But in the very next second...
The red began to fade.
Before long...
The red vanished completely, replaced by a burst of white light!
That light was not pure white, but a lustrous white suffused with seven colors!
"Roar!"
The instant that seven-colored white radiance appeared, a terrifying bestial roar shook heaven and earth. Violent sound waves rippled outward like a stone dropped into water!
Under the impact of those sound waves, countless green stalks in the bamboo grove bent low and swayed!
More terrifying still...
That roar seemed to have provoked the heavens themselves, and countless dark clouds began gathering overhead!
In an instant, Heavenly Thunder surged and lightning flashed. The sky darkened, bringing the crushing sense of black clouds bearing down on a city until its walls threatened to crumble!
Below, Zhou Changqing felt the pressure of that heavenly phenomenon. It was more terrifying than any thunderstorm he had ever encountered!
As the energy ran out...
The mass of lightning above the center of the pool disappeared, revealing a giant serpent roughly a thousand feet long.
Her eyes were shut, her body a lustrous white. Seven-colored light flowed over her scales, while a rich, unusual fragrance emanated from her body and spread through the bamboo grove!
"Rumble!"
Just then, a sudden thunderclap exploded in the sky!
A terrifying bolt of lightning, a full ten meters across, came crashing down!
It was aimed straight at the giant serpent!
Just as the Heavenly Thunder was about to strike!
The giant serpent's tightly shut eyes suddenly opened, staring straight into the might of heaven!
Within those enormous eyes, her purple pupils were calm and indifferent, as though she paid that terrifying Heavenly Thunder no mind!
"Roar!!!"
Her enormous jaws opened, and she let out a fierce roar toward the sky!
Then