Chapter 1278: Destruction

Before Xu Yang could respond, Queen Talia stepped forward a few paces, her face utterly cold. "With your strength, you're nowhere near qualified to judge my boss. Stop showing off and let's just fight. Today, we're here to seek justice for the Pufferfish Clan."

The Three-Headed Hound sneered at Talia. "Interaction between beast tribes and humans is forbidden, and any other level of relationship is strictly prohibited. Talia, you have crossed the line!"

The Three-Headed Hound's words were meant to strike at her core, like a massive hammer blow to Talia's heart, causing her to freeze instantly.

However, Xu Yang, standing nearby, immediately noticed a crucial detail about their opponent. While the creature appeared to be charging towards the closest targets, the White Tiger youth and Azure Dragon, its aura was actually locked onto Talia.

During this time, Xu Yang did not rush to act, but his extraordinary perception had already captured every subtle change on the field within his vision, giving him the confidence and means to control the overall situation.

Indeed, the creature's feint was exquisitely executed, easily deceiving the Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise clones, and heading straight for Talia's true form.

At the same time, the opponent suddenly leaped high into the air, its body rapidly expanding. In an instant, its physical mass increased by another level. More importantly, it unleashed the ferocious attribute power exclusive to its bloodline, allowing its explosive force to escalate further within a short period.

It was known that this species was originally famed for its formidable single-target burst capability. Combined with this unique offensive power, the Three-Headed Hounds had ultimately earned the right to dominate the entire Misty Swamp.

Now, its ferocious fangs were finally bared, revealing an intense, bloodthirsty edge.

"Heh, you truly are too young!" the Three-Headed Hound leader scoffed, feigning an attack. Its true form perfectly dodged the combined pincer attack of the Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise clones, then gathered all its power into its two claws, lunging fiercely at Talia.

Queen Talia was completely unprepared because she never expected this wave of attack to be directed at her. In desperation, she instinctively raised her arms, attempting to forcefully block with her physical strength. But before the force could land on her arms, that god-like figure reappeared. Xu Yang pushed out with one hand, and his powerful spatial sealing ability completely immobilized the Three-Headed Hound leader in mid-air.

"You can only win if I want you to win. Otherwise, standing against me on the battlefield is an extremely dangerous endeavor."

With one hand, Xu Yang firmly restrained the leader of the Three-Headed Hounds, while simultaneously striking the hound's first head with the source power from his palm.

The first hound head, which had been smiling moments before, let out a yelp of shock. But what change could this bring to the team? The answer was clearly none; the only thing this head could do was face its demise.

Boom! An incredibly powerful palm strike landed. This blow did not contain Xu Yang's full formidable strength, but it delivered a tremendous deterrent effect to the Three-Headed Hound, causing its corresponding head to gape open in terror.

Embarrassingly, with that punch, not only its mouth but the entire head instantly disintegrated into a spray of blood mist. Keep in mind, this was the absolute leader of the Three-Headed Hounds. To be crippled by Xu Yang in a single encounter, how could it ever hope to maintain its standing within the Three-Headed Hound tribe in the future?

As expected, the leader realized it was no match for this human. Without hesitation, it then let out a distinctive bark. This was likely the Three-Headed Hound tribe's exclusive rallying call.

Soon after, large numbers of hound warriors converged on the battlefield, surrounding the area several layers deep. From a glance, there were at least two hundred Three-Headed Hound warriors.

"Heh, can't beat our boss, so you call for backup? Do you think we don't exist? Very well, it's time to warm up."

As the Black Tortoise clone spoke, the astrolabe mark in its palm reappeared. Following suit, the Azure Dragon's black and white chess pieces emerged, and the White Tiger youth, not far away, activated his exclusive White Tiger cultivation mark, completing the final steps of combat preparation.

Little Flower and the red-robed masked female envoy, on the other hand, were calmer, merely assuming their starting stances to confront the Three-Headed Hound warriors.

"No need to take you trash too seriously. The hunt begins! Boss, let's have dog meat tonight."

The entire team sprang into action, launching a frenzied counterattack. Hundreds of Three-Headed Hounds swarmed them, a situation that perhaps only Xu Yang's team could handle with such composure.

The bloody battle between the two sides lasted a full three hours. Queen Talia unleashed her full combat power, utterly annihilating the Three-Headed Hound tribe's core fighting force.

It's important to remember that desire can truly unleash endless potential. Queen Talia's heart was always with her tribe, and thus she was determined to suppress the Three-Headed Hound tribe as much as possible. After entering her killing mode, her combat power became truly terrifying.

The Three-Headed Hound leader, having already had one head shattered by Xu Yang, was no longer at its peak combat strength. Yet, it stubbornly rushed to the front of its forces. The outcome was predictable: it was completely subdued by Xu Yang within a few rounds.

"I'd say you're truly hard-headed! What about having three heads? Does that mean you're more resilient than others?" Faced with Xu Yang's ruthless questions, the hound leader, now pinned under Xu Yang's foot, became completely compliant.

"Please, don't kill me. Your Excellency, I beg you to spare my life. My Three-Headed Hound tribe is now leaderless and facing extinction. If I don't find a way to extract a special attribute essence from the Pufferfish bloodline to sustain our tribe's propagation, we will soon lose our right to exist within the Tiger King tribe's territory."

Upon hearing the Three-Headed Hound leader's explanation, a new question quickly formed in Xu Yang's mind.

"Are you trying to find an excuse for your greed? Do you know that doing so will only lead to a worse death for you?"

This time, however, the Three-Heheaded Hound leader did not flinch, nor did it change its story.

"Your Excellency, you may not know this, but the Tiger King tribe is restless and ambitious. They seek to use their power to try and annex all eight beast tribes, integrating them under the Tiger King's dominion!"