It wasn't that Black Dragon, Ao Ming, and the other members of the Dragon Race didn't dare to fight. The Dragon Race was simply too weak at present.
Compared with the several Celestial Courts, even the Sea Soul Palace, which had been in decline for many years, still had enough of its remaining foundations to crush the dragons within the Green Fruit Barrier.
The Dragon Race was nowhere near strong enough to emerge from the darkness into the light. They still needed to remain in hiding.
However, after the tens of thousands of former subordinates of the East Sea Dragon King had been brought into the barrier, the Dragon Race's strength had grown by leaps and bounds.
After Ao Ming regained his physical body, his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. After all, he had been a powerful member of the Dragon Race whom the Honghao Celestial Court had targeted and secretly harmed back then, and he had existed even earlier than the East Sea Dragon King. Now, Ao Ming's strength had nearly caught up with Black Dragon's, and his potential was immense.
Aside from Lu Xiaotian himself, there were now three Golden Immortal-level dragons: Ao Ming, the East Sea Dragon King, and Black Dragon.
During their time in the Green Fruit Barrier, the East Sea Dragon King and his former tribe had all switched to more powerful Dragon Race techniques, passed down through the ages.
With tens of thousands more dragons, and their strength steadily growing, Lu Xiaotian's own cultivation had also broken through to the Golden Immortal level. His Dragon Totem had undergone a qualitative leap as well.
The Dragon Race's secret arts had all been incorporated into the Dragon Totem. Once these dragons reached a certain level, they could access different Dragon Race secret arts.
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