"That... is Hokuto?"
When Hokuto emerged with a roar and appeared in the air above this underground space, Harutora was completely stunned.
It wasn't just Harutora. Hishamaru and Kakugyo Ki were equally astonished.
"That's Hokuto?"
"It's changed way too much, hasn't it?"
Hishamaru and Kakugyo Ki couldn't help voicing their shock.
There was nothing they could do about it.
Hishamaru and Kakugyo Ki were extremely familiar with Hokuto, while Harutora was even more familiar with her.
When he had been Yakou in his previous life, Harutora had been the head of the Tsuchimikado Main Family, and had naturally inherited the dragon passed down through the generations of the Tsuchimikado Family.
Hokuto had once shone brilliantly in Yakou's hands and helped him countless times. Although she was pure, innocent, and romantic by nature, in terms of merit and service, she might not have surpassed Hishamaru and Kakugyo Ki, but she was in no way inferior to Crow Feather and Moon Ring.
Thus, Harutora was extremely familiar with Hokuto and considered her an exceptionally outstanding shikigami. Among all his shikigami, she ranked in the top three and was a fully deserving chief guardian. Hishamaru and Kakugyo Ki had also worked alongside Hokuto as shikigami, so they acknowledged her completely.
That was precisely why, after so many years, the three of them were so shocked to see Hokuto again.
It was because Hokuto's transformation was simply too obvious.
Although Hokuto's appearance seemed no different from before, her Dragon Qi was on an entirely different level.
Hokuto had been outstanding and powerful in the past, but that was all. Compared to Hishamaru and Kakugyo Ki, Yakou's two chief guardians, she had still been a considerable distance behind. But Hokuto's Dragon Qi now was as ferocious and vast as a storm. Even Kakugyo Ki, who