The Chaos Race

Flee! They were invincible! That was the only thought in Marquis Xuelong's mind. Three Dao Integration experts had been slain in the blink of an eye. This was unimaginable. It meant top-tier experts were crushing them with overwhelming might; otherwise, no matter how weak a Dao Integration expert was, they were still at the Dao Integration realm. Facing even a peak Dao Integration expert, they should have been able to stall for at least a little while. Yet there had been none of that. Not the slightest delay. Fast—it had been far too fast! The enemy could even teleport through space. Otherwise, the three Dragon Cities were far apart; even a Heavenly King traveling at full speed couldn't have crossed three Dragon Cities so quickly and forcefully slaughtered three Dao Integrations... Who was it? In the next moment, he knew. Just then, above the second Dragon City, an enormous golden dragon manifested in the sky. Its tail swept across heaven and earth, seemingly shattering the sealing array, and roared furiously, "It's Dingjun! It's Marquis Dingjun!" Marquis Dingjun! Marquis Xuelong, who was locked in battle with Lan Tian, shuddered. It was that group of mysterious figures! Damn it, it was them! And right at that moment, over by Marquis Jinlong, Marquis Dingjun's chief manager, Manager Chongming, threw all caution to the wind. His aura erupted with a thunderous roar, streams of rule power surging and roiling as he advanced! He had long been capable of advancing, but out of fear that the commotion would be too great, he had never dared to make the breakthrough. Today, he could advance to his heart's content! Because Marquis Jinlong was being suppressed, and the entire Dragon race was being suppressed—no one had the time or ability to care whether he broke through or not. Marquis Xuelong glanced in that direction, gnashing his teeth, and roared, "Flee!" Fleeing was the only option! It seemed the Phoenix race's experts were on their way; he could even sense the aura of an arriving Phoenix powerhouse. But this enemy group moved too quickly. Even if the Phoenix race came, even if Marquis Fengqi, a Quasi-King, rushed to the dragon tail region, it would take at least three minutes. That was the bare minimum! And that assumed going all out! There was some distance between the territories of the two races; they couldn't be completely adjacent. If they were right next to each other, allowing instantaneous arrival, it would be far too dangerous in the event that war broke out between them. This was a precaution each race took against the others. Yet at this moment, it had become an obstacle to rescue. Could the Dragon race hold out for more than three minutes? Aside from himself, could anyone else hold out? Besides, fighting their way from the dragon tail to the dragon head would also take time. Marquis Xuelong roared as bloody energy surged around him. A swipe of his claw tore through the air with a squelch, ripping Lan Tian to pieces! Yet in an instant, another Lan Tian emerged. This newly emerged Lan Tian radiated a sacred glow, wearing a gentle expression as he said, "My children, merge into me! I am the common people, and the common people are me!" The Common People Dao! At this moment, Lan Tian's Grand Dao of the Common People finally unleashed its true might! Marquis Xuelong felt the power of his dao being squeezed. Even as it was compressed, an unseen power seemed to be trying to merge with him, to make them one. His dao power was being infiltrated and assimilated by countless strands of rule power. Marquis Xuelong dazed momentarily. *So warm!* *It smells like mother!* *No, it smells like the dragon egg.* In that instant, he seemed to have returned to the inside of his dragon egg, back to that carefree time when he played and amused himself—the most innocent period of his life. "Come back to me," the sacred Lan Tian said with a warm smile. *The Common People Dao: all living beings are me, and I am all living beings. We are one, are we not?* Marquis Xuelong shook his massive head and suddenly let out another roar. Upon his dao, a blood dragon roared frantically! *No!* *This is dao interference! He's interfering with my dao!* He struggled, but Lan Tian's dao power instantly transformed into a net that enveloped his blood dragon phantom, imbued with gentleness, soothing reassurance, majesty, and reproach! It was like a father scolding a disobedient child. "Blood Dragon, how could you do this!" One Lan Tian after another appeared, dragon-shaped Lan Tians materializing one by one. A giant dragon commanded with dignity, "Be obedient!" Another giant dragon barked angrily, "Insolent! How dare you show disrespect to your ancestor?" "Impudent! Surrender without resistance!" "Brother Blood Dragon, stop fighting, be a good dragon, okay?" "Papa Blood Dragon, don't fight, I'm so scared..." Each Lan Tian was bizarre and bewitching beyond belief, their rule powers constantly eroding the dao power of the blood dragon. Marquis Xuelong, this exceedingly formidable Heavenly King of the Dragon race, had eyes that shifted between dazed stupor, fear, terror, and then tender affection... Where he had been roaring before, he was now merely shaking his massive head incessantly. His mind was utterly disrupted! The terrifying nature of the Common People Dao was on full display. The numerous Lan Tians drew closer, and in the next instant, dozens of them erupted in sudden violence! Boom! They struck simultaneously, their barrage beating Marquis Xuelong until he was drenched in blood! "Roar!" An agonized roar resounded across heaven and earth. In this moment, Marquis Xuelong snapped awake. Dragon blood splattered across the void. Amidst boundless pain and struggle, he abruptly roared, "Kill him! Kill him!" He was not speaking to Lan Tian, but shouting to the Eternity realm experts in Blood Dragon City. There were many! How could the Dragon race lack Eternity experts? Even Marquis Dingjun commanded so many, and dozens of Eternity cultivators resided in his city. Come quickly and reinforce him! One or two would be useless, but when there were many Eternities, all possessing rule power—which technically put them on the same broad continuum as Dao Integration, just with far less mastery over rules—their intervention could still make a difference. Meanwhile, the dragons in the city were thrown into panic. After a moment's hesitation, several Eternity dragons sped in his direction. However, before they had flown far, many dragons suddenly appeared around them. These Dragon experts froze in confusion. The next moment, a dragon they recognized suddenly went mad and lunged at them. Rumbling explosions sounded, and in the blink of an eye, the sky shattered and dragon blood sprayed through the void. Of the seven or eight dragons that had just flown out, two or three died instantly, including the one that had attacked! Now, the surviving dragons were gripped by terror! They eyed each other with extreme suspicion and scrambled apart. *A traitor among us?* *Impossible!* *How could this happen?* Marquis Xuelong, however, saw it clearly and roared, "Those are his clones! It's a disguise, not a betrayal!" Lan Tian was muddying the waters! His clones impersonated dragons and slaughtered indiscriminately, striking terror into the Dragon experts' hearts. They feared the dragons beside them might raise butcher knives against them at any second. "Shut your mouth, little darling," Lan Tian chuckled faintly. He sure talked too much. Slash! Lan Tian transformed into a giant dragon, matching Marquis Xuelong in form, and clashed fiercely in midair. At this moment, strands of chaotic aura drifted from this giant dragon's body. The instant Marquis Xuelong traded blows with him, his expression changed drastically! "Who on earth are you?" He roared, "Chaotic aura! Are you a human or an ancient beast?" "Are you from Mount Chaos?" Chaotic aura! Indeed, a faint wisp of chaotic aura rose from Lan Tian as well. Marquis Xuelong was horrified as a thought struck him. Just as Su Yu suspected, the top experts of the myriad races knew some secrets; even if they hadn't known before, they had learned them after the last tide. Hidden within the myriad realms was another faction of experts. Yet they seemed at odds with the human race. And yet, these people were also humans. For instance, the one who went to rescue Hundred Battles several thousand years ago, and the one who plotted against Hundred Battles at the end of the last tide. Some of these people possessed chaotic aura as well. Terror flashed in his eyes. *It's them!* *Bastards, these people have come out.* *Whose side are they on, anyway?* Filled with bewilderment and doubt, he had no further desire to fight. Sweeping his dragon tail across the void, shattering space, he fled at top speed. *They are invincible!* Even against this one freak, he was already struggling to hold his own. Not to mention the other experts over there! And just as he turned to flee—Boom! Another massive roar echoed. In the distance, Su Yu and King Dazhou had overtaken the fourth Dao Integration expert. Su Yu fought like an archaic beast, tearing the fourth Dao Integration dragon in half with brute force! The dragon head and dragon tail were torn apart! With savage, boundless brutality, like a wild beast freshly escaped from its cage carrying a savage primeval aura, he clamped his jaws down and bit the opponent's sea of will to pieces! Boom! The deafening explosion came from the dispersion of immense rule power as the dao was violently torn asunder! Dead! The fourth Dao Integration expert! Ninety seconds. Less than two minutes had passed. The fourth Dao Integration expert had fallen! Meanwhile, the fifth one—the only one without an opponent, an expert not lacking in strength at third-tier Dao Integration—was fleeing frantically and had already covered a great distance. This Dragon expert had only one thought: flee! He didn't run toward the dragon head, nor toward the dragon tail. He was fleeing south, in the opposite direction of the Dragon race! At the dragon tail, Su Yu and his companion were slaughtering their way forward; at the dragon head, peerless experts like Marquis Jinlong and Marquis Xuelong were pinned down and unable to break free. How could he run there? His only choice was to flee south! He bolted madly, burning blood essence and burning flesh. His aura surged with terrifying power, heedless of anything else, knowing only that if he failed to escape, he would die! It was as simple as that! After slaying the fourth Dao Integration expert, Su Yu looked in that direction and paused slightly in surprise. *Not bad!* *Really fast!* In this short span, that dragon had fled over ten thousand li! Chasing after him would take two or three minutes. Even with King Dazhou's teleportation, it would require one or two jumps, and returning would take another three or four minutes. Factoring in the time to kill him, it would eat up five or six minutes. Five or six minutes... forget it, that was too long. Su Yu chuckled and looked at King Dazhou, saying briskly, "Marquis Jinlong!" King Dazhou didn't even need the reminder; he already knew Su Yu wouldn't pursue. If they pursued, they could kill him. However... dragging things out risked unforeseen changes. Forget it; if one got away, so be it. In an instant, the two teleported toward the second city. After two or three consecutive jumps, Su Yu and King Dazhou arrived above the second great city. Down below, Marquis Jinlong was roaring in fury! Five Dao Integration experts were besieging him! Powerful as he was, Marquis Dingjun was no weakling either. Fortunately, Jiu Yue was mainly slacking off to avoid exposing his identity; otherwise, Marquis Jinlong would have suffered even more. When he sensed newcomers arriving overhead, despair surfaced in Marquis Jinlong's dragon eyes. *They're here!* *Too fast!* He hadn't even shaken off these attackers, yet the two savage monsters who had slaughtered four Dao Integration experts had already arrived. With a slight probe of their auras, he knew neither was weaker than him. King Dazhou, in fact, was even stronger than him. "You bastards! Even if I die, don't think you'll have an easy time!" Before the two could join the fray, a vicious glint entered Marquis Jinlong's eyes, and he roared fiercely. Boom! An earth-shattering boom erupted! Bang! Marquis Dingjun's expression changed drastically. His spear surged with boundless aura as he bellowed, "How dare you!" Marquis Jinlong, a top-tier powerhouse, had actually self-detonated! His sole purpose was to kill! He wanted to drag someone down with him! With Su Yu and King Dazhou arriving, he knew death was certain! Furthermore, once those two arrived, slaying him would barely cost them any effort. Since escape was impossible, detonating himself to kill enemies was his best option—killing one broke even, and killing two was a profit! That was his calculation, but Marquis Dingjun panicked! He was the strongest one here, leading this squad. Su Yu had made it clear: do not be careless. Their only objective was to pin down Marquis Jinlong, not to kill him; no one was allowed to die, and if someone did, he would have to pay with his own head! Marquis Jinlong's self-detonation was completely unexpected. The ancient dragon marquis's sheer decisiveness stunned Marquis Dingjun. He was far too decisive! He didn't even attempt to struggle, and this created massive trouble for Marquis Dingjun! Boom! Continuous thunderous roars echoed. Marquis Dingjun's spear was blasted to pieces, and the tremendous explosive force tore away more than half of his physical body in an instant. Marquis Dingjun roared frantically as the others struck out one after another! Su Yu and King Dazhou's faces changed as well, and they stepped in to suppress the blast! Rumble! Under their joint attacks, the shockwaves of Marquis Jinlong's self-detonation were completely quelled. The others were mostly unharmed, but Marquis Dingjun was left with only half a body. His spear shattered and his face pale as paper, he looked toward Su Yu with a mixture of helplessness and dejection. "I didn't expect him to self-detonate... I was careless!" A second-tier Dao Integration expert, damn it, had detonated himself without a second thought! Had their side not had superior numbers to help contain it, he might have been blown to bits. And if he hadn't shielded the front, never mind the others, Manager Chongming, who had just stepped into the Dao Integration realm, would have died without question! Even though he had contained it, his injuries were severe. Su Yu frowned slightly, then smoothed his brow. "You did well. No one can predict a self-detonation." Unless one was vastly stronger than the opponent, a self-detonation was nearly impossible to prevent. "Can you still move?" "I can..." Marquis Dingjun barely reformed his body, sounding weak. "It's just that my strength has plummeted. I'm afraid... I can barely contend with a fifth-tier Dao Integration now!" He had suffered heavy trauma! "No matter!" Su Yu said, then instructed briskly, "Mop up the Eternities here, raze the city, and seize the treasures!" Having said that, Su Yu grabbed King Daming and, leaving the rest behind, quickly teleported toward the dragon head. Bringing King Daming along was for laying formation arrays on the perimeter. When facing a Heavenly King, the others were better off not getting involved, lest accidents happen. Himself, King Dazhou, and Lan Tian were more than enough. At this point, only two minutes had passed. There was still time! Marquis Jinlong's self-detonation had actually saved him quite a bit of time. ... "Jinlong!" Marquis Xuelong let out a roar thick with bitterness and despair. It was over! Marquis Jinlong was dead! And he himself could not shake off the pervert before him. Seven Dao Integration experts stationed in the Dragon race's territory—including a Heavenly King and peak Dao Integrations—had their defense line shattered just like that! Except for Dao Lord Fenglong, all the others were dead. Marquis Xuelong was consumed by despair and resentment. He wanted to escape, but couldn't. Although Lan Tian had only recently opened his dao, he had reached a peak right upon opening it. Lan Tian's dao was vast and deep, granting him Heavenly King combat prowess from the outset, proving the terrifying power of the Common People Dao. Marquis Xuelong felt as if his dao power had long been entangled, almost blending into one with Lan Tian's. At this point, he couldn't run. And when he fought, though he blew apart clone after clone, this freak simply produced replacements instantly, as if he could never be killed! "Who on earth are you?" Exhaustion and bitterness tinged Marquis Xuelong's voice. He could already sense spatial fluctuations. Sure enough, moments later, three figures appeared. One slipped into the void and quickly began laying an array to block his escape, though it wasn't even necessary. Was that array... concealing their aura? Did they even need to? Still locked in combat with Lan Tian, Marquis Xuelong shouted once more, "Who are you?" Without waiting for Su Yu and the others to reply, he barked, "You're from Mount Chaos, aren't you?" "You're in league with the group that plotted against Hundred Battles and then rescued him, right?" "You've finally bared your fangs! Do you think the myriad races truly didn't know you existed? You're only fooling yourselves! We couldn't trace your whereabouts before, but now that you've exposed yourselves today, you will die sooner or later!" Rage, despair, and a desperate glimmer of hope blended in his roar: "Spare me, and I can cooperate with you! My Dragon race possesses formidable strength in the Dao Origin Land and in the Lower Realm!" "As long as you spare me, the Dragon race can work with you!" "The Dragon race isn't like the gods, immortals, or demons; my race never sought hegemony over the myriad realms! Submitting to someone is still submitting—spare me, and my Dragon race can submit to you!" To save his own life, he went so far as offering submission. Su Yu strolled over step by step, wearing a sneer of disdain and arrogance, and said coolly, "Unnecessary! Trash is trash! My race is destined to unite these myriad realms and reopen heaven and earth! We are not the foolish human race. Address us as the Chaos race!" *The Chaos race!* Marquis Xuelong's heart trembled violently. He could sense that this man was human. Yet the man claimed he wasn't human, but of the Chaos race. Just who was he? Marquis Xuelong glanced at the array encircling the perimeter, then at the chaotic aura lingering on Su Yu and Lan Tian. With a grim expression, he gritted his teeth. "The Chaos race? Laughable! You're nothing but traitors to humanity, just like us! A laughable 'Chaos race'..." Su Yu said coldly, "Ignorant fool! A wretch like you will never comprehend the greatness of my lineage! Even in ancient times, my lineage was extraordinarily noble. Between heaven and earth, who today is greater than my lineage?" "Kill!" After those few words, Su Yu gave a low shout. King Dazhou activated his dao power, and Su Yu charged forward without any fancy flourishes. Direct assault! He and Lan Tian rapidly converged on Marquis Xuelong in a pincer attack, while King Dazhou harassed him continuously from the perimeter. The battle kicked up immense tumult. Slaying a Heavenly King was truly no simple feat. Su Yu and Lan Tian went all out, trading blows with savage ferocity. Marquis Xuelong coughed up blood incessantly, his dragon claws fractured, his tail snapped, and wounds crisscrossing his entire body. Yet his combat prowess remained formidable, shattering Lan Tian's clones one after another and repeatedly battering Su Yu's physical body! Yet Su Yu paid no mind to his injuries, biding his time. After waiting for a long moment, his eyes suddenly lit up. In the next instant, amid Marquis Xuelong's roaring, a brush appeared silently in Su Yu's hand. Marquis Xuelong, who was fiercely engaged with Lan Tian, froze. In the next instant, wrath and horror flashed through his enormous eyes. "No! You tricked me!" *King Wen!* *This is the inheritance of King Wen's lineage!* *He isn't from any Chaos race!* Throughout the prolonged combat, knowing he wouldn't survive today, he had secretly used a special method to leave behind some information at this location. The Chaos race, the chaotic aura, the concealing array... He had recorded all of it. If an expert from the Dragon race came to investigate, they would be able to discover these clues. Naturally, outsiders wouldn't see them. Yet the moment Su Yu revealed his Brush Dao, Marquis Xuelong realized he had been duped! These people might not be from any Chaos race at all, but rather the lineage of King Wen. They had misled him deliberately, feeding him this information so he would spend his dying breath engraving it into the area! "Too late!" With the Brush Dao unleashed, Su Yu's strength climbed even further, while Marquis Xuelong had been battered into utter weakness. Su Yu thrust the brush forward! Crack! It struck Marquis Xuelong's dao dead center. Su Yu could see it clearly, stabbing straight into the dao and fracturing it. The dao shifted violently to evade, but to Su Yu's eyes, it was far too slow. It had no concealment whatsoever! He thrust the brush again, striking out dozens of times in rapid succession! Boom! A world-shaking blast resonated as the dao snapped in two! Unable to bear such tremendous backlash, Marquis Xuelong's physical body exploded completely. His sea of will transformed into a phantom and sought to tear through the void to escape. Just then, King Dazhou smiled faintly and extended a single hand, penetrating the void to seize the orb. With a pop, the orb shattered! Boom! Across the entire northern region, a breathtaking phenomenon manifested! Countless strands of rule power erupted! Like a firework illuminating the myriad realms! Killing a powerhouse in the Upper Realm was much like setting off fireworks—the stronger they were, the more dazzling the display! ... In the distance. The Phoenix powerhouse who had just reached the dragon tail region felt a surge of horror in her eyes. The very next moment, she spun around and flew away! This top-tier Heavenly King powerhouse sped straight back toward Phoenix City. If Marquis Xuelong had still been alive, she would have dared to join the fray. With Marquis Xuelong dead, she would have to be insane to go there! A piercing screech echoed across Phoenix territory: "All Dao Integrations, assemble! All Eternities, assemble! Quick!" Defense! A catastrophe had occurred! Six Dao Integration experts of the Dragon race had been slaughtered in moments. Aside from Fenglong, who had fled, even Marquis Xuelong was killed. Such a shocking upheaval struck utter dread into the Phoenix experts. The Dragon race was powerful! Stronger even than the Phoenix race! And yet they had been wiped out just like that! ... Su Yu paid no heed to the Phoenix race. His Civilization Chronicle devoured heaven and earth! Glancing at the dragons fleeing in every direction, his gaze turned icy. "Kill them! Slay every last one you see! Kill them all, and rapidly plunder all the wealth of the Dragon race! Move!" In an instant, the experts scattered. Before long, wretched screams rang out endlessly. For a group of top-tier Dao Integrations, slaughtering Eternities was all too easy! Rumble! Moments later, the colossal Blood Dragon City was razed to the ground! They slew every dragon they laid eyes on! Treasures were looted en masse, countless vaults pried open, their radiant treasures illuminating heaven and earth. Countless dragons fled frantically in all directions! A while later, Jiu Yue arrived, swallowing heaven and devouring earth! The massive Blood Dragon City was directly swallowed into his maw! Golden Dragon City had already vanished earlier. The Dao Integration experts regrouped, and King Dazhou continued teleporting them—the third city, the fourth, the fifth... Soon, roughly eight minutes had passed. From the moment they struck to the destruction of nine cities and the eradication of the Dragon race's domain, only eight minutes had elapsed! Su Yu gazed into the distance and barked softly, "Retreat!" In truth, one Dragon City still stood, and many Eternity cultivators hadn't died, but they could no longer linger. Su Yu had already spotted several colossal pillars of dao light rushing over from afar. Heavenly Kings! They were certainly at the Heavenly King level, and felt even more powerful than Marquis Xuelong! More than one, either—Su Yu counted three distinct pillars of light. Coupled with the nearby Phoenix powerhouse, that made four Heavenly King experts. If they didn't run now, were they waiting to die? King Dazhou panted heavily as he swiftly activated a teleportation array. Su Yu quickly brought out the stone to suppress spatial fluctuations, quipping as he did so, "Quit panting..." "I'm... really exhausted!" King Dazhou wheezed weakly. He was genuinely exhausted. He wasn't faking! Fuck! You don't even believe this? How many times have I teleported us? Do you think I'm made of iron, you bastard? Meanwhile, the others were also gasping for breath. Jiu Yue's belly was swollen to immense proportions; the moment he opened his mouth, a dragon slipped out, which he quickly snapped in half with his teeth. Not daring to open his mouth again, he mumbled through clamped lips, "I'm bursting! I can't take it anymore! Emperor Yu, let's run, I need to find a place to digest all this!" Marquis Dingjun was severely injured, but at this moment he was ecstatic, gazing at Su Yu and the others with burning fervor. Ignoring him, Su Yu said briskly, "Go!" Boom! The teleportation opened, and in an instant, they vanished. The spatial fluctuations were also suppressed in rapid order. This time, King Dazhou had truly exhausted himself. During their jumps, his heavy breathing sounded like a blacksmith's bellows. Panting constantly, he teleported them over and over. Instead of heading straight for Mount Chaos, they teleported over a dozen times, taking a wide, roundabout path before finally arriving in the Mount Chaos region. Su Yu said swiftly, "You all head back to Mount Daoshi first." "What about you?" "I'll take a different route and leave some traces and commotion!" Su Yu glanced toward the depths of Mount Chaos and grinned. "I'll stir up a few ancient beasts. Stop wasting words and head back. If the myriad races manage to track us here, they'll follow my trail and push deeper into Mount Chaos!" The others questioned him no further. King Dazhou cautioned, "Be careful!" "Don't worry!" Having coordinated rather well with him this time, Su Yu was somewhat more polite. He took his leave swiftly, letting wisps of chaotic power drift in his wake as he flew rapidly into the depths. The myriad races might not dare chase into Mount Chaos, but one had to be thorough in one's work! If someone skilled in tracking examined his escape route, they might just pick up a few clues! Speeding along, he stirred up a few ancient beasts along the way. However, sensing the chaotic aura on him, they didn't bother him. Su Yu sprinted until he reached the primeval forest. He didn't enter, but lingered around its perimeter for a moment before beating a swift retreat and pulling back his aura. Time to head back! Slaying six Dao Integration experts, including a Heavenly King, was quite an achievement. That was enough for today! Under the night sky, Mount Chaos offered decent scenery. Su Yu was thoroughly satisfied—since ascending to the Upper Realm, he had slain eight Dao Integration experts! On their side, no one had died, though Marquis Dingjun had been heavily injured. Lan Tian had lost a number of clones. Spending a little time repairing them wouldn't be an issue. Su Yu continually weighed the gains and losses in his mind. Overall, this surprise raid had been executed perfectly. The only downside was that there wouldn't be another opportunity like this. After this incident, the myriad races would certainly consolidate quickly. Still, this was enough! As for Divine Fire Mountain, the Dao Integration experts of the minor races would definitely no longer go; that was certain. As for the major races' Dao Integrations... that was hard to say. As to how Marquis Huoyun would fare, Su Yu couldn't say for sure right now; it came down to luck. ... And with Su Yu and his companions escaping, a storm gathered over the entire Upper Realm! In the territory of the Dragon race. Powerhouses arrived in rapid succession. The void was torn open repeatedly. Immortals, demons, gods, phoenixes, nether dwellers, apes... The powerful races sent representatives, each of them top-tier experts. Seven or eight Heavenly King powerhouses arrived, their auras shaking heaven and earth. Across the northern region, pillar after pillar of aura pierced the sky, causing the local rule power to explode continuously. Six Dao Integration experts had just perished! The rules here were already in absolute chaos. A moment later, a blood-soaked giant dragon flew back—it was Dao Lord Fenglong, who had fled earlier. Sensing the arrival of numerous experts, he finally dared return, his body covered in blood and his aura feeble. Fenglong glanced toward the Dragon Cities; of the nine great cities, only one remained. Sorrow overwhelmed him. "My Dragon race... is finished!" Fenglong wept bitterly! A Quasi-King had fallen in battle, and five Dao Lords had been wiped out alongside him. Marquis Tianlong was still in the Lower Realm, and while the Dragon race had experts in the Dao Origin Land, they weren't many. Fenglong didn't know the exact count, but he knew that after this, the Dragon race would plummet from one of the top five hegemon races to outside the top ten. The losses were simply too catastrophic! Not only that, besides the slaughter of their powerhouses, forty to fifty Eternities had been slain, and those below Eternity were practically wiped out; only the remaining Dragon City still held fifty to sixty thousand dragons. Before this, the Dragon race in the Upper Realm had numbered over a million! Now, not even one in ten survived! Such losses were beyond imagination. Yet none of the top-tier powerhouses spoke. Each wore a gravely solemn expression! At this moment, Marquis Duanxue, Marquis Xianzhan, and the others had all arrived, putting aside even the matter at Divine Fire Mountain. Compared to a single Marquis Huoyun, the near-extinction of the Dragon race was truly a monumental crisis! Anyone capable of annihilating the Dragon race could annihilate the Phoenix race, or any race outside the three major clans! This was a force capable of altering the entire balance of power in the Upper Realm! The gathered experts were grave. They observed, probed, and tracked unceasingly. After a long time, Marquis Duanxue said darkly, "It's still the same group from last time!" The very group that had struck ten days ago! These people were insane: in ten days, they had struck twice in succession, slaughtering eight Dao Integrations, forty to fifty Eternities, and wiping out nearly a million dragons! Meanwhile, the heavily injured Fenglong roared for a bit before gritting his teeth in fury. "It was Marquis Dingjun! Marquis Jinlong saw him and called it out—it was them!" It really was that group from last time! At this, the expressions of the others darkened. Marquis Dingjun—it really was him. Even a Heavenly King had been killed! A Quasi-King was considered an existence at the pinnacle. Of course, in the Upper Realm, Quasi-Kings also varied in strength; those close to the Ruler of Rules realm were called Quasi-Kings, and Heavenly Kings were also called Quasi-Kings. Marquis Xuelong wasn't particularly strong among them. Even so, being able to slay a Quasi-King signified peak combat power, meaning this group posed a threat to anyone. The crowd turned their eyes to Fenglong. Marquis Xianzhan asked heavily, "How many were there? Did you see?" Fenglong answered hurriedly, "Where Longmie was slain, there seemed to be two people; I saw what looked like two! The one who ambushed Lord Xuelong appeared to be only one... As for Marquis Jinlong's side, I don't know the exact number, but Marquis Dingjun was among them, and another person—seemingly Dingjun's subordinate Chongming—took the chance to integrate with a dao..." "Marquis Dingjun was no match for Marquis Jinlong. For you not to know how many there were, there must have been at least three or four Dao Integrations present!" Marquis Xianzhan said gravely. "This group, including Dingjun and his people, likely numbers seven or eight!" "One Quasi-King, and at least two top-tier Dao Integrations!" To slaughter four Dao Integrations so rapidly, if there were only two people on that front, they had to be top-tier existences! This was a terrifyingly potent force! Marquis Duanxue said coldly, "So many experts couldn't have appeared out of thin air. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for us to know nothing. Where did this group come from?" Just then, a powerhouse of the Phoenix race flew over from afar. Marquis Fengqi said in a deep voice, "From across the distance, I sensed a trace... of chaotic power!" Around this time, an elder flew over from the ruined Dragon City, nodding in agreement. "I found some traces as well; chaotic power was present! In the shattered rule daos left behind after Longmie and the others died, there lingered some chaotic power!" "Ancient beasts?" Marquis Xianzhan frowned, but Marquis Duanxue retorted irritably, "How could they be ancient beasts! These individuals wielded a variety of distinct methods; chaotic power was merely one part of it, and they are in all likelihood humans!" The crowd exchanged glances. Suddenly, someone spoke up: "Do you remember... the one who tried to unseal Hundred Battles back then?" Instantly, everyone's expressions changed. At that moment, Fenglong's bloodline suddenly surged, and he blurted out, "Marquis Xuelong! Marquis Xuelong's aura..." The crowd turned to look at him. Fenglong said hastily, "It's the Dao Concealment Secret Art! My lords, follow me. Lord Xuelong seems to have left something behind!" Their eyes flickered, and they followed him. Soon, they arrived at the site where Marquis Xuelong had just fought. Fenglong continuously released waves of energy, and after a moment, images seemed to reflect in his eyes. Not just him—the others gradually sensed it as well. Where there had originally been only shattered rule power in the void, faint residual impressions of will began to surface. "Chaos race..." "Concealing array..." "Humans... claiming to be the Chaos race!" "Claimed to possess exceptionally noble status." "..." Fragments of incomplete information surfaced in everyone's minds. Their expressions shifted slightly. This was information Marquis Xuelong had left behind using a special secret art in his dying moments. Did the killers think slaying Marquis Xuelong left no trace behind? Of course, had someone not been of the Dragon race, they wouldn't have been able to sense the presence of this information. Now, everyone's expressions changed once more. The Chaos race! A branch of the human race! Yet they didn't seem to be aligned with the current remnants of humanity. They traded looks for a long while before Marquis Duanxue said chillingly, "It's that faction! Back then, I wondered who those fellows were. When Hundred Battles was sealed, I wondered what they were trying to accomplish... All these years, we could never trace their whereabouts... In truth, we all had our suspicions, didn't we?" Marquis Xianzhan said in a deep voice, "Mount Chaos!" Everyone's hearts tightened! Indeed, Mount Chaos. This so-called Chaos race came from Mount Chaos! Looking at the horrific ruins of the Dragon race, Marquis Duanxue gnashed his teeth, his expression grim. "What do they want? First they killed two Dao Integrations of my Demon race, and now they've destroyed a Quasi-King of the Dragon race. Aren't they afraid of being besieged by the myriad races?" From afar, a Heavenly King powerhouse of the God race sighed softly. "What would they fear? If they are inside Mount Chaos, do you dare go in to besiege them?" At this, even Marquis Duanxue's face turned exceedingly unsightly. He hissed coldly, "Mount Chaos... is not truly invulnerable! The ancient beasts on the periphery might be formidable, but if we join forces to encircle them, we can eliminate them easily! It's not as if we haven't scouted it—twenty to thirty Dao Integration ancient beasts, could we not kill them?" They could certainly kill them. The problem was that no one knew the situation in the depths. Furthermore, how many experts did this self-proclaimed Chaos race possess? At this point, Marquis Fengqi sighed. "This time, a Quasi-King appeared. Back then, the one who went to the Dao Origin Land to unseal Hundred Battles was also a Quasi-King, and the one who ambushed Hundred Battles was a Quasi-King as well... If they all belong to this race, then there are at least... three Quasi-Kings!" At least! Hearing this, everyone's hearts quivered once more. There might be even more! Just who were these people? Noble status, the Chaos race, plotting against Hundred Battles, rescuing Hundred Battles... "Now Marquis Dingjun seems to have been subjugated, which suggests this clan may also be a lineage descended from an ancient human powerhouse. Everyone... who comes to mind?" The crowd suddenly glanced toward the Demon race. Marquis Xianzhan said coldly, "If I remember correctly, in ancient times, the human Prison King and that Demon Emperor of the Demon race... were on rather good terms." Marquis Duanxue snapped, "What are you implying?" "What am I implying?" Marquis Xianzhan retorted sharply. "If we're talking about noble status... one person comes to mind: the Prison King! Concealing arrays, sealing daos—the Prison King seemed exceptionally skilled in all of those!" Strange looks flitted across their faces. The Prison King! Since the ancient era, that Prison King had seemingly left behind very few traces. Marquis Xianzhan added coldly, "Moreover, when the Lower Realm contacted us previously, they mentioned that internal problems had arisen within humanity. Traitors existed, specifically targeting the so-called multiple divine character faction... Isn't that the lineage of King Wen?" Everyone fell silent. The Prison King! Could it be that this Chaos race was the Prison King lineage? Communication between the Upper Realm and Lower Realm was currently obstructed. Otherwise, as long as they confirmed that the human traitors in the Lower Realm were of the Prison King lineage, they would be able to pinpoint that this suddenly appearing, abruptly erupting Chaos race was indeed the Prison King lineage! Marquis Duanxue frowned and spoke up shortly: "Is this the time to investigate that? I'm asking you all: what do we do now?" The sudden emergence of so many powerhouses was deeply alarming! With the Dragon race serving as a grim warning before them, what should everyone do? The powerhouses of all factions sank into deep thought. After a long silence, someone sighed, "Convene the Council of the Myriad Races to deliberate, station troops near Mount Chaos, and perhaps even... charge into Mount Chaos! Otherwise, this Chaos race will become the most destabilizing factor in the Upper Realm! We don't know their exact strength, their numbers, or their hiding place. We know nothing about them!" The unknown was the truly terrifying thing. Otherwise, while everyone was happily fighting to wipe out the humans and warring amongst themselves, what if this Chaos race suddenly emerged and wiped them all out? Marquis Xianzhan said even more coldly, "Set aside the matter of Divine Fire Mountain for now. If we lose several more Dao Integrations at Divine Fire Mountain, things will become even worse! This Chaos race might not even be on the same side as the remnants of humanity—Hundred Battles was set up by them, after all. That fool Dingjun was probably tricked as well!" Silence fell over the crowd. Set aside Marquis Huoyun for now? Even if they didn't, no one had the mind to besiege him anymore. This suddenly appearing Chaos race imposed immense pressure on everyone! At least three Quasi-King powerhouses—only the three major clans could match such strength!