(A family of four has three people down with COVID now. I have no chapters saved up, and the key problem is that we have no fever medicine. I'm so groggy I can barely think, so I can't guarantee update times. I'll do my best to keep updating.)
The Dragon-Binding Venerable had temporarily escaped danger. He silently counted himself lucky. If the Nine Capitals Dragon King hadn't been distracted, that strike just now would have left him gravely wounded. No wonder the Dragon Tomb had become a forbidden zone for some Golden Immortal-level powerhouses. With the Nine Capitals Dragon King able to command the entire Dragon Tomb's deathly dragon aura, his strength was truly terrifying.
He should have waited until the Starfire Palace Master and the Dragon-Slaying Immortal Envoy had both arrived before making his move. But what was done was done. Great numbers of sea demons, forces from the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace, and even some of the Dragon-Seeking Office's elite troops he had brought with him had already charged into the Dragon Tomb region. Even if the Dragon-Binding Venerable wanted to retreat, he was riding a tiger and couldn't get off.
"Full of bluster, but weak inside. You used to swagger around, lording it over the dragon race. Now that you can't win, you know how to be afraid?" The Nine Capitals Dragon King sneered, watching the Dragon-Binding Venerable's shifting expression.
"Don't be so arrogant! Today, I'll flatten your Eastern Sea Dragon Tomb!" The Dragon-Binding Venerable was furious with humiliation. "Someone, notify the Eastern Sea Dragon King at once. Tell him to intensify his troops' assault and join up with my immortal army as soon as possible!"
Since he couldn't deal with the Nine Capitals Dragon King on his own, he would let the Eastern Sea Dragon King