Chapter 596: Azure Dragon

A faint silhouette.

Yet it blocks the sky and sun, immense beyond measure.

Even without seeing its full form, it fills one with boundless awe.

Everyone at that moment stared wide-eyed, their gazes unblinking fixed on the gradually dimming Light Pillar.

The phantom within grew increasingly clear.

"What is this..."

A giant dragon?!

Almost everyone conjured that speculation in their mind.

Its body, dozens of zhang long and over a zhang in diameter, spiraled in the void. Its majestic form and terrifying pressure explained everything.

It is a giant dragon!

No wonder a dragon's roar sounded just now.

It turns out a giant dragon was spiraling within the Light Pillar!

Dum—dum—dum~

Everyone's hearts pounded like drums.

A giant dragon!

One must know, that is a creature from legend!

How could ordinary people ever see a legendary giant dragon?

This is a great opportunity!

"Dragon?"

Ye Qingran saw that silhouette reflected in her eyes, her breath slightly tight, her heart somewhat shaken.

As a Chinese, she has always harbored an obsession with dragons.

To Chinese, dragons are sacred, majestic, and akin to a Divine Curse.

She never imagined that in her lifetime she could see a real dragon.

This made her wonder whether the Chinese legends about dragons might be true.

The dimmer the Light Pillar, the clearer the dragon's silhouette.

Soon, it was clear enough to see the dragon's scales.

Scale by scale, each as large as a palm fan, shimmering with azure light in the Light Pillar, like pieces of exquisite jade.

Even with its eyes closed, the dragon still exuded a divine might like a prison, divine grace like an ocean!

"This is... Azure Dragon!"

Some recognized that this dragon is the bloodline Divine Beast of the same tier as the Vermilion Bird—the Azure Dragon!

"It's actually the Azure Dragon!"

Realizing the dragon is the noble-blooded Divine Beast Azure Dragon made everyone's hearts tremble and blood boil.

Dragons also have ranks; the Azure Dragon is a king.

A dragon king spiraled right before them—how could they not be thrilled?

"Something's wrong..."

Ye Qingran whispered low, and those around her looked at her, puzzled.

"Instructor Ye, what's wrong?" Qin Feixue asked in a low voice.

"This Azure Dragon's size has reached maturity, yet its pressure and power fall far short."

Ancient texts record that a mature Azure Dragon spans nearly a hundred zhang, its majesty like mountains and seas, yet this one, though its pressure is terrifying, does not reach that level.

Thus, she suspects this dragon has a problem.

Qin Feixue and the others also felt carefully and agreed Ye Qingran's words made sense.

Why is that, exactly?

At that moment, several figures descended from the sky, landing around the dragon.

They turned out to be the Academy's top echelon led by Li Daoyun.

"Dean Li, Wu Yuanzhang, why are they all here?"

"Shouldn't the two deans appear at the oasis at this time?"

Seeing Li Daoyun's party, the Academy's Instructor disciples also sensed an unusual aura.

A mountain storm looms.

However, Li Daoyun had no time for explanations.

He stared at the scene before him.

Just now, an earthquake struck the outside Academy, and the pillars sealing the ancient battlefield ruins suffered varying damage.

Thus, he hurried into the ruins to see what had happened.

He did not expect to witness this scene.

At that moment, the Azure Dragon opened its eyes.

Those lantern-sized huge eyes were far different from everyone's imagination.

They were neither golden nor azure, but black.

A Black Mist like ink spread, looking especially nauseating!

Simultaneously, Black Mist seeped from the dragon's scales, strand by strand, like demons crawling out of hell!

Even separated by the Light Pillar and a great distance, the sight still caused many to shudder to their souls!

Demon Dragon!

This word suddenly appeared in the mind.

Li Daoyun's gaze fell on the Azure Dragon, his brows furrowed tightly.

"This Azure Dragon has already been controlled by Dead Qi; if we don't stop it, once it is fully controlled by Dead Qi, we will be powerless to turn the tide!"

Wu Shushan and the group behind him had faces extremely solemn.

"Where are the Academy's Elders?"

Li Daoyun's voice, brimming with Mysterious Force, carried far into the distance; in the crowd, more than a dozen figures leapt into the sky.

Including Li Daoyun and Wu Shushan, more than twenty high-ranking members of the Academy gathered together.

"This Demonic Dragon is about to turn dark; everyone, lend me your strength to control it, otherwise the oasis will cease to exist!"

Li Daoyun said to the gathered Elders.

"We will surely lend the Dean our strength!"

Li Daoyun channeled his qi and thrust a palm; a beam of energy shot toward the already much-fainter light pillar, which trembled slightly and rippled like water.

Only then did everyone realize that this light pillar was not a true light pillar but a cylindrical light body imprisoning the giant dragon within.

"Help me!"

As Li Daoyun's voice fell, the Elders behind him, in unison, transferred Mysterious Force to him, and Li Daoyun's power became tremendously formidable.

However, the light pillar imprisoning the Azure Dragon hardly felt any intimidation.

He remained impregnable!

Li Daoyun and the Elders continually increased their output, but no matter how much their strength grew—even at its peak—they could not budge the light pillar.

Li Daoyun knew this light pillar was not a simple light pillar but condensed deathly light—though it was light, it was the light of death, gathering endless power.

"Instructors and disciples of the Academy, lend me your strength!"

The Academy's instructors and disciples were startled, and none hesitated.

In an instant, a magnificent scene appeared.

Thousands of strands of varying strength energy all converged toward Li Daoyun.

Li Daoyun's body also reached its limit at that moment.

He was almost about to be burst apart by such tremendous power.

But he still held on.

With so many people's power combined, having a torrential momentum, even the light pillar twisted and deformed, nearly shattering and collapsing.

However, the stronger the Academy's people's power, the more stubborn the light pillar became.

Clearly just a thin film of light, yet it seemed able to withstand endless power.

Ye Qingran stood to the side watching, and did not intervene.

Because she discovered that no matter how strong the power, it was all in vain.

"Dean Li, stop; this light barrier, you cannot break it."

Ye Qingran's voice sounded slowly.

Li Daoyun looked at her in surprise.

"Unless the Azure Dragon can exert its full strength to break out from within, this light barrier has no solution—except for supreme power. But where would we find such supreme power now?"

Li Daoyun did not stop immediately, but asked, "Instructor Ye, do you have any good ideas?"