"Spiritual energy is gathering. The Nine Profound Golden Lightning is gathering intelligence!"
The moment he saw this, Flowing Cloud immediately thought of something.
Perhaps it was precisely his arrival that had caused the Nine Profound Golden Lightning to undergo this change.
Although the Nine Profound Golden Lightning was extraordinarily powerful, it did not yet possess intelligence. In other words, it could not yet be considered a living being.
This so-called gathering of intelligence meant condensing spiritual awareness. If this strand of Nine Profound Golden Lightning succeeded, it would transform into a Nine Profound Golden Lightning with intelligence.
However, while gathering intelligence, the Nine Profound Golden Lightning would enter an extremely weakened state.
The Nine Profound Golden Lightning could be called a treasure of heaven and earth, no less valuable than some of the higher-ranked Heavenly Flames.
Previously, a single bolt of lightning from the Nine Profound Golden Lightning had been enough to temper Flowing Cloud's body.
If he could control the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, Flowing Cloud's physique would be tempered to an even greater height.
At this moment, thunderous explosions continuously erupted across the enormous body of the Golden Lightning Dragon deep within the sea of lightning.
As the Nine Profound Golden Lightning let out one mournful roar after another, the Black Demon Lightning all turned and fled.
They circled a thousand zhang away from the Nine Profound Golden Lightning. Though they possessed no intelligence, instinct told them that the Nine Profound Golden Lightning was at an extremely critical moment.
Crack!
A golden thunderstorm one-fifth the size of the Nine Profound Golden Lightning's body exploded viciously across its surface.
Golden lightning arcs filled with destructive power surged about madly.
Faced with this backlash explosion originating from within its own body, even something as powerful as the Nine Profound Golden