The new king Yan Mo had already led the majority of the Yan people to evacuate towards the Thunder Islands, and by now had completely disappeared from sight.
The little princess Yan Xue’er remained sitting in the great hall, waiting for her mother and Solon to appear.
She waited day after day, day after day.
No matter who came forward to persuade her, it was of no use. When hungry she ate, when thirsty she drank, when tired she slept.
It was as though she would continue waiting like this forever.
Suddenly one day, the entire sea surface trembled violently.
The sea surface for several hundred li trembled fiercely.
Then…
All the Sea God statues on the entire Yan Island began inexplicably to shatter.
“Bang… bang… bang…”
One statue after another was smashed to pieces.
Then, some small islands began to collapse, began to sink.
The entire island suddenly split open from the middle, then seawater surged wildly, and the island disappeared without a trace, sinking into the endless deep sea.
Like a super disaster film, several hundred islands sank one after another.
Finally, the central king island began to shake repeatedly, and the palace great hall began to tear apart.
The Yan female generals could no longer attend to the little princess’s commands, saying in alarm, “The palace is about to collapse. Take the princess and leave.”
Then, several Yan female generals said nothing more, lifted the little princess into their arms, and swiftly rushed out of the palace.
Then, there was no time to take the iron cage. They directly used ropes to slide down to the sea surface, boarded a small boat, and desperately rowed towards the assembled fleet’s flagship.
Ten minutes later, the Yan female generals delivered little princess Yan Xue’er onto the flagship.
Then, the entire Queen Island fleet began to retreat, retreating several dozen li.
Ten thousand Yan people on their respective ships witnessed this incomparably terrifying, yet incomparably magnificent scene.
As one island after another collapsed.
Finally, the second largest Queen Island began to collapse with heaven-shattering force, as though some colossal power was fiercely tearing the entire island apart.
Then came the largest king island.
Finally, the central island where the palace was located.
The several hundred zhang high massive stone central island simply sank directly down, sinking while shattering, sinking while collapsing.
“Boom boom boom boom…”
Within several hours, the entire Yan Islands completely disappeared into the vast ocean.
The Yan Islands, which had stood for thousands upon tens of thousands of years, officially became history.
Countless Yan people knelt on their ships, watching this scene.
Though no one spoke, the iron rule in everyone’s heart also collapsed.
Since Yan Island was destroyed, the term Yan people also officially became history.
Having lost their homeland, where should they go?
The Yan female general approached the little princess, who seemed to have been frightened out of her wits, her incomparably beautiful little face pale without a trace of colour.
“Little princess, we know you are very frightened, but you must make a decision,” the Yan female general said, “There are still ten thousand of your people here. Where we should go, you need to give us a direction.”
The little princess looked blankly at the densely packed ships, and the densely packed Yan people upon those ships.
And these Yan people looked even more blankly at her.
The Yan pirates were like a wolf pack, bloodthirsty, fierce, possessing terrifying discipline and obedience.
However, the Yan pirates extremely needed an outstanding leader to guide them.
Once they lost direction, the Yan pirates would become lost and at a loss.
In the Yan people’s words, even the worst command was better than no command at all!
For thousands of years, the Yan people had been loyal to the Yan clan and the Hai clan.
For a very long time, the Yan clan and the Hai clan had taken turns serving as the Yan King. Whichever clan’s heir was stronger became that generation’s Yan King. And the other clan’s heir became the vice king.
But a hundred years ago, the Hai clan and the Yan clan contended for the kingship. The Yan clan felt they should hold fast to the Yan Islands and maintain the Yan people’s traditions. The Hai clan insisted they should leave the Yan Islands, break with tradition, expand, and occupy more islands and lands.
A hundred years later today, history has proven the Hai clan’s viewpoint correct.
But people are basically short-sighted. In the kingship contention a hundred years ago, almost all island lords chose to support the Yan clan. The Hai clan was defeated, leading less than ten thousand people to depart far away, to fight and expand, to open up a new homeland. And so now there was the great foundation of the Yingzhou Hai clan.
But from that time on, all Yan people were loyal to only one clan, the Yan clan.
There was no more need to contend for kingship. The Yan clan was king generation after generation.
Therefore, though Yan Xue’er’s mind remained at the level of a thirteen year old, everyone still awaited her command, viewing her as their master.
“Master, even the worst command is better than no command,” the Yan female general said, “You may issue any command, whether to attack a human kingdom, or to attack a pirate harbour, or… to directly go to Tianshui City, anything is fine!”
Yan Xue’er said timidly, “I, I want to stay here. I want to wait for Mother Queen, and Brother Shen Lang.”
The Yan female general’s face trembled, saying, “But, but, they should already be… dead! The Sea God is already dead, they certainly are no longer here either.”
Yan Xue’er said, “But, I want to wait here.”
The Yan female general said, “Little master, but our fresh water is already not much. We can hold out for half a month at most. Without fresh water, all of us will die. And the nearest place to replenish fresh water is also a full five days’ voyage away.”
Yan Xue’er’s beautiful eyes showed pleading, “Then, then let us wait here for ten days. Ten days later, if Mother Queen still does not come, we… we will go to Tianshui City. I still have an elder sister there.”
The Yan female general let out a breath of relief.
The worst command was better than no command.
Then, she loudly gave the order, “By the princess’s command, we shall wait here for ten more days. Ten days later, if there is still no change, we shall sail to Tianshui City.”
…
At this time, at the centre of the Sea God colossal beast’s heart.
Solon had run here at the final moment, but the Sea God colossal beast’s heart formally stopped. The energy core that had sustained the Yan Island kingdom for tens of thousands of years, the Holy Tear of the Dragon, formally fell.
This legendary Dragon Seal relic transformed into thousands of rays of light, scattering upon Solon’s and Queen Yan’s bodies.
Immediately, the two of them seemed to be draped in countless deep blue radiant garments.
Boundless energy surged in!
This Dragon Seal relic, though it had sustained the Yan Island kingdom for tens of thousands of years, and had provided energy for the Yan Island civilisation since prehistoric times.
Tens of thousands of years had passed, and its energy had already been almost completely consumed.
What remained was completely minuscule to the extreme, not even one hundred millionth remaining.
However, it was this minuscule amount of energy.
It was already powerful to the extreme, terrifying to the extreme.
If the Dragon Flame was merely flame spewed out by the Divine Dragon, not truly something from inside the Divine Dragon’s body, merely its energy release.
Then the Holy Tear of the Dragon was without doubt something from inside the Divine Dragon’s body, completely originating from its body.
In the instant countless energies surged in, every energy entry point in Solon’s entire body was flooded with rushing energy.
The Demon Star desperately devoured, devoured, devoured…
Yet still could not resist such terrifying energy.
Solon’s body once again tore apart inch by inch, then under the energy of the Dragon Tear, rapidly recovered to its original state.
Repeated again and again.
In less than one tenth of a second, Solon completely could not endure such terrifyingly powerful energy, instantly fainting away.
However…
He had only borne a small portion of the Holy Tear of the Dragon’s energy, because Queen Yan was closer, so the majority of the energy light scattered upon her incomparably beautiful, flawless seductive body.
Because of the power of her cultivation, she was not as wretched as Solon.
The energy of this Holy Tear of the Dragon scattered upon her seductive body, bringing no harm whatsoever. On the contrary…
It transformed her body inch by inch, her skin, her face, her spirit.
Causing her, who was already incomparably beautiful, to radiate even more dazzling light.
Her skin was originally amber coloured like all Yan women. But at this time…
Under the Holy Tear of the Dragon’s transformation, it actually became fairer bit by bit.
And not the white of snow, but the white of moonlight, filled with mystery, tranquillity, and dreaminess.
And Solon, in the final second before fainting, directly gave the Demon Star the command, “Use all the dragon power to elevate my swordsmanship and spiritual arts!”
Then, he was completely unconscious!
…
Time passed one day, then another day, day after day.
At first, the Demon Star desperately devoured, devoured, devoured…
After the Holy Tear of the Dragon completely fell.
The energy devouring ended, yet Solon still had not regained consciousness. This energy was truly too powerful.
The Demon Star began to release energy, began to transform and temper Solon’s meridians, and his dragon veins.
According to Solon’s command before fainting, use all dragon power to elevate swordsmanship and spiritual arts.
The Demon Star completely followed his command, continuously tempering meridians, tempering dragon veins and brain domain.
Fortunately Solon remained unconscious, or else he would certainly have been in unbearable agony!
Ordinary people’s cultivation elevation was bit by bit, so they did not feel extreme pain.
But Solon, elevating across many levels at once, for his meridians and dragon veins this was complete reconstruction and rebirth. The pain can be imagined.
One day, two days, three days, five days, eight days…
A full nine days and nine nights passed!
For Solon, it was as though countless years had passed, yet also as though only an instant.
Half an hour after the meridian tempering and cultivation elevation ended, he abruptly opened his eyes and regained consciousness.
Then, the first thing he felt was incomparably abundant energy, and incomparably powerful strength.
He was still completely naked, but faintly felt that he seemed somewhat stronger, even a little taller.
“Master, guess, guess… to what level has your spiritual power cultivation broken through?” the Demon Star said excitedly and trembling.
“To what level?” Solon asked.
“It has already broken through to high level!” the Demon Star trembled, “In future, even if you encounter a Dragon Warrior, if you use a spiritual power critical strike sneak attack, you will also have the power to fight.”
Solon trembled. Originally his spiritual power cultivation was sixth rank mid-level. He had not expected that at this time it would directly break through to high level.
The Dragon Seal relic was indeed the Dragon Seal relic. It was simply too terrifying.
“Then what of my swordsmanship cultivation?” Solon asked.
“Even more terrifying…” the Demon Star said.
And just at this time, a delicate murmur came from beside him.
Queen Yan’s incomparably beautiful eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she opened her ocean-like beautiful eyes.
Solon looked at her face, and her naked body, and was completely stunned.
This, was this still Queen Yan?