Dragon Fights at the Front

Huang Sheng gave a wink to a servant, who immediately poured another cup of tea and handed it to Huang Sheng.

“But there’s nothing we can do, Divine Lord,” only Huang Sheng dared to speak to Huang Nu in this tone. She smiled and handed her tea. “Are we going to openly provoke the Dragon Clan? Divine Lord, please listen to me this once and don’t get involved in this matter for now.”

The Phoenix Maiden unfolded a map of the mortal world and shook her head sadly. "The mortal world only has about thirty cities in total, and most of them have already been destroyed by the Dragon Clan. How long can the remaining people hold on?"

In ten years, the Dragon Clan will be able to conquer most of the land and colonize it. Roughly calculated, in no more than three years, the mortal world will completely become the Dragon Clan's territory.

"My Lord, given the current situation, remaining inactive is the best course of action," Huang Sheng said solemnly at the end.

With chaos looming, no one wants to be the first to stick their neck out.

If someone absolutely had to sacrifice themselves, Huang Sheng least wanted it to be someone from the Phoenix Clan.

—

"Your Majesty, another victory has been achieved!"

With a joyful expression, Shen Bu Huo knelt on one knee, gave a slight bow, and said with a smile, "Congratulations, Divine Lord! This time, we have captured a great city in the mortal world, and it is now ours!"

Xuanhai Dragon God looked extremely lazy, which was not good news for him.

The dragon race will never lose, whether it's against the mortal world or the likes of the phoenix tree.

Shen Bu Huo was a descendant of a collateral branch of the family and was somewhat related to Xuan Hai Long Shen. He was loyal and brave in battle, so Xuan Hai Long Shen gave him most of the military power as a reward and also as a form of surveillance.

"Father, since our dragon race is so powerful, wouldn't we be able to take over the entire mortal world with just a wave of our sleeves?" Shen Qiexing raised his little face and asked curiously, "Why did Father drag the war out for ten years?"

“What’s the point?” Xuanhai Dragon God stroked his long beard and chuckled smugly. “Father’s goal is to gradually dismantle and devour the beliefs of those mortals, so that they will understand who the true ruler of this world is.”

However, there was another reason that Xuanhai Dragon God did not tell his son.

Do mortals not value their lives at all...? Knowing that even if everyone attacked together, they could never defeat the dragons, they still sent them to their deaths one after another, and not a single one deserted or surrendered.

This feeling of treating life as worthless really annoyed him.

At the same time, he really couldn't understand it.

“Mother,” Shen Qiexing threw himself into the Dragon Mother’s arms and looked up, “Could you take me to see the mortal world?”

"Hmm?" Daenerys took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, smiling gently, "How could we possibly think of going to the mortal world?"

“Sister Songheng and Uncle Bu Huo would tell me about things there every time they came back from the mortal world. They said there were very, very tall green trees there!”

Shen Qiexing stood on tiptoe, spread his arms, and drew a large circle. "Like coral!"

"They also brought me a lot of fun and delicious things. Sister Songheng said that it's called maltose and it tastes sweet."

Shen Qiexing's triumphant expression immediately crumbled. He tugged at the Dragon Mother's sleeve and whispered, "Mother, I dare not go to Father. I feel he won't agree to let me go up..."

"this......"

The mortal world is full of war and devastation, and Daenerys is worried that he will get hurt.

But then she thought again, although the child's cultivation was a bit lacking, he was still of royal blood from the dragon clan, and things from the mortal world shouldn't be able to harm him.

So she nodded, "If we really want to go, then Mother will go with you, but it's agreed that we can only play for one day and must come back at night."

"Great!" Shen Qiexing was so excited he almost jumped for joy. "I knew Mother was the best!"

One early morning, while the Xuanhai Dragon God was out at sea on patrol, the Dragon Mother secretly led Shen Qiexing to the opposite direction from the Xuanhai Dragon God.

"Madam, please have mercy!"

Everywhere were broken walls and ruins. A mother with a full head of white hair and a boy with a broken leg suddenly appeared from nowhere and knelt down in front of the Dragon Mother.

"Madam, you look like a lady from a wealthy family. Please, have mercy on us and give my son and me a bite to eat. My child hasn't eaten for three days, and he can't hold on any longer!"

The Dragon Queen didn't go to sea often, and this was the first time she had experienced something like this. She was startled and took a few steps back while standing in front of Shen Qiexing.

"What's wrong with you all?" Shen Qiexing couldn't help but ask.

Seeing the young man speak, the mother wiped away her tears and hurriedly said, "My husband joined the army two months ago, but we haven't heard from the battlefield since. I'm afraid he's probably dead. Those evil dragons came again last month and turned this place upside down..."

She said something else, but Shen Qiexing didn't hear a word she said. His gaze was fixed on the boy's gaunt face, his cheeks deeply sunken, and his lifeless eyes staring into the cracks in the ground.

The boy in front of him looked about the same age, but his mother looked old enough to be his grandmother.

Upon hearing the words "evil dragon," the Dragon Mother's expression darkened. She did not wish to argue with her, but simply took Shen Qiexing's hand and said with a hint of anger, "Qiexing, let's go somewhere else."

Shen Qiexing was thus pulled along by Daenerys Targaryen, stumbling forward, but his head was always turned toward his mother, who was lying on the ground crying.

The child seemed to tilt his head slightly, briefly making eye contact with him before looking away with lifeless eyes.

Even though it was midday, Shen Qiexing felt cold all over.

Later, Daenerys took him to cities that had not yet fallen, where they saw trees and flowers that were not found in the Sea of ​​the Goddess, and he ate malt candy and many other snacks as he wished, but Shen Qiexing had no interest in them at all.

Why is that...?

"Qiexing, you don't seem to be in a good mood," the Dragon Mother said as she finished washing up and came to Qiexing's room. "Have you encountered some trouble? Why don't you tell your mother about it?"

“No, it’s nothing,” Shen Qiexing smiled at her. “I’m probably just too tired today.”

"Alright, get some rest early tonight." Daenerys ruffled his hair.

"Yes, Mother too."

—

"Your Majesty, you have really gone too far this time."

The Soul Master clenched his fist and said the words that had been stuck in his heart all along, "Do you know how many people in the mortal world have been displaced and are suffering terribly because of your words? You should know in your heart how many people have died in the mortal world!"

"So what?" Xuanhai Dragon God was not angry. He still leaned back lazily in his chair and said calmly to the Soul Master, "Qingfeng, you have always been on good terms with me. Are you now going against me?"

“Qingfeng,” the Xuanhai Dragon God’s lips curled up, “shouldn’t you be happy? Over the years, the souls of all the people in the mortal world have gone to the underworld, and your power has grown so much because of this. Shouldn’t you thank me?”

His oppressive aura was like a mountain collapsing. The Soul Master trembled slightly as he exhaled and said, "No, God."

"I don't care about the size of the power; I just want peace in the world!"

"Power is not everything, Your Majesty. It's not too late for you to stop now."

Xuanhai Dragon God flicked his sleeves, left the throne, and walked away, ignoring him completely.

The Soul Master closed his eyes and lay prostrate on the spot like a stone statue, not leaving for a long time.

"Songheng, are you sure?"

“I can guarantee with my life,” Song Heng said with a firm gaze. “In the past two years, the Soul Lord and the Phoenix Clan’s Divine Lord Phoenix Maiden have been getting along more and more closely. However, there is a barrier blocking the way to the Phoenix Palace. I have never been inside, so I don’t know what the Soul Lord and Phoenix Maiden are talking about.”

He shouldn't have been surprised... but his heart sank rapidly.

"I understand. You may leave."

Phoenix Queen... He had no impression of Phoenix Queen, only that she was a ruler with a very strange and irritable temperament. Before she ascended the throne, there seemed to have been a large-scale riot within the Phoenix Clan. She ascended the throne by stepping on blood, but strangely, none of the Phoenix Clan's people spoke ill of her.

Xuanhai Dragon God casually picked up the map that was placed to the side and dusted it off.

In the mortal world, only the imperial city and a few surrounding small towns remained unconquered. He had deliberately left them for last, intending to take them all in a few days. However, it now seemed they would have to wait a little longer.

Before he could destroy the mortal world, he had something more important to do.

—

The Phoenix Maiden ultimately brought undeserved disaster upon the phoenix tree.

"Lord Soul, didn't you say that when you came here, you were accompanied by your trusted confidants?!"

She retreated repeatedly, wiping the blood from her face, and roared, "How did that stinking worm, the Xuanhai Dragon God, find out! Or are you trying to lie to me?!"

Damn it, the dragons attacked the phoenix tree in the night!

Nighttime is when everyone is least prepared, and the fact that the dragons didn't send a challenge beforehand caught them off guard.

Fortunately, the Soul Master was resting on a paulownia tree that night. Upon discovering the attack, he immediately summoned ghost soldiers from the underworld, who fought under the pale moonlight.

Whether this was a coincidence or someone did it intentionally, no one but the dragons knows the answer.

"Even if you gave me a thousand more lives, I would never dare to deceive the Divine Lord!"

He realized almost immediately that there was a traitor among the Dragon Clan lurking around him, but he didn't know how long that person had been lurking there.

“Divine Lord, there’s no need to worry,” he said, dodging the dragon’s attack. “A person like the Xuanhai Dragon God dislikes killing all his prey at once!”

"They should be retreating by dawn at the latest!"

Hearing this news now, I really don't know whether to be happy or angry.

"I advise you, Soul Master, to return to the Underworld first. I can hold out until dawn without you all," she sneered, severing the dragon tendon with a single sword strike. "If the Xuanhai Dragon God dares to send troops to attack my Wutong Tree, it's hard to say he won't attack the Underworld at the same time!"