"Your Highness, shall we wait any longer?"
In this fog where the outside world was completely obscured, the towering Yaksha was extremely restless. This feeling of being unable to control the situation was terrible. If His Highness made a wrong judgment, something truly terrible would happen to the West Sea Dragon Palace.
Whether it was that lowly insect or those even lower hybrid humans, the thought that they could lay a finger on a high-ranking dragon filled Yaksha with a destructive rage.
"Don't rush."
Within the ice, Ao Xin calmly stated, "There won't be any mistakes. Our Dragon Palace has experimented with the Dragon Transformation process countless times, and the time measured by the instruments won't differ significantly. Neither those lowly beings nor that guy Chen Qing can alter the process of our sophisticated instruments in a short time. As long as that remains unchanged, the Dragon Transformation time won't change much."
"As long as we break the formation at the right time, those newly Dragon Transformation will definitely force the Ancient Insect to use all its strength to go on a killing spree. Those lowly creatures will also fight back desperately at that time. This is our opportunity. We can activate some mechanisms, secretly capture one or two dragons, refine their essence blood, and that will be enough for my needs for now."
Hearing this, Yaksha felt a little relieved. Although Prince Ao Xin was the youngest and weakest in the royal family of the West Sea Dragon Palace, the power of True Dragon Breed was far beyond that of an ordinary dragon. As long as he could recover temporarily, all the problems outside could be solved.
No matter how many lowly Dragon Transformation into, they would have no chance against His Highness!
After feeling relieved, Yaksha simply sat cross-legged, trying his best to calm down. This sitting posture originated from the Buddha Kingdom. In the early ancient times, the West Sea Clan belonged to the Buddha Kingdom. In the later period of antiquity, after several ancient forces were sealed away, the four seas united to establish the Dragon Palace and dominate for a time.
However, the traditions of the four seas carry different elements to varying degrees. Ao Xin observed the Yaksha's habits. This was the Dragon Palace's biggest concern. Back then, the Dragon Palace was able to rally all the aquatic creatures in the world and even control the Yaksha, the guardian deity of the former Buddha Kingdom, all because its original power had been sealed away. With the Earth Spirit Revival this time, no one knew to what extent it would revive. If they were to return to that era, would these forces that depended on the Dragon Palace still be so loyal?
After all, these Yaksha, through so many generations of inheritance, have certain ingrained habits that remain unchangeable in their subconscious.
It seems the Dragon Palace's biological weapon program needs to be accelerated.
Time ticked by, and Ao Xin remained silent. However, the Yaksha, who had been mentally focused, kept track of the crucial moments. With a quarter of an hour remaining before the scheduled Dragon Transformation, the Yaksha opened his eyes and looked at Ao Xin: "Your Highness."
"Okay, go ahead!"
boom!
Without the slightest hesitation, the Yaksha transformed into a black blur and vanished from the spot at an incredible speed. Yet, this exaggerated speed did not create even the slightest ripple in the water, demonstrating the Yaksha clan's exceptional control over water.
Ao Xin watched silently. In fact, the Yaksha had been weakened and modified by the Dragon Clan for many generations. If it were an ancient Yaksha, its strength would not be much less than that of a true dragon.
But no one dared to gamble on the connection between the Yaksha and the former Buddha Kingdom, nor did anyone dare to try to break the seal on these loyal guards. "What a pity."
"What's a pity?"
A familiar voice sent an unprecedented chill through Ao Xin was frozen in place.
It suddenly looked at the person who had come, its eyes filled with disbelief!
"You"
"Is Your Highness regretting that the Yaksha have such excellent qualities, yet their abilities can only be suppressed, and that you can only plan to use their genes on other demons?"
"How did you get in?" Ao Xin to keep his voice calm, but the chill in his heart was unprecedented.
It's the feeling of a secret being completely exposed.
"You came in." Chen Qing looked at the other person. "Why would Your Highness ask such a strange question?"
How did you know about this place?
He designed this underground palace himself, and he oversaw the entire process of creating and implementing this hidden compartment, from the design drawings to the actual construction. None of the master craftsmen who participated in the project survived!
This location, with its ingenious spatial design, is hidden in the most secret and inconspicuous spot, a place that even my meticulous eldest sister failed to notice back then.
So he remained confident. He knew perfectly well that both Chen Qing and that insect had anticipated his arrival, but so what?
Even if they have doubts, they can't find this location; this is Ao Xin's greatest confidence!
But now.
"You shouldn't know about this place, you couldn't possibly know about this place!" For the first time Ao Xin's voice was filled with anger!
"Isn't it possible?" Chen Qing asked with a smile, "That I asked you to design this palace in the first place?"
"What did you say?" Ao Xin was stunned, and a strange, unprecedented terror rose in his heart!
Why did I design such a hidden compartment in the first place?
In fact, he had realized long ago that this project was meaningless.
But for this project, he killed many useful craftsmen and risked keeping it a secret from his father and sister.
He could never have foreseen that one day the situation here would turn out this way, and that this hidden compartment would come in handy.
Seeing the other person's confusion, Chen Qing sighed inwardly. In the process of designing games, there are always some logical bugs due to the difficulty of the levels. The original design of this place was to create a hidden level to give players a challenge and a surprise, but Chen Qing did not specifically explain why this place was created.
After all, if every hidden level had to be explained, the game development team would have to hire twice as many game editors to write the story. In the future era of big-budget games, editors who can write excellent background stories will be in high demand.
Hiring a story editor is expensive; do you think you can double that price? The boss would jump off a building.
So when faced with the other person's confusion, Chen Qing understood the reason perfectly: the other person's mind was stuck!
At that moment, Chen Qing suddenly made a move, a spear formed of lightning appearing in his hand, aimed straight for Ao Xin's throat.
"Stop!"
Yaksha's voice roared from afar, its murderous aura instantly overwhelming Chen Qing. Chen Qing knew very well that he couldn't outrun his opponent, but he also knew that his opponent had been waiting in the distance all along.
"Didn't you hear me just now?" Chen Qing didn't dare to gamble on speed with Yaksha. It wasn't that he couldn't win; now that his Thunder Division power was combined with the Divine Wind Technique, although he could only maintain it for a short time, he could be faster than Yaksha in a short period of time. He had already tested this when he was being chased by Shen Laoda.
However, the Crown Prince of the West Sea is protected by Xuanbing. If the opponent uses Xuanbing, he can trap him for a few seconds. In the current situation, a few seconds is enough for him to die eight hundred times over!
Therefore, Chen Qing had no intention of forcing the issue from the beginning. Without turning his head, he said, "Back then, the Yaksha led his entire clan to surrender to the Four Seas Dragon Palace. With the abilities of the Yaksha clan, they could have established their own independent clan. However, your ancestors chose the most disastrous path for their descendants, surrendering to the Dragon Clan, who are most knowledgeable in biological techniques."
"For hundreds of thousands of years, the Dragon Palace has been secretly weakening your bloodline generation after generation, making you easier to control, yet they are unwilling to give up your fighting power, and have been secretly researching your genetic transformation. Now you have heard it all. Have you thought about what future you will have if you continue to follow these masters?"
"Human, how do you know these things?"
"You don't care how I know," Chen Qing said earnestly. "All you need to know is that I can break the shackles of your Yaksha clan, as long as you're willing to help me now."
Yaksha looked at Ao Xin.
Ao Xin sighed and closed his eyes, "I'll grant you three keys!"
As he spoke, a faint dragon's roar echoed, and the surrounding spiritual light shone brightly. Chen Qing frowned deeply. This was the Spirit Speech of the dragon race, equivalent to a spell contract from the Dragon Palace. Words became law, and the purer the bloodline, the less one dared to disobey the Spirit Speech!
A red light flashed in Yaksha's eyes, and this time, he charged towards Chen Qing without hesitation!
A flash of lightning appeared in Chen Qing's eyes, and he immediately activated a wind technique to escape from the spot. His incredible speed surprised Yaksha, but he did not hesitate to continue the pursuit.
Seeing the Yaksha's unwavering killing intent, Chen Qing knew that his verbal attacks were ultimately useless.
From the very beginning, this Yaksha intended to use me to extract more leverage from my master. The Yaksha clan had been enslaved by the dragons for many years; how could they possibly rebel based on a single word?
As expected, this easy path was a dead end.
I just hope that woman will be reliable this time!
The instant Chen Qing and Yaksha left at high speed, a streak of azure light shot straight at Ao Xin. However, Ao Xin had anticipated this and sneered, using his Xuanbing power to freeze the incoming azure light in an instant.
"I knew it, that guy had a backup plan."
In the azure light, Murong Yunji's killing intent remained undiminished, and Chen Qing's words kept flashing through her mind.
Remember, you only get one chance; there's no room for error!
Two more chapters to go...