137: One-hit kill
Look at Yang Qian. Just because she successfully drugged Li Zun, she managed to catch him in one fell swoop.
She even bore Li Zun a son.
Thinking this, Saint Heaven felt a bit unwilling.
However, with her strength, she could certainly pursue Li Yao.
It was only because of her ambiguous relationship with Li Zun that this path was cut off.
The task of pursuing Li Yao would be left to her three little sisters.
After all, they were all hundreds of years old, already adults, and should learn to find their own men.
Soon, Saint Heaven also left the spot. Above Jingdong, only dark clouds remained floating in the sky.
There were no people around; after all, everyone had been dealt with by the Yamata no Orochi that had broken its Seal.
Only the Little Sakura Country people in the remote areas were still alive.
In a sense, the Little Sakura Country was already considered to be annihilated.
However, the remaining few million people could indeed re-establish their country.
As for how long it would take, no one knew.
Besides that, they still needed to deal with one more thing.
The Alien Beast Rift that would appear a year later.
Alien Beast Rifts occurred every year, and each year they were more powerful than the last.
With their current strength, they were simply not enough to contend with the terrifying Exotic Beasts emerging from the Alien Beast Rifts.
So the only solution was to rely on other countries.
The nearby Dragon Country was a relatively good choice, and after the Dragon Country's Guardian of the Nation, Li Zun, made his move this time, it basically established the Dragon Country as the undisputed hegemon!
Now, many countries were already discussing how to respond to the current world situation.
Countries that were on good terms with the Dragon Country were already considering forming an alliance.
At this moment, within the Dragon Capital of the Dragon Country.
Xuan Yuanfeng, who had returned to the Forbidden City, was dealing with this matter.
Because of the Emperor-Grade Exotic Beast that emerged from the Alien Beast Rift this time, the world situation had undergone significant changes.
Many countries chose to attach themselves to their Dragon Country, solely to survive under the Dragon Country's protection.
Xuan Yuanfeng's gaze fell upon the Four Great Families.
The Four Great Families each controlled four regions of the Dragon Country, making them extremely important.
Many major matters still needed to be discussed with them.
"How do you plan to handle this matter?"
"Dragon Lord, how else can it be handled?"
"How about we follow what our Old Ancestor left behind, the enfeoffment system?"
That was a system from the Zhou Dynasty period.
The enfeoffment system was a system that emerged when the Zhou Dynasty was at its most prosperous.
Once other countries allied with them, they would naturally become the undisputed leader.
But in doing so, as the leader, they would have to bear the responsibilities of a leader.
And these 'younger brothers' would, more often than not, only enjoy the benefits.
This was unacceptable!
Therefore, they needed to make them pay a certain price, for example, by becoming vassal states of the Dragon Country!
They could continue to govern their countries, but in return, they would have to fulfill all requests from the Dragon Country!
If they didn't agree, that was also fine, as this matter depended on individual willingness.
Worst case, when the next Alien Beast Rift attack occurred, they would have to rely on their own fate.
"Hmm, what you said makes sense."
If the Dragon Country could continue to be strong, there would be no need to worry about being backlashed.
The reason the Zhou Dynasty was backlashed was precisely because the vassal states became too powerful, wasn't it?
But would the Dragon Country be afraid?
No!
As long as Li Zun did not fall, and Xuan Yuanfeng did not die!
Then the Dragon Country would never be backlashed!
And would never fall!
Furthermore, after establishing vassal states, they could directly assimilate other countries, gradually making them a part of the Dragon Country.
For a time, Xuan Yuanfeng and others fell into discussion about the current changes in the world situation.
...
Jianghai City.
This was a water park.
The Holy Group's three members were having a very difficult time.
Because they had to face a Saint-Grade Exotic Beast.
With only King-Rank Beasts, they were no match, let alone having to deal with the encirclement of several other King-level Exotic Beasts.
The Saint-Rank Beast seemed to sense something, feeling a wave of discomfort.
Its gaze quickly locked onto the three members of the Holy Group.
It needed to quickly deal with these pesky fellows and then leave this place!
It could feel that if it stayed in this place, it would die!
The moment the Saint-Rank Beast was about to make its move, a giant figure suddenly descended from the sky.
The enormous figure landed on the ground, directly blocking the Saint-Rank Beast's path.
Seeing this, the three members of the Holy Group's faces lit up with joy.
Finally, there was backup!
They had already held on for over ten minutes and were about to collapse.
After all, to last this long under the encirclement of a group of King-level Exotic Beasts was already quite good.
The giant figure that descended was precisely the Phoenix-Tailed Wyvern that had been observing from the air.
He already knew that the three members of the Holy Group had reached their limit.
If they continued, they would most likely face certain death.
So, when it was time to act, he should act!
A mere Saint-Rank Beast was not enough to warrant his intervention, but this was something Saint Heaven had asked him to take care of.
There was no other way; he could only comply.
"You three leave; I'll handle this here."
The Phoenix-Tailed Wyvern's gaze fixed on the Saint-Rank Beast. The three, hearing this, nodded and immediately left.
They were truly too tired.
They desperately needed to rest now.
To get some good rest.
Otherwise, they would probably die of exhaustion.
The Saint-Rank Beast, being stared at intently by the Phoenix-Tailed Wyvern, was completely out of sorts.
It even wanted to escape immediately.
Unfortunately, as soon as it had this thought, danger would directly befall it.
Thus, after the Saint-Rank Beast and the Phoenix-Tailed Wyvern stared at each other for more than ten seconds, the Saint-Rank Beast finally couldn't bear the Phoenix-Tailed Wyvern's gaze and actively fled the scene.
"Why run?"
The Phoenix-Tailed Wyvern was a bit displeased and condensed a ball of pitch-black light in his mouth.
The next second, a terrifying ray erupted from the Phoenix-Tailed Wyvern's mouth, directly piercing through the Saint-Rank Beast.
In less than a second, the Saint-Rank Beast was instantly blasted into fragments.
As for the few King-level Exotic Beasts, they were merely glared at by the Phoenix-Tailed Wyvern and were scared to death on the spot.
In front of a Cosmic-level Beast, a mere King-level Exotic Beast was no match at all.
Its aura alone was enough to scare these few King-level Exotic Beasts to death.
"How boring."
He still missed the days when Li Zun would carry him.
Although his strength was at the bottom among Li Zun's Beasts, on this small planet called Blue Star, his strength could be said to be top-tier.
The Phoenix-Tailed Wyvern inherently loved combat, and now living out his retirement on Blue Star felt a bit contradictory.