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"Damn that woman!"

Among those who hid in the shadows was none other than the Third Prince, Ao Xin. Long before the arrival of those ancient dragonflies, he had already gone undercover. He personally established this palace, which contained a secret checkpoint unknown to anyone, not even his Sister Wang.

He anticipated that this place would become the battleground between ancient sorcerers and the Ancient Worm. He had been secretly monitoring things here well in advance.

And his predictions were not wrong. The Ancient Worm sought to directly control a royal breed, ambition that fell within his expectations. Compared to those despicable members of the Human Race who merely aspired to dragon transformation, the Ancient Worm indeed possessed courage and ambition.

It also had sufficient capital. Its unique talent—as he had predicted when it was created—could nurture special insects with its special blood to control all things ancient.

Yes... the Ancient Worm... was designed by him!

He proposed the concept and had the Human Sorcerers, who knew only to follow the plan, conduct experiments.

After a millennium of repeated experimentation, the Celestial Dragon Palace finally produced that thing.

Although they did not anticipate the creature’s terrifying ability to split and escape during the experiment, its performance indeed did not disappoint his expectations!

Back in the day, it was he who persuaded the Dragon Palace to hand over the techniques of the Nine Heavens Mirror to that woman. First, to prevent the creature from truly invading the Dragon Palace, and second... he actually wanted to reclaim this perfect biological weapon.

The Nine Heavens Mirror was a top-notch formation within the Dragon Palace, possessing many wonderful uses. He had originally thought that locking away the monster until the Dragon Palace’s seals were lifted would not be a problem.

But he did not anticipate so many unforeseen changes. The woman’s descendants ended up passing the Nine Heavens Mirror to outsiders, and what’s more, she actually intended to use it to seal away the Dragon Clan!

How foolish, how ridiculous!

Ao Xin mocked with fury...

The formation also required a magician to operate it.

No matter how strong a formation is, if the person controlling the main array is not powerful enough, it is ultimately impossible to trap such transcendent beings.

That was why the Dragon Clan was not afraid she would use it against them when they handed over the formation to her.

Trapping the Ancient Worm was the woman’s limit.

But it seems that woman didn’t believe so...

Looking around, Ao Xin saw the environment from which he could not walk out, and the time-space corridor that twisted on itself, impossible to escape...

"Your Highness, what should we do?" Beside him... the only Yaksha remaining by Ao Xin’s side asked worriedly.

The Nine Heavens Mirror was extremely complex, and holding such transcendent beings placed a huge burden on it.

The more powerful a being spinning in this time-space corridor, the greater the load on the formation.

Of course, Ao Xin knew the weakness of this marvelous time-space passageway.

As long as the Yaksha wasn’t confused, by quickly circling the corridor, and after hundreds of turns, the formation would collapse significantly!

But he did not wish to do so...

"Wait a little longer..." Ao Xin whispered, "We cannot allow this formation to collapse now. As you saw earlier, those failures are completely powerless against the Ancient Worm!"

The Yaksha was a little stunned. Wasn’t that stating the obvious?

The Ancient Worm had used its minions to control four or five Yakshas. With such forces, what could those who had not even stepped into the ancient thresholds do to resist?

If not for the sorcerers with their strange methods, mastering various secret techniques, one after another daring to risk their lives using blood spells, they would have been wiped out long ago!

"What do you mean, Your Highness?"

"Let the Nine Heavens Mirror protect them for now..." Ao Xin scoffed, "At least until a few of the lower-order dragon breeds hatch, then there’s a chance to fight that thing."

"So... Your Highness means to wait?"

Ao Xin fell silent. In truth, he didn’t like this approach.

If the Ancient Worm won, his Dragon Palace would definitely perish, but if those ancient sorcerers grew in strength, that was also troublesome.

Although those individuals were lowly, they were not kind.

Once they gained power, they would not be content living under the Dragon Clan, and seizing one or two for their essence blood would not be easy then.

To capture them, he had to take advantage of a situation where both sides were weakened. But right now, he was trapped and couldn’t see the situation outside, only able to guess the timing to break the formation by instinct.

After thinking for a while, Ao Xin whispered, "Since those people have come, it’s already been five hours, and I secretly checked with the Water Mirror just now; those people are clever, not all greedy for the higher-order dragon breeds.

Each group has gone to the second floor to settle for the lower-order ones.

Calculating the time, within three more hours at most, there will be some who successfully undergo dragon transformation. "

"Just after the transformation is the weakest period, that’s the best time to break the formation!"

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"The best time?"

Elsewhere, Murong Yunji looked at Chen Qing, curious, "Why do you say that? Shouldn’t we wait a little, let those lower-order dragons get past their weak period before breaking the formation?"

After the formation is broken, both sides will surely start fighting again. If those lower-order dragons are still weak, how could they stand against Elder Shen?

"If those low-rank dragons get past their weak phase, then we’re doomed!" Chen Qing sneered, "Everyone here wants to take the initiative, no one is easy prey. With the combat power of a dragon seed, what do you think will happen to those without it?"

Murong, who had fought in the beast clans, immediately grasped Chen Qing’s meaning.

Dragon Transformation has a chance of success, and once the weak period is over, those clans with low-rank dragon seed combat power will surely prioritize killing those without combat capabilities, including those still undergoing high-rank Dragon Transformation.

Although the Dragon Palace is vast, when it comes to dividing the cake, one less piece is still one less; that’s human nature.

Not to mention her and Chen Qing, their positions have already been exposed, and they might even become the prime targets for both sides to eliminate first!

After all, everyone probably wants something like the Nine Heavens Mirror.

"Then...at the best time to break the formation, won’t we be targeted?" Murong couldn’t help asking.

"We will!"

Chen Qing nodded, "At that time when breaking the formation, Elder Shen must kill all low-rank dragon seeds as quickly as possible, or once they survive the weak phase, even Elder Shen might struggle, but, from what I felt just now, even in such terrible circumstances, Elder Shen. ..would still prioritize attacking me!"

"Hmm...why?" Murong was stunned. In terms of the threat level, shouldn’t those Ancient Sorcerers who have succeeded in Dragon Transformation be dealt with first?

"Because he’s a smart man," Chen Qing said with a bitter smile. "He’s already figured out that I’m more dangerous than those Ancient Sorcerers!"

Murong Yunji: "...."

He seems rather full of himself.

But it seems to be true, just now when Chen Qing appeared, that guy personally took people to chase and kill him, clearly treating Chen Qing with more urgency than the Ancient Sorcerers present here.

"Isn’t that a death trap?" Murong frowned, then said, "No, that’s not right, why must we break the formation? Can’t we just wait until Yu Chi’s Dragon Transformation succeeds before we act?

Didn’t you mention before? The entity Yu Chi is transforming into has a very high limit, and its combat power shouldn’t be inferior to those above, right? Wouldn’t it be safer once it succeeds?"

"I never said that..." Chen Qing sighed, "The one breaking the formation is me..."

"Huh?"

"Right now, the formation can hold mainly because those willing Ancient Sorcerers are still contributing. They’re each responsible for part of the array’s operation, and they’re cooperating because no one wants to suffer a Yaksha attack.

But once someone from their clans succeeds in Dragon Transformation, they will also want to get out as soon as possible, even prioritizing killing others. "

"But...at least they would wait until after the weak phase, right?" Murong puzzled, "At that time, even if the formation really breaks, Elder Shen would face so many dragon seeds that have survived the weak phase, he should be too preoccupied to bother with us, right?"

"It won’t get that far," Chen Qing shook his head. "The formation will break before that."

"Why is that?"

"Have you forgotten?" Chen Qing spoke darkly, "This West Sea Dragon Palace still has another power present!"

"That, Crown Prince Ao Xin?" Murong was no fool, instantly catching on, "He’s inside as well?"

"Of course he’s in here..." Chen Qing sneered, "If those Ancient Sorcerers with no information at all found their way here, how could he possibly be absent?"

Taking a deep breath, Chen Qing stood up and said, "Let’s go!"

"Where?" Murong Yunji was startled. At this time, shouldn’t they stick with Yu Chi?

"Just as you said, our only chance of survival is to stick with Yu Chi, and to delay until Yu Chi’s Dragon Transformation, we can’t let a certain person break the formation at the optimum time, so..."

"So what?"

"We have to kill him!!"

Murong Yunji: "...."

This guy...is he joking? With what could they possibly kill him?

Chen Qing turned to Murong, "I say, you listen, remember...we only have one chance!"