But he had not died.
Beneath his dragon scales, that eternally indestructible body of the Dragon God was healing at a frenzied pace.
Bones snapped back into place, dragon scales regrew, and his broken horn sprouted anew at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The Golden Dragon King let out a low roar, his thirty-thousand-meter dragon body rolling and thrashing above the sea of clouds.
Golden dragon power surged around him like a tide, condensing into another layer of protective dragon energy in just a few breaths.
He knew he could never win in his dragon form.
The power of laws within the Three Realms Judgment Sword suppressed most of his divine power. If he continued fighting as a dragon, only death awaited him.
With that thought, the Golden Dragon King abruptly raised his head and unleashed a roar that tore through the heavens.
Golden dragon power suddenly contracted inward, and his vast dragon body compressed, condensed, and reformed at an inconceivable speed.
Dragon scales became armor, dragon claws became gauntlets, and his dragon tail became a cloak.
A nine-meter-tall giant in golden armor stepped out of the dragon light.
Dragon horns crowned his head, his eyes shone crimson-gold, and a storm of solidified dragon power swirled around him.
This was the Golden Dragon King's true humanoid form.
He brought his palms together, and a sphere of dragon power compressed to its utmost limit abruptly formed between them.
Its golden light was contained within, its surface as still as a pebble, yet the energy it held was enough to make even God Kings tremble.
"Tang San!
This strike is the embodiment of my resentment across the ages.
If you can withstand it, I'll accept defeat. If you can't, you and the entire Divine Realm will be buried alongside my