Chapter 1277: Light Alone Commander

Xu Yang didn't even look. With a light wave of his left hand behind him, the two accomplices of the three-headed hounds—a leopard and a wolf—were instantly obliterated.

Meanwhile, the rest of the team arrived one by one. Queen Talia, in particular, immediately approached the pufferfish warriors as soon as her feet touched the ground.

The adult pufferfish warrior, who had just narrowly escaped being crushed by the three-headed hound warrior, instantly recognized Queen Talia as the leader of the snake tribe. Besides gratitude, his eyes welled up with sorrowful tears.

"Don't be afraid. We are here to save you. Tell us what happened!"

It turned out that this adult pufferfish was one of the ten strongest individuals in the entire pufferfish tribe, and thus knew everything about their plight. After his detailed explanation, Xu Yang's team finally gained a clear understanding of what the pufferfish tribe had endured.

His account largely aligned with what the Koi had told them earlier.

According to the adult pufferfish, a "freak" was born in their tribe several years ago—the current leader. This individual possessed an incredibly special and powerful physique from birth, boasting about eighty percent of the pufferfish leader's combat strength even before reaching adulthood.

Later, with astonishing growth potential, this individual gained the power to conquer the pufferfish tribe's leader within a few years.

However, no one in the pufferfish tribe wanted him as their leader, as it was clear to everyone that his bloodline was not pure.

No one knew which species he had mutated with.

Little did they know, this mutant was an abomination born from the pure bloodline combination of the three-headed hound tribe and the pufferfish tribe.

Since his birth, the leader of the three-headed hounds had secretly nurtured and guided him, leading him step by step to conquer the pufferfish tribe and bring the entire group into the Misty Marsh.

The reason for this was that, after mating with a pufferfish warrior long ago, the three-headed hound leader discovered that the pufferfish tribe possessed an extremely unique source of life force.

This essence could greatly nourish the three-headed hound species, compensate for deficiencies in their bloodline, and foster the evolution of even stronger bloodline growth attributes.

It was for this reason that the three-headed hound leader conceived the idea of completely conquering the pufferfish tribe, leading to the subsequent elaborate plan to have his offspring control and subjugate the entire pufferfish race.

Now, after entering the Misty Marsh, the pufferfish tribe, instead of enjoying the exalted status commensurate with their utility, had become targets of wanton humiliation by all species throughout the marsh.

This, however, was not the three-headed hound leader's original intention.

He had vastly underestimated the pufferfish tribe's reproductive capacity. Bringing the pufferfish into the Misty Marsh severely impacted the living environment of some lower-tier species.

Over time, the pufferfish were ostracized by all the powerful creatures within the marsh, which led to their current predicament.

To accommodate the powerful beast tribes originally living in the Misty Marsh, the three-headed hound leader did not intervene, allowing the pufferfish tribe's tragedy to unfold.

Upon understanding the true history of the pufferfish tribe's suffering, Xu Yang's face showed an expression of relief.

After all, for him, across the entire Yingzhou Continent, there were no problems he couldn't solve, only situations whose causes he couldn't discern.

Now that the truth was revealed, everything became much clearer.

"It's clear now," Xu Yang stated. "Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor. We just need to meet the leader of the three-headed hounds, make him hand over this illegitimate child who has tormented the pufferfish tribe, and provide an explanation to the original pufferfish elders. Then the problem will naturally be solved."

With Xu Yang's decisive declaration, the solution was set. The others had no objections and, taking the pufferfish warriors with them, headed directly into the depths of the Misty Marsh, towards the headquarters of the three-headed hounds.

Along the way, Xu Yang deliberately unleashed his formidable aura, announcing his arrival in the most ostentatious manner possible.

During this time, the top-tier beast clan experts slumbering in various parts of the marsh region all awoke, startled by the terrifying aura Xu Yang unleashed.

"Heavens, who on earth has come to our marsh region? To be able to release such a formidable aura, this individual's cultivation must be unfathomably deep!"

"Hmph, no matter how powerful he is, he's just a mere human. Haven't you heard? Even Emperor Yunlong, the current emperor of the Central Domain Imperial Family, once ventured alone into this desolate Northern Beast Territory and ultimately returned defeated!"

Some powerful beast clans muttered among themselves. Although they lacked the courage to directly confront Xu Yang, when it came to mere chatter, they all sounded like peak-level experts, which was truly exasperating.

The three-headed hounds, naturally, would not be so timid. After all, they were not mere stragglers but the strongest race, truly dominating the entire Misty Marsh. Upon sensing the aura Xu Yang deliberately unleashed, they immediately mobilized their top clan experts. After formulating a response, they quickly set off in this direction.

Before long, both parties met at a border area within the Misty Marsh.

What Xu Yang's team hadn't expected was that only one individual came from the three-headed hounds' side: the very King of Hounds who ruled the entire Misty Marsh!

Its entire body glowed with a reddish-brown hue. Its silhouette was as large as an adult male lion, and three heads grew side by side on its neck, seemingly representing three distinct temperaments and postures of the hound.

The leftmost head wore a cold smile, the middle one maintained a serious demeanor, and the rightmost dog head bore a ferocious, devouring expression, its pupils emitting an extremely chilling aura of malevolence.

"Heh, has your three-headed hound tribe run out of people? Are you, the sole commander, coming alone to your death?" Xu Yang cut straight to the chase, forgoing any pleasantries. After all, by unleashing his aura all along the way, he had been openly provoking the other party in the most arrogant manner; there was no longer any need for politeness.

The three-headed hound leader, however, chuckled and nodded at Xu Yang. "Heroes have emerged from youth since ancient times. Today, I have indeed witnessed a truly formidable human expert. Excellent, you have every right to be proud."