But wary as I was, I had not the slightest hesitation. The Tai'e Sword continued flying from my hand, and in an instant, it sliced away half of Evernight Dragon's head. Evernight Dragon let out a miserable howl and immediately turned back toward the Dragon Palace. As he flew, his brains kept splattering out, yet he stubbornly refused to die. It was enough to make one's hair stand on end!
The appearance of that voice also brought a group of figures flashing into view, their auras following close behind. Aside from one young man who looked only twenty-five or twenty-six and wore a dazzling golden imperial robe—
Behind him were some sea demons who were either broad-shouldered and thick-waisted or ferocious enough to frighten ghosts and gods, along with a group of ministers who looked old but wore civil-official robes. It seemed this young man was the Dragon Palace's new emperor.
Little Jiao naturally recognized the young Dragon Emperor leading the ministers. She hurriedly said, "Master, he is Ao Yue, the new emperor of the Azure Sea Dragon Palace. The former emperor of Dragon Island is his own elder brother, but he drove him out of the Dragon Palace and made him guard Dragon Island, which lies across a stretch of sea from here!"
"Ao Yue? At such a young age, he has already reached the tenth level of Immortal Transformation, and even possesses ninefold Dao Inheritance. No wonder he was able to seize the Dragon Palace!" I said coldly. I had no interest in the struggle between the new and old emperors, but from the perspective of judging a victor, the fact that Ao Yue had managed such a feat showed that he was clearly no ordinary man!
"Fellow Daoist, you brought our imperial clan's supreme treasure, the Azure