"Ah..." The Frost Dragon had the distinct feeling that it had been saddled with yet another troublesome matter.

At the same time, Bug Bug was wild with joy.

Could it be...

This time... was an epic-level power-up for itself???

Jiji!!!!!

Absolutely delightful.

Leader, Baby Ginseng—just you wait and see!

"Can we go take a look at the Dragon God Ruins too? I'm an archaeologist, so maybe..." said Shi Li.

"Mm!!!" Bug Bug hurriedly talked Shi Jin out of it—no way, absolutely no way.

It was true that it also desperately wanted more of the Mirage Dragon's power, but the problem was that this was a mythological ruin—if they accidentally brought the whole thing down around their ears, even Mama Ice Dragon wouldn't be able to save them!

Otherwise, Qixia City would probably be declaring war on Donghuang the very next day.

Donglong friendship, destroyed in a single throw.

Better not, then. Just let Mama Ice Dragon take a look.

"Uh..."

Shi Jin sank into deep thought.

Forget it, then.

"That won't work. Only Totem-level beings may enter the Dragon God Ruins. Or, when the time comes, I can go ask the other Totems about the Mirage Dragon God. They may know some inside information. After all, I... after all, I arrived at Fenxing City rather late," said the Sea Dragon King.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Lord Sea Dragon King."

"A small matter..." The Sea Dragon King was still staring at Bug Bug in amazement. No wonder this butterfly was even more formidable than a Divine Feather Phoenix Butterfly of the same tier—even more formidable than his own son. So it had swallowed the Dragon God's dragon pearl, and instead of bursting apart, it had successfully evolved. The creature had simply hit the jackpot.

At this moment, Shi Cen could never have imagined that Fenxing City would actually learn the identity of the dragon pearl Bug Bug had absorbed... Unfortunately, however, it belonged to a dragon clan from nearly a hundred thousand years ago, and what exactly had happened back then was another matter lost in total darkness.

"Lord Sea Dragon King—!!!"

"Lord Sea Dragon King————! Disaster! A great disaster!!!"

Within the Dragon Palace secret realm, the Sea Dragon King, the Frost Dragon, Shi Jin, and the others were chatting away merrily.

Outside, a wailing voice suddenly rang out.

The Sea Dragon King's brow furrowed, and he saw in the distance an enormous brown turtle swimming frantically through the air toward them.

"Prime Minister Turtle, what's happened?"

"Lord Sea Dragon King, two days ago, several delegations that had come from the former Xuanshuang City to attend the banquet were attacked by unidentified monsters," the old turtle said, his face stricken with grief.

"Now the Yaksha General who went to investigate is gravely wounded and barely clinging to life."

At these words, the Ice Dragon and Shi Shuo were struck dumb.

Holy shit, which sea beast had the guts to attack members of Shenyuan City?

Nine Yaos, eight Totems, and one of them a demigod—did they think this was some kind of joke?

"Hm?? Something like this? Why didn't you report it sooner??" The Sea Dragon King's eyes blazed with anger.

"At first, we simply assumed it was some blind sea beast that had gone berserk. The Yaksha General went to deal with it himself."

"Only at the end did we discover it was an Overlord-level poison dragon. Even so, the Yaksha General engaged it in battle and successfully gained the upper hand. But then—who could have known—just as the Yaksha General was about to finish the enemy off, that Overlord poison dragon mutated on the spot, transforming straight into a Totem-level monster. After that, the Yaksha Overlord was no match for it at all, and he was left gravely poisoned and barely breathing."

"At present, that poison dragon has completely disrupted the sea routes in the surrounding waters. The toxins it gives off have polluted almost the entire sea, and it is still wandering aimlessly through the ocean."

"What???" Hearing the old turtle's account, the Sea Dragon King's whiskers flew and his eyes went red with fury.

This year it was his turn to host the Dragon Palace Banquet, and then something like this had to happen?? Courting death!!

"That Jiaqi—what is its background???" The Sea Dragon King burned with rage, refusing to believe that a dragon Overlord with no background whatsoever could suddenly mutate into a Totem.

Prime Minister Turtle said, "We began investigating the moment it attacked the sea beasts. That dragon does not appear to be an Overlord that lives in the ocean, but rather a rare intermediate form between a marine reptile and a terrestrial beast—it came from the direction of the Seven Isles..."

"Most importantly, it has no reason left at all. Only a desire to destroy. And the toxin it releases—we have no way at all to purify it."

"According to the Holy Shell Physician's analysis, the toxin in its body most likely originates from the radiation of a forbidden weapon developed by humans. It is a radiation-type toxin, and it, too, may have mutated into its present form through exposure to that radiation..."

"Lord Sea Dragon King, what should we do now... Only you can step in. Otherwise, there is no way the Dragon Palace Banquet can proceed smoothly. Moreover, many of the sea beasts that came for the banquet have already been poisoned, and they cannot be cured... To this day we still have not found a way to purify the toxin."

"The Seven Isles?? Forbidden weapon radiation??" The Sea Dragon King's eyes turned even redder, and the Frost Dragon and Shi Jin beside him nearly stopped breathing at the sight.

The Ice Dragon swore inwardly. He had never expected to run into something like this the moment he arrived at Shenyuan City.

Shi Cen also swore inwardly, equally unable to understand why he was so unlucky. He had finally made it to Fenxing City and had intended, relying on the dragon's might, to casually pick out a top-grade pet beast—so how in the hell had he suddenly run into a Totem-level poison dragon causing chaos? He only hoped... it wouldn't affect the Dragon Palace Banquet.