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"Strange..."

In the distance, Elder Shen watched the no longer spreading mist with a puzzled expression.

He understood why the mist didn’t spread further; after all, the larger the scale of the array, the more complex it was and the greater the consumption for those ancient sorcerers.

There was no great need for it; they only required a safe environment to wait for the dragon transformed sorcerer from their own family to hatch.

But why hadn’t the array been broken yet?

"My lord, is there something you don’t understand?" the Yaksha by his side couldn’t help but ask.

"Didn’t your Yaksha body sense the Western Sea Crown Prince?"

"Yes..." the Yaksha nodded: "He is nearby!"

"If he’s nearby, there’s no reason for him to delay breaking the array until now." Elder Shen frowned in confusion.

He knew all too well how tricky that guy was.

The woman who sealed them years ago had obtained Nine Heavens Mirror, all thanks to the Crown Prince’s efforts.

His judgment and strategic abilities were something Elder Shen had witnessed firsthand, seeing as.

.. he himself was personally created by him.

When Chen Qing initially gave him a choice, he chose the West Sea not without a desire for revenge, and he had always looked forward to meeting that guy again, but now...

Wasn’t that guy a little too quiet?

"My lord, perhaps he is not capable of doing anything!" the Yaksha whispered: "Since there was trouble with the Celestial Dragon Palace, it means he doesn’t have a chance to recover. There’s a high probability that, like the Western Sea Princess, he’s in a frozen state."

Elder Shen nodded, he thought the same, because if the opponent had been unfrozen, how could the situation be like this now?

But to say the Crown Prince couldn’t do anything, Elder Shen didn’t believe it.

He shook his head: "The Nine Heavens Mirror is an array from the Eastern Sea, but he wouldn’t have confidently handed this over if he hadn’t had an absolute understanding of the array.

That guy, definitely has a way to break the array! "

"Then..."

"Indeed, it’s very strange. Based on the normal situation, he should have broken the array right when those ancient sorcerers succeeded in their dragon transformation, forcing me to clear out those guys, and then take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters..."

"So... do we just have to go along with their plan?" the Yaksha frowned.

"This is an open strategy..." Elder Shen sighed: "This place is his home ground; he inherently has certain advantages here. From the moment we couldn’t find him, we could only be led by the nose by him.

The only chance for victory is in the chaos, to find his location when he makes his move, and kill him before he breaks free from the ice! "

"Do you have confidence, my lord?"

"I’m confident!" Elder Shen grinned: "As long as he dares to make a move!"

And so, another half an hour passed. Although the scene was quiet, Elder Shen’s mood became increasingly sour.

He wasn’t afraid of being led by the nose, as that was expected. What he feared were things happening outside of his expectations, like now...

"Ao Xin... might be dead!"

As soon as he said this, the two Yakshas around him widened their eyes. Having inherited Yaksha bodies, they were very aware of His Highness’s reputation. Could such an important figure really just die like that?

"Are you certain, my lord?"

"I’m not certain... but it’s highly likely.

.." Elder Shen frowned: "Because I can’t think of any other chance he has to turn the tables. With Chen Qing’s disruption of the Celestial Dragon Palace, and without sufficient blood essence, he can only refine through the Dragon Transformation Object here.

But if he misses this window of opportunity, his opponents won’t be me, but rather the numerous dragon transformation objects.

Do you think those beings that suffered at the Dragon Palace gates for hundreds of thousands of years, don’t hate the Dragon Palace? "

Elder Shen sneered: "If they can, they would use the most venomous methods in the world to ravage this Dragon Palace!"

"Could it be that the Western Sea Crown Prince has some other way to kill the dragon transformation objects with a mechanism?"

"If he could do that..." Elder Shen’s sneer deepened: "We would have been dead long ago..."

"But... my lord, you also said this is his turf. He’s hiding in a place that no one can find. Who could kill him?"

"No one can find..." Elder Shen gazed toward the mist: "But there’s one person who might!"

"Are you talking about... Chen Qing, my lord?"

"He’s the one person I can’t see through..." Elder Shen recalled all his encounters with Chen Qing: "He’s very much like that woman from back then, both so confident, as if everything is in their control. No one knows where the Western Sea Crown Prince is hiding, but he just might know."

"My lord... aren’t you mythologizing him too much?" the two Yakshas exchanged glances.

"I hope so..." Elder Shen took a deep breath and closed his eyes: "How’s the progress on the blood refining?"

"The Blood Guards sent word, about three hours left."

"Three hours, huh?" Elder Shen nodded: "The object we found is incredibly hidden. These dragon transformation objects will likely be weakened for about two hours. As for Chen Qing, if I’m not mistaken, he was intentionally leading us away just now. He should actually be refining the dragon breed."

"We’re on time, it all depends on who has the stronger trump card..."

"Of course, no one can surpass our master," Yaksha said with a big grin, "The secret technique our master possesses is unrivaled, controlling none other than the War God from the Western Sea!"

"Shut up..." Elder Shen gave him a stern look, "Don’t blurt it out carelessly here..." As his words trailed off, his expression suddenly turned into one of utter horror, because he smelled it—a scent of bloodliness the likes of which he had never encountered!

"Master?"

"Blood..." Elder Shen’s eyes flashed with red as he stared fixedly towards the East!

He was a monstrous creature forged by blood magic, his sensitivity to blood only a smidge less acute than that of the authentic Blood Guards. Thus, even from a great distance, he could sense that excessively dramatic, overwhelming scent of blood and qi.

It wasn’t even appropriate to call it blood and qi—it was more like a sea of blood!

What kind of thing was coming?

"Master!" the two nearby Yakshas also sensed it a moment later, their eyes widening in terror.

This overwhelming presence of blood and qi, something they couldn’t even fathom, felt as if an actual sea of blood was hurling towards them!

What on earth could cause such an effect?

Soon, the group spotted it—vast, unimaginably vast. The shadow was still outside the Dragon Palace, and yet it caused a huge commotion, plunging the entire Dragon Palace into darkness in an instant!

"What the hell has Chen Qing done..."

Elder Shen swallowed, gazing at the indescribable vastness. He had seen large things before, as the eldest son of the Shen Family, he practiced the art of serpent transformation, and he could encircle the city of the Western Sea at full strength.

But in comparison, his full-strength form was probably no more significant than an earthworm before this entity!

How could such a thing exist in this world?

In that instant, Elder Shen understood exactly what had happened in the Celestial Dragon Palace.

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"What is that?"

"Damn it, it’s the Heavenly Ghost Octopus, who let it out?"

"How did it get so huge?"

"Ha, now I see why the Dragon Palace’s stockpile of blood food is gone—it’s all been eaten by this thing."

"This creature must be as big as an island, right?"

"You think too small, ten islands might not survive a single bite from it now!"

Above the fog, a terrifying shadow loomed over everyone, almost causing everyone to hold their breath and choose to communicate telepathically.

This entity, not just them, but even a revived Dragon King Breed would likely be nothing more than a meal!

For a moment, everyone abandoned any thoughts of how to rampage through the Dragon Palace after transforming into dragons. Instead, they only thought of finding an opportunity to flee, to get as far away from this place as possible!

Meanwhile, Chen Qing on the third level also saw the enormous shadow, frowning deeply.

This guy... how did he get here so fast?

Murong stuttered next to him, "Wasn’t it heavily injured by your calculations? How... has it grown so big?"

"Once the barriers of the Celestial Dragon Palace were shattered, that place became its paradise, and as for its injuries.

.." Chen Qing shook his head, "Creatures like it only need to consume another being full of rich blood essence to heal.

Judging by its current size, it seems that it has eaten all of the biological weapons in the Celestial Dragon Palace! "

"But why would it come to the West Sea?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing sneered, "Of course, it’s here for me!"

The Heavenly Ghost Octopus would not let go of its first prey. This was a setup from the beginning to lure out the creature: once players entered this place, if the Heavenly Ghost Octopus marked them, it could find them no matter where they fled to, to the ends of the earth.

Imagine this, deep in the ocean, a gigantic, terrifying man-eating monster chasing you down.

Just when you manage to escape back to land, thinking you’ve escaped to safety, the moment you open your eyes, you smell a pungent stench of blood, and the surroundings are a scene of carnage.

Because of you, the entire mainland city becomes prey to that monstrous creature’s slaughter.

Of course, all terrifying creatures of the Dragon Palace possessed this trait, so the panic caused by that wave of fear spread in all directions. It was designed to instill a sense of horror in the players at the time.

Now, Chen Qing really wanted to explode the head of whoever came up with that idea back then...