The Inner Hall was deathly silent.
The Blood Refining Venerable lowered his head, staring at the scarlet blood dripping before him and the torn web of his hand, its skin split and flesh laid bare.
His gaze went blank for a moment, his expression shifting uncertainly.
"I... I actually lost?" Blood Refining Venerable muttered to himself.
Suddenly, his expression twisted savagely.
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!
How could I lose to a creature from the Lower Realm, someone who isn't even in the Source Venerable Realm?"
Gu Chenfeng watched coldly, the Battle Axe in his hand rising high again without hesitation.
"Whether you accept it no longer matters. Go to your death!"
Black-gold light blazed around Gu Chenfeng, and killing force gathered once more as an axe shadow of terrifying might took shape.
Just before Gu Chenfeng could unleash his gathered power.
Madness surfaced in Blood Refining Venerable's eyes.
"At this point, I can only use this!"
The next instant, the Blood Refining Venerable swept his sleeve.
With a burst of dazzling azure light, an enormous object appeared.
It instantly occupied more than half the Inner Hall's space.
It was a dragon skeleton nearly a thousand zhang long, radiating sacred azure light.
The dragon bones were translucent as jade. Even as a mere skeleton, it still radiated supreme dragon might.
Gu Chenfeng's gaze abruptly trembled.
He felt the Azure Dragon Power in his heart and the Azure Dragon Origin within his dantian begin surging violently.
With a single glance, he knew.
This skeleton belonged to the Azure Dragon that had once stood shoulder to shoulder with the Dragon Emperor.
A hundred years ago, the master of the Four Symbols Divine Sect had accidentally discovered the Azure Dragon Secret Treasury in Central Province.
He had obtained that "Azure Dragon Skeleton" and