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The black-clothed disciple kneeling before her wished he could bury his head deep into the floor below, his shoulders trembling uncontrollably.

It was as if he wasn't facing a national beauty, but rather some indescribable, horrifying monster.

Just carelessly looking up for a glance

would cause his head to burst and kill him instantly.

Ke Yulan was currently using the candle on the table to examine the contents of the letter, and as she read, her distant mountain-like eyebrows knit slightly, "For three hundred years, we've weathered many storms. I never expected that after breaking through the Heavenly Deceit Realm shortly, I would actually die in such a small place like Jiangzhou."

"There's also Pang Shan, Lian Qing, Mu Yuyan... I was quite fond of these youngsters."

Ke Yulan sneered twice.

She seemed to sigh, shaking her head slightly.

She crumpled the paper into a ball and fed it to a blue-eyed white-haired little fox beside her.

The little fox's face showed a distinctly human-like flicker of displeasure, but it obediently opened its mouth to swallow the letter Ke Yulan handed over.

"The people in Jiangzhou have almost all been uprooted."

The disciple kneeling on the ground was sweating profusely, and he asked, "I wonder if the leader still wants to continue investigating the whereabouts of the Dragon King's Tomb."

"It's a matter that's been in preparation for over a hundred years, naturally it cannot be abandoned halfway," Ke Yulan mused, "However, the situation in the northern province is still tumultuous, especially around Skull Plain, so it indeed isn't suitable to dispatch more forces to Jiangzhou. Let Elder Gong Ming handle this task. Give him this item, he will know what to do."

Ke Yulan reached out and took off a ring from her thumb and tossed it to the black-clothed disciple kneeling before her.

The disciple didn't look up, but accurately reached out and caught the ring.

The material of the ring was warm to the touch, like gold yet not gold, seemingly made from the bone of some creature. A chill went through the disciple's mind, but without further thought, he carefully asked, "Is there anything else you would like to instruct, my lord?"

"Go," Ke Yulan waved her hand.

The black-clothed disciple slowly got up, just about to leave, but at that moment—

Boom!

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A dull and massive rumbling sound was approaching from afar.

"Is it thunder?" The black-clothed disciple raised his head to look out the window, where the night was clear, obviously not the weather for thunder. The subsequent vibrations from the ground confirmed his guess. The previously quiet stronghold seemed to be disturbed, with a large number of men and the sound of swords being drawn all coming simultaneously.

Ke Yulan's eyebrows furrowed suddenly, her face changing color, "Not good!"

"There's trouble with the Buddha statue!"

As a seasoned powerhouse of the Heavenly Deceit Realm, Ke Yulan's perception had reached an unfathomable extent. Nothing that stirred in the entire stronghold could escape her notice.

Swoosh!

Her figure flashed, bringing a fragrance of the breeze with her,

and she suddenly vanished from the room, appearing underneath a rock wall at the back of the stronghold.

The ancient and massive rock wall was exactly the same as the one Su Heng had seen in Xie Linyuan's memory. In the center was an Arhat holding a Dharma Seal, with majestic Bodhisattvas and Arhats on either side.

But what was different,

was that the head of the Buddha on the stone wall had rolled down, making a loud noise.

And the huge head of the Buddha had toppled over, its enormous eyes directly meeting Ke Yulan's.

"The Buddha statue, it's been destroyed!?" Ke Yulan felt her breath catch, her fists clenching unconsciously with a crackling sound. She was filled with horror but could not pinpoint what exactly had gone wrong. It took her a long while to come to terms with reality, "Well... it's not entirely a bad thing."

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Bang!

In Baihua County, inside a certain tavern at the Jiujiang docks,

suddenly, an explosion of a fight broke out.

An Ran, pale-faced and weak, watched several clanspeople burst through the door.

Clenching her fists and furrowing her brows, she placed her companion Luo Qi behind her for protection, angrily staring at the tallest among them, "Anade! I spared your life out of mercy last time, and yet you dare to stand before me now!"

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"Ptui!" Anade, who had a face full of freckles and a crooked set of buck teeth, jeered.

Though his appearance was ugly, the expression on his face was extremely arrogant. He scornfully shouted at An Ran, "You bitch, last time you caught me off guard with a sneak attack. This time let's see where you run. Come back with me and apologize to the elder, and you might suffer a bit less."

"You monsters!" An Ran's eyes were bloodshot with rage.

Upon seeing her clansmen, it seemed as if some unbearable memories surged to the top of her mind, so much so that An Ran's fair and delicate face slightly twisted.

"Go! Why waste words with her!?" Another disciple, with a square face and deformed shoulders, sneered, "Just break her limbs and bring her back. Maybe if the elder is in a good mood, he might let us have a good time with her!"

Upon hearing this, the rest of the men all had lewd smiles on their faces, their breaths growing heavy like those of wild beasts.

"Roar!" In her fury, An Ran lost her rationality.

She forcibly stimulated the Dragon Blood within her, and a roar like thunderous explosion reverberated.

"Bastard, kneel before me!"

It was as if golden lightning flashed by, the overlapping dragon roars echoing back, their power amplifying. Most of the disciples immediately rolled their eyes upwards, their legs went soft, and they collapsed to the ground, having been stunned into unconsciousness by the sheer force.

Only Andre, whose bloodline was closest to An Ran's, remained unaffected.

He laughed loudly, his body swelling as patches of blue-black dragon scales emerged, and beast-like claws burst out of his torn and split shoes.

The nearly three-meter-high ceiling was punctured by Andre's head. His face twisted grotesquely, and he took large strides forward, "Now let's see how many times you can use that trick."

Bang!

Their fists collided.

It was like a grenade had exploded in the air, and the force of the high-pressure shock wave sliced through the walls on both sides, causing them to collapse.

Panic-filled screams resounded around the bustling restaurant, as many people instinctively scrambled to flee outside in a panicked rush.

Back on the battlefield inside the restaurant.

Though their sizes were completely disproportionate, the pure strength between the two was evenly matched.

Anade, monstrous and hulking as he was, stumbled back several steps, crashing through a wall and then buried under a pile of wooden structures and assorted furniture and debris.

On the other side, An Ran fared no better.

The girl's slightly slender frame flew backward like a cannonball, the window behind her shattered by the turbulent air current and she was blasted out.

Before An Ran could lose consciousness and hit the ground, Luo Qi's figure flashed, and she quickly caught her in her arms.

But by that time, the other An family disciples had regained consciousness.

And with ill-intent, they began to surround her from outside.

Luo Qi clenched her teeth.

She had no Dragon Blood and was just a common Martial Artist.

Her strength was completely out of league with these monsters; there was no chance in a direct confrontation.

But An Ran had also fallen into a coma. She had been backfired for forcefully using Dragon Blood, and with the day of the tomb's opening approaching, An Shelie's will grew increasingly violent and frenzied. Whether An Ran could wake up again soon was still uncertain.

"Huff..."

Luo Qi took a deep breath and recalled the events that had unfolded on the Guang River half a month earlier.

That terrifying strength which could confront natural disasters might offer them some protection, provided she could pay a suitable price.

"So—" A cold light flashed in Luo Qi's eyes, "This is your doing!"

Bang!

She threw a punch forward.

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Then, she threw the unconscious An Ran over her shoulder, and with a powerful push off the ground, her figure flickered and she began to run frantically toward the Demon Suppression Tower.

Boom!

Behind Luo Qi, within the ruins of the collapsed restaurant,

A large hand, almost like a blue-black dragon's claw, burst forth violently, followed by Anade's towering figure emerging from the debris. His face was twisted with rage and his eyes flickered with a bloodthirsty red glow. He pressed a hand heavily forward, "Chase them! Tear that woman to pieces!"

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