Chapter 2408: Vile Ritual
Zu An was full of admiration, but he didn’t plan to chase after her. He had seen how she fought. This Mermaid Queen’s cultivation wasn’t bad at all and she'd likely be able to protect herself. Since Zu An had already received information about the Aurora Poison Dragon, he didn’t plan to have any further interactions with her. She was the Shang sisters’ ancestor, after all. He was worried that interacting with her too much would end up affecting those two sisters down the line.
He was about to turn around and leave when he suddenly noticed something surprising. He turned around toward the Four Way Palace.
The aura of a monster had emerged! And it was quite powerful, too. He hadn’t noticed it when he was still outside. It was probably because of an aura concealment formation inside the palace.
Besides that, it seemed that those of the Dragon Palace had wanted to hide the fact that they were interacting with these monsters, which was why he hadn’t even heard much information about them. The situation was quite strange. There were actually so many monsters in the Dragon Palace! And there were so many elite Dragon Palace guards outsidem too. If the Dragon King were to claim that he had no knowledge of this fact, no one would believe it.
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Meanwhile, the Mermaid Queen quickly infiltrated the inner palace. She could travel a hundred meters with just a wave of her hips.
Compared to the strict security of the Dragon Palace guards outside, the monsters inside were much more relaxed. After all, the earlier assassin had already been captured. No one was expecting someone else to throw their lives away.
The Mermaid Queen had a rough understanding of the Four Way Palace’s layout. After looking around for a bit, she identified the place where the monsters had locked up their prisoners. It was a secluded courtyard. Compared to the lax security of other areas, this place had many monsters guarding it, all vigilantly checking their surroundings.
Sneaking in seemed almost impossible, but the Mermaid Queen didn’t fret. She took out a pocket-sized harp. It shone with an enchanting blue luster, its surface decorated with coral and shells that formed all manner of beautiful and profound runes. But strangely, the harp didn’t have any strings.