Chapter 702 - 535: 5-Clawed Golden Dragon: Soaring Through the 9 Heavens

In that instant, Gao Neng felt only one thing.

All the blood in his body was burning!

Every cell in his body was changing.

It was as if a seed, long dormant within his heart, had suddenly sprouted, spreading through his entire body at a terrifying speed.

"ROAR!!"

A dragon’s cry rang out.

It was as if the entire world had been illuminated by a golden radiance.

Within the golden light, golden Dragon Scales began to manifest on Gao Neng’s body. The Scale Armor grew, plate by plate, starting with his hands.

Then, a tangible, golden phantom descended upon him.

It enveloped him.

Sharp claws sprouted from Gao Neng’s palms.

"CRACK!"

His hands transformed directly into dragon claws.

His eyes blazed like golden torches.

"RUMBLE!"

Thunder rolled across the sky.

Gao Neng’s chest heaved violently.

Eighteen years!

’Xu Zilan had never shown him her true face!’

He’d felt lost when he saw what Xu Zilan truly looked like.

’That breathtaking face.’

’Those white dragon horns.’

’Was this really the same, ordinary Xu Zilan?’

In truth, he’d been suspicious ever since seeing Xu Zilan on the Northern District Battlefield. He just could never bring himself to connect her to the Dragon Race.

But now, it seemed, he had his proof.

It wasn’t just Xu Zilan...

It was him, too!

He was also a dragon!

"AAROOO!!!"

A massive, twenty-meter-long golden dragon soared into the air, its intense radiance dyeing the entire sky gold.

Most notably, a faint bulge could be seen on the golden dragon’s abdomen.

Xu Zilan had once said.

Once he reached the ninth rank, he would be able to transform into a dragon!

Gao Neng had assumed his draconic form would be half-human, half-dragon, but that didn’t seem to be the case now... He was a true dragon!

"Hm? It’s... a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon?!" When Tianzang and the Beast Race Sword Saint saw Gao Neng transform into a dragon, their expressions changed markedly.

Different races possessed different abilities.

Generally, each had its own strengths.

However, the Dragon Race was an absolute anomaly among them.

This was because the Dragon Race could be called the most powerful existence among the Hundred Races, both in terms of physical might and spiritual strength.

Even without wings, a dragon could soar through the heavens.

It was an innate bloodline; one could say that from the moment of their birth, dragons were immensely powerful—so powerful that they made other races jealous.

And among them all, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon was the strongest!

Tianzang and the Beast Race Sword Saint had guessed that Gao Neng was a dragon, but they had never imagined he would be the king of the Dragon Race.

The offspring of a Human Race member and a Dragon Race member...

’Actually possessed the noblest bloodline?’

’How is this possible?’

Tianzang and the Beast Race Sword Saint had no time to think, because Gao Neng was already on the move.

After soaring into the air, he transformed into a brilliant streak of golden light, shooting toward the Beast Race Sword Saint and Tianzang like a bolt of lightning.

Gao Neng had never been a bloodthirsty person. Even on the Northern District Battlefield, after gaining control over the various races, he hadn’t insisted on slaughtering them.

But now, he wanted to kill the Beast Race Sword Saint and Tianzang.

There was no particular reason.

He just wanted to kill them... and that was all!

"ROAR!!!" At the same time, Xu Zilan let out another draconic cry, her tail sweeping directly toward Tianzang.

"Tianzang!" Seeing that Tianzang was about to be hit, the Beast Race Sword Saint moved to block the attack, placing himself between Tianzang and Xu Zilan.

"BOOM!"

The Beast Race Sword Saint was sent flying.

In the face of overwhelming power, no matter how enlightened you were about the heavens and the earth... it was still fucking useless.

Eighteen years ago, even while pregnant, Xu Zilan had not been killed by Tianzang and the Beast Race Sword Saint, both of whom were numbered among the Strongest.

How could she possibly lose today, fighting two against one?

"Sword! Look out!" Tianzang cried out in alarm, and his eyes narrowed again. In the path the Beast Race Sword Saint had been sent flying, another dragon lay in wait.

A Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.

Even if this dragon was only ninth-rank.

"Hm?!" As he was sent flying backward, the Beast Race Sword Saint’s eyes also narrowed. He, too, felt a tearing sensation assault his back.

It was a move he recognized.

The last time they fought, Gao Neng had managed to injure him with a backstab.

’So fast!’ In his haste, the Beast Race Sword Saint swung his sword horizontally behind him.

"TING!"

The sharp sound of metal striking metal rang out.

It was the piercing shriek of claws grinding against the sword.

But a moment later, the Beast Race Sword Saint felt another sharp pain in his back, accompanied by a heat so intense it felt as if it could burn his very soul.

The Beast Race Sword Saint had just been sent flying by Xu Zilan’s tail, and now he was being ambushed from behind by Gao Neng. The powerful force and the stabbing pain made his body convulse involuntarily.

Urk...

A stinging pain!

...

The changes in the sky had all happened in an instant.

From Gao Neng’s transformation into a dragon to the Beast Race Sword Saint being stabbed in the back... it all happened too fast for anyone to react.

It wasn’t until the Beast Race Sword Saint’s pained cry rang out that the Eastern District Guard Army finally reacted.

"A dragon!!!"

"Gao Neng turned into a dragon, too!!"

"A golden one? A Five-Clawed Golden Dragon!"

"..."

The soldiers of the Eastern District Guard Army stared wide-eyed.

For while Gao Neng’s body wasn’t over thirty meters long like Xu Zilan’s, he was unmistakably a dragon.

What’s more, he was a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, a creature seen only in myths.

"Brother, I knew you’d choose to be with us! Let’s kill them together today!" At the same time, Gao Xiaomeng shot over from the distance, charging toward the wounded Beast Race Sword Saint like a flash of silver light.