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"I never imagined... you were still alive!!"

In a secret place, Zi Yue found an ancient sorcerer who had been severely injured, hidden in a coral forest. Fortunately, he had successfully dragon transformed into a Coral Dragon, possessing extremely lifelike mimicking abilities.

Within the underwater coral forest, he could completely hide his aura and blend seamlessly with the surrounding corals, making him very difficult to find.

But Zi Yue still managed to locate him, because the injured man was an acquaintance. She recognized him by some unique traces, traces only she could find...

"I actually didn’t expect it either..." Zi Yue said coldly with a sneer, "Your Loo family was wiped out seven thousand years ago, not a single descendant left to carry on your legacy. It’s truly remarkable that someone like you, without any offspring to honor you, managed to survive right at the doorstep of the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace without being eliminated. "

Upon the mention of his family’s annihilation, the dragon transformed ancient sorcerer’s eyes flickered with a gloomy light as he looked at Zi Yue, "Was it you who did it?"

"I didn’t initiate it, but I participated.

.." Zi Yue shrugged, "Don’t give me that look. When your Loo family fell from grace, you had so many enemies. Even if I hadn’t participated, there wouldn’t have been any survivors.

And after all you’ve done to me, I don’t see a problem in taking it out on your descendants, right? "

The other party gave her a deep look and said in a low tone, "So, have you found me specifically to seek revenge?"

What he truly feared was the woman beside Zi Yue, the aura of the Dragon King Breed, which deterred him from any thought of resistance, let alone now that he was seriously injured.

Siao Mingyue, at that moment, also felt somewhat fortunate to be collaborating with Zi Yue. Without any clues and only six "shichen" (ancient Chinese time unit equivalent to 2 hours) left, she might not have chosen to make a move and would likely have just returned to the Southern Sea instead.

"Come here especially to take revenge on you? You think too highly of yourself," Zi Yue scoffed. "Of course, I came here to seize an opportunity. Finding you was a bonus, since I never expected that all other ancient sorcerers with family backgrounds had perished while you miraculously survived!"

Hearing this, the surname Loo man snorted coldly, "The Chen Family have gone too far this time, they will surely face retribution."

"Do you still believe in ’retribution’?" Zi Yue rolled her eyes, "Enough, we’re short on time. Spit out what you know, and I’ll spare your life."

"Are you sure you won’t kill me?" the man asked nervously.

"I promise!" This time it was Siao Mingyue who spoke. Seeing that the big shot had spoken, the Loo surname man finally relaxed a bit.

"Previously, the Yaksha set up a trap, having us participate in dragon transformation and even actively providing us with the location to do so.

Although it felt fishy, the iron law of the Dragon Clan dictates that any species that succeeds in dragon transformation is to be treated as kin.

This, coming from the most bloodline-conscious Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, was seemingly trustworthy. "

"So at the beginning, most of us were aware that they might extract our blood essence, but we still wanted to give it a try.

After all, once the Dragon Palace overcame the crisis, they would naturally not forget us.

They, who value bloodlines so much, would surely find enough blood essence to replenish ours. "

"With this in mind, most ancient sorcerers chose to compromise. But what we didn’t expect was that the Chen Family had a backup plan.

As you know, the Chen Family primarily serve as a medicinal household.

Within their clan, those who fail to become magicians are trained as physicians.

They stay out of the Imperial Court and don’t deal in the most important projects like the Dragon Palace formations or physical sciences.

Harmless to humans and animals, they belong to a larger but relatively low-profile family.

No one expected that they would secretly train so many skilled craftsmen to infiltrate the Dragon Palace—it was truly audacious! "

"Meaning the others made it?" Zi Yue sneered coldly; she remembered the Chen Family, who mainly led the medicinal experiments, and she herself was a product of their leadership. She always felt this household wasn’t simple, but she didn’t expect that they would take an alternative route, focusing on infiltrating Dragon Palace projects. This was indeed an unexpected move.

It certainly made them difficult to guard against...

"And the result?"

"The result was that the moment most of the ancient sorcerers were at their weakest and had their blood essence stones extracted, those guys seized the moment to strike, took control of several Yakshas, and then started massacring us, those who were weakened and drained of our blood.

They showed no mercy, not even sparing families like the Bais and the Huos, who had held office together in the Great Jin Dynasty and had intermarried for dozens of generations! "

"Oh, that is quite ruthless..." Zi Yue was not surprised at all; a family that could develop biological weapons under the leadership of the Sorcerer Dynasty couldn’t possibly be kindhearted.

"Did no family successfully resist?"

"How could they resist? It’s not that there were none who were savvy enough to have a contingency, but the power disparity was too great.

The Chen Family was ambitious and lucky; in the dragon transformation, the highest level dragon breeds emerged in their lineage with four high-tier dragons, and even one of the Dragon King Breed.

They say that was a newcomer, a young one with courage and gall, who disregarded the extremely low success rate and boldly chose the Dragon King Breed, and he succeeded.

Under such circumstances, with our blood essence taken, how could we possibly resist? "

"The Eastern Sea Dragon King Breed?" Siao Mingyue narrowed her eyes, becoming more cautious, "The newcomer, Chen Baifeng, was it?"

"Yes... I think that was the name!"

Upon hearing this, Siao Mingyue turned and exchanged glances with Zi Yue and Fifth Elder Shen.

With the Dragon King Breed, that meant they were on the same level. In such a scenario, if they wanted to forcefully seize control, it seemed their strength might not be sufficient.

The reason was simple: there were only thirteen of the Dragon Transformation kind, and they also had the Dragon King Breed just like his own side. His strongest front-line fighter was just one Dragon Transformation kind, with not a single deputy dragon kind.

Of course, if those ice-sealed dragon kinds in the Southern Sea could be controlled by his Ancient Worm, then those newly born dragon kinds of the Chen Family would definitely be no match for him. The key was the current situation, which was a huge shortfall on paper!

"What are the current movements?"

"How should I know?" the other side hurriedly said, "After the sudden incident, I found an opportunity to use the innate talent of this dragon kind to hide here. How could I possibly dare to probe for intelligence?"

"Then you are useless?" Zi Yue’s gaze turned cold.

"You bastard, you just promised me!"

"I promised you that you would have enough useful intelligence. With this little information? It’s not enough to spare your life!"

"You..."

"I know you’re still hiding something. I’ll count to three, and if you want to die, keep hiding...three!"

"Wait, wait!!! The action of counting directly to three scared the Loo elder into standing straight up, and he had no doubts that Zi Yue would take action. This guy... probably just wanted an excuse to kill him, right?"

"Although I don’t know about intelligence, I am sure that the Chen Family has a strict and cautious style. Now with only five hours left until the Dragon Palace Great Formation is activated, they will definitely choose the safest approach and temporarily retreat."

"Temporary retreat?"

"It will certainly be so... The family motto of the Chen Family is to prioritize the continuation of the family line," Loo elder nodded, "Although I don’t understand how such a cautious family came up with such a risky infiltration plan, but.

.. their style of conduct has indeed always been this way. "

"Retreat? If it’s like that..." Siao Mingyue narrowed her eyes; this was indeed an opportunity. Although there wasn’t much time, there was a chance to look again. If they could find the Dragon King before it awoke, it might compensate for the deficiency in the Southern Sea.

What the Southern Sea lacked most at that moment was a Dragon King. That fool Fei Fu Ma, in the name of being safe, had used the Red Lotus Karma Fire to kill the Nanhai Dragon King on the spot!

At that time, she was still in her weakened period, hidden inside the enemy’s body, unable to take action. Now, if they could control the Eastern Sea Dragon King using the Ancient Worm, then even giving up the West Sea would be worth it!

Just as she was thinking this, a sudden wave of dragon might came from the distance. Siao Mingyue immediately retracted her aura and looked solemnly toward that direction.

What’s the situation?

Even though she wasn’t a part of the Dragon King Breed of the Dragon Sea, Siao Mingyue immediately felt it... that was the oppressive might of a Dragon King!

Why would it be like this?

All four of them, including the Loo elder, were incredulous. The formation hadn’t been activated, and the Dragon King shouldn’t be able to revive. Shouldn’t they keep a low profile?

Were they trying to lure the Chen Family people over at this time?

Did the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace not want to let the Chen Family people go?

Siao Mingyue’s eyes were clouded with doubt, but Zi Yue said directly, "Perhaps there’s been an accident with the Dragon King."

"An accident?" Siao Mingyue frowned.

"The one causing this anomaly might not necessarily be the Dragon Palace; it might be Liu Yu, or it might be Gu Ying. One of those two... might not want to let the Chen Family go!"

Siao Mingyue: "...."

"So, Princess Chang..." Zi Yue smiled slyly at her, "this must be a trap. Shall we follow?"