Wu Xingqiu's expression darkened slightly. Facing Long Yan, who possessed the Fire Dragon variant body, the fire arts he cultivated were heavily suppressed.
Even though he had reached Spiritual Connection Perfection, a full major realm above his opponent, if they truly fought, he still would not be Long Yan's match.
From the strength of the aura emanating from Long Yan's dragon body, Wu Xingqiu deduced that this Penglai Palace cultivator, who was only at Essence Condensation Perfection, likely possessed strength in the upper half of the fourth page of the Heavenly Talent Ranking.
Seeing how young he was, and having never heard the name "Long Yan" before, Wu Xingqiu assumed he was a newly risen genius who had grown up in Penglai Palace over the past decade.
Wu Xingqiu's estimation of Long Yan's identity and strength was, for the most part, accurate.
The dragon descendants were an exceptionally powerful faction within Penglai Palace. Having inherited the bloodline of ancient true dragons, both the number and quality of cultivators born among them far surpassed those of ordinary human clans.
And precisely because they had inherited true dragon bloodlines, there were quite a few branches among the dragon descendants.
For instance, the Fire Dragon branch to which Long Yan belonged did not live within the East Sea Penglai Palace like the other dragon descendants, due to the nature of their dragon bodies and innate affinity.
Naturally, the Fire Dragon branch had channels through which they learned of what happened in Penglai Palace. Whenever instructions arrived from the palace, they would carry them out as ordered.
However, because Long Yan was still young, he had previously devoted most of his energy to cultivating his dragon body and breaking through realms. Thus, he had paid little attention to such matters.
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