Faced with the sudden turn of events.
The cultivators' gazes converged overhead, on the three figures from Dao Tian Sect.
Yet at this moment, Duan Tianchen, Murong Xue, and Liǔ Yán remained utterly calm, as though they had long since anticipated this scene.
But it was not until the earth split open,
and a figure covered in black scales, with a pair of antler-like horns on its head, a human torso, and a serpent's tail, emerged from the fissure, dragging along an old man's corpse by the head in one enormous hand,
that the three men's expressions gradually shifted from calm to solemn.
"This monster has already survived the Lightning Tribulation and is on the verge of transforming into a dragon. How is this possible?!"
Liǔ Yán sucked in a cold breath.
The records clearly stated that the strongest sea demon in the Guanhai Mountain Secret Realm, Du Xiu, was merely a sea serpent in the Tribulation Stage Early Phase. How could he have survived the Lightning Tribulation and begun transforming into a true dragon within a mere thousand years?
That was an existence equivalent to True Vehicle among the human race!
And his process of transforming into a dragon was equivalent to the process by which a human True Vehicle cultivator converted their power into immortal spiritual energy.
In other words, once he survived the Lightning Tribulation, he would have already shattered the barrier between mortals and immortals. Completely transforming into a dragon and ascending to the immortal realm was merely a matter of time.
"I never expected that a Sea-Gazing Secret Realm would actually draw a cultivator in the mid-Tribulation Stage."
At the same time, the figure with antlers, a human torso, and a serpent's tail stared at Duan Tianchen and licked the corner of his mouth.
Duan