"Here we go!"
Inside the imperial study, the Empress stood up languidly. "Let me see. Now that the King of Qin is gone, facing the Ancient Revival, what level can your most outstanding humankind achieve?"
The emperor behind him squinted, his mind replaying the figure he once admired so much.
I will prove you wrong, and I will prove that I am more suited than you to find a way out for humanity!
"As expected, that cunning human noticed!"
At the North Sea location, two Yaksha waiting outside heard a dragon's roar and rushed in with joy, but the scene before them stunned them!
The altar for the Dragon Transformation had been overturned, and a huge tunnel had been dug through the ground. Clearly, the one who had successfully Dragon Transformation had escaped through the tunnel!
"I told you before, don't underestimate them!" one of the Yaksha said angrily. "You wouldn't believe me, thinking they couldn't guess our purpose. Now look what's happened! Thousand-Footed Dragon are masters of digging, and this seabed of mud and sand is millions of feet deep. How are we supposed to find them?"
The other Yaksha's face was also extremely ugly. It wasn't that there were no alternatives. After all, there were dragonflies with human heads at the gate of the Dragon Palace. If any one of them was given the temptation, they would probably be willing to risk Dragon Transformation. However, in terms of the quality of success and the influence among the human race, they were far inferior to those people just now.
It didn't actually intend to kill that group of people, including the human man who had Dragon Transformation. Originally, it only planned to let the Blood Guard drain its life essence, then use a secret method to preserve its last bit of vitality, and later, when the high-ranking dragons were resurrected, it would use methods to make them completely submit.
Actually, it's not really a deception. If the other party cooperates obediently, the Dragon Palace is quite generous to its disciples who have successfully Dragon Transformation. The position of the Dragon Palace General mentioned earlier is not impossible.
But the other party clearly has no intention of cooperating!
"Something's not right," Dragon Transformation Yaksha behind frowned. "Even a level three dragon like the Thousand-Footed Dragon, which hasn't fully recovered its strength as much as a level one dragon, shouldn't be able to regain its vitality so quickly after its transformation. The force with which it overturned the altar doesn't seem like that of a fully Dragon Transformation."
Upon hearing this, the other Yaksha realized something was wrong, and sniffed the cave entrance. "There's a smell of blood. That guy killed someone!"
"Killed someone?"
"It's not just one person!" Yaksha, a shark in disguise, was extremely sensitive to blood in the water. He closed his eyes, sniffed a few times, and immediately sensed something was wrong. "Everyone's acting strangely!" Yaksha exclaimed, "It ate everyone?"
"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, the Yaksha next to it immediately closed its eyes and activated its talent. It also smelled more than a dozen different blood scents. It quickly determined that the smell of this blood was the same as that of the group that had escorted the human who Dragon Transformation!
"Is it because you haven't been able to control your own demonic nature?" Yaksha asked, puzzled.
After Dragon Transformation, a human becomes a demon. It's true that they might have a blood-related longing for their former kin—that's a characteristic of demons—but surely it shouldn't be this extreme?
They were accomplices before, after all. Even if they had developed a blood feud, they shouldn't have turned against each other so quickly, right?
Dragon Transformation won't corrupt your mind with demonic energy.
"Could it be internal strife?"
"I don't know." The other Yaksha shook his head. "It might not be that simple. Actually, I wanted to say this before: when that group of people came in, I felt there was a very faint, but strange, smell."
"A strange taste?"
"Hmm, it doesn't taste like a human."
Why didn't you say so earlier?
"They came from the Heavenly Dragon Palace, and along the way they'd probably seen those disgusting crickets, and maybe even passed through that even more disgusting laboratory, getting some of that stench. I initially thought it was normal, after all, there are plenty of things I've never seen before in that laboratory, but now I think, maybe it's not that simple!"
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"Human, is this alright?"
On the other side of the North Sea, the third Yaksha was naturally responsible for monitoring Xiang Tianyu and his group. However, this human was not very straightforward and chose a Dragon Transformation creature in a pretentious manner, which was completely different from his own bold and unrestrained temperament.
This made Yaksha start to get impatient. "This is Dragon Shark, the same species as us Yaksha, and it carries extremely pure dragon blood. Dragon Transformation into a fish-dragon, it will be more ferocious and have better talent than an ordinary fish-dragon, and the success rate is also very high. What do you think?"
"Am I the same kind as you, General?" Xiang Tianyu asked, looking somewhat reluctant. "Will I also be assigned to the position of guard in the future?"
The way he was being looked down upon made Yaksha choke for a moment.
But he patiently explained, "Our Yaksha clan is indeed primarily focused on protection, mainly because we have an excellent sense of smell that allows us to identify all things and prevent noble dragons from being attacked. However, our individual abilities are among the highest in the entire Dragon Palace. If Yaksha with dragon blood can successfully Dragon Transformation, they often become Yaksha Generals, commanding the Dragon Palace's Imperial Guard, holding a transcendent position."
"Oh," Xiang Tianyu immediately understood. What the other party was referring to was probably something like the Imperial Guard in the capital, which was indeed a high-ranking position. After all, in any faction, those who could hold this position were close advisors to the king.
"Human, what are you hesitating about?" Yaksha frowned, his tone gradually becoming impatient. The revived Mystic Turtle had already calculated that a great crisis was approaching on Tianlong's side. If the Dragon Palace was not activated soon, there might be annihilation!
"I..." Xiang Tianyu thought for a moment, then said, "The general just said that your clan has an incredibly keen sense of smell, capable of discerning the nature of all things in the world?"
"You don't believe me?" Yaksha asked, narrowing his eyes.
"It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that I've never seen it before, and it seems too incredible." Xiang Tianyu smiled and said, "If the general has this ability, could you tell me if anyone among our group just now smelled strange?"
"The taste is off?" Yaksha was taken aback. "What do you mean?"
"It means exactly what it says, like, is there anyone among us who has a different flavor from the rest of us?"
"Oh? Testing me?" Yaksha chuckled. "Don't you humans all smell sweet like this? But if I had to say, that youngest one did smell a bit strange. I felt like there was something mixed in with his body."
"Is that so?" Xiang Tianyu's face darkened. He wasn't actually afraid that the youngest son of the Duke of Wei had been brainwashed into secretly serving the emperor; after all, his strength was undeniable, and his destructive power was limited. However, what he was most worried about was whether the little guy possessed anything else.
Just then, Yaksha's expression suddenly changed, and he stared intently at the ground on the other side. "How is this possible?"
"What's wrong, General?" Xiang Tianyu's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition grew stronger.
"Retreat!" Suddenly, Yaksha grabbed Xiang Tianyu and, like a black lightning bolt, pulled him away from where he stood. The speed was so fast that Xiang Tianyu Xiang Tianyu n't even keep up with his eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart!
This monster
Fortunately, the other party had asked them for help; otherwise, with such terrifying skills, they would probably have been killed in a single exchange.
But what alarmed him even more was what could possibly make it look so pale?
The next instant, a dragon's roar rose from the ground, and even faster than the sound, a black shadow suddenly emerged and quickly pulled the Dragon Shark that the Yaksha had just introduced into the ground!
And his own men were also dragged down along with that enormous figure!
Xiang Tianyu's face was contorted with rage, but he didn't even have time to warn his men to retreat. The shadowy figure came too fast; let alone his men and the sorcerers, even he himself, who was there just now, would have had no chance of escaping!
Sure enough, almost without exception, all the subordinates and sorcerers were swallowed Ying Yi!
The only two remaining are the guard, A Nian, who was also rescued by the Yaksha.
The guard A Nian, who was called "Master," was deathly pale. The thing that rushed out of the cave was terrifying. He couldn't even see it clearly with just one glance before he started trembling uncontrollably and lost all his strength.
" Thousand-Footed Dragon?" Yaksha recoiled in surprise. "How could there be Thousand-Footed Dragon so quickly? Could it be those crickets? That can't be right. Without our specially passed-down Dragon Transformation Secret Technique, their Dragon Transformation couldn't be this fast!"
Yaksha suddenly looked at Xiang Tianyu: "That thing is... one of yours!"
Xiang Tianyu's pupils contracted. By now, the enormous shadow had retreated back into the sand cave, and he hadn't even been able to make out its appearance. But was that guy Bai Sang?
Although he didn't see it clearly, he could clearly feel that the guy's killing intent was directed at everyone, including himself!
"Master?" The guard A Nian quickly gave him a wink.
Xiang Tianyu immediately understood that the other party wanted him to find an opportunity to cooperate with Bai Sang to escape.
In his mind, Bai Sang probably already rescued his companions.
But Xiang Tianyu didn't see it that way.
"Human, stick close to me!" Yaksha whispered, "Don't even think about joining up with that thing. You might not have seen it clearly just now, but let me tell you straight, your henchmen and those sorcerers are dead!"
I got back late from team building today, which resulted in a shorter update.
Okay, let's say we count the two updates today as one. Mofang owe you all an extra update, so adding that to the three updates from before, we still owe you four!