In Full Swing

Qi You had only just been dispatched to the flank, keeping watch against a possible sneak attack from North Dragon Island, when Elder Zhu Li's gaze pierced through the smoke and locked firmly onto a patch of distorted space before him.

A figure was slowly solidifying there.

The newcomer's skin had originally been grayish-white, but now it looked as though it had been drenched in a living volcano. Deep purple dragon scales spread wildly beneath his skin at a visible rate, bursting forth! The muscles in his arms bulged and elongated sharply, transforming into two sharp dragon claws gleaming with a cold metallic light.

In merely a few breaths, he had completely transformed. With the head of a dragon and the body of a man, dragon arms and dragon claws, a savage and terrifying half-dragon form had taken shape. The vicious aura around him was almost tangible, making the air thick and scorching.

The instant his form completely stabilized, an overwhelmingly fierce aura far stronger than before erupted from Man Yan's body like a volcanic eruption, spreading madly outward.

The force was so powerful that it distorted the surrounding space itself, sending ripples across it like stones thrown into water, as though it might collapse entirely at any moment.

"It has been many years, Elder Zhu Li. Have you been well?" Man Yan's eyes, now replaced by dark purple dragon pupils, gleamed with cruel light. He bared a mouthful of sharp teeth and flashed Zhu Li a malicious grin. "It seems you have crossed the threshold into the Dou Zun realm as well? Interesting, very interesting!"

Before his words had faded, he stomped his foot fiercely! Violent ripples surged through the space beneath him, as if it were about to be crushed.

His body, however, shot forward like a dark