Almost as soon as Zhang Lie's strike landed, the moonlight wyrm began to writhe in pain, opening its maw and trying to strike at Zhang Lie's head with its long tongue as it did so.

Zhang Lie frowned. In an explosion of genetic energy, he transformed into a blood-colored wolfman, his body adorned with a suit of silver armor, gold wings spread out wide open behind him. Compared to the gigantic wolfman that Zhou Ying, Li Feng, and Yang Ze had combined to pilot, Zhang Lie's wolfman form was smaller but also more agile. 

With Venombane, Zhang Lie defended himself against the wyrm's tongue, remarking at how tough it was. As he fended the tongue off, he launched a bloody dragon in the wyrm's direction. "[The Boundless Blade: Dragon's Wrath]!"

The wyrm howled, and the water in the Moonlit Pond again rose up at its will. It formed a belt of water under...