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"Escape!"

Almost the instant the fog dispersed, all the ancient sorcerers inside began to scatter in every direction, madly sprinting toward their predetermined targets!

There was no mass slaughter as initially anticipated.

In fact, if it had been before, it certainly would have happened.

The fewer people there were, the bigger the piece of the cake each could have, even though they had all been miserably guarding the entrance of the Dragon Palace for hundreds of thousands of years.

They were not close to each other, as their alliances formed around family ties were fragmentary.

In theory, at this time, those who were the first to have the dragon bloodline would have definitely used their advantage, since being able to successfully kill fellow kindred could also secure the freshly abundant essence of blood from dragon transformation, a good thing for activating the next Dragon Transformation Object.

But the situation was different now, with the crystal palace about to shatter, and that monstrous creature was about to barge in any moment, there was no time to fight others.

One by one, of course, the goal was to flee the site as quickly as possible, and in their chosen locations, try to grab as many of the Dragon Palace’s resources as they wanted.

Because of this, Chen Qing, who was only hiding a bit with Weichi and Murong, managed to be temporarily safe.

After all, no one had the mind to fight here. As long as there were no grievances with him, they wouldn’t specifically come after him in this race against time.

This was also the reason why he had been so determined to take action against those two ancient sorcerers holding the Dragon Maiden’s Eyes. Those two were different, once the array collapsed, they would definitely come for him first.

"My lord..."

Weichi’s voice, weak, looked at Chen Qing, his eyes no longer carrying the previous ferocity unique to demons, but a kind of clarity.

At this moment, Murong Yunji at his side breathed a sigh of relief, knowing the previous Weichi Feihong had been simply too terrifying.

Chen Qing observed this and felt slightly relieved.

Garuda, using the context of the Lotus Sutra of Buddhism with minor modifications, is set as one of the eight divisions of celestial dragons from the western Buddha Kingdom.

With a golden body and wish-fulfilling pearls growing on its head, it lets out sorrowful cries, consuming one Naga and five hundred dragons every day, a truly horrifying creature.

The one in the Dragon Palace was a test subject, its bloodline probably not even one-tenth of the ancient Garuda; yet even so, it was still a terrifying demon-level existence.

That demonic nature entrenched in its genes might be too much even for Weichi Feihong’s willpower to withstand.

"My lord... is this the divine way?" Weichi Feihong closed his eyes, feeling the force of heaven and earth and immediately understood the implication of what Chen Qing had conferred upon him. Wind, Thunder, Earth, Fire—Four Great Fighting Gods, representing the four fundamental elements of the universe’s origin, embodying the will to protect heaven and earth, denoting a potentially supreme divine position!

Chen Qing’s ambition was even greater than he had imagined, aiming to reach such heights...

But that was good, it made things interesting!

Weichi Feihong grinned, metallic wings unfolding to nearly ten meters, imbued with the essence of wind and thunder. If not for his current weakness, he would truly want to soar through the heavens right now!

"My lord, what should we do now?"

"What can we do? Of course, we lay low first..."

Weichi Feihong: "...."

Chen Qing took out the Mirror Demon, looking up to the sky: "Don’t be in a rush. The structure of the Dragon Palace is not simple. Our school of engineering has not even learned the basics from them. That creature won’t break through here so quickly, we still have time..."

Hearing this, Weichi Feihong nodded. The engineering college from Yin Yang Academy had constructed many astonishing buildings in Lyuzhou, but those paled in comparison to the aquatic palaces, showing just how advanced the Dragon Palace was in this area.

For a short time at least, defending against the Heavenly Ghost Octopus shouldn’t be a problem. ..

No sooner had this thought crossed his mind than the scene in front of him completely overturned his streak of luck!

A heaven-shaking dragon roar descended, and the sturdy, beautiful glazed roof of the Dragon Palace shattered in an instant!!!

Chen Qing also looked up sharply, his face full of shock. What’s happening?

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This dragon roar not only shocked Chen Qing but also everyone active in the West Sea Dragon Palace!

The immense oppressive force that accompanied the dragon roar made everyone instantly realize—it was a True Dragon!

Had a True Dragon come to aid them?

Everyone looked up, only to see the sky above the sea ablaze with fire, the space above the Dragon Palace violently churning. Clearly, the immense Heavenly Ghost Octopus was enraged, both angry and in pain.

The True Dragon had taken the initiative to confront the Ghost Octopus, even inflicting wounds on it...

This outcome made the ancient sorcerers all swallow their saliva in secret, not daring to move lightly.

Despite their current single-mindedness on how to plunder the Dragon Palace’s resources and how to retaliate against the Dragon Palace nobility who once treated them as nothing, when a real dragon appeared, not one of them wasn’t afraid, all reflexively shrinking back like a well-trained dog.

Boom!

The colossal glazed glass shattered, with red flames bursting through, spreading unhindered by the seawater and boiling the icy ocean in an instant like hot water.

Elder Shen saw this scene with an incredulous expression, "Southern Clear Li Fire?"

Ao Zhen also looked in that direction. The Southern Clear Li Fire was a divine skill only usable by those of the Dragon King Breed from the Southern Sea. Had someone from the royal family awakened first over there?

That was also why she didn’t immediately agree to cooperate with Chen Qing. The four seas were one; although her foolish brother had secretly killed many of the others’ younger kin from the three other seas, that news should still be sealed. There shouldn’t have been a falling out yet.

With the presence of the Ancient Worm in the West Sea, the pressure on the other three seas would naturally reduce sharply.

As long as some Yaksha followed the procedure, they could definitely use the Dragon Transformation Object to revive their kind.

Considering the schedule, it wasn’t impossible for a member of the Dragon King Breed to make a comeback.

With that in mind, she stiffened her body, trying as best as she could to gaze at the brilliant flames in the sea.

The fire’s quality was incredibly high; it seemed that the newcomer had recovered at least forty percent of the True Dragon Breed’s strength.

However, to deal with the current situation, that should be enough, and the type of attribute was quite useful.

If she could cooperate with the people from the Southern Sea Dragon Palace, provide Jade Liquor, and borrow the fire of the Southern Sea, she was eighty percent confident of killing the Heavenly Ghost Octopus.

The Heavenly Ghost Octopus’s vast vitality, if collected by the Blood Guards before being completely burned, could revive the entire aristocracy of the West Sea!

In that case, there would be no need to cooperate with that mortal called Chen Qing.

The key now was, how to get the other party to find her quickly?

What she feared now was if this Ancient Worm and Chen Qing worked together, hiding her away and taking full control. If they delayed enough, it was possible even a True Dragon Breed from the Southern Sea might not be able to solve the West Sea situation.

Yet as she thought this, the anticipated encounter arrived all too quickly.

Almost instantly!

Following the dazzling flames in the sea, a figure approached rapidly.

Before Elder Shen could react, the figure had already appeared before her.

Two barely responding Yaksha lifted their Tridents to make a gesture, but in an instant, their burly bodies, along with their massive Tridents, dissolved in the sea of fire!

The overwhelming heat that hit her face was like being near a sun, causing Elder Shen to scream in excruciating pain!

Ancient Worms.... feared the sun. This quality of Southern Clear Li Fire, much stronger than the scorching sun in the sky many times over, had virtually blinded Elder Shen the instant the other party appeared!

But he still made out the other person’s appearance.

"You...."

"Yo, you’ve got some tricks up your sleeve..."

The mocking voice chilled Elder Shen to the core with its searing pain; he could never have imagined...that the person who had come would actually be this individual?

"You are..." Ao Zhen also stared blankly at the newcomer. She had seen all the few Dragon Kings from the Southern Sea. This person was certainly not among them, a fact which instantly chilled her heart to the extreme!

So the West Sea had been managing to hold on after all?

The Southern Sea had already got a foreign Dragon King?

Without much thought, she knew... the Southern Sea was finished!

"Tsk tsk, choosing to come here first was indeed the right decision," said the voice mockingly. "If I had come any later, and you had completely controlled this Dragon Maiden, it really would have been troublesome!"

Elder Shen howled miserably, his voice slowly becoming like a wild beast, and his entire body visibly dissolving before everyone’s eyes. After his eyeballs melted and fell, the empty eyeholes revealed the writhing original form inside!

The size of that creature, like a silkworm, was the monster that had turned billions from the Human Race into living zombies!

"How could it be you?" the creature inside howled. It had not underestimated Siao Mingyue’s team; the fifth one and Siao Mingyue had caught up with its centuries of lead in planning and scheming, confronting it in the West Sea with no clear countermeasure. It had never underestimated that woman.

But it never expected that they would outpace it, nor that this individual, who had previously gone unnoticed, would actually...

"Whom did you expect, then?" the person sneered repeatedly, lifting a familiar head in hand. The head’s dead state was extremely pitiful; like Elder Shen, it had melted beyond recognition, but one could still smell it was the subservient "number five," who had always followed that woman without ambition.

"Is it this one?" the person asked with a smile, looking at Elder Shen, then pulled out another head: "Or maybe this one?"

The scent of the second head made Elder Shen’s body shiver even more.

Exquisitely beautiful and icy, carrying an aura that did not lose to the Dragon Clan...

It was Princess Royale Siao Mingyue!

And the one dragging the heads of two important figures was the previously least noticeable, Fei Consort Prince!