"How dare you! Die, you vile beast!"
Dangyun's eyes snapped open, shooting out two rays of golden light. His black hair flew as his aura surged, and he swung his sword, unleashing a heaven-shaking beam of sword light that struck the pitch-black giant claw.
An explosive roar rang through the sky. Blazing energy tore apart a thousand miles of thunderclouds, then the sword light shattered, while the giant claw was driven back.
The void split open, and a black flood dragon burst out. Its body stretched thirty thousand feet, and the aura of a Void Insight-tier mutant beast bore down upon heaven and earth.
It threw back its head with a piercing roar. The twin horns atop its head lit up, and violent lightning flickered between the countless scales covering its body, surging toward its horns.
"Fang Mo, you must die today!"
The black flood dragon roared, unleashing a torrent of violent lightning straight at Fang Mo, who was devouring the lightning.
"You two protect him. I'll stop this one!"
Dangyun shouted in a deep voice and flashed in front of the black flood dragon. His enormous sword slashed down, its blazing sword force cleaving heaven and earth as it struck the thunderburst head-on. A tremendous explosion rang out, and countless bolts of lightning erupted into a thunderburst spanning ten thousand miles.
The black flood dragon's massive body was hurled backward. Lightning struck its scales, bursting into showers of sparks.
Dangyun was likewise driven back, only stopping after a hundred miles. The sword in his hand trembled and hummed, and the defensive golden light around him had shattered. Though he had blocked the thunderburst, his face had gone pale. Clearly, withstanding that impact had taken considerable effort.
"Something's wrong. How has this black flood dragon grown so much stronger?"
Dangyun's