The air in Yinfrost City was still filled with uncertainty, but for Victor and Tarkos, the storm had finally passed.
Hours after Yan Rui had been killed with the help of Xiao Mei, the entire operation that had brought the Emerald Coil Pavilion to its knees was near completion.
The final elder who posed a threat had been eliminated by Elder Huang and Tarkos working together.
There had been a flashy battle but they passed it off as some kind of training.
And now... a new order cementing itself within the walls of the Jade Serpent Sect's stronghold.
Earlier, when the last elder was on her final breath, she had spoken her dying words through a bashed in face...
"He... he absorbed the legendary Pond of Dragon Tears... and you're making him use just his spit like a buffoon... You have no idea what that boy is truly capable of..."
Those words haunted Elder Huang as he stood in the central hall of the Emerald Coil Pavilion. Around him, disciples bowed.
