What should the Dragon Clan do?
What should they do?
"No, there's still a chance!"
"As long as the clan leader takes action and defeats these vicious beasts, everything will be fine!"
Ying Long suddenly came to his senses and thought of a way to break the deadlock.
While sending a telepathic message to Ancestor Dragon for help, Ying Long immediately led his forces to restrain Wang Hu and the other six vicious beasts, reducing the Dragon Clan's losses.
Ancestor Dragon was fighting First Qilin when he received Ying Long's plea for help. He flew into a rage:
"Yuanfeng, what does your Phoenix Clan mean by this?"
Ancestor Dragon demanded an explanation from Yuanfeng. Why had the Phoenix Clan withdrawn its troops, stabbed the Dragon Clan in the back, and left them besieged from both sides?
"Our Phoenix Clan is no longer competing for this Western treasure. We'll leave it to your Dragon Clan and the Qilin Clan."
Seeing that the Phoenix Clan had nearly finished withdrawing, Yuanfeng stopped pretending and directly disengaged from the battle.
"Hahaha!"
First Qilin threw his head back and laughed. Through a telepathic message from Earth Qilin Gou Chen, he had already learned what was happening on the battlefield below.
"Ancestor Dragon, it seems the allies you found aren't very reliable!"
First Qilin could not help mocking Ancestor Dragon. He had originally been worried that the Qilin Clan might not be able to withstand the allied forces of the Dragon and Phoenix Clans.
He had not expected the sudden appearance of the eight beast generals to disrupt the allied forces of the Dragon and Phoenix Clans, frighten the Phoenix Clan into retreating, and leave the Dragon Clan besieged from both sides.
Luo Hou Appears, and Yuanfeng Runs Away!
Although the Qilin Clan had also encountered the eight beast generals, they only had to deal with two of them. His little brother, Earth Qilin Gou Chen, could still handle them.
The Dragon Clan, on the other hand, had six to deal with, and even Ying Long could not hold them off.
The situation now favored the Qilin Clan. Perhaps the Qilin Clan could take advantage of this opportunity to utterly crush the Dragon Clan.
First Qilin's mockery made Ancestor Dragon even angrier.
Ancestor Dragon's killing intent soared into the heavens, but it was not directed at First Qilin. It was aimed at Yuanfeng.
"First Qilin, that fellow Yuanfeng wants the two of us to wear each other down and reap the benefits."
"Let's join forces to kill Yuanfeng first. After that, we'll cease hostilities, deal with the eight beast generals, and then settle our differences. How does that sound?"
Ancestor Dragon proposed an alliance to First Qilin. He wanted to rescue the Dragon Clan, but First Qilin was holding him back, making it impossible for him to break free.
"No."
First Qilin rejected Ancestor Dragon. He knew that allying with Ancestor Dragon would be like making a pact with a tiger.
First Qilin held Ancestor Dragon firmly in place, refusing to let him go to the Dragon Clan's aid.
At that moment, an earth-shaking murderous aura burst from Mount Sumeru, causing even the Thirty-three Heavens to lose their luster.
"The Western treasure has fully emerged."
Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and First Qilin all felt their minds tremble at that moment.
The treasure's emergence alone had produced such might. They could not even imagine how powerful the treasure would be in its entirety.
"Could it really be as Bai Chen said? Someone is refining a terrifying, vicious treasure!"
Yuanfeng muttered inwardly. Although she had ordered the Phoenix Clan to withdraw, she was still somewhat unwilling to believe Bai Chen's words.
There was nothing she could do about it. Yuanfeng was the one destined to face the calamity, and her mind had long since been corrupted by Calamity Qi. She was no longer thinking clearly.
Only after the Calamity Qi dissipated would her mind return to normal.
"You don't need to discuss who will die first, because all of you will die here and become the foundation of my Dao proving!"
A cold, mocking voice suddenly rang out. Then, a tall and handsome man clad in a black robe appeared atop the Twelve-grade World-Ending Black Lotus.
"What kind of existence are you?"
Ancestor Dragon looked at the man before him. Even though the other party had not attacked, he already felt immense pressure.
"I am Luo Hou!"
Ancestor Luohu had finished refining the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. Now, he was about to prove the Demonic Path through slaughter.
Ancestor Luohu revealed his identity, and Yuanfeng was greatly shocked upon hearing it. She had run into him again.
"Will the three of you come one by one to your deaths, or die together?
"Since you're about to die, I can indulge you for a while."
Ancestor Luohu's words were filled with contempt. He did not take Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, or First Qilin seriously at all.
The three of them were overlords outside, but to Ancestor Luohu, they were merely three slightly larger ants.
Why was Ancestor Luohu so confident? It was because of his origins—the pride of being a Chaos Demon God!
"Absolutely arrogant!"
Ancestor Dragon flew into a rage. When had he ever been looked down upon like this?
He summoned the Ancestor Dragon Pearl with a backhand motion and launched a divine ability at Ancestor Luohu, intending to test his opponent's strength first.
"Too weak. With strength like this, you dare call yourself a Half-step Dao Proving cultivator?"
Ancestor Luohu waved his sleeve, effortlessly dispelling Ancestor Dragon's attack.
To be honest, Ancestor Luohu was still rather surprised by Ancestor Dragon's strength. He had not expected Ancestor Dragon to be so weak.
Ancestor Luohu felt that Ancestor Dragon's Half-step Dao Proving strength was thoroughly inadequate.
"How is this possible?"
Ancestor Dragon found the result difficult to accept. He had expected Ancestor Luohu to block his attack, but he had not expected him to neutralize it with nothing more than a wave of his sleeve.
"Heh heh!"
Ancestor Luohu let out a cold laugh and mocked him:
"There's nothing impossible about it. The origins of the three of you come from the four great world-creating elements—Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire. You're merely Innate Divine Beasts born during the evolution of the Five Elements!"
"But how noble are my origins? How could you possibly compare with me?"
Others might not know the origins and background of Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and First Qilin, but Ancestor Luohu knew them all too well.
Compared with ordinary Innate Deities and Innate Divine Beasts, the origins of the three of them could indeed be considered noble.
But compared with Chaos Demon Gods like Ancestor Luohu, who had not yet completely perished, they were utterly unimpressive.
"Yuanfeng, First Qilin, this fellow is stronger than me. Let's join forces and take him down."
Ancestor Dragon decided to set aside their previous grudges and invited Yuanfeng and First Qilin to form an alliance.
He had no other choice. Based on his earlier test, Ancestor Dragon could already confirm that Luo Hou's cultivation was above his own.
Moreover, he estimated that the treasure emerging from Mount Sumeru was very likely in Luo Hou's possession.
Only by joining forces could the three of them have any chance of defeating him and seizing the treasure.
"Fine!"
Yuanfeng and First Qilin nodded and agreed to Ancestor Dragon's alliance request. After all, Ancestor Luohu's displayed strength was simply too shocking.
"Haha, now this is getting interesting!"
Ancestor Luohu threw his head back and laughed, completely disregarding the alliance between the three of them.
After all, having them come at him one by one had been far too boring.
Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin simultaneously summoned the treasures in their hands—the Ancestor Dragon Pearl and the Qilin Seal—and attacked Ancestor Luohu.
Yuanfeng raised the Phoenix Clan's supreme treasure, the Phoenix Staff, as though she were preparing a killing move.
Just as Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin drew Ancestor Luohu's attention, Yuanfeng transformed directly into a streak of seven-colored light and fled.
"Hm?"
"How strange!"
Ancestor Luohu was immensely surprised when he saw Yuanfeng flee.
As the ruler of the Phoenix Clan and the master of the Flying Birds, Yuanfeng had actually fled without fighting. Ancestor Luohu found this utterly unreasonable.
The reason Yuanfeng had fled without fighting was mainly because she remembered Bai Chen's warning.
She had only pretended to cooperate with Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin so that the two old opponents would draw Ancestor Luohu's attention and create an opportunity for her escape.
Ancestor Luohu did not pursue Yuanfeng. A phoenix could escape, but its nest could not.
After blood-refining the Dragon Clan and the Qilin Clan, he could go to Phoenix Perch Mountain and slaughter the Phoenix Clan. It would amount to the same thing.
Ancestor Luohu caught the attacks of Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin barehanded. With a lift of his hand, Demonic Dao Law poured forth, and its terrifying power made Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin vomit blood.
"What is your cultivation realm?"
First Qilin wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He had expected Ancestor Luohu to be powerful, but he had not expected him to be this powerful.
First Qilin suspected that Ancestor Luohu was not a Half-step Dao Proving cultivator. After all, if they were all at the Half-step Dao Proving realm, how could the gap between them be so enormous?
"Yuanfeng, you treacherous bastard!"
Ancestor Dragon cursed at the direction in which Yuanfeng had fled. The Phoenix Clan had betrayed the Dragon Clan before, and now Yuanfeng had betrayed him again.
That damned Yuanfeng had actually used him and First Qilin to draw Ancestor Luohu's attention.
It would have been enough to use First Qilin alone as bait. If she had called out to him while fleeing and left First Qilin behind as the target, why would he have been injured by Ancestor Luohu?
Ancestor Luohu lifted his hand and summoned the Innate Vicious Supreme Treasure, the God-Slaying Spear. Pointing it at the wounded Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin, he said:
"Use whatever other tricks you have. Otherwise, when you're executed later, you'll die with regrets."
Ancestor Luohu had already lost most of his interest in continuing to play. He was ready to finish off Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin.
In consideration of their great contributions and their service as major contributors to his Dao proving, he mercifully decided to send them on their way with the God-Slaying Spear.