Hmph! The Second Elder gave a cold snort, and the aura of certain death vanished in an instant.
"Thank you for your guidance, Second Elder!" Xiao Hua said with a bow, neither servile nor overbearing.
"Xiao Hua..." The Great Elder's dragon head looked exceptionally ferocious, yet his tone was kindly and gentle as he asked, "You are not one of my Dragon Race's descendants. Why have you come to Dragon Island?"
Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Hua replied, "To report to the Great Elder, this junior had not actually intended to come to Dragon Island..." He then recounted how Ao Zhantian had invited him at Black Wind Ridge to serve as a guard on the journey to Dragon Island. Finally, he said, "Even when we reached the earlier Dragon Qi Realm, this junior had not intended to release this dragon qi. After all, I merely wished to train alongside Ao Zhantian! Who could have imagined things would grow so enormous?"
"Was that truly what you thought?" The Great Elder's voice seemed to carry a smile that was not quite a smile.
"This..." Xiao Hua hesitated. At this moment, he understood with crystal clarity that today's danger was truly unprecedented. Even when he had faced the shaman elder of Houtu Village in Million Meng Mountain, the situation had not been this grim! Before him stood the Ninth Elder of Dragon Island! Dragon Island was a place on par with the Immortal Palace, Thunder Sound Temple, and Great Sacred Hall. The Great Elder before him held a status equivalent to the Immortal Emperor of the Immortal Palace! The nine elders he faced were among the most powerful beings across the Three Great Continents. Perhaps they knew everything he thought and everything he had done in the past. Trying to play petty tricks