Above the altar, among the interwoven spiritual energy on the array platform, the dragon egg quietly floated.
The crowd waited patiently for the dragon demon to hatch.
Yet, an hour passed, and the dragon egg remained motionless, without any abnormalities.
The Crown Prince, Zhou Yin, furrowed his brows and looked towards the Qingzhou Prefect beside him.
"Why is there no movent?"
Originally, it was he who had given that dragon egg to the forr Prefect, He Benquan, to be placed inside the underground palace. After He Benquan’s death, it was this new Prefect who quietly took over the observation and guarding duties.
This hatching of the Azure Dragon was reported by him upon noticing anomalies.
The Prefect, while intently studying the Compass in his hand, said, "By all accounts, it should be this hour, but the hatching of demons does occasionally deviate."
"Then we’ll wait longer," Zhou Yin said indifferently.
He was determined to obtain this Azure Dragon.
Even if his father the Emperor was unwilling to give him the Dragon Essence, he had ways to subdue it. However, the only threat at present was Shangguan Yunjin, whose Zodiac Map was not to be underestimated.
"What are you afraid of?"
Seeing Yan’er’s nervous expression and her deliberate attempt to hide behind him, Zhou Yin asked out of curiosity.
Following her gaze, Zhou Yin realized that Li Nanshuang was staring intently at Yan’er; if not for his presence, the large saber in her hand would probably have already co chopping down.
Zhou Yin smiled faintly, "Don’t be afraid. Since I had you co forward, you will work by my side from now on."
"Yes."
Yan’er squeezed out a smile.
Before they knew it, another hour had passed.
The dragon egg still showed no signs of movent.
Everyone was puzzled, not understanding why the demon dragon had yet to erge.
Was it asleep?
Or suffocated within the eggshell?
Another hour went by, and as the dragon egg remained still, everyone present realized sothing was amiss.
"Hey, are we being deceived here?"
Li Nanshuang nudged Ran Qingchen with her elbow, "The demon dragon isn’t supposed to hatch today at all."
Ran Qingchen’s brows knitted closely, also feeling doubtful.
Could this demoness be deliberately deceiving us?
But the others couldn’t all have been brought here by her, even the Crown Prince and the Princess were present.
"Could it be that the demon dragon is trapped and can’t get out?"
Li Nanshuang’s eyes lit up, rembering that she had just struck the dragon egg with her saber without leaving a scratch, and said, "Considering how hard this eggshell is, even my Grave-Saber couldn’t harm it, it’s normal for the little dragon to not be able to co out, right?"
"Let’s wait, there will always be people who are more anxious than us."
Ran Qingchen glanced at the Crown Prince.
At this mont, the Qingzhou Prefect beside the Crown Prince was sweating profusely, constantly fiddling with the Compass in his hand, "It’s true, it should have co out by now, why hasn’t it? Sothing’s not right."
Zhou Yin’s eyelids twitched, and he crossed his arms over his chest, thoughtfully staring at the hovering dragon egg.
Why hasn’t it erged?
Which part of the process had encountered a problem?
...
Within the upper chamber, Qu Hongling paced back and forth, her delicate face full of confusion and puzzlent,
"This shouldn’t be happening. By all accounts, it should have already hatched. The asterism tortoise-shell calculations are rarely wrong; could the Crown Prince have done sothing?"
Shen Shengyuan said, "Judging by the expression on the Crown Prince’s face, he seems not to have anticipated this situation. It is most likely that so mishap occurred during the demon dragon’s hatching process."
Qu Hongling felt helpless for a mont.
If the demon dragon didn’t hatch, they surely couldn’t keep waiting indefinitely.
As the girl was feeling vexed, suddenly, the altar trembled slightly.
"Is it coming!?"
Qu Hongling was startled, her face lighting up with joy, and she quickly moved forward to peer through the crack.
...
At that mont, the others around the altar were all invigorated, intently watching the trembling dragon egg.
The spiritual energy interwoven around the altar had beco sowhat sparse.
The dragon egg trembled incessantly.
The Crown Prince’s eyes glead with eagerness, and he gestured to his followers to spread the "Sky Net" in preparation.
Shangguan Yunjin took down the Zodiac Map and stepped forward.
The scroll unfolded, brimming with radiance, golden light flowed like molten lava upon it, dazzlingly bright.
On it were painted the figures of a horse, tiger, rabbit, and pig, all imbued with the spirit of demons, vivid and lifelike, as if they were about to leap out.
The might of the beast spirits lay hidden within the designs.
The Princess looked at the unparalleled Shangguan Yunjin with shining eyes.
However, the jade hand hidden in the woman’s sleeve silently pinched a secret spell; the affection in her eyes was replaced by a hint of ruthless intent.
This scene went unnoticed by Shangguan Yunjin.
The rest of the people all produced magical treasures or weapons, ready to act at a mont’s notice.
The trembling of the dragon egg intensified, and threads of crimson mist began to wrap around it.
Under the scorching heat of these hot mists, the surface of the dragon egg started to glow with a blinding red brilliance, as if cinnabar was beginning to solidify, fervently hot.
The intense red light poured out from the egg, red as the blazing sun, resembling a primordial fireball containing vast power, casting the surrounding space in a magnificent glow, and the air around it beca scorchingly hot.
Feeling the heart-thumping colossal energy, everyone’s faces changed.
"This demon dragon’s ergence seems a bit too frightening."
Li Nanshuang’s eyes were wide with astonishnt.
Ran Qingchen sensed sothing awry, yet couldn’t articulate it; glancing in the direction of the Crown Prince, even he had a tightly furrowed brow, as if the events had exceeded his expectations.
Qu Hongling upstairs gaped at the growing crimson dragon egg, "This doesn’t seem right... it feels as if the dragon egg is self-destructing?"
"Let’s go!"
Shen Shengyuan was the first to realize the danger, and he swiftly grabbed Qu Hongling’s arm, darting towards the exit.
The Crown Prince and the others also sensed that sothing was amiss and quickly evacuated.
"This is bad; the demon dragon is self-destructing!"
Shangguan Yunjin perceived the terrible energy and his handso face turned slightly pale as he hastily stowed the Zodiac Map.
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