as powerful as Lucifer by her side.
“Liliya, close your eyes. No matter what, don't let go of me. It's going to hurt a little.” Bai Cha held the girl in her arms a little tighter. She was facing enemies from all sides and absolutely couldn't let Liliya go back alone.
The rotten old folks in 【Balance Plank】 would certainly not miss this opportunity to "contribute." Those hypocrites would also use excuses to trouble her. The dual pressure from home and abroad finally made Bai Cha feel that the situation was tricky.
She had to find a way to solve this problem, but now she had no retreat.
“Okay!” Liliya wasn't coy. She tightly hugged Bai Cha’s back, clinging to Bai Cha’s waist like an octopus. She knew that apologies or questions were useless now; she just needed to be obedient.
Although not very familiar, Liliya still trusted the person who had just saved her.
“Also, stop looking at me like I’m your mother,” Bai Cha added. “I’m only seventeen, much younger than you.”
Liliya: “!?”
Seventeen! Only seventeen? Younger than her??
Looking at this girl who was a whole head taller than her, Liliya felt completely out of sorts. Thus, her gaze became even more fervent, as if she were about to stick to Bai Cha.
Bai Cha: “…”
Why did she feel her explanation had the opposite effect?
“Close your eyes.” Bai Cha simply stopped wasting words.
Liliya obediently closed her eyes. At that moment, a strange sensation spread through her entire body. The dark, cold aura suddenly vanished, replaced by a bizarre feeling that was even more chilling than darkness.
If Liliya opened her eyes, she would see that scarlet blood was flowing within Bai Cha’s black pupils!
Yes, not turning crimson like dragons.
The black pupils seemed to have become round wine glasses, and the blood was like wine poured into them, churning and flowing. From Bai Cha’s pupils, one could even see the ripples and trails of flowing blood.
A cold light flashed. Bai Cha’s right index finger was cut, creating a thin slit. However, the blood did not drip. Instead, it condensed at her fingertip. Bai Cha extended her finger and flew forward again, making a slash in the distorted space in front of her.
Bai Cha’s eyes turned cold. She looked up and lightly exhaled, “Open!”
The space twisted a few times. That thin bloodline forcefully tore a rift in the space. With just a rift, a powerful pressure surged forward. The strong winds whipped Bai Cha’s long hair, and Bai Cha turned sideways, squeezing directly into this spatial rift.
As soon as she entered the space, a massive explosion rumbled in the air. In front of Bai Cha, the blood transformed into a faint blood shield, blocking all the residual power and damage. Very little blood flowed out, but the effect was clearly excellent.
In fact, these residual energy waves were nothing to Bai Cha, but she had Liliya in her arms. As an ordinary person, it was difficult to withstand such energy impacts.
In the air, Lucifer hovered there, his left hand in a grasping state held to his chest, with peculiar energy fluctuations twisting and jumping in his palm, working hard to maintain this space lockdown. The sealed space was vast, occupying nearly half the sky of the city. Even for Lucifer, maintaining this space was extremely difficult.
Behind him, Coroara was suspended in the air in a coma, while Lucifer’s slender right hand continuously condensed black energy.
Seeing this, Bai Cha finally breathed a sigh of relief. No wonder Coroara’s empty dragon scale had reacted. It wasn't a severe injury, but rather being knocked unconscious. She figured Lucifer found Coroara to be a burden and simply decided to go all out.
There were a total of sixteen A-class dragons here. Even Bai Cha had never seen so many A-class dragons at once. Bai Cha was also startled by the dense A-class dragons in the sky.
“Are they crazy? Those old fools!” Bai Cha was so angry she laughed. “They dare to bring this stuff in? If I had really failed to hold on, would they be happy even if the city became ruins?”
Even with Bai Cha’s good temperament, her heart grew cold at that moment.
As the space was torn open, Lucifer was startled. Sensing the familiar aura, he finally felt relieved.
He was indeed very strong. If any one of these dragons were singled out, he wouldn't even bother using his other hand. But with so many gathered together, even Lucifer, who was very powerful, couldn't possibly pay attention to all of them. Even if the energy wasn't strong, being hit would still be painful enough to draw blood.
Moreover, Lucifer knew that he couldn't fight with all his might. He was currently above the city. If a real fight broke out, this part of the city would definitely be reduced to ruins. He could only seal this area first. Besides, he had someone behind him to protect who was already unconscious. Fighting with such constraints was indeed difficult.
Although Lucifer was merely Bai Cha’s servant, and he didn't care if other humans died in larger numbers, Lucifer knew that until he obtained Bai Cha’s soul, he was also a member of the Bai family and could absolutely not escape this responsibility.
Lucifer was very familiar with this group of dragons. His former "companions" who pursued freedom together had now lost their minds, acting like controlled machines, cooperating mechanically and attacking fiercely.
Black feathers flew towards him, accompanied by green lightning and orange flames. The black energy ball in Lucifer’s hand flickered with black lightning as he met the attack. If he transformed into a dragon, his attack power would naturally be stronger, but his control over skills and physical agility would be far inferior to his human form.
The black lightning almost annihilated the mixed energy approaching him with overwhelming victory. The massive energy impact even cut the surrounding space into several cracks.
Lucifer was completely fearless. He advanced rapidly like lightning, and countless black chains in his hands coiled like spiritual snakes towards the bodies of those giant dragons. Accompanied by black lightning, they descended from the sky. Each strand of black lightning was as thick as a hundred-year-old giant tree, fiercely striking those frenzied evil dragons.
For a moment, lightning flashed, and the blood-red sky seemed to dim considerably. The surrounding light was like an animation that had skipped frames, dropped pixels, and lowered brightness, instantly plunging into a brief dimness and chaos.
Those evil dragons had already been fighting Lucifer for a long time and were already covered in injuries. When they were struck by this lightning, they let out pained roars. Waves of sound rolled like thunder, and shockwaves continuously impacted this sealed space, causing it to violently distort. Lucifer had to halt his offensive and focus all his efforts on maintaining the stability of this space.
Space was not his specialty, after all. Fighting while maintaining the stability of the sealed space was truly difficult for him.
In fact, even dragons skilled in space manipulation would find it extremely difficult to maintain this space while facing so many powerful energy impacts simultaneously.
“So troublesome,” Lucifer’s eyes were cold. At this moment, he felt somewhat fortunate. Fortunately, he and Bai Cha had swapped tasks, so at least Bai Cha wouldn't be the one to suffer injuries and humiliation.
When Bai Cha initially wanted to go save Coroara and asked him to save Liliya, Lucifer insisted on saving Coroara, using excuses like “men and women should not touch” and “avoid suspicion.” Bai Cha, unable to refuse and being in a hurry, agreed to Lucifer’s request.
Looking back now, Lucifer felt that Bai Cha might have known that the situation on his end was not good. Her initial intention was probably for him to face the most troublesome situation.
Suddenly, a bad premonition arose in his heart. Lucifer’s alarm bells instantly rang. In his peripheral vision, he could see a string of sharp ice cones breaking through the air from behind him, reaching him in almost an instant. It was too late to retreat. Lucifer waved his hand, intending to forcibly block this string of sharp ice shards.
“Don’t move.”
A clear, cold voice sounded in his ear, like soft snow falling from the high heavens, indifferent yet gentle.
Lucifer felt his collar tighten, and he was immediately pulled backward by Bai Cha. The sharp ice cones grazed past Lucifer’s arm, which he had raised to protect his chest, leaving two torn marks on his clothes.
At this moment, Bai Cha, a human, reacted faster than him. What was even more unbelievable to Lucifer was that Bai Cha’s right wrist had been cut open, and those ice cones were completely dissolved by the flowing blood!
The wound was quite deep. Lucifer didn't know if Bai Cha had cut a major artery. A large amount of blood floated in the air, transforming. Threads of blood, like fine steel wires, were drawn from the blood, grasped by Bai Cha, and used to strangle the most vulnerable throats of those evil dragons.
The blood threads contracted, and the evil dragons stared with wide eyes, defiantly facing Bai Cha.
The light in the sky changed. Within this sealed space, the sky, which was originally blood-colored, became agitated. The bright red sky was turning dark red at a visible speed.
Bai Cha’s eyes revealed killing intent. The blood transformed into sharp swords, accurately piercing the eyes of those evil dragons with extremely precise control.
Lucifer was stunned. He knew Bai Cha possessed her own power, and before this, Bai Cha had also used the power of her own blood, intentionally or unintentionally.
Bai Cha didn't say anything, and Lucifer didn't ask further. However, Lucifer hadn't expected Bai Cha's power to be so outrageously strong. At this moment, the aura emanating from Bai Cha was steadily rising, and in a blink of an eye, it surpassed Lucifer’s own dark power.