Boom—!!!
The instant the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun fully broke free of the sea, its twin wings blotted out the sky and covered the sun. Its wings were black as ink, yet ancient dark gold patterns flowed along their edges; when spread, they actually shrouded every inch of sea within several dozen li.
Sunlight was swallowed whole, and the sea fell into gloom. Only that pair of majestic eyes hung high in the void, coldly looking down on the living beings below like ants.
On the Flood Dragon Ship, the masts and sails that had yet to be caught up in the battle were instantly ground to dust by that current. Even the sturdy bulwarks began to let out an ear-aching groan, as though they would be crushed into wood chips by that terrifying pressure in the very next moment.
"M-my dear mother..." Shi Jingtian craned his neck, his usually rough face now filled with blank shock. He rubbed his eyes hard, then viciously pinched his own thigh. After confirming it was not an illusion, he immediately let out a strange cry:
"Holy shit! What a huge bird!!"
That shout was especially jarring on the deathly silent battlefield, startling Tu Jiao, who had been tensely on guard beside him, so badly that she staggered and nearly failed to keep hold of the curved blade in her hand.
At this moment, however, Tang Shiyin's pretty face was solemn as frost, and she had no time at all to bother with Shi Jingtian's comic interruption. Her beautiful eyes stared fixedly at that enormous shadow blotting out the sky, and her voice was low and grave:
"That is no ordinary bird or beast... That is Kunming Pavilion's guardian divine beast, the Northern Abyss Dragon Kun! It comes from the Dragon Kun clan of