Boom!
The Dragon Clan warriors were fiercely attacking the secret realm's exit.
Gongsun Yarou's face lit up with joy.
Although she didn't know what was happening, this would undoubtedly speed up the demon army's invasion.
"Faster, faster!" Gongsun Yarou urged silently, her heart racing.
Every minute of delay made Xiao Fan's situation more dangerous.
Bang!
Finally, with the combined effort from inside and outside, a passage was blasted open in the secret realm.
Long Xiao was overjoyed, ready to lead the surviving dragons out of the secret realm.
But the next moment, his smile froze.
Outside the exit, a thick demonic aura filled the air, teeming with countless powerful demon warriors.
It turned out that the force attacking from outside was the demon clan's.
The Dragon Clan and the demon clan had always been mortal enemies.
Seeing this, Long Xiao couldn't help but cry out in his heart, "The heavens are determined to destroy the Dragon Clan!"
While the demons might not be individually stronger than the dragons, their sheer numbers were overwhelming.
Among the demons were several whose aura reached the saint realm.
"Those are demon saints!" Long Xiao's eyes widened in horror.
Even demon saints had arrived, clearly intent on annihilating the Dragon Clan.
Long Xiao's expression turned grim.
No, the Dragon Clan could not be completely destroyed here.
"Don't fight the demons head-on," Long Xiao ordered the surviving dragon warriors. "Escape if you can. We must preserve the Dragon Clan's hope for the future!"
"As long as we survive this calamity, the Dragon Clan will rise again!"
With that, Long Xiao charged out first, determined to carve a path through the demons.
The other surviving dragons, filled with fury and determination, followed.
Previously, they had no idea what had caused such a catastrophe.
Now, seeing the demon army outside the secret realm, they understood.
The Dragon Clan and the demon clan had always been at odds.
This calamity must have been orchestrated by the demons to eradicate the Dragon Clan.
"Kill! Kill them all!"
The dragon warriors surged forward, their blood boiling, fighting fiercely to escape and preserve their clan's future.
The demon saints stood back, not joining the battle. This wasn't their battlefield. Their senses swept through the secret realm, quickly locating Gongsun Yarou.
Among the demon clan, internal strife and power struggles were common. As one of the demon clan's holy maidens, Gongsun Yarou had undertaken a dangerous mission alone, achieving great success. She was now a strong contender for future leadership. The demon saints, as guardians of the clan, needed to ensure her safety.
Seeing this, Gongsun Yarou no longer hid, urgently calling out to the demon saints, "Honored demon ancestors, head to the Dragon Clan altar immediately! This is our chance to eliminate those ancient elders!"
She didn't ask them to save Xiao Fan. Asking demon saints to save a human was a foolish notion. However, the dragon elders were a longstanding threat to the demon clan. If there was a chance to eliminate them, the demon saints would not hesitate.
Sure enough, the demon saints' eyes gleamed. Without hesitation, they flashed toward the Dragon Clan's holy city.
Gongsun Yarou followed quickly.
Seeing this, Long Xiao finally understood why so many demons had appeared at this critical moment. None of this was a coincidence.
Thinking of Xiao Fan, who had been close to Gongsun Yarou, Long Xiao realized the truth.
They had thought Xiao Fan fell into their trap, but it was they who had fallen into his.
Xiao Fan had colluded with the demon clan from the start.
Seeing dragons fall under the demon onslaught, Long Xiao, deeply enraged and close to death, shouted to the surviving dragons, "Our plight is due to Xiao Fan's collusion with the demon clan. The Dragon Clan and Xiao Fan are enemies to the death!"
The surviving dragons, filled with extreme anger, believed him.
Xiao Fan, a human, was the root cause of their suffering.
Inside the Dragon Clan holy city.
Long Xiaoxiao, in her dragon form, continued to struggle against the elders' oppression, but it was a futile effort.
The arriving demon saints quickly assessed the situation.
If the dragon elders completed the ritual, breaking their bloodline limitations to become true dragons, it would spell doom for the demon clan.
Without hesitation, the demon saints attacked the barrier with full force, shattering it.
The dragon elders, their faces twisted in anger, realized their plan was doomed. Interrupting the ritual would waste all their efforts and bring a backlash upon them.
They had not expected the demon saints to invade the secret realm. Unable to sit idly by, the elders, weakened and enraged, attacked the demon saints.
Despite their numbers, the elders, already past their prime and weakened by the backlash, could barely hold their own against the peak-strength demon saints.
In the blood pool, Long Xiaoxiao, freed from her restraints, began absorbing the Dragon Pool's energy. Her dragon form expanded, her power growing rapidly. But her savage, primal instincts also grew, threatening to consume her completely.
If she continued unchecked, Long Xiaoxiao would become a bloodthirsty beast!