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A piercing roar split the air. A colossal creature seemed to plunge from the heavens, its whole body wreathed in towering flames. The billowing yellow sand turned to ash in the fire. Its flames seared the eyes. Ten zhang tall, it had a dragon's head and a lion's body, its golden scales gleaming amid the flames. Its savage face struck fear into all who beheld it.
According to the tales circulating among the people about this Great Song battleship at Makan, the vessel could single-handedly blockade the largest harbor in northern China. If the people of Great Song wished, they could ensure that not a single large ship could enter or leave Tianjin Port right now.
With the Ancient Dragon Sword in hand, Li Yu unleashed the Star Lord's Swift Sword technique. Layer upon layer of Sword Qi crashed out, blasting the void into several blocks as the Sword Qi whipped up a gale.
As his body fell to the ground, at last a change appeared above the illusion space. Beneath the four characters "Refining Heart System," four more words flickered into view, as unreal as phantoms.
"Master's orders cannot be disobeyed. Zi Yan, as the new Star of the East, you must not do anything out of line." Qing'er remained calm. She knew that anyone who could become the new Star of the East would hardly be a fool who acted rashly on impulse.
To face death coldly, to seek it out, was far more heart-stirring than to stumble upon it in a blaze of passion, excitement, and fury.
The thirty male cultivators answered respectfully, "Yes, Elder Wu!" He was the Starry Sky God's Third-grade Alchemist, as well as the elder in charge of the Nine Great Alchemy Rooms.
Now everything seemed to make sense.