Sikong Jing secretly speculated, but it should be just as he thought...
Although much still remained unclear, Sikong Jing did not rush to make a move. With his current power, controlling everyone around him would be simplicity itself. After all, the strongest among them had only reached the Emperor Martial Stage.
There was not a single Super Divine Martial expert.
But because of the lingering power of the Three Tribulations Emperor Venerable spirit image from before, it was best not to alert the enemy just yet.
He would watch first, then decide.
Suddenly... whoosh!
A fierce wind howled through the sky as a middle-aged man abruptly flashed into view. He was at the Emperor Martial Stage, and in his hand he carried an enormous cage. Imprisoned inside was a demon dragon with pitch-black scales.
The demon dragon was only at the Spirit Martial Stage.
"Town Lord, everyone, I've captured the Black Awakening Demon Dragon and brought it back."
The moment his words fell, the entire crowd erupted into fervent cheers...
An old man stepped out from the crowd. He was an Emperor Martial Stage Venerable Realm expert—the Town Lord everyone had spoken of, the highest leader of this small town.
Back in the Desolate Sea Forbidden Land, he would have counted as a powerhouse of one region, on par with the Tyrant Lotus Venerable of old.
He spoke, telling the middle-aged man to put down the Black Awakening Demon Dragon...
Then he turned to the young man and woman atop the giant tree and said coldly, "Yu Zhonglang, it is not impossible for your 'Beastman Race' to marry into my 'Aurora Human Race.' But you should never, ever have... allowed a demon beast to awaken its intelligence."
"You know full well that on the territory of our Aurora Human Race,