Derek was only silently listening to whatever matters they were gonna talk about, he didn't dare to utter a single word as he knew that he had no qualifications to speak in mission details whatsoever.
He didn't even give a second thought about the fact that they are about to raid an ancient dragon with their current cultivation base.
Matter of fact, he wouldn't even react if they were discussing the annihilation of a first-grade clan at this moment, but this ain't cause he had no opinions.
He just fully trusts his father that his life in his eyes is more than secure for him, after all this isn't the first time where they took an extremely dangerous mission and got half dead out of it.
Moreover, he didn't complain in the slightest as he knew that what matters most was his life and not just some injuries that he suffered. Like which cultivator in the whole empire would be afraid of fights or getting injured?
Thus, if his father didn't reject them and no problem occurred till now then he did not need to interfere with them and simply wait till they move out to the battleground.
The old man slowly stood up, and simultaneously the middle-aged man and woman standing on the two seats next to him stood up.
With a light tap of their foot, they disappeared into thin air from the pavilion appearing ten meters away from it and surrounding everyone inside.
" Everyone get out immediately!"
The young man that was standing behind the middle-aged man all the time and appeared to have a grudge against the dragon slayers quickly said while at the same time getting out of his current spot, standing behind the trio triangle.
Without wasting any time or waiting for the guards and disciples that were still inside and slow in their movements they directly began swiftly doing some hand gestures.
" Old man, show me your strength and if you are worthy of your payment!" The woman had a smile on her face as she gazed at the two people in front of her.
Derek's complexion sank when he saw and especially felt what these three elders were trying to do. Immediately, he looked at his father as he took his fighting stance ready to take on the three people.
" Don't, I'll take care of this, it's merely their test to see if we won't hold them back during the raid." His father reached out to his son's shoulder and pulled him behind him, his expression still indifferent as always.
' The great clans are indeed full of terrifying secrets and inheritances huh! To actually showcase a level four domain array formation to a stranger is already proof that they have stronger ones in store.'
Ron wasn't a bit surprised by the fluctuations of spiritual energy surrounding him as he knew that he couldn't expect less from the ruling clans.
He immediately mumbled a few words as he got ready to show these elders the meaning of a dragon slayer, obviously only showing a portion of his real strength since this is merely a prob from the other party.
" High spirit ranked martial arts: Steel Scales!"
Ron deemed it unworthy to use higher martial arts and only went for a spirit-ranked one. After all, his scales could already weaken the attacks of soul palace cultivators hence just this little boost is enough to take on whatever attack the elders were about to pull off.
The old man yelled loudly, everyone going silent after his words. Thankfully everyone managed to get out of the triangle of death safely cause of the time they took to initiate the attack.
At this moment, only Ron and his father stood in the middle of the pavilion fully exposed to the damage that is about to fall upon them.
Level four domain formation: Abyss Chains!
With the words of the old man. Numerous pitch-black chains emerged from the space above the pavilion and shit toward Ron, preventing him from having any chances of dodging the incoming attack.
Upon seeing the several hundred chains raining down toward him, Ron immediately deduced that his defensive martial arts won't be enough to block this attack thus he executed another move.
" Low profound ranked martial arts: Dragon Steps!"
Since blocking this many chains purely utilizing his body strength and thick scales appeared to not be enough, he instantly chose to dodge as many as he can so he can be on the safe side.
In fact, he could easily go all out and destroy this formation with a high profound ranked martial arts that he almost died to lay a hand on it.
Unfortunately though, these people testing are only gonna work with him from time to time and aren't his allies or anything of that sort, hence he couldn't afford to showcase his real power in front of them and had to hide as many Trump cards as possible.
Sudeely and with the activation of the martial art, 12 doppelgangers emerged from Ron's body and dashed to the three elders probing him from different directions.
As these doppelgangers approached the elders in a matter of moments, the old man snorted in disdain as he controlled the formation and moved a dozen pitch-black chains to block each copy that came out of Ron.
Contrary to his expectations though, the doppelgangers that came out of Ron were simply a mirage and held no attack power at all to the physical world.
The black chains effortlessly penetrated the copies, however, the real body of Ron was nowhere to be found and everyone tensed up upon feeling the threat closing up on them.
Catching Ron alone using several hundred chains might indeed be easy, but catching 12 individuals of Ron's caliber at the same time was not the bit easy.
In less than two seconds, all the twelve copies were reduced to smoke by the chains, and upon a closer look. A red hand with dangerous blade-like nails could be seen pointing at the woman controlling a third of the formation ready to execute the attack and behead her.
However, before the figure could move a muscle or speak, several dozen chains immediately bound his body.
Afterward, a similar scene occurred on the old man's spot and the chains weren't a bit slow in catching the figure that was about to threaten their life.
At this moment, the onlookers were greatly confused as they didn't comprehend any of what'd going on. The fight was happening at a speed that the naked eye couldn't detect and their cultivation was not enough to help them follow it as well.
The only thing they managed to see was numerous figures that were identical to Ron suddenly appearing and immediately vanishing out of sight after they had been stabbed by ye black chains and then after similar figures threatening to penetrate the neck of their elders yet getting instantly bounded by the thick chains.
" The dragon slayers are indeed worthy of their reputation, our three strongest elders are having a hard time catching only one of them despite them working together." The disciple murmured while witnessing this brief exchange of movements in front of him.
A guard that was panting heavily from the fact that he had to use a martial art to get out of the place added at the side," I can't even imagine the consequences of taking these two people as an enemy, I'm truly glad that they are righteous and currently on our side."
A young man retorted in front of him, turning his head and gazing at him with murderous intent for a split second before getting back to watch the show.
" Humph! Our elders are just playing with him. If they get serious he wouldn't even be able to make any move before his head falls to the ground."
" As expected of the most talented disciple of our great clan being nurtured by the second elder himself, your vision is simply greater than mine and I can't compare, I apologize for my words!"
The guard didn't waste any second and immediately bootlicked and apologized to the young man in front of him, almost revealing himself in his pants after the look he got.
However and when the young man looked back at what was going on in the scene after only looking another way for a mere moment, he was greatly shocked by the scene that he saw in front of him.
" Master!!"
At this moment, trails of blood could be seen peeking out from the middle-aged man's neck, the red hand and steel-like nails could easily dismantle his head from his body with a slight movement of it.
In the end. Despite managing to successfully bind the two figures that threatened the other elders and clean up the other copies, this supposedly last figure successfully evaded the chains and almost executed a deadly attack on the second elder.
If this fight wasn't a test right now, the middle-aged man's head would already be rolling on the ground at this moment, his fellow elders incapable of aiding him.
" As expected of the dragon slayer, your strength is really as rumored in the empire haha!" The old man laughed it out as he canceled the level four domain formation.
If anyone was an expert at human emotions and could see behind the fake expressions of people, he would notice a wary look hidden behind the smiley face of the old man.
" I'm nothing in front of your thousand-year great clan that could easily pull out such a formation, I would have long died if this fight was real haha!" Ron threw a compliment back at the first elder while taking his hand off the second elder's neck.