Lava churned inside the cavern, and poisonous miasma spread.
The cultivators scattered, warily watching the beautiful serpent woman Ju Huang hover before them like a Flood Dragon.
She had mastered the Dragon Heart Stone's power, wielding it effortlessly through her own bloodline, and now firmly controlled the situation.
Elder Fu, Zhuang Dongwang, and the others were all sensible men. Bitterness immediately welled up in their hearts as they silently lamented that their infighting had begun too soon.
Elder Fu transmitted his voice. "Daoist Zhuang, it seems we must truly join forces. Otherwise, even escaping this place will be difficult for us, let alone fighting over the Dragon Heart Stone."
Zhuang Dongwang said, "What do you propose?"
Elder Fu said, "Let bygones be bygones. We should cooperate in good faith."
"Elder Zhuang..." The Wind and Thunder Envoys glared angrily at Elder Fu as he transmitted his voice. He was the one who had ruined things earlier, yet he actually had the gall to speak of cooperating in good faith.
Zhuang Dongwang waved a hand, signaling them to say no more. "Agreed."
Privately, he transmitted, "Ju Huang clearly prepared this method long ago to deal with us. The Dragon-Seeking Society certainly harbored ulterior motives, but with or without them, matters would still have reached this point."
He genuinely did not care about what had happened earlier. Rather than complain, they might as well accept reality.
Yin Changming glanced at Elder Fu, somewhat worried about whether Zhuang Dongwang sincerely intended to cooperate.
But they seemed to have no other choice now. They could only steel themselves and face it.
The Golden-Haired Lion King likewise revealed himself, no longer lurking behind the others.
For at that moment, an immense, heart-stopping power suddenly surged from Ju Huang. The entire underground cavern seemed to resonate with