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With a loud roar, a tyrannical and bloodthirsty aura rose from its enormous body. Even the air around it seemed to be affected, turning blood-red as it wrapped around its body like a layer of fog. The pressure from that berserk aura was so powerful that even the three supreme experts couldn't help but frown. They knew that the beast was going to use its true ability after its probing just now.

The three of them knew that every single Earth Stage strange beast was an existence that they could not afford to provoke, especially this strange looking strange beast that was guarding in front of them. Nine paintings of the Mountains and Seas. Each painting contained a high-grade earth-step strange beast guarding it. In terms of cultivation level, a high-grade earth-step martial artist was roughly comparable to a human at the highest human level. However, due to the natural talent of a high-grade earth-step strange beast, its true combat strength might even surpass a human at the highest human level.

"Three-Heart Formation." In the blink of an eye, their figures had already disappeared in the sky, and like three streaks of flowing light, they circled around the strange guarding beasts, constantly changing their positions. In the face of the attacks from the strange guarding beasts, it seemed as if they were not at all affected by the wind at all.

The Triple Heart Formation was also known as the Small Triple Talent Formation, it was a formation technique exclusive to the Dazhong royal family. When the formation was activated, it could simulate the might of the three Heaven and Earth Trials and combine all three of their auras together.

In the blink of an eye, the three of them had already exchanged more than a hundred blows with the strange beast guarding them. Whether Yun Shu and the other two, or the strange beast guarding them, all of them had deliberately restrained their attacks. Although each move fully displayed the mysteries of martial dao, it did not have the world-shaking momentum that was rumored to exist.

In addition to the music of the zither in the sky, one could only occasionally hear the roars of the strange beasts that were guarding the area.

Both sides' realms were basically the same. The three supreme experts were fighting three people at once, and they also had the help of the Triple-Heart Formation. After they adapted to guarding the beasts, they became more and more adept at it. The shining blue sword in Yun Shu's hand and the blood-red blade in Mei Zhang Zu's hand hacked down on the body of the Earth Stage strange beast from time to time. However, what surprised the two of them was that the weapon that they had spent a lot of effort to forge was unable to break through the defense of the strange beast's body.

The strange beast guarding the cave was aware of this fact. Although it was painful for the two of them to make contact with their weapons, it was nothing to the beast's massive size. While he was moving and patting the air, he was unrestrained and unstoppable. Although he was still unable to break through this formation, it was still able to increase the speed of the formation.

Among all the other Earth Class beasts, it was the most adept at fighting. Although it was restricted by this small world and could not display its full power, the three people in front of it were of the same level as it. Moreover, as a mutant beast, its body was much stronger than a human's. As time passed, it believed that the three of them would not be its match.

However, at this moment, waves of zither music flowed out of the ten fingers of the zither like flowing water. The guardian beast only felt as if its head had been smashed by a mountain. A dizzy feeling welled up within him, and he could not help but shake his head.

However, before it could adjust its position, another zither note entered its ears. The strange beast's head suddenly felt blank, and its eyes glazed over, instantly losing control of its body. Its massive body fell from the sky, and as Yun Shu saw this, her figure suddenly moved, a pair of embroidered feet stepped heavily on the strange beast's back. With a loud bang, a huge crater that was over ten meters deep instantly appeared on the originally lush green mountain. Even the entire mountain slightly trembled.

The intense pain from his body caused the strange beast to instantly escape from the illusion of the zither music. After jumping out of the huge pit, it couldn't help but be enraged as it roared towards the sky.

"Humans are really despicable. It's fine to fight with numbers, but you're actually using illusion formations." Originally, it was having fun with these three because it hadn't had such a great time in many years. But that woman's zither music just now had caused it to lose its mind for a moment, causing it to be kicked into the mountain by another woman. It was so arrogant that it was about to go crazy.

What's more, that woman's kick was not light at all. Even with her body, she could feel waves of intense pain. He couldn't even remember how many years it had been since he was injured, but now, he had suffered such a huge loss at the hands of these three people.

"This is the only method I can use to protect my body." Master Le Ye smiled and said in a tone of agreement, "Besides, I was training in the Dao of Heaven, can't I use it in a battle of life and death? If that's the case, then it's better to disperse the defenses around us and fight them again. I can guarantee that I won't need to use the sound killing illusions to deal with you, alright? "

"You …" The guardian beast was rendered speechless by Ye Ci's words. He felt extremely depressed in his heart. However, even though it was a brave and ruthless beast, it was not a fool. Not to mention dispersing all of its defenses, even if it were to fight with the three of them again in its current state, it would still not be a match for the Triple-Heart Formation.

The pain he felt from his body let him know that although the injuries within his body weren't severe, they could still affect his reaction speed. He was about the same level as the three of them, and his strongest point was his innate physical talent. Not to mention the woman with the zither, even the weapons in the other two people's hands were not of ordinary quality. It could use its body's talent to resist a few strikes, but no matter how many there were, it wouldn't be able to take them all.

"Boss, old? You guys just stand to the side and watch. You don't even know how to help laozi." "There are three of them. If you come out, we'll have three against three." Under the astonished gazes of the three people, the beast guarding the cave suddenly raised its head and roared at the sky.

"Yanzheng, I've already told you so many times, don't be so brave and fierce. If you don't listen, you must be at a disadvantage." As soon as the dragon-headed jackal's voice faded, a yellow dragon head emerged from the clouds floating in the sky.

"Second Brother, the beast tide that you triggered has caused a lot of dust to fall. I'm cleaning up the house right now, so I don't have time to deal with you." At this moment, a young voice came from the lake in the center.

"You two …" Ya Zhi gasped for breath when he heard this. The two beasts that had spoken out were his twin brothers. Now they were taunting him. He couldn't help but yell, "You two are just watching me being bullied by outsiders! Bastard!"

"Sigh ~ Second Brother, this is your mistake." The young and tender voice sounded again, "Although we look different, we were all born from the same mother. We are bastards, what are you? Furthermore, our mother and we were here to plead for you when our royal father wanted to chase you away. Didn't the world just say that revenge was the only thing to be taken? "I am your benefactor, and you have not yet repaid me for my kindness. How can you scold me?" Just as he finished speaking, a strange beast that was like a clam flew out of the lake.

"Second Brother, I was just cleaning up a few days ago, and now your monster horde is making a mess in the Shui Manor, and you still want me to help you fight? Furthermore, even if you can't beat him, I definitely can't. " The clam like beast walked up to him and looked at him with a displeased expression.

Seeing that another two Earth Stage strange beasts had appeared, the three of them were shocked to see that these three beasts had different shapes. They called each other brother. Their bodies involuntarily took a few steps back. Although they already knew that the number of strange beasts guarding this painting was not a single one, they definitely hadn't expected that there would be three of them.

A single guardian beast had forced the three of them to use the Triple Heart Formation to fight it out. While he wasn't paying attention, Le Shuyin had used a sonic attack to defeat it. But now there were actually three guardian beasts? Even if the three of them were able to retreat after using their hidden trump card, what about the ten students from the academy? Something was about to happen to these people. Even if the three of them were the ministers of the imperial city and had esteemed statuses, they wouldn't be able to shoulder such responsibilities.

At this time, the strange beast in the clouds had also approached. It was a strange creature with a golden body and a dragon's head and tail, but also with the body of an ox. It was a lot bigger than the other two. The beast's eyes looked at the music leaf and the lush green zither in its hands and said, "What a heavenly music. I didn't expect it to be the descendant of an old friend. Little girl, is your ancestor Le Tianyin?"

Although she still looked like an eighteen-year-old girl, she was already over a hundred years old this year. She could not remember how many years she had not heard anyone call her a little girl, but a beast's lifespan was longer than a human's. This Earth Ranked beast's age was hard to describe, but it could speak the name of the heavenly music and its ancestors.

"The Guardian Elder's name is exactly what he said. Does the Guardian have an old relationship with the Ancestor?" The Music Leaf bowed slightly towards this strange beast and asked.

"The people call me the Captive Ox, and the one you guys were fighting against was my brother, and this is our youngest brother, Chili Pepper. Tell me, do you think your ancestors and I know each other? " said the cow-eye to the music leaf with a smile.

"Prisoner's Cow, Grizzly Eye, and Painted Pepper?" The three of them repeated the same three names. At the same time, they were shocked, but they also understood what was going on. After they heard the name 'Lianzhi', they had their own guesses. They never thought that the strange guardian beasts of the Nine Mountains and Seas were really the legendary Nine Children of the Dragon King.

The Nine Sons of the Dragon Emperor were also known as Long Jiu Zi. But nine was an empty number, so that didn't mean there were only nine. According to the records of the 'Secret History of the Greenwood Tree', the sons of the Dragon Emperor were famous in the world as follows: Captive Cow, Liangzi, Taunt, Pu Prison, Suan Ni, Ba Xia, Bi'an, Xie Bian, Hornkiss, Centipede and Pi Xiu, as well as this snail like map of the pepper. A total of twelve.

Take the three in front of him for example, for instance, the three in front of him, Qu San likes to fight, Jiao Tu likes to stay at home, while the prison bull likes to play music. So it's not impossible for him to know the first generation patriarch of the Heavenly Note Family, Le Tianyin.

"Big Bro, why are you wasting your breath on them? Let's beat them up first." It was going to fight the three of them again. It had been three against one just now, and now it was fighting three against three. It was sure that it could keep the three powerful human warriors in front of it.

"Wait a moment, what's the hurry?" The thick dragon tail of the cow-captive swung out, blocking his path.

"That's right, second brother, there's no use in defeating them. We still have to stay here." Jiao Tu's body slightly moved, standing in front of Ya Jue.

Seeing the appearance of the three Dragon Children, Yun Shu exchanged glances with Le Ye Yin and Mei Zhang Gui. She knew that since these beasts were guarding the beast tide and now that they were surrounded, it must be for a reason. She took a step forward and said, "I wonder why the three of you are guarding the beast tide?"

The beast tide was initiated by second brother, but the old man and I did not stop it." "The Mountain Sea Painting has not been opened for over a hundred years, although this small world has a radius of over a thousand miles, and it has been expanding, but there are still a lot of animals in the mountains, especially the yellow level beasts. The Spiritual Qi of this world cannot support so many strange beasts. "The three of us are mutated beasts, but we don't want to be infected by this karma. Therefore, we can only use you humans to eliminate them.

"So that's how it is." Hearing this, the three of them nodded their heads, but then they recalled the incident at the Zhongyang Academy. If they had truly used the human hands to eliminate the yellow-rank mutated beast, then why would the old man who entered the Zhongyang Academy that year would have been seriously injured to death?

"We, the brothers, have followed our agreement with Empress Dagong all those years ago to guard this Mountain Sea Painting for one hundred and twenty years. Now that time has passed, I'm still fine, but my other brothers don't have good tempers.

"What?" The three of them were shocked as they looked at Jiao Tu. They really did not know about this, but according to time calculation, one hundred years ago, the incident at the Zhongyang School had happened right at the time when one hundred and twenty years had passed.

"As long as you break the shackles of this world and let us leave this place, I won't hold it against you for injuring me. Otherwise, you can just stay here."

He paused for a moment before continuing, "Although I started the beast tide, I still kept my promise and did not stop you from sending those injured students out. Now, we have already stayed in this Mountain Sea Painting for more than two hundred years, so it's time for you humans to keep your promise."

The three of them looked at each other without saying anything. First of all, this was just one side of what the three guardian beasts said. The three of them didn't know if what the three Dragon Children had said was true or not.

Secondly, even if what they said was true and there was no nod from the Emperor, they had no right to let these beasts out. Moreover, when the Emperor had discussed using the Great Illusory Heart Array to help those who were at the peak of the great tribulation break through to the human realm, he had not mentioned this matter, so he clearly did not know of it.

Third, even if what they knew was true, His Majesty would agree to let them out. At present, no one had the capability to break the shackles of this small world. That was the ability of a sage expert.

The sage realm was also known as the flower of the Dao. If one was said to be at the pinnacle of a human being, then entering the sage realm was a complete transformation. Only sage realm cultivators could break the shackles of this small world. However, the existence of sage realm experts wasn't in this small world.

"Eee?" Yun Shu pondered for a moment before replying, "We are not aware of your agreement with the grand Ancestor. The grand Ancestor has already left for more than two hundred years. We also do not know where she is, so …"

"What?" "So you mean that you want us brothers to continue to stay here?" His eyes, which had just regained its clarity, were now bloodshot. He was obviously angry.

"Is this how you humans keep your promises?" Jiao Tu, who was at the side, said with a faint smile.

Even though the cow-captive didn't say anything, his expression was still a bit ugly.

Yun Shu and the other two looked at each other again with bitter smiles on their faces. They could understand the feelings of the three Dragon Children in front of them. They were all sons of the Dragon Emperor, and they were all born into noble backgrounds. They had kept their promises to guard this small world, but they were still trapped here at the appointed time.

Not to mention these three strange beasts, even if the three of them had been trapped in this small world for more than two hundred years, it would be hard for them to take it.

Back then, the matter of the Zhongyang Academy should have been similar to what they were doing now. Long Zi, who was in charge of the small world in which the painting of the Mountain and Sea Realm was located, must have found the person who stayed there and told him that the time of one hundred and twenty years was up. He must keep his promise and break the shackles of the world for him to leave.

That old man must be the same as them, for he was completely unaware of this matter. He had neither the ability nor the right to let that Dragon go. After the conversation broke down, Long Zi started the beast tide and killed everyone who entered. He had even personally killed the old man.

The current situation was exactly the same as it was back then. If the three Dragon Children didn't want to leave, they would have made their move long ago. However, if the three of them were to reject them now, then what happened back then would happen again. A single grievance was already enough to give them a headache. If they added in the Prison Ox and Painted Pepper, they might not even be able to leave safely even if they used that backup.

Even if they left safely, what would happen to the remaining ten students? If these people all died here, then there would be no way for them to explain when they returned. Furthermore, to Yun Shu, as the Yun Family's most talented junior, Yun Xing Si was the Yun Family's chosen successor. Even if she died here, she did not wish for Yun Xing Si to die here.

Not to mention Lu Que, Zhuge Yan, and the rest who were born in the Mansion of the State Duke, even Lin Qingyu, Duanmu Ye, Meng Cang, and Li Lang, who were born in the Humble Class, weren't simple people either. The masters they had under their tutelage all represented different forces, and Lin Qingyu was an example.

Just as the three of them were at a loss for what to do, a fiery red pearl flew through the air from the sky.