The Imperial Crown's Whereabouts, Setting Out for the North (II)

From Fang Tianzhao's perspective, this Dragon Duel held in Chengyun's capital [Palace] had undoubtedly been a failure in essence.

Hua Qianqiu had not died, the Imperial Crown had escaped again, and the Human Dragons under his command had suffered losses. This time, the Bian Family and the Zhang Family had sacrificed two Human Dragons as atonement, so it would be difficult to suppress them by force in the future.

But from another perspective, the Dragon Duel had also been a success.

The Chengyun Dynasty had truly proven that Dragon Among Men could be unleashed.

The power it wielded, opening the hidden reserves within the human body, could genuinely rival title-level strength.

For a time, the eyes of the entire Pestilence world turned toward it.

Other than Formula World, all four remaining nations sent envoys.

Large numbers of refugees also attempted to cross into Chengyun Dynasty territory.

Why?

Naturally, because everywhere beyond the jurisdiction of the Six Nations had now become utterly unsafe.

In particular, the emergence of true [Progenitor]-level entities was catastrophic for forces lacking sufficient anti-pestilence strength.

Outside the Great Abyss, an unknown Pestilence codenamed [Ae] had suddenly appeared. No one knew how many lives it had already claimed. Once infected, humans bled and transformed into bizarre Zombies, like a cruel flood of corpses.

In the end, it had been stopped on the East River beyond Wei Mountain Province by Li Xinling, commander of the Great Abyss's foremost Lion Army.

Li Xinling was a top-tier Human Dragon, yet even he had struggled against a Progenitor-level entity. According to intelligence reports, the Great Abyss seemed to have deployed high-grade anti-pestilence war weapons.

But this matter also became the point where some people's confidence began to falter.

It seemed that even forces on the level of the Six Nations found it