The moment the golden longsword was unsheathed, Li Qiu's gaze froze.

This sword?

Something’s not right!

That vast, domineering Qi seemed to cleave the heavens and earth apart.

Could it be... a legendary Rank?

Li Qiu’s brain crashed for a moment.

A guy who had clearly been incinerated by his Silver Dragon a few months ago was now standing alive right in front of him.

Not only was he not dead, but he had also changed into a set of equipment that looked expensive.

In his hand, he even carried a legendary Rank weapon.

What exactly was going on?

Li Qiu felt his brain wasn't quite keeping up.

Just as he was briefly lost in thought.

Yasuo moved.

He flicked his wrist, and a dart, wrapped in dazzling electric light, shot from his hand, turning into a silver line that flew straight at Li Qiu’s face.

The dart’s speed was extremely fast.

Li Qiu’s reaction was even faster.

He merely tilted his head slightly, and the dart grazed his cheek as it flew past, embedding itself in the wall of a dilapidated building behind him.

“A swordsman, playing with hidden weapons?”

Li Qiu’s mouth twitched, feeling a little disdainful.

This level of attack was barely a tickle to him.

However, the next second, the relaxed expression on his face completely froze.

The figure on the rooftop below vanished without a trace.

An alarm blared in Li Qiu’s mind.

Before he could react, an extreme sense of danger erupted from his side!

He turned his head sharply.

He only saw Yasuo's figure, who had appeared beside him at some unknown point.

The man was covered in flickering lightning, and the golden longsword in his hand transformed into a bolt of lightning that tore through the night sky, striking down hard on him!

“Thunderous Strike!”

“Boom—!”

This sword strike was unleashed without reservation.

Li Qiu had no time to make any evasive moves.

He only felt an irresistible, terrifying force emanating from the sword.

The Silver Dragon beneath him let out an angry roar.

One man and one Dragon, as if struck head-on by a high-speed train, were instantly sent flying.

“Rumble—!”

The massive silver body crashed through several crumbling, abandoned buildings in its path.

Bricks, rebar, glass shards... flew everywhere.

Finally, the Silver Dragon’s huge body slammed heavily into a pile of architectural debris, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The entire Old City District seemed to tremble violently from the fierce impact.

Zhou Huai, controlling Yasuo, landed steadily back on the rooftop.

He looked at the mangled ruins in the distance, but his brow furrowed slightly.

Although he had landed a hit, he felt no relief.

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He had clearly seen the damage number from that sword strike.

According to his expectation, such a close-range sneak attack, combined with the terrifying attack power of the kingslayer's edge, should have at least severely wounded Li Qiu, if not instantly killed him.

However, the reality was not so.

He had just glanced at Li Qiu’s health bar.

After taking over ten thousand damage, the opponent’s health had only dropped by an insignificant sliver.

How could this guy... have such high health?

It was even more outrageous than Xiang Yu!

In the ruins.

Li Qiu shook his somewhat dizzy head and quickly flipped back onto the Silver Dragon’s back.

He patted off the dust clinging to him, looked up at the figure on the distant rooftop, his expression still composed.

“A bit interesting.”

He grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

“If it were anyone else, that sword strike would have probably killed them.”

“Too bad, you met me!”

“Roar—!”

The Silver Dragon beneath him let out a high-pitched Dragon roar.

An invisible pressure, like a tide, swept out in all directions.

The ground of the entire Old City District trembled violently in response.

Countless pieces of old wall plaster fell off with a rustle.

Zhou Huai’s mind immediately heard the System’s prompt.

“Ding! Yasuo is affected by ‘Dragon’s Might’!”

“Movement Speed decreased by 30%!”

“Yasuo's Attack Power decreased by 20%!”

“Duration: 2 minutes!”

Zhou Huai immediately tried running a couple of steps between the buildings.

Sure enough, he could clearly feel his body becoming much heavier, and his movements had noticeably slowed down.

Just then, Li Qiu, riding the Silver Dragon, had already flown back into the sky, circling hundreds of meters above.

He was clearly guarding against Yasuo’s strange surprise attack, deliberately keeping his distance.

“Roar—!”

The Silver Dragon roared again.

It opened its massive mouth and took a deep breath.

Dazzling white-gold light rapidly gathered in its mouth.

The next second, a thick stream of Dragon Breath, like divine punishment, tore through the rain curtain and accurately shot towards Yasuo’s position!

Zhou Huai’s pupils constricted.

He dared not try to block it in the slightest, pushing off with his feet, his body like an arrow released from a bow, rapidly dodging to the side.

“Boom!”

The Dragon Breath struck the spot where he had just stood, and the entire building was instantly melted into a huge hole, then collapsed with a crash.

Zhou Huai moved rapidly through the ruined buildings, dodging the Dragon Breath continuously spewing from the sky.

Seeing another Dragon Breath about to cut off all his escape routes.

He didn’t hesitate, throwing out another dart, embedding it in the wall of a distant building.

Thunder Blink Seal!

His figure instantly vanished from his original spot, appearing hundreds of meters away.

In the high sky, Li Qiu watched this scene and raised an eyebrow.

“This guy, he’s made quite a bit of progress in just a few months.”

The first time he encountered him, he hadn’t lasted this long under his Dragon Breath.

On the ground.

Zhou Huai dodged the Dragon Breath attacks while his brain raced.

What was going on with this guy’s unusual health bar?

A summoner, even at Rank 50 with top-tier equipment, would have at most a little over ten thousand health points.

But Li Qiu’s health was at least tens, if not hundreds, of times that number.

So, there was only one most likely possibility.

He and his Silver Dragon had a life link.

The health bars of one man and one Dragon were bound together.

That’s why Li Qiu was so fearless.

At this moment, Li Qiu and the Silver Dragon were no longer two independent targets.

But a single entity.

Zhou Huai’s brow furrowed even deeper.

If that were truly the case, then the effect of this skill was even more outrageous than Xiang Yu’s ‘Guardian’s Vow’.

That Silver Dragon was at least a Calamity-Rank BOSS template.

Its health was probably close to a million.

With Yasuo’s current strength, trying to slowly wear it down to death would be incredibly difficult.

Just as he was at a loss.

A detail from the first sneak attack suddenly flashed ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) through Zhou Huai’s mind.

After Li Qiu was knocked off the Dragon’s back and landed.

His first reaction was to return to the Dragon’s back.

Then, he unhurriedly patted the dust off himself.

It was as if returning to the Silver Dragon’s back had a very high priority.

More important than anything else.

Is there a possibility...

That their life link isn’t unconditionally effective?

It requires a prerequisite.

A condition that must be met.

For example...

They must be in contact with each other?