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"What is this?" Li Xiaoyao hovered in the sky, sensing the massive body of the Black Dragon Serpent as he was pulled along with that force, gliding towards the direction of the Secret Realm from the bottom of the sea.

Li Xiaoyao narrowed his eyes, feeling the trajectory and discovered that the source came from the Secret Realm.

However, although he knew the source, he could not determine what this force was.

"Could it be that there are living creatures in the Secret Realm?" That was the only guess Li Xiaoyao could make.

The pulling speed was accelerating. The Black Dragon Serpent, which was groggy, was now swiftly sliding towards the Secret Realm from the seabed.

"Hmph! Playing tricks, I want to see just what kind of thing you are!" Li Xiaoyao scoffed, and the Seven Star Ancient Sword instantly unsheathed, like a streak of light piercing the air with a 'buzzing' sound, splitting the water, and accurately nailing itself onto the Black Dragon Serpent's tail.

"Roar!"

Jolted awake by the intense pain in its tail, the half-asleep Black Dragon Serpent's body suddenly tensed, emitting a scream of agony.

Its tail was pinned to the seabed; the Seven Star Ancient Sword, after being nurtured continually by Li Xiaoyao, was no longer the ordinary Spirit Sword it once was.

Li Xiaoyao spread the fingers of his right hand, slightly curling them towards the water below, where a ferocious suction caused the sea to boil instantly, rising towards the sky and forming a spectacle.

The Black Dragon Serpent was pulled from the sea by this suction, and Li Xiaoyao, using his powerful spiritual power, restricted its body. The sharp blade of the Seven Star Ancient Sword pointed at its neck, needing to advance only another half inch to pierce the Black Dragon Serpent's throat and take its life.

Seeing Li Xiaoyao suddenly appear before its eyes, the furious Black Dragon Serpent calmed down in an instant and growled, "Human, I have no grievances with you, why do you harm me?"

"I gave you a chance, but you gave it up," Li Xiaoyao said calmly.

The Black Dragon Serpent's large nostrils emitted white breaths as it seethed with rage internally. It had killed countless human cultivators, but it had never imagined that one day it would fall into human hands.

"I admit defeat in today's matter," the Black Dragon Serpent said reluctantly.

"You admit defeat?" Li Xiaoyao suddenly sneered twice and said, "It seems you still haven't understood the current situation. A beast is still a beast, a foolish thing with low IQ."

"You dare insult me!" the Black Dragon Serpent said, furious and anxious.

"So what if I insult you?" His aura intensified, causing the muscles of the Black Dragon Serpent to tense up. Li Xiaoyao's murderous eyes glared at him as if intending to devour him, saying word by word, "Tell me, have you seen any distressed cultivators in this sea area?"

"If I tell you, will you let me go?"

"Clang!"

A flash of sword light streaked across the sky, and the right claw of the Black Dragon Serpent was suddenly cut off at the root. Its body trembled, struggling to move, but it could not make any action.

"Do you think you are in a position to negotiate terms with me?" Li Xiaoyao's undisguised disdain and contempt filled the Black Dragon Serpent with fear and anger.

"I'll count to three, if you don't talk, I'll start cutting off your parts, one by one." With an icy tone, Li Xiaoyao began to count: "1..."

The Black Dragon Serpent was so enraged it wanted to bite off Li Xiaoyao's head in one bite, but it knew it couldn't. This human was too powerful, and it didn't even have the strength to fight back.

"I'll tell," the Black Dragon Serpent said through gritted teeth.

Li Xiaoyao showed a satisfied smile.

The Black Dragon Serpent said, "In this sea area, there are no distressed cultivators."

"No evidence?" Li Xiaoyao's face relaxed as he heaved a sigh of relief within his heart; this was indeed good news.

At least there was no evidence to confirm Li Chengfeng's death.

Since his death was not certain, there was a certain probability that he was still alive.

Many may have thought him dead, but without finding the body, Li Xiaoyao would not give up, not for a single day.

"Now, can you let me leave?" the Black Dragon Jiao pleaded almost pitifully.

"Let you leave?" Li Xiaoyao broke into a laughter as if he had heard the funniest joke ever, and as the Black Dragon Jiao saw his expression change, its heart sank.

"If I were to eat you, my cultivation level could see a significant increase. Do you think I would let you go?" Li Xiaoyao's words filled the Black Dragon Jiao with despair; the human in front of it actually wanted to eat it.

"Human, with your cultivation level, eating me will only lead to your body exploding and you dying!" The Black Dragon Jiao struggled in desperation, "My father is the overlord of the Northern Sea, if you dare to kill me, he will not let you go!"

"Is that so? That's perfect, I won't have to go searching—when your father comes, I'll swallow him as well!" Li Xiaoyao's smile resembled that of a demon, chilling the Black Dragon Jiao to the bone. Before it could beg for mercy, the sound of a blade piercing flesh, "pu," rang out.

The Seven Star Ancient Sword broke through its scales and severed the blood vessels connected to its heart. Its life force rapidly faded, and its eyes turned gray.

Li Xiaoyao waved his sleeves, gathered the Black Dragon Jiao's corpse into his Storage Ring, and transformed into a fading shadow as he returned to the fishing boat.

The crowd watched Li Xiaoyao, who had acted crisply and efficiently, each with different thoughts and feelings.

"Why are you all looking at me? Do I have a flower on my face?" Li Xiaoyao asked, touching his face in confusion when he saw the Nangong Family's three elders and others looking at him with strange expressions upon his return.

"You just... slaughtered a dragon?" Nangong Xuan's throat was dry, and his voice cracked as he spoke.

A dragon, one of the strongest demon beasts, had been slaughtered just like that by Li Xiaoyao?

Nangong Xuan would not have believed it if he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes.

Li Xiaoyao explained, "That wasn't a dragon, it was a Jiao, and there's a world of difference between them and true dragons."

"But, it looked no different from a true dragon?" Nangong Ling'er said blankly; the creature looked like a dragon to everyone.

Li Xiaoyao said with a smile, "The difference between a Jiao and a dragon is huge. Dragons have four claws, five claws, but Jiao only have three. Dragons can command wind and rain, but Jiao can't. This Black Dragon Jiao, if one day it undergoes Tribulation Transcendence, might transform into a dragon."

"I see." Everyone suddenly understood.

Nangong Ling'er asked curiously, "Brother Li, how do you know all this so clearly?"

"I've seen it mentioned in some ancient books," Li Xiaoyao replied casually, but in truth, all this knowledge had come from the System.

"Brother Li is well-read indeed," Nangong Ling'er said playfully, winking at him.

"You mischievous girl," Li Xiaoyao said, ruffling her hair and shaking his head with a smile before addressing Li Yunchen and the others, "During the battle with the Black Dragon Jiao, I noticed something."

"What is it?"

Li Xiaoyao casually raised his hand and cast a Soundproofing Technique. Seeing him be so cautious, everyone's heart tightened, sensing the seriousness of the matter.

"Inside the Secret Realm, there are living creatures," Li Xiaoyao declared solemnly, articulating each word.