The Hero Arrives Late, Part I

Wu Jian could have sighed in relief. He had just barely made it in time. Thinking about what might have happened if he had been just a tad later filled him with dread, caused a chill to run down his back. Yet this wouldn’t have been an issue if it wasn’t for that blasted flood dragon.

“Wu… Jian… is that really you?”

Hou Jingshu was so shocked that she forgot to call him Jian Wu, but, well, he couldn’t blame her. She’d been about to be killed. He’d probably be like this, too, if their positions had been reversed.

“It’s me. I apologize for arriving so late. Someone decided to pick a fight with the women from the Ice Phoenix Sect.”

“Eh?”

At that moment, a roar that shook the earth echoed around the palace. It was followed by the shrill cries of several ice phoenixes.