Is it really as Xiang Yu Yutianyu said?
A strange sense of doubt arose in Shen San's mind. Visually, Xiang Tianyu, the only one who still retained a human form, should theoretically be the most trustworthy. However, if Xiang Tianyu was trustworthy, why did the Duke of Wei freeze him as well?
Since Duke of Wei Dragon Transformation and set sail, his goal has been very clear: to carve an ice path straight north to rescue people. He clearly hasn't become demonic due to his Dragon Transformation; his consciousness remains that of his former human self. If that's the case, why freeze Xiang Tianyu along with him? Is it because he can't manage it?
Shen San disagreed. These ice sculptures were completely separated, clearly not frozen together. If he wasn't mistaken, even the Duke of Wei himself couldn't confirm which of them was telling the truth, which was why he chose to freeze them all together in the face of time constraints!
"Fireball has arrived!"
On the other side, Xu Hu, wielding the Fire Rain weapon, returned with two sorcerers from the Earth Academy.
"Release General Xiang first; we still have many questions to ask."
"Wait a minute!" Shen San interrupted immediately.
"Does Third Master have any further questions?" Xu Hu asked, frowning.
At this critical moment, we must find out as soon as possible about the safety of our lord and the others inside the Dragon Palace!
Master Shen San looked at Xiang Tianyu: "General Xiang, I'd like to know why the Duke of Wei would freeze you as well?"
Several Shen Family immediately realized, "Yes, why was Xiang Tianyu also frozen? This doesn't make sense!"
Xu Hu frowned. "How can he possibly answer us looking like this?"
Shen Er stood up and said, "My Ghost King's Arm can extract the soul, but if a martial artist's soul resists, it will easily fail. If General Xiang trusts me, would you be willing to give it a try?"
"General Xiang," Shen San smiled and looked at the other party, "If you trust me, blink once. If you don't, then we can only wait for the Duke of Wei to return before we can try to lift your seal."
Xiang Tianyu blinked almost without hesitation.
This attitude reassured everyone somewhat; the fact that the other party was willing to leave their body and entrust their safety to them suggested that they had some confidence.
As for danger, there are several God of the Underworld here. Although it's not their own Underworld territory, this is still part of Jiangnan. They can easily capture souls and command generals.
Having obtained the other party's consent, Shen Lao'er didn't waste any time. He raised his arm, and a giant ghostly hand appeared above Xiang Tianyu: "Please relax, General, or you might get hurt."
Xiang Tianyu closed his eyes, and then he saw the enormous arm pull Xiang Tianyu soul directly out of his body.
It's unclear whether it was because it was the first time the soul had left its body, or because the martial artist's mental strength wasn't strong enough, but the eyes of the captured Xiang Tianyu were noticeably numb.
"General Xiang, we were just being cautious; please forgive any rudeness we may have displayed."
Xiang Tianyu nodded slightly, indicating his understanding.
"General, can you tell me now? What exactly happened?" Xu Hu asked hurriedly.
Xiang Tianyu then briefly explained the situation, and everyone quickly understood.
So the situation inside the Dragon Palace was so dangerous. The Lord had tampered with the Heavenly Dragon Palace Dragon Palace, sabotaging the revival of those nobles. As expected of the Lord, they were worried about how Jiangnan would fight back after the Dragon Palace's revival. It turns out the Lord never intended to let those monsters wake up from the beginning!
According to Xiang Tianyu, the Dragon Palace could only temporarily revive some of its guards, namely the frozen Yaksha, due to insufficient essence and blood. In order to revive the Dragon Palace nobles as soon as possible, they began to lure them into Dragon Transformation, intending to control them during their weakened period and use the essence and blood of the Dragon Transformation beings to directly revive the Dragon Palace nobles.
This sounds logically sound.
"But what happened next?" Shen San asked, puzzled.
"I arrived at another place where Dragon Transformation with the Yaksha who was escorting me. Before we could even begin, we were attacked. The attackers were the second young master and General Bai Sang, who had transformed into Thousand-Footed Dragon."
"General Bai Sang?" Xu Hu's eyes widened. "That strange dragon seed is General Bai Sang?"
"Yes!" Xiang Tianyu nodded. "General Bai Sang would naturally not allow juniors to take risks. He personally participated in the Dragon Transformation and succeeded. Moreover, General Bai Sang should be very smart. He guessed the Yaksha's scheme and chose the least risky Thousand-Footed Dragon, intending to burrow underground immediately after the Dragon Transformation to avoid his weakened state. But he didn't expect to be attacked by his own people the moment Dragon Transformation!"
"One of our own?" Shen Er squinted at the young man with the head of the Thousand-Footed Dragon: "You mean, Second Young Master attacked General Bai Sang?"
"Actually, I had my suspicions before," Xiang Tianyu nodded. "How could that monster in the palace not have interfered at all during this Dragon Palace Ancient Retreat? Now that I think about it, it must have been foreshadowed long ago. All the major families in the Northern Frontier have hostages in the capital. The Second Young Master is a hostage left in the capital by the Duke of Wei's family. He was the most vulnerable to being targeted. If I'm not mistaken, something was probably already planted in the bodies of these hostages before the Duke of Wei fled to the Northern Frontier with all the hostages."
"I see." Xu Hu nodded. That's why there was such a strange phenomenon. The Second Young Master, a living person, Fusion with the Thousand-Footed Dragon that Bai Sang had transformed into, like a monster!
"The Second Young Master used some unknown method to not only force General Bai Sang through his weakened state, but also manipulated him to slaughter all our men, including the Yaksha who was with me at the time!"
Upon hearing this, the second young master, sitting atop the dragon's head within the ice layer, his eyes blazing with fury, his face contorted in a grotesque grimace, truly looked like a demon.
The Yaksha standing to the side also glared with bloodshot eyes.
But Shen San noticed something puzzling: the Yaksha didn't seem to be hostile towards Bai Sang and the Second Young Master, Xiang Tianyu had mentioned killing it and reporting the incident. Instead, it seemed to be...
"Then why did the Duke of Wei freeze you as well?"
"That brat turned around and accused me!" Xiang Tianyu said coldly, " Duke of Wei successfully escaped the Yaksha ' scheme thanks to Ghost Mr. Mirror's protection and even successfully Dragon Transformation. But just as he was arriving here, that brat claimed that I poisoned him, turning him into this grotesque figure. Duke of Wei, caught off guard and unable to distinguish truth from falsehood, and seeing that it was his own son who said it, froze all of us!"
The Shen Family family members exchanged glances; now that they thought about it, it did seem reasonable.
Shen Lao'er looked towards the Yaksha and Wang Shijie, the second son of the Duke of Wei.
He also felt a little confused. If he could, he would like to extract the souls of everyone and ask them questions, but it was clearly impossible. The Ghost King's Arm's method of extracting souls required the cooperation of martial artists. This method was effective against ordinary people, but if a powerful martial artist resisted and his qi and blood rushed in, he would be injured instead of using the Yin Ghost Technique.
Wang Shijie has now Fusion with that giant dragon, and his strength is probably beyond that of an ordinary person. That Yaksha is also terrifying, and he doesn't dare to make a move rashly. Even if the other party offers to do so, he will be more cautious.
"If you have any doubts, there's no need to help lift the seal now!" Xiang Tianyu hurriedly said, "The most urgent task now is to rescue the North. The situation there has been reported. The Ten Thousand Snakes Valley has been unsealed. The natural disasters that the Northern Lands is experiencing are probably even more terrible than the zombie disaster that your Jiangnan experienced. I implore you all to lend a helping hand and cooperate with the Duke of Wei to save my millions of people in the Northern Lands from this calamity!"
Xu Hu stood up abruptly. "What should we do?"
"If I'm not mistaken, the Earth Mother in the Northern Lands may have already been unsealed. I saw that monster thirty years ago when I accompanied my father on his northern expedition. It was enormous, truly terrifying enough to destroy humanity. If it weren't for the King of Qin's intervention back then, the Northern Lands might have already fallen into the clutches of snakes that year. Now, the Duke of Wei has just gained the power of Dragon Transformation, so he may not be a match for him. Even if he is, he would have to face the Earth Mother, thousands of Earth Serpent, the Lu Household's hidden forces, and those monsters from the Southern Barbarians all by himself."
"Extremely risky!"
" The Duke of Wei risked his life alone, which is admirable, but what about us now?" Xu Hu hesitated.
"General!" Xiang Tianyu said anxiously, "The news from Ghost Mr. Mirror's secret technique shows that billions of people in our Northern Frontier have been killed by snakes in just a few days. Those trapped now are the last batch. General, can you bear to see no more Northern Lands bloodlines in the world?"
Xu Hu's body trembled. He had served in the army in the Northern Lands for many years and had a good impression of many soldiers there. The people of the north were warlike, but they were also simple and generous. The thought of billions of compatriots dying in the mouths of those monsters was something that neither his heart nor his divine nature could allow!
But now the lord needs someone to provide support from the rear.
Shen Laosan gave Xiang Tianyu a deep look. In his memory, the Xiang Family wasn't such a passionate family.
Just as they were thinking this, a deafening dragon roar suddenly came from outside, startling everyone. They quickly left the cabin and looked over.
Immediately, one could see that the dragon was covered in blood, and almost half of its once majestic scales had been bitten off. In the dragon's mouth was a huge snake head, which was many times larger than the dragon itself, making it appear as if an ant was supporting a whale.
With a deafening roar, the enormous snake head transformed into an ice sculpture and plunged into the distant sea, creating terrifying waves. The dragon then fell from the sky onto the ice surface.
With a loud bang, the solid ice surface managed to hold its ground, though it cracked like a spider web.
"Father, Father!!"
A familiar voice made Xu Hu jump, and he immediately leaped over. "Young Master?"
"General Xu!" The prince, his eyes filled with tears, hurriedly said, "Father has slain the Earth Mother, the Northern Lands is saved! I beg General Xu to send troops to save my Northern Lands from the maw of demons!"
"This..." Xu Hu gritted his teeth, his face full of struggle.
"I'm afraid it won't work," came the solemn voice of Shen Laosan from behind.