After speaking, Eastern Emperor Taiyi flew directly toward the South Sea.
He was extremely confident in his own cultivation.
With the Eastern Emperor Bell in hand, what was there to fear?
There was absolutely no need to fear such strange and bizarre things.
As he flew into the South Sea, countless members of the Demon Race concealed themselves within its empty skies.
Then they struck from the shadows.
And after their sneak attacks, the Dragon Race corpses they had killed were not wasted.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi personally carried the corpses and tossed them onto Witch Clan territory.
Although the Dragon Race had spread their net wide, it had to be said—
The Four Seas Dragon Kings still held their respective domains.
The movements of the many Dragon Race members were likewise under their control.
Inside the South Sea Dragon Palace,
several Dragon Kings furrowed their brows.
"We've searched for decades, yet we still haven't found it."
"Not only have we failed to find it, quite a few of our Dragon Race descendants have also gone missing."
"They went missing?"
"Yes. Many Dragon Race descendants have disappeared from my territory."
The Four Seas Dragon Kings were all stunned. Then the East Sea Dragon King spoke directly.
"Recall every member of the Dragon Race. Count our numbers and see exactly what has happened."
For a time, the entire South Sea descended into chaos.
After the Dragon Race had been recalled and their numbers counted, the South Sea Dragon King's expression darkened.
"Damn it! Who dared abduct members of my Dragon Race?"
After he spoke, the entire Dragon Race fell into an uproar.
Many among them began discussing the recent rumors.
"I heard that the Witch Clan has recently been active around the South Sea. It seems they intend to occupy this place."
"I also heard that the Witch Clan has been slaughtering our Dragon Race."
"That really does seem possible. The Witch Clan loves flesh and blood. It must have been them."
"The Witch Clan is truly tyrannical. They actually killed so many of our clansmen."
"Revenge! We must have revenge!"
"How can we take revenge? The Witch Clan has twelve Ancestor Witches, and their Great Witches are no weak fighters either."
The rumors also reached the ears of the Dragon Kings.
However, the East Sea Dragon King remained somewhat doubtful of that explanation.
The first reason was that they could not defeat them.
That was a fact.
The second reason was that they had also been monitoring the Witch Clan recently. The Witch Clan had only been expanding eastward and had never shown any signs of expanding toward the South Sea.
Could they have changed direction and begun expanding this way?
If that were the case, it would be possible, but none of that seemed to be happening now.
Then who could have done this?
After thinking it over, he seemed to recall something.
"What do you all think?"
The three Dragon Kings beside him looked at the East Sea Dragon King, momentarily stunned before speaking one after another.
"I believe that although the Witch Clan is suspicious, it should not have been them."
"That's right. We have been watching the Witch Clan's movements from the start. There has been no sign of them heading in this direction."
"Even if they did come here, they would only seize land. They would not slaughter and abduct our Dragon Race members on such a large scale."
The East Sea Dragon King nodded before speaking.
"I have thought of someone."
Everyone was curious. Who could have done such a thing?
A moment later, the East Sea Dragon King pointed toward the sky.
The answer needed no further explanation.
It had to be someone from the Heavenly Court.
After all, the Heavenly Court was the only one that had recently tried to recruit them.
Di Jun, having been rejected, would surely have other ideas.
They had not expected him to be so insidious.
"This is still only our speculation. Keep a closer watch lately. It should be the Demon Race."
"If it were the Witch Clan, those people would certainly have appeared openly and brazenly."
After all, everyone knew the Witch Clan's style of doing things.
Though they loved flesh and blood, they had always acted openly.
After all, they were a group of brutes—true brutes.
Thinking of this, the East Sea Dragon King looked toward the Heavenly Court.
They could not have suspected the Witch Clan first because Di Jun had once issued an edict.
That was why such a situation would not occur.
Yet even now, they still had not found the place they were searching for.
Still, they could only continue. If they gave up even this,
then the Dragon Race would truly face great peril in the future.
Though he did not know whether this was a solution, he was truly unwilling to leave it untried.
Then, after looking over the situation before him,
while the Dragon Race searched for their missing people,
the Witch Clan was even more baffled. Dragon Race corpses kept appearing throughout their territory.
They had no interest whatsoever in those corpses.
They were not vultures. Things that had been dead for so long were not worth touching.
Still, they looked at the corpses with some curiosity, unable to understand where they had come from.
Zhuo Jiuyin was the most enraged.
The most dragon corpses had appeared in his territory.
When Zhu Rong arrived in Zhuo Jiuyin's territory, he could not help saying,
"Zhuo Jiuyin, I never thought you would hunt the Dragon Race. Could it be that you think you look somewhat like them, so you killed a few dragons in hopes of turning yourself into one?"
With Fire Essence in his mouth, Zhuo Jiuyin immediately said in irritation,
"I think you're looking for a fight. I am Pangu's true descendant. I would never stoop to becoming something like that."
Zhu Rong spoke directly.
"Tch. Aren't you called Candle Dragon outside? Stop putting on airs."
"I think you're just jealous because you aren't as handsome as the Dragon Race."
Zhuo Jiuyin instantly bristled. He was an Ancestor Witch—who could tolerate being mocked like that?
"You old bastard, stop slandering me! I am Zhuo Jiuyin, the Time Ancestor Witch!"
"If you keep talking, we're fighting. As if your red-haired freak appearance looks any better."
"Look at yourself. Beast head, human body, red scales draped over you, fire snakes through your ears, fire dragons beneath your feet. You call that good-looking?"
Zhu Rong said indifferently,
"That still looks better than your human head, dragon body, crimson skin all over—neither human nor snake."
Zhuo Jiuyin instantly exploded and lunged at Zhu Rong.
At that moment, Di Jiang also walked over. Seeing the two of them, he could not help saying,
"Stop fighting! This is not the time to fight!"
Hearing this, everyone stopped.
They then came before Di Jiang.
All of them halted their movements.
"Elder Brother, what is it?"
Di Jiang looked at the pile of dragon corpses before him and frowned.
"These dragons truly were not killed by our clansmen?"
The Ancestor Witches all shook their heads. Then Ju Mang stepped forward and said,
"We have been expanding across the continent. We have not yet begun expanding into the seas, so our people could not have done this."
"Besides, if we killed dragons and fought them, we would all be able to sense it."
"These dragon corpses appeared out of thin air. Our clansmen could not have done this."
"Furthermore, if our Witch Clan captured Blood Food, we would not kill it immediately. We would kill it only when we ate it. These are dragon corpses, which does not fit the Witch Clan's way of doing things."
The more Di Jiang listened, the more uneasy he became.
"I have a feeling something is about to happen!"
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