Chapter 1336: Route Deviation

Realizing their deception was exposed, the Qinglong and Xuanwu avatars immediately activated the Guigu Qimen Formation. The instant the core of the formation began to glow beneath their feet, the Xuanwu avatar also dropped its pretense and revealed its true nature.

"It seems you, Dragon King, aren't entirely foolish, even keeping a move in reserve," the Xuanwu avatar sneered. "However, I regret to inform you that with my boss personally intervening, you stand no chance whatsoever. If your Dragon Clan persists in this delusion, continuing to serve as puppet lackeys for the Beast Emperor clan, then no one will be able to alter your fate."

The Guigu Qimen Formation's space-teleportation technique typically activated without any delay. However, since the Xuanwu avatar had only recently begun cultivating this method, he was far from Xu Yang's level and couldn't achieve instant activation. In the brief span of these few seconds, the Dragon King suddenly unleashed a powerful surge of Dragon Source energy, striking the Guigu Qimen Formation's operational coordinates with immense force. This caused the formation's intended teleportation destination to deviate.

"Damn it, the formation's coordinates are off!" The Xuanwu avatar's face contorted into an ugly grimace, while Qinglong, standing beside him, looked utterly bewildered.

"What does a deviation mean?" The Xuanwu avatar shrugged, "I can't control the exact coordinates of this teleportation myself. See you around, brother."

This was the Xuanwu avatar's last message to Qinglong. The next second, both completely vanished from their original positions. While the Dragon Clan couldn't fully interrupt their teleportation or forcibly detain them, the Dragon King's sudden attack had completely disrupted their targeting. When Qinglong opened his eyes again, he found himself in the middle of a deep, dark ocean. The Xuanwu avatar, who had initiated the teleportation, found himself in an even more dramatic predicament. He had landed at the end of a deep, dark valley, utterly tens of thousands of miles away from Xu Yang's team at Two Realms Peak.

"Oh, this is terrible, terrible! When on earth will I be able to get back to the boss and the others? That idiotic Xuanwu! Next time I see him, I'm going to beat him black and blue!" Qinglong couldn't help but curse the Xuanwu avatar, unaware that the other was even more disoriented than himself. While Qinglong was merely surrounded by the vast, open sea, posing no lethal threat, the valley where the Xuanwu avatar found himself was teeming with countless fierce jungle beasts, each a powerful, top-tier Beast Clan expert. "Damn it, boss, where are you? Come save me!"

His shrill cries echoed repeatedly through the valley. Unfortunately, no matter how omnipotent Xu Yang might be, he couldn't hear these desperate pleas from his soul.

Xu Yang, meanwhile, was entirely focused on devouring the formidable original essence of the Dragon King's exclusive Ten Kings Power inheritance. Just as Xu Yang's absorption process reached its midpoint, the Dragon King's true form manifested within the mountain's interior. The hoarse, penetrating sound waves he released constantly impacted and disturbed Xu Yang and his companions at a soul level.

"Welcome, human friends," a voice boomed. "This is your first visit to my domain. It's one thing to come without a welcoming gift, but to brazenly attempt to steal from my home—that's truly presumptuous."

Xu Yang, while continuing to absorb the core essence of the inheritance at the formation's center, responded with a chilling smile. "So what if we are presumptuous?" Xu Yang retorted. "My strength allows me to overturn the entire Extreme Northern Wilderness. In my presence, you have no right to use such a term to describe us. Frankly, your current demeanor will dictate the severity of the retribution I shall unleash upon every single one of your Dragon Clan warriors shortly. I understand that a peaceful resolution between us is impossible, so your Dragon Clan had best prepare for annihilation. Your recent words have greatly displeased me."

As Xu Yang spoke, he intensified his absorption of the power essence even more frantically, right in front of the Dragon King. The Dragon King, no ordinary foe, retaliated without hesitation, unleashing a powerful attack from the void within the chamber. A potent surge of Dragon Clan energy, imbued with various elemental attributes, slammed towards Xu Yang.

At this crucial moment, the White Tiger youth was clearly outmatched, his strength far inferior to the Dragon King's. Xiao Hua, serving as the vessel for several other Beast Emperor power essences, was also unable to participate. In a confrontation of this intensity, the masked female envoy in red was the only one capable of intervening.

As expected, the woman finally made her move, striking powerfully from behind Xu Yang and conjuring a remarkably translucent, pale red protective light. The Dragon King was astonished by the sudden attack from the woman before him and the power she generated, for he had never witnessed such a unique manifestation of elemental energy.

"Who exactly are you?" the Dragon King demanded. "You appear human, yet the power you wield bears no resemblance to human abilities. This is the first time I've encountered such a technique."

The woman remained silent, acutely aware of the sole purpose of her actions: to buy Xu Yang enough time to fully absorb the entirety of the Dragon Clan Beast Emperor power inheritance essence. Seeing his questions utterly disregarded, the Dragon King's eyes blazed with even greater fury. This time, he transformed mid-air into a half-human, half-dragon form, maximizing his close-combat abilities. Then, he became a streak of golden light, plummeting towards the red-clad female envoy.

To his surprise, the woman's expression and demeanor remained utterly unchanged as she calmly awaited his arrival. The moment they collided, the woman mercilessly unleashed a palm strike that fiercely met the half-human, half-dragon Dragon King's fist. Far from showing any weakness, she fought him to a complete standstill, matching him blow for blow.

A thunderous boom echoed throughout the entire underground palace beneath Two Realms Peak.

"Heh heh, I never expected such power from a mere girl," the Dragon King scoffed. "However, that must surely be the limit of your physical endurance. My next punch will be something you cannot possibly withstand."

The Dragon King was cunning; he had only used thirty percent of his strength in the previous strike. Little did he know, the masked female envoy had already unleashed one hundred percent of her physical power. How, then, would she withstand the Dragon King's next punch?

As the Dragon King confidently swung his other hand once more, the power coalescing in his palm erupted with a golden aura—the unstoppable destructive force of true Dragon Power! Everyone expected the woman to be severely injured by this incoming punch. Yet, she resolutely threw out an identical punch, and in that instant, something utterly unexpected occurred.

Upon clashing with the woman, the Dragon King was sent hurtling backward, crashing repeatedly against the mountain wall dozens of meters behind him. His entire body was actually embedded in the solid rock of the cliff face. No one could have imagined that the woman's seemingly casual punch wielded such terrifying force. Unbeknownst to them, at that very moment, Xu Yang had placed his palm firmly on the woman's back.

"You truly have no compassion for women, do you?" Xu Yang scoffed. "As the Dragon King, to strike a young woman with such force... If I don't make you suffer a little, you'll never learn."

The Dragon King's pained grimace confirmed he had been caught off guard by the sudden counterattack. Forcibly extricating himself from the mountain wall, he returned to the void battlefield, his eyes icy cold. He also realized that all the inheritance power and original essence around the formation had completely vanished, indicating that Xu Yang had ultimately succeeded.