A dense tide of resentment swept in from all around. Lu Xiaotian could sense the fury, unwillingness, and rancor mixed within it. Even with the Dragon-Soul Battle Robe warding off part of it, he could still feel the emotional turbulence brought by the resentment.
After entering a gray barrier, the group officially entered the Dragon Tomb region. A feeling of decay, desolation, and grief came rolling toward them.
Lu Xiaotian had witnessed countless separations between life and death, yet upon first setting foot in the Dragon Tomb, he still felt a turmoil of emotions in his heart.
If even Lu Xiaotian felt this way, then Ao Zhan, Ao Yuan, and Ao Shen had clearly grown much more dejected since entering the Dragon Tomb. The Dragon Tomb seemed able to evoke an even deeper resonance within the three of them. Perhaps they had been affected by the aura of the Dragon Tomb; perhaps they had been heavily depleted by the successive battles in the Berserk Dragon Sand Domain. After leaving Lu Xiaotian with a sentence telling him to cultivate on his own, the three of them spread out, protecting Lu Xiaotian in a triangular formation as they each sat down in meditation.
Lu Xiaotian swept his gaze around but found nothing unusual. He then sat cross-legged as well. Ever since entering the East Sea Dragon Palace, the dragon essence within his body had clearly become more active than before. However, with Void Master Rongxu and the East Sea Dragon King Ao Tong at his side, he had been suppressing the dragon essence within him all along. There was no need to be quite so cautious now. Within the Dragon Tomb, Lu Xiaotian's Primordial Spirit was far more powerful than those of Ao Zhan's trio. He would sense any little move they