The Blackflame Dragon Serpent shook its head again. "That's not it either."
Not that either?
Then what was the reason?
The three Beast Kings were baffled.
They had already considered every possibility they could think of.
Yet none of them was right.
So why did the Blackflame Dragon Serpent treat this young man with such respect? And how had it obtained the Three-Headed Dragon Serpent's Beast Core?
While the three Beast Kings wrestled with their doubts, the Blackflame Dragon Serpent said slowly, "We didn't kill the Three-Headed Dragon Serpent. But the expert who did died at this lord's hands."
"What...?" The three Beast Kings sucked in a sharp breath. They weren't fools; they knew what that meant.
Perhaps that expert and the Three-Headed Dragon Serpent had wounded each other so badly that Chen Wen had simply swooped in to reap the spoils.
But the Blackflame Dragon Serpent wasn't a fool either. If that were what had happened, it would never have treated Chen Wen this way.
Given the nature of Fierce Beasts, it would have killed Chen Wen outright.
Then not only would the Beast Core belong to the Blackflame Dragon Serpent, everything Chen Wen carried would be its property too.
The answer was obvious.
The man before them was no ordinary person.
Perhaps it wasn't just his own strength, but the power behind him as well.
The Storm Dragon Serpent took a deep breath and cupped its fists toward Chen Wen. "Young friend, I was rash just now. I apologize."
The other two Beast Kings said little, but they also cupped their fists. Their meaning was clear.
Chen Wen smiled and pressed a hand downward. "I understand your reaction. What matters is how we act now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up."
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