Nine Profound Golden Lightning—or rather, the Golden Dragon—suddenly opened its eyes. Its golden vertical pupils seemed to contain a sea of lightning, and terrifying pressure radiated from its body.
Golden arcs of lightning flashed as it stretched its body. Crackling thunder rang out without cease, and every scale exuded terrifying pressure, as though Heavenly Thunder Annihilates the World itself had descended. The mighty heavenly power was impossible to look upon directly.
Though it was not that enormous in size, Xiao Heng could sense that the terrifying power contained within its body was absolutely beyond his ability to contend with.
The Five Elements energy within Xiao Heng began to circulate unconsciously, especially the flames and mysterious water. Their grades might not be much inferior to the Nine Profound Golden Lightning's, but in terms of power, they were still far behind.
"Don't worry, big fellow. I'm back. I'll keep my promise and help you condense your spiritual intelligence. These are my friends. They won't hurt you..." Gu Yue said softly as she slowly approached the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, reaching out to touch a scale on the Golden Dragon's forehead.
Because its spiritual intelligence had yet to condense, the big fellow could not truly understand Gu Yue's words. However, it was pure—so pure that it could easily trust her. At the same time, its instincts told it that these two people harbored no ill intentions toward it.
"Xiao Heng." After soothing the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, Gu Yue looked toward Xiao Heng. What came next depended on him.
Xiao Heng nodded slightly and moved closer to the Golden Dragon, which followed his movements with its gaze.
Lightning flickered across its body, and the Golden Dragon instinctively unleashed a bolt of Nine Profound Golden Lightning.
"Boom...!"
With a deafening explosion, golden lightning shot