182: Guardian Dragon

When this giant dragon appeared, Shen Mo's expression finally turned solemn.

"True Dragon."

He sighed, his gaze fixed on the giant dragon circling above the massive palace.

Its appearance was identical to the legendary Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, except for a slight bump on its forehead, which seemed not to have fully disappeared.

Evidently, this was a giant dragon, but it had not yet fully reached the True Dragon level; it was only a hair's breadth away.

Given a little more time, it would be able to fully cultivate into a True Dragon.

And as this giant dragon appeared, its bell-like eyes instantly fixed on Nangong Mingyue and Shen Mo.

Nangong Mingyue's figure was directly ignored by it.

Its gaze was mainly concentrated on Shen Mo.

The other party's aura was extremely dangerous, even giving it a feeling of infinite terror.

But how could this little worm in front of it, obviously only at the Di Ling Realm approaching the Tian Ling Realm, be the source of such great terror?

Pangu couldn't understand it in its mind, and it didn't need to; it just needed to kill the little worm disturbing its slumber.

It let out a long cry, instantly uncoiling its body from the palace hall and charging towards Shen Mo.

Seeing this, Nangong Mingyue immediately cried out loudly, "Shen Mo, be careful!"

"This Pangu is the national True Dragon that has guarded our Royal Forbidden Ground for thousands of years."

"It was sent to this secret place, slumbering alongside the civilization cornerstone back then!"

"The core of the civilization cornerstone was in this palace hall originally."

"This dragon body is just one of its avatars!"

Just this alone highlighted how terrifying the identity of this Pangu was.

Its current body was merely one of its avatars.

And its true body resided within the civilization cornerstone, guarding this secret realm for an unknown number of years.

And its dragon body was also on the verge of transforming into a True Dragon.

How powerful was that?

As its figure charged towards Shen Mo, his expression also became exceptionally solemn; this True Dragon was the strongest enemy he had ever encountered.

Oh, it hadn't fully reached the True Dragon level yet, but to others, this long dragon was indistinguishable from a True Dragon.

"Nine Heavens Thunder Summoning Art!"

Shen Mo raised his hand to the sky, and instantly, countless bolts of lightning seemed to be born from the depths of the desolate space; threads of electric light seemed to form an electric net in mid-air, enveloping the long dragon.

The long dragon's body was immense, almost occupying the entire sky.

But the electric net was larger and wider than its body, even extending into the depths of those spaces, covering the parts of the long dragon's body that hadn't fully manifested.

"Rumble!"

As Shen Mo raised his hand, the long dragon's body was instantly bound.

The Nine Heavens Thunder Summoning Art was a product of Shen Mo combining his Golden Light Art and Thunder Summoning Art.

For Shen Mo, he didn't need to worry about backlash or being unable to activate the power of lightning when cultivating any Daoist spell.

His power churned in the sky, quickly combining the power of golden light and lightning.

For others, this might be an uncontrollable feat.

Moreover, the power of these spells, if mixed together, could easily explode.

But!

The power within Shen Mo's body could control everything, encompass everything!

Shen Mo didn't know what was going on with the power in his body, but ever since he absorbed the power of these Daoist spells, the power within him awakened extremely quickly.

This awakening was not an infinite increase, but a transformation.

Shen Mo couldn't articulate the feeling, but he felt the transformation of the power within his body.

Perhaps it was related to him activating the Daoist spell template?

Or maybe it was due to some power attribute within his body?

For example, wasn't his Tyrant Desolate Ancient Body the legendary Pangu Body?

If that were the case, it wouldn't be unexplainable.

Perhaps the power within his body, fused with the power of Daoist spells, triggered some changes and transformations?

And as Shen Mo thought this, a golden ray of light gathered above his head!

And as these lights appeared, countless roaring sounds of flashing lightning also echoed in this sky.

The lightning Shen Mo summoned faintly carried the aura of golden light; at first glance, it resembled meritorious golden light.

Shen Mo summoned these lightning rays, and then with a fierce change of move, a ray of light resembling a thunder dragon roared towards the giant dragon.

"Rumble!"

As the thunder dragon charged, the Pangu had just broken free from the lightning net, and it crashed head-on into the thunder dragon.

"Bang!"

A deafening explosion resounded throughout the entire sky, and then, countless crackling sounds emanated from the Pangu's body.

Its body was hidden in an unknown depth of the void, but these explosions seemed to follow its body, continuously exploding with rumbling sounds.

The bursting sounds seemed to echo in everyone's ears.

Nangong Mingyue was completely stunned, her crimson little mouth agape, her eyes filled with shock and surprise, looking quite adorable.

And on the other side, Luo Fan was completely dumbfounded.

Holy crap!

He was lying on a nearby hilltop, and just as he approached, he saw Shen Mo confronting the giant dragon.

He had originally thought Shen Mo would be killed by the giant dragon in one encounter, but... damn it... Shen Mo was fighting the giant dragon to a draw?

No, that's not right!

It wasn't a draw, did he see it wrong?

Shen Mo, that bastard, was actually suppressing the giant dragon?

Luo Fan didn't dare to look at the giant dragon's body extending into the void; he just took one glance, and he felt as if his entire being was about to explode.

The giant dragon's figure was too terrifying, too massive!

Luo Fan couldn't even guarantee whether the only two trump cards he possessed would have any effect on this giant dragon.

And he had heard Nangong Mingyue's voice earlier.

This giant dragon had been residing within the civilization cornerstone since it was escorted here, absorbing countless pure spiritual energies and the essence of nature.

How could such a monstrous beast be defeated?

Luo Fan didn't even dare to think about it.

He only wanted to sneak into the palace while the giant dragon was attacking Shen Mo.

That palace should contain many good things.

Luo Fan wasn't after the civilization cornerstone, so he didn't have to worry about provoking the giant dragon.

He would just take the treasures and leave; wouldn't all the blame fall on Shen Mo alone?