Rumble!
Night hung high overhead, and a solitary peak rose from the ground.
The lone peak was narrow as a sword, steep and sheer.
Lightning flashed and thunder roared in tangled succession. Crimson-gold bolts exploded across the night sky, and in those flickers, the outline of a colossal creature faintly emerged, its entire body grim and ferocious.
At the mountaintop, Meng Chuan stood with his hands behind his back, gazing into the distance.
After defeating Golden Phoenix, Meng Chuan received the final fixed reward granted to every Heaven-Opening Tower challenger who cleared the stage.
A wisp of profound-black Pangu Fortune.
Since the effects of Pangu Fortune mostly manifested in physical talent rather than directly enhancing combat ability, he accepted it, first restoring himself to peak condition before refining it after the subsequent challenges ended.
Whoosh~
A pair of clear apricot-yellow vertical pupils lit up. The sound of dragon scales scraping against the cliff echoed out, and then...
Above the clouds, the gigantic shadow took one step forward and descended, standing tall against the void.
Bathed in firelight, crimson dragon scales resembling rippling muscle patterns emerged in twisting layers. As the flames faded, the giant shadow rolled its shoulders and neck, as though whiskers and horns were growing forth. Gradually, an enormous and savage dragon head came into view. Dragon scales extending from its neck to its shoulders and back stood erect, like ruby-red longswords.
"Hiss!"
The Black Axe beside him immediately wilted. Meng Chuan's heart trembled; he recognized her at first glance.
He had encountered that same-origin aura many times before.
"This existence that resembles an upright giant dragon..."
Meng Chuan did not want to confirm it. He looked toward the Black Axe for verification.
"It's over..." The axe spoke weakly. "This is Lord Stellar-Core Fission's projection avatar."
Fuck!
Meng