"It was the aura of the Ancestral Dragon. Very strange—it seemed to have been corrupted." A trace of gravity crossed my face, and Zhao Qian was startled as well. "Could the Ancestral Dragon God have been corrupted?"
"Let's go take a look," I said immediately. Chen Jixue grew vigilant too, releasing the aura of the Sky Profound Realm, but then shook her head. "You can sense it, but I can't. Why is that?"
"Because I'm the leader of the Heaven Realm. Shouldn't I be able to sense the Ancestral Dragon?" I said with a smile. Chen Jixue snorted, convinced that I was being slippery again.
I ignored her and ordered the Raging Blood Lotus to draw closer at full speed. After a while, when we sensed more than a dozen Earth Profound Realm auras in the cosmic domain, we all fell silent.
"It's the aura of blackening. We've only been flying for a little over a month. How did we run into Black Demon Soldiers so quickly?" Chen Jixue said in alarm. Zhao Qian hurriedly added, "Shouldn't they—"
"They shouldn't. Black Demon Soldiers rarely appeared in the Heaven Realm's territory, but these dozen-plus auras were just sitting there motionless. Don't you find that strange?" Chen Jixue said pensively.
"Go straight over. They're only eighteen Earth Profound Realm Black Demon Soldiers," I said. Chen Jixue's eyes widened as she looked at me. "But there are only two of us in the Sky Profound Realm! Besides, they aren't ordinary Earth Profound Realm immortals—they're Black Demon Soldiers!"
"So what?" I asked in return. Zhao Qian looked completely bewildered, while Chen Jixue gritted her teeth. "Are you trying to wipe us all out?"
"Don't imitate the way I speak. Just say, 'Are you trying to make us all perish?'" I chuckled, then directed the