In a barren realm, a great battle had evidently taken place at some unknown time. Moss-covered stone stretched across the land, riddled with enormous craters and immense fissures that split the earth into separate chunks. Gray vapor surged from within, and the occasional roar or furious bellow of a demon beast could still be heard...
Echoing throughout the realm...
And in the sky...
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Streaks of escaping light flashed across the sky and vanished, traveling at astonishing speed...
There appeared to be four cultivators within those streaks of escaping light, all Golden Dragon cultivators clad in metallic dragon-scale armor, with twin horns growing from their heads. Their expressions were grave as they shot swiftly forward...
They flew for a long while...
"Hey! Has Her Highness really found Li Xiaoya? Isn't it a little too far for us to head over there?" One of the Dragon cultivators glanced around, sounding somewhat disgruntled...
"Hmph! What do you know? Li Xiaoya might come our way!" another Dragon cultivator said gravely.
"If we run into Li Xiaoya, won't we just be courting death?" another Dragon cultivator said helplessly. "If we didn't have the Heavenly Dome Emperor's protection, would any of us dare come to the Savage Wilderness Continent?"
"Tch! What's with all the complaining? We're doing this for our fellow dragons! Once we assemble our grand formation, Li Xiaoya won't escape, no matter how powerful he is!"
"Uh! Apparently, they also found signs that Li Xiaoya captured that Azure Thunder Roc...!"
"Really?"
"Yes!"
"...!"
The Dragon cultivators chatted as they flew, seemingly unafraid of being discovered by demon beasts...
What they did not know was...
A pair of eyes in a valley below ground was watching them, following their flight and eavesdropping...
Suddenly!
"Hm?" One of the Dragon cultivators seemed to