Enemies at the Entrance

Dugu Qiubai ruthlessly skinned and dismembered Ao Jiushijiu's old shell, truly refining three drops of Great Emperor's Blood Essence from it.

"Trying to scam me, huh?" Dugu Qiubai cursed as he put away the three drops of Great Emperor's Blood Essence and tossed the scales and dragon horns to Zhao Wuji.

Di Tian swept his gaze over the rest of the main hall and frowned. "Other than the shell, are there no other treasures?"

"Not a single Demon Race true spirit," Zhao Wuji said as he continued searching.

"That's normal." Di Tian shook his head. "Who besides a Quasi-Emperor would dare approach a place where a Great Emperor lived? This seems to have merely been where he stored his old shell."

"Let's go. Three drops of Great Emperor's Blood Essence are already quite a haul." Dugu Qiubai turned and left.

As they passed through the hall of relief carvings, Dugu Qiubai erased every carving on its walls.

Di Tian merely shook his head with a smile and did not continue provoking Dugu Qiubai.

Zhao Wuji was not so kind-hearted. Grinning, he said, "Xiao Yun, even if you erase the evidence, you can't wash away the fact that you were defeated."

"Idiot!" Dugu Qiubai cursed. Pointing at one of the carvings, he said to Di Tian and Zhao Wuji, "Do you know who this Human Race Sword Venerable was? I cultivated his technique. He slew more than one Great Emperor—what right did Ao Jiushijiu have to defeat the Sword Venerable at the Quasi-Emperor realm?"

"And the Three Human Sovereigns—each of them was a Heavenly Emperor-level powerhouse, and among the very best at that. How could the three of them have joined hands only to lose to Ao Jiushijiu?"

"This Ao Jiushijiu was merely one first-generation descendant among the Dragon Emperor's direct