"That unfilial son!" The Dragon King of the Eastern Sea trembled with rage.
"Dragon King, since Ao Zhan has made up his mind, your Dragon Race must not hesitate in the slightest when you strike later."
Xing Nantian smiled faintly. He had not been surprised by Ao Zhan's reaction. He had never held much hope that inviting the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea would persuade Ao Zhan to surrender. The other man's courage to rebel against the Heavenly Court was enough to show that his will was hard as iron, and it certainly could not be shaken by a few words. Still, being able to use this opportunity to pressure the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea into transferring a batch of dragon soldiers from the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace was not bad. At the very least, it would count as an extremely powerful reinforcement.
Why had Nine Central City fallen? Was it not because its foundation had been destroyed and it had lacked sufficient reinforcements for a time? Xing Nantian had never taken a mere Ao Zhan very seriously. However, the Cloud Sand Golem Army was growing more imposing by the day, and since it had established a foothold on the Xuanyong Battlefield, it could no longer be treated lightly.
Since the other side was heading straight for Starfall City, Xing Nantian naturally had to make more preparations. Unfortunately, the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea was rather crafty. He had brought only a few followers and a very small number of Celestial Immortal-level experts, arriving without the dragon clansmen or the army of sea demons under the Dragon Palace that Xing Nantian had expected. This left Xing Nantian somewhat disappointed.
However, since the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea had come, it would not be so easy