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After the Naga retreated, the Dragon King continued to dwell in the dark, fathomless abyss, feeling the bone-piercing cold and closing his eyes to recuperate.

The chill of Mystic Ice pierces to the bone; in such an abyss, devoid of light and sun, to be trapped for millions of years and yet retain a clear consciousness is something most demons would collapse under.

But it was different; it actually found this environment strangely comforting.

Such an existence, if it could lurk forever in the dark like maggots, perhaps that wouldn’t be such a bad thing.

But, regrettably... this world does not permit it...

This world forces them into battles, yet it also limits their ultimate potential.

To the Human Race, dragons... are totems; powerful and mysterious creatures.

Countless Human Sorcerers willingly forsake their privileged status, desiring even to be transformed outside the Dragon Palace, just for the chance at Dragon Clan bloodline.

But what they don’t know is that as a king of the Dragon Clan, one envies them greatly.

The Human Race has an immeasurable potential, whereas the Dragon Clan has almost reached its peak at my level.

Once those genuine ancients descend, us so-called Dragon Kings will be no different from pitiful maggots.

Whether to serve as dogs or to be dish on the table is at the whims of those above, with no chance of revolt.

I’ve seen with my own eyes, my mother skinned and tendon stripped, turned into a Dragon King course. My father... could only force a smiling face and pour wine for those beings.

What depths of humiliation, what depths of lowliness?

And even with such humbleness, father still met his demise, simply because he didn’t adjust the wine temperature correctly, causing the guests to find it too cold.

Such a life, no better than that of maggots, might as well be eternally hidden in this ice.

The so-called Dragon King of the Dragon Palace, truly a joke....

They all say Ao Zhen is a once-in-ten-thousand-years genius of the Western Sea Dragon Clan, ha.

.. rubbish genius. How does genius matter?

In this world, the talents of demons are ultimately restricted, what kind of demon can achieve which level, it has already been predetermined, whatever struggle, whatever effort, the outcome is always the same, the highest limit for the Dragon Clan is King Level, and even if one exhausts every drop of blood, one can only reach King Level. ..

A predetermined destiny is most disempowering.

But now things are different. A group of people has appeared, breaking this racial limitation. There was a woman who could enable the transformation of the Dragon Clan.

Yes, it’s that woman who sealed the Dragon Palace with the Nine Heavens Mirror Valley....

Those so-called designers... have the secret to change their fate in their hands!

That woman... no matter what... I must obtain!

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The situation is not as bad as imagined...

This was the initial thought of Second Elder Shen as he infiltrated the Dragon Palace. By now, most of the vital areas in the Dragon Palace were under the control of Chen Qing, especially after Ziyue established the Dragon Palace Academy, leading many students to set up various Arrays.

The most famous Flaming Sun Array originated from here, and that Formation is the bane of the Aquatic Race and can be used at the seabed.

Second Elder Shen thought the Dragon Palace was in utter chaos, with all Formations having failed, but the reality wasn’t so. Only the Array sealing the Dragon King’s Mystic Ice Abyss had ceased to function, while other Formations elsewhere were still operating normally.

The Water Demons emerging from the icy abyss seem formidable, yet dare not attack some vital locations.

For instance, the Dragon Palace Academy, where White Essence Stone is stored, is protected by four layers of Flaming Sun Array, backed by vast reserves of White Essence Stone.

To breach it, even if the Dragon King had not emerged, and even if all four Dragon Kings from the Dragon Palaces came forth, it’s still uncertain they could defeat the Dragon Palace Academy.

Upon realizing this situation, Second Elder Shen breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Jiangnan is currently internally defenseless, with all forces concentrated on the exterior defenses.

As long as the Dragon Palace Academy remains unbreached, the threat from those escaped Sea Monsters is limited.

Even in the worst-case scenario where Wei Gongcheng does not awaken, the most they stand to lose is just Lyuzhou City.

Lyuzhou City is indeed crucial; Second Elder Shen has already thought it through.

Once the Dragon King revives and leads those Water Demons to directly attack Lyuzhou, then Shen San and the others will retreat with the Academy Sorcerers from Lyuzhou and evacuate a large number of Army family members to Nanming Prefecture.

Temporarily abandon the rest of the places, only retaining Nanming Prefecture and Nanyang City. With our own and Old San’s Hell Ruler tactics, plus the Great Formation that protects the city and the Gate Deity, even if the Dragon King himself comes, the probability of holding out is not small.

This way, although we will be more passive later on, at least we won’t completely collapse.

Thinking of this, Second Elder Shen carefully instructed the students of the Dragon Palace Academy not to panic, then planned to return and discuss countermeasures with Old San.

However, just as he thought about leaving, he heard a Magician report that outside the Great Formation, a Water Demon was seeking an audience with him.

Upon hearing this, Second Elder Shen frowned immediately; it seemed that his movements had been exposed ever since entering the Dragon Palace, which was somewhat troublesome.

Once away from Nanming Prefecture, his power is even less than that of the fifth, and it would be troublesome if he were targeted in the wild.

"Take me to see..."

Outside the academy, a dense crowd of Water Demons lurked, among them hid hundreds of Yasha Generals.

Seeing this force, Second Elder Shen was completely certain that there had long been Dragon King’s pieces hidden among the Aquatic Race, secretly gathering Blood Essence Stones; otherwise, it would have been impossible to free so many of the Aquatic Race all at once.

As for the source of those Blood Essence Stones...

Second Elder Shen suspected that these fellows might be in collusion with those monsters from the Northern Territory!

"Heard you were looking for me?" Second Elder Shen looked at the sensuously sultry female demon leading them.

It was indeed the royalty among demons, the Naga Sea Demon.

"Great Official of the Hell Ruler..." The female demon bowed slightly, her voice carrying an extreme seductiveness: "My king has a message for you."

"Is that so?" Second Elder Shen sneered coldly: "Then please ask the Dragon King to come over for a chat. It’s not that I dare to visit the senior at his place..."

"There’s no need..." The Naga held up an incredibly dazzling pearl with both hands, and suddenly, the whole surrounding light dimmed dramatically, turning pitch-black, leaving Second Elder Shen only able to see the pearl held in the Naga Sea Demon’s hands.

Just as his vigilance kicked in and he stepped back, he saw a huge dragon eye slowly opening within that pearl.

"Descendant of the Shen Family..."

Second Elder Shen suppressed his urge to retreat, barely summoning the courage to look at the dragon, for he was the Lord of the Hell Ruler, able to look directly into the cold gazes of those ancient sovereigns even when facing Reincarnation.

The pressure of the Dragon King was fearsome, but it was nothing compared to those ancient rulers.

"Did senior create such commotion on purpose to meet me?" Second Elder Shen was puzzled.

Logically speaking, since the Dragon King had not yet revived, he could have carried on discretely. Why cause such a huge disturbance?

Now, reflecting on it, this was obviously intentional...

"Whoever you are, I can’t determine, but certainly, an important person would come. Old man would like to propose a cooperation with you."

"Cooperate?" Second Elder Shen laughed: "Haven’t we always been in a cooperative state? It was you, old gentleman, who betrayed the alliance, wasn’t it?"

"That was with Chen Qing, not with you."

"The master’s will is our will!"

"So loyal?" The Old Dragon King sneered coldly: "Then do you know...the origin of Chen Qing?"

Second Elder Shen frowned: "What do you mean?"

"Do you know that all the suffering of your Human Race comes from him? That even... your Human Race almost perished by his hand?"

Second Elder Shen: "....."