"Think it through before you answer!" Lan'er added urgently.
Lu Chen's heart suddenly tightened.
What Lan'er meant was clear enough.
If they cultivated the Sea Dragon Kinghood, they would inevitably face the Four Seas Dragon Kings head-on in battle someday;
but if they cultivated as River Dragon Kings, they still would not escape the Four Seas Dragon Kings' encirclement and suppression.
After all, the Four Seas Dragon Kings would never sit by and watch the Four River Dragon Gods rise again and threaten the sea clans' rule.
Since either path would inevitably lead to a battle...
Lu Chen's gaze sharpened as he spoke.
"Cultivate—"
Lan'er's heart skipped a beat.
"—the Sea Dragon Kinghood!"
Roar!!!
The instant his words fell, Chun'er shot into the air, her body swelling wildly in the wind!
Divine light flowed around her, and her once immature dragon scales visibly became denser and heavier.
The pair of dragon horns atop her head gleamed with piercing sharpness, carrying the faint might to bore through gold and shatter stone.
Rumble!!!
Almost at the same moment, thunder exploded outside.
The sky had been clear for thousands of miles just moments ago, yet dark clouds now blanketed the skies above Cloudtop Manor. Lightning flashed, thunder roared, and torrential rain poured down.
The passersby nearby stopped one after another. Staring at this sudden phenomenon, their faces were full of astonishment.
Faintly, they could even hear deep, majestic roars drifting from some unknown place.
"That sound... was that a dragon's roar?"
"Where would Jiangdu City get a dragon's roar?!"
The crowd looked at one another, bewildered and uncertain.
A thousand miles away, in the East Sea.
As the anomaly appeared over Jiangdu, a crimson heavenly lightning bolt as thick as a bowl suddenly crashed onto the sea's surface!
In an instant, furious