Emperor Dragon—Eternal Flameyellow!
There was no need for too much power. He only needed to unleash the sword's will.
The eight dragon staffs gathered together like divine dragons emerging in unison, smashing into the drum surface bearing nine black dragon heads.
Dong!
The instant the staffs touched the drum, the drumbeat instantly rippled outward, sweeping through the entire Nine Dragons Imperial Tomb. Every brick wall and barrier resonated.
Dazzling light erupted before Li Tianming's eyes.
The eight dragon staffs burst with blinding radiance, as though they had been glued in place.
Amid the drumbeat's tremors, the eight dragon staffs flew from his grasp and merged into the drum surface.
Buzz!
The nine black dragons immediately shone with boundless brilliance.
Li Tianming clearly saw that, apart from the black dragon head at the very center, each of the other eight dragon heads had swallowed a dragon staff and begun undergoing drastic changes!
For example, the black dragon head that had swallowed the silver dragon staff transformed into silver. Its appearance changed dramatically, becoming sharper and more piercing, like metal.
For a time, the nine black dragons shone with multicolored light, as if an ink-wash painting had suddenly been filled with color—each hue distinct, each form different, their bearing even more transcendent!
They were no longer nine black dragons, but nine nine-colored divine dragons!
One dragon head, one color, one kind of divine might!
As the war drum barrier serving as the stellarship core was supported by this transformation, it underwent a drastic change on the spot.
At the same time, the Emperor Dragon Palace before Li Tianming's eyes also changed anew because it had been "lit."
The Emperor Dragon Palace had already been dazzling from storing a stellar source, but being lit was what truly counted as activating it.
From then