Jiang Ran ignored the commotion on the defensive line below.
He closed his eyes and continued the ritual dance.
His shamanic robe snapped in the increasingly fierce wind, the dark-gold patterns along its hem slowly flowing over the fabric.
The sky grew darker and darker.
The clouds hung low, almost close enough to touch.
The Transcendents on the defensive line below had already stopped fighting.
"What is that!?"
"A natural disaster!?"
At that moment.
A speck of blue light quietly appeared deep within the sky.
It was initially no bigger than a needlepoint, but it swiftly expanded, growing brighter and clearer.
Black Cat stood atop a utility pole not far away.
His dark-blue feline eyes were fixed on that streak of blue light until it traced a distinct outline against the sky.
Whiskers drifting, eyes blazing, horns fierce, its body covered in deep-blue scales.
It was a... dragon.
Even though footage of the Mirage Dragon had circulated online after the Abyssal Void descended.
Seeing a dragon emerge from the sky at such close range was a first for everyone.
Black Cat opened his mouth, an unconscious rumble escaping his throat.
A few seconds later, he suddenly came back to his senses. An almost absurd expression appeared on his feline face as he muttered, "Damn it..."
"No wonder he's cultivating both paths!"
Before he finished speaking.
The Blue Dragon in the sky had fully taken shape.
It wound through the low-hanging clouds, its enormous body flickering in and out of view through the darkness. Every twist sent waves of clouds rolling.
On the street below.
The tide of Exotic Beasts, which had temporarily stalled because of the abnormal celestial phenomenon, seemed to have been provoked by something and began to stir again.
Roars rose and fell in succession.
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