Whether they exposed the existence of the Green Fruit Barrier before the Scorpion Demon, Nine-Ren Mountain, and the others sooner or later made little difference.
Lu Xiaotian paid no attention to the Scorpion Demon's complaints.
Whoosh! The Fangtian Halberd that Lu Xiaotian had previously used against the dragon-headed soul corpse and in his battle against the Golden Immortal experts of the celestial court shot through the air. The person who vanished into a field of spiritual light alongside it was naturally Xiang Qingcheng.
"Haha, I heard a few more capable fellows have entered the barrier." Xiang Qingcheng had only just left the Green Fruit Barrier when a rough, booming laugh came rumbling over.
"Golden Immortal-level dragonfolk—and more than one of them at that. What a haul!" The Scorpion Demon immediately perked up and looked over. In the void came a huge Black Dragon, Ao Ming with a dragon's head and a human body, the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea, and the Mist-Stinging Dragon General Zhe Jiang, all advancing together.
"Dragon King of the Eastern Sea!" Nine-Ren Mountain, Zhu Yuqing, Ye Tong, and Ye Jian were the first to recognize the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea, and they cried out in surprise.
Four Golden Immortal-level dragonfolk had appeared before them alone. The Black Dragon at their head was especially powerful. Even in merely a Primordial Spirit state, it brought an extremely intense threat to the Scorpion Demon, Nine-Ren Mountain, and the others. Without physical bodies, the Scorpion Demon and the others felt that if they faced it, the odds of victory or defeat would be no better than fifty-fifty.
"So it's City Lord Nine, along with several fellow cultivators from the Yu Xuan Celestial Court." The Dragon King of the Eastern Sea's expression stiffened, but he soon smiled again.