The Dragon Race princess waved her hand, and a staff set with a crimson gemstone suddenly appeared in her grasp. She actually used it to poke the sleeping Zhang Fan...
When the Dragon Race guards saw their princess poking Zhang Fan with her staff, they wanted to stop her, but a glare from her maid silenced them.
The princess poked him several more times. When Zhang Fan showed no response at all, she actually gave him a hard kick.
Zhang Fan did not wake up from that either. Instead, his carapace suddenly began to change color. Its once-vibrant surface began to wither, its color gradually fading.
The princess hurriedly stepped back twice and turned her head. "I didn't touch him! He..."
A furious roar suddenly came from behind her. The princess shuddered in fright and scurried away without looking back.
"What did Su Ya just do?"
Looking utterly innocent, the two guards gave a complete account of how Princess Su Ya had poked Zhang Fan with her staff and kicked him.
Hanquan, the Dragon King of White Dragon Star, glared at the two guards. "If anything like this happens again, you two can go guard the gates of the Evil Dragon Abyss."
Both guards hurriedly knelt. "We will make certain to protect the Overlord of the Insect Race."
Hanquan glanced at Zhang Fan, who was shedding his shell, and shook his head. "I never expected this. I meant to use mental power to soothe his savage aggression, but instead, my efforts backfired and triggered his transformation. Ah... just as Lord Dilama said, his fate is beyond our control."
After seven full days, Zhang Fan finally emerged from his shell. His emerald-red carapace gradually turned crimson, then deep red, and finally black.
A closer look revealed a faint red glow within