The ruins of the Ancient Dragon King's City had been blasted into a charred, level plain by Realm Lightning. Combined with the invasion of darkness, the vast empty region was steeped in decay. The soil was dark and damp; grabbing a handful was enough to squeeze dark liquid from it.
Above this area of light hung a slowly rotating vortex of darkness. Directly beneath it was an Ancient Dragon a hundred meters long, its entire body covered in blackened dragonhide. It was a scaleless Ancient Dragon, something uncommon among its kind. Of the several Ancient Dragon clans, only one was scaleless.
Once famous in the Second Era as the Frost Disaster, Heulisai had now been corrupted into an Abyssal Ancient Dragon. In fact, it had died long ago. The enormous burn across its chest was its fatal wound from the past.
This was naturally not the former peak powerhouse Ancient Dragon, "Heulisai," or Su Xiao would have died here. More accurately, the Ancient Dragon's "Supreme Dragon Might" was not unique to Ancient Dragons. Ninety percent of peak powerhouses possessed similar abilities.
There were indeed peak powerhouses without such abilities, but one must not assume that those few were weak. The representative among them was the Deer God, whose ability in single combat resounded throughout the Astral Realm.
Though far from its peak, "Heulisai" was undeniably powerful. This ancient flying dragon, which had battled all its life, was dead, yet its remnant dragon body still knew how to fight. Nourished by abyssal power, the corpse of this ancient flying dragon had spawned a violent, murderous new consciousness. Under its control, the ancient flying dragon's body had begun to come alive.
Now that the Abyssal Ancient Dragon had awakened and broken free of its seal, it wanted only to vent its rage