Inside the great hall, many shields at the transcendent grade early stage had already grown extremely unstable and could shatter at any moment.
Everyone was filled with dread, praying that Tang Yan would finish the puzzle quickly while inwardly cursing Xiaoyao Peak for its shamelessness and despicable conduct.
They had better keep their distance from Xiaoyao Peak in the future!
Tang Yan did not disappoint them. Just as the transcendent grade early stage shields were about to break, he finally completed the golden dragon image.
As the enormous, glittering golden dragon appeared, the flames on both sides of the great hall gradually died out.
Everyone cheered in unison, heartfelt joy at surviving the disaster welling up within them as they showered him with praise and flattery.
Tang Yan paid no attention to their compliments, instead looking curiously at the wall. Why hadn't the passage opened yet?
A faint dragon roar came from the wall.
Tang Yan focused his gaze and saw the scales on the golden dragon flickering between bright and dim. Supreme divine might radiated from it, as though it could come alive at any moment.
Could there still be an unfinished task in this trial?
Feeling the Dragon Might growing heavier inside the hall, Tang Yan narrowed his eyes and recalled how he had cleared the previous trial: by slaying the dragon!
Without hesitation, he took out the Ninefold Mountain and immediately unleashed All Living Beings.
The plain, unadorned sword qi swept toward the enormous dragon's neck.
Crack!
With a tremendous crash, the enormous dragon's head was severed from its body, and countless cracks appeared in the golden spirit stones at the cut.
The Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron suddenly trembled lightly. Tang Yan wasted no time. With a pulse of spiritual qi, all the golden spirit stones fell from