By then, dawn was fast approaching, and the Pujiang Dragon King began undergoing his Tribulation.
Beneath the water eye, his aura continued to swell. It was an aura capable of turning an ordinary person completely into an Anomaly, and his entire body was undergoing a qualitative transformation.
The Pujiang Dragon King transformed into his dragon form. His scales had originally been entirely pitch-black, but now streaks of golden patterns surfaced across his body.
A savage aura spread outward, yet an inexplicable, bone-chilling coldness clung stubbornly to the dragon's body.
The Pujiang Dragon King was transforming into a true dragon that fused righteous and wicked qualities. Scales all over his body continuously fell away, replaced by new scales patterned in interwoven gold and black.
At that moment, enormous changes were taking place above the Pujiang Dragon Palace.
A figure stepped out of the void and appeared directly above the river surface where the Pujiang Dragon Palace stood.
His gaze swept from side to side, and a cold smile appeared on his face. "It seems Heaven's secrets have chosen me to be his Tribulation."
"That old loach is quite lucky. If he had drawn several Longevity Realm cultivators here, there would have been no way for him to escape."
"But if Longevity Realm cultivators had come, it wouldn't have been so easy for me to profit from this either."
With a single step, he became a streak of light and plunged into the Pu River, swift as lightning.
Within only a few breaths, he had arrived above the Pujiang Dragon Palace.
Only then did he discover that not a single person remained in the entire Dragon Palace. All the Dragon Palace monsters seemed to have been driven away.
He gave a cold laugh. "That old loach is rather benevolent, actually driving everyone