Large chunks of rocks on the ground fell together with booming sounds, forming a giant rock golem.

The rock golem roared loudly, yet it saw no one after glancing around. Meanwhile, Vespera had already passed it by.

The Stone Golems searched around for a while but found no one, eventually crumbling back into a pile of rocks.

But the clone had already set its sights on the energy core of the stone monster, which was a gray crystal core.

As soon as the stone giant collapsed, Ye Liuyun immediately threw out the Devil Vine. The Devil Vine used its tendrils to move the boulders covering the crystal core, retrieving the energy crystal core.

Since the Devil Vine was plant-based, the crystal core didn’t react and didn’t transform back into a stone golem. After Ye Liuyun had the Devil Vine move the crystal core away, he then had the Megalithic Ape retrieve the crystal core.

As soon as the crystal core reached the Megalithic Ape’s hands, it immediately began absorbing the surrounding stones. However, since there were only small pebbles nearby, they couldn’t form into a stone guardian.

At this moment, the Megalithic Ape erupted with genuine energy, and its entire body began to petrify, preparing to directly refine the crystal core.

This was because it felt that this energy was of the same origin as itself and could be absorbed.

Subsequently, the crystal core gradually merged into the Megalithic Ape’s body.

"Uh..." Ye Liuyun was also puzzled at this moment. He didn’t know who had refined whom, but he could sense through the Divine Soul contract that the Megalithic Ape was still alive.

He also dared not put the Megalithic Ape into the Xuankong Stone or the Spatial World, fearing that the crystal core might have refined the Megalithic Ape.

Hence, they could only wait and let Xuanwu stroll around the pile of rocks to check if there were any other stone guardians.

After Vespera walked around the pile of rocks a few times, it didn’t find anything else.

The clone then checked around a few more times, confirming that there were no other stone guardians.

Subsequently, everyone stayed in place, while the clone and Vespera went to the dragon’s lair entrance marked on the map.

The entrance is on the cliffside, about ten or more yards wide. Inside, the tunnel winds downward, seemingly bottomless.

Below the cliff, the area was shrouded in mist. Ordinary people cannot see what was going on.

However, the clone could penetrate the mist and see a yellow flood dragon hidden below. But the dragon was coiled within a formation. The formation was mostly obscured by the dragon’s body, so the clone couldn’t see it entirely, but it appeared to be some kind of teleportation array.

"Probably hoping to ambush us from both sides after we enter the cave."

Since both of them were invisible, the yellow dragon did not notice them.

The clone had Vespera slowly retreat, waiting for Ye Liuyun’s decision on how to deal with the flood dragon.

Ye Liuyun and the clone analyzed the situation together: ’If it’s a teleportation array, then it’s not surprising that the two flood dragons’ roar seemed to come and go. But it also complicates things for us—it means they can escape at any time!

No matter what its purpose for staying there is, if it escapes, it will be difficult to track it down later. The only solution is to lure it away from the teleportation array, and then we can launch a Divine Soul attack together and place a Slaving Seal on it."

After setting the strategy, Ye Liuyun transmitted a message to Lei Ming and the Dragon Lady. "The yellow flood dragon is at the late stage of the fifth level. You two should manifest your true forms to lure it out. But don’t make too much noise, so Mr. Jian and the others don’t hear you."

"What about Gong Wanting?" the Dragon Lady asked.

"I’ll have Wanru and Vespera keep an eye on her! Then, before we leave, erase her memory." Ye Liuyun was concerned that there might be powerful individuals in their sect who could disrupt the Divine Soul contract or Slaving Seal, so he decided to erase her memory directly.

They both nodded and immediately took to the air, manifesting their true forms.

As Gong Wanting was about to scream, her mouth was firmly covered by Fyeng Wanru standing beside her.

"Roar!" The Dragon Lady released her bloodline and Dragon Qi, letting out a low growl.

Lei Ming let out a loud roar. Her cry, unlike a dragon’s roar, wasn’t likely to arouse Mr. Jian’s suspicion. The clone observed clearly from the edge of the cliff. The flood dragon immediately lifted its head, cocked its ears, and began to sniff the air

After the Dragon Lady’s and Lei Ming’s auras reached it, the flood dragon immediately got up and was about to leap outward, but then it retracted its body."

It probably feared being deceived or had some task to complete by staying here.

The Dragon Lady and Lei Ming called out a few more times. The clone also saw the flood dragon anxiously twisting its body within the formation, appearing very restless. It seemed to be afraid to roar, fearing that it might reveal its position.

The Dragon Lady and Lei Ming hurried to the cave entrance on the cliffside and chatted while lying at the edge of the cliff.

At this moment, the flood dragon could no longer resist and leaped out directly, flying up to the cliff.

The Dragon Lady and Lei Ming both cautiously stepped back, observing the yellow flood dragon.

The flood dragon also examined them, sniffing their scents.

Suddenly, Ye Liuyun and the clone launched a Divine Soul attack together, placing a Slaving Seal on the flood dragon. They then began to search its soul to locate the other flood dragon.

At this moment, they realized that the other flood dragon was indeed in the direction of Mr. Jian and the others. However, it would only use the teleportation array to return to the dragon’s lair after Mr. Jian arrived there.

And inside their dragon’s lair, there was another teleportation array. The flood dragon would teleport directly to its lair, coordinating with the dragon outside.

Ye Liuyun and the others searched for more information and discovered that the secrets here were simply overwhelming.

These two flood dragons were both cultivated by a martial practitioner specialized in hunting dragon clans.

The goal was to have these two flood dragons attract true dragons and then assist him in hunting the true dragons.

When the dragon hunter brought them here to hunt a true dragon, he was unexpectedly outwitted by the true dragon.

Although the dragon hunter eventually killed the true dragon, he also died here. The two of them were originally yellow pythons, but they transformed into flood dragons after the dragon hunter fed them dragon balls. If they could consume another dragon ball, they would evolve into Draconis.

Therefore, they didn’t dare go out again and instead waited for the opportunity to fully transform.

However, with limited resources here, their cultivation progress was slow. They had to be cautious about hiding their presence every day, which made their advancement in realm very slow.

There was indeed a Dragon Clan treasure vault here, but it required the power of a true dragon’s bloodline to open. So, the two of them could only watch the vault every day, unable to use the resources inside for cultivation.

After Ye Liuyun and the clone quickly gathered the information, the Dragon Lady and Lei Ming had already returned to their human forms, and Fyeng Wanru also released Gong Wanting.

Ye Liuyun also walked over and had the clone bring Fyeng Wanru into the Spatial World to easily monitor her actions.

Fyeng Wanru had no choice but to obey Ye Liuyun’s command. Otherwise, Ye Liuyun would knock her out and then put her inside."

After that, Ye Liuyun led the group, riding the flood dragon, directly to the teleportation array beneath the cliff, preparing to use it to reach their lair.

"Why aren’t we going through the cave entrance?" Lei Ming asked the flood dragon in confusion.

"The cave was filled with many traps and formations set up by the previous true dragon. We never dared to use the cave entrance for coming and going; we always used the teleportation array instead.

This teleportation array was specifically set up for us by the dragon hunter before he died, and only we can use it!"