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Under the clear blue sky, the blazing sun fell from above.
It wiped out the Evil Spirits, along with countless sneaky demons and fiends.
Hundred-Eyed Devil's first strike had failed. For a time, the major forces held their breath and suspended all their little schemes, preparing to wait and see what happened.
The suspected True Dragon was far more powerful than they had imagined. No one or two factions alone could accomplish the feat of Slaying Dragons. Before long, all manner of alliances and secret contacts quietly began to emerge.
However, this very act of the sun falling from the sky, combined with the Crown Prince's efforts to ease the hostility between the court and the Dragon-Raising Temple, which included sending over a great deal of grain, had temporarily stabilized the refugee crisis.
In truth, this had been part of the court's calculations. They could hardly stand by as refugees starved to death on a massive scale, or let demons breach the Dragon-Raising Temple and the True Dragon fall into someone else's hands.
At first, they had simply planned to reap the benefits after the others had done the work. They would wait for the Dragon-Raising Temple to come asking for help, then use the chance to negotiate for the True Dragon's blood.
But who could have guessed that the True Dragon would first use the Spring Wind and Rain Technique to resolve the refugees' plight in the freezing cold, soothing their fears?
Then came the sun's fall—a world-shaking feat. It had suppressed every Evil Spirit in one stroke, and shattered the refugees' restless hearts along with them.
It had accomplished several things at once.
Everyone had to admit: the True Dragon possessed not only heaven-defying