They felt they had walked into an ambush because the Azure Emperor had assumed her true form right away.
When members of the Dragon Race assumed their true forms, it usually meant they were going all out in battle.
And as one of the Yagu Dynasty's three emperors, the Azure Emperor was certainly no weakling.
Yet neither Yi Tian nor the Black Prince showed much change in expression as they faced the Dragon of Ten Thousand Laws blocking the Stone Cavern's entrance.
Yi Tian remarked, "I didn't expect the Yagu Dynasty to put safeguards in place after our last visit."
Having the Azure Emperor personally guard the Forbidden Land was quite the commitment of resources.
But what they hadn't expected was this.
The Azure Emperor didn't attack. She didn't even speak at first, simply barring their path in silence.
"Azure... so it's her..."
For a moment, the Black Prince's voice sounded lost in memories, but he soon returned to his teasing tone:
"Boss, have you ever wondered how she managed to enter the Forbidden Land?"
Yi Tian visibly froze at those words.
Only then did he remember that the Forbidden Land had rules imposing certain death on most of the Dragon Race-
[One: Those of the White Sovereign Bloodline shall die upon entry.] [Two: Betrayers shall die upon entry.] [Three: God's Favored shall die upon entry.]
After his fall, the Black Emperor had used the last remnants of his power to establish these rules at the place where he had died, turning these Battlefield Ruins into the Dragon Race's Forbidden Land.
That was because most dragons in the present-day Yagu Dynasty fell into those three categories.
After all, almost every dragon alive today had played a part in the war that had betrayed Nidhogg.
Those who hadn't would