Gaining a New Talent! Palace Rituals, Ominous Premonition!

Elsewhere.

Jiang Bei, Xiao Pojun, Lei Tao, and the others arrived at a garden within the Imperial Palace to rest for the time being.

"We just received word that Lord Tianjun has not yet arrived at the Imperial City. The meeting will not be held until early tomorrow morning, so we will need to stay in the palace tonight."

Xiao Pojun spoke in a deep voice.

Jiang Bei nodded and glanced up at the sky. It was already evening.

"Jiang Bei, I truly never expected you to break through to the Martial Saint Realm so quickly!"

Unable to hide his excitement, Xiao Pojun said with a smile, "With this, if we join forces with Lord Tianjun against the Sinful Dragon of the Yun Tian River, our chances of victory will increase by another ten percent!"

Though he had praised Jiang Bei several times along the way, he still could not calm the surging emotions in his heart.

"My lord, just how strong is the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord now? And if he transforms into a dragon, how powerful will he become?"

Jiang Bei asked solemnly.

With his current strength, ordinary Martial Saints and Demon Saints could be dealt with effortlessly.

But the Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord was certainly not as simple as an ordinary Demon Saint.

"The Scarlet Abyss Dragon Lord is now in the Demon Emperor Realm, equivalent to the First-Rank Heavenly Martial Realm of our human race!"

Xiao Pojun's expression was grave. "If that were all, it would not be so bad. Lord Tianjun suppressed him once decades ago, and he could do so a second time. But things are different now... Over the past few decades, several super demon veins have appeared out of nowhere around the Yun Tian River!"

"Those demon veins are far beyond the