The strength of this giant dragon was indeed immense.
Its physical body was exceptionally sturdy, with thick skin and tough flesh.
It was not much weaker than monstrous geniuses like Kong Yu, Lu Rui, and Yuan Hongsheng, who were infinitely close to the sixth-tier Xuan Emperor realm.
"Long Xuan, there must be a lot of dragon blood in this fellow! Let's take it down!"
Ling Fan said with a hearty laugh.
"There definitely is! Let's take it down!"
Long Xuan's battle spirit was soaring. His azure dragon body madly absorbed the dragon qi from this underground dragon lair world, causing his dragon body to swell further. Although it hadn't reached the extent of the dark golden dragon, it was not far off, measuring tens of thousands of feet in size.
"Brother Fan, your explosive power is astonishing. You can deliver the final blow. I'll go and attract the attention of this fellow head-on, and you can seize the opportunity to strike!"
Long Xuan secretly transmitted his thoughts to Ling Fan.
Ling Fan nodded slightly.
Long Xuan immediately charged forward. His colossal dragon body, like a mountain range, crushed the void. He extended his azure dragon claws, his five dragon fingers like five sharp celestial blades slicing through the sky, fiercely striking the dark golden giant dragon.
Creak, creak.
Sparks immediately flew.
"Heh heh, so you're a mongrel, a lowly spawn. You have a bit of our dragon race's bloodline, and yet you collude with outsiders to attack this Dragon Emperor! I'll kill you first!"
The dark golden giant dragon shook its massive body, completely unharmed. Its dragon scales were even sturdier than the most robust mid-grade Emperor Armor, shimmering with an immortal luster. With a fierce collision, it sent Long Xuan flying backward.
Damn it!
Long Xuan was sent reeling, seeing stars, and was inwardly shocked.
The strength of this behemoth was too terrifying.
"Damn it, don't underestimate me!"
"Dragon Wars the Eight Desolations!"
Long Xuan swung his massive azure dragon body, unleashing a secret technique. Instantly, a terrifying aura engulfed heaven and earth, transforming into a sky-covering claw print that fiercely struck the dark golden giant dragon.
Roar!
Dragon scales flew everywhere.
Dragon blood splattered.
The dark golden giant dragon let out an enraged roar. Long Xuan's strike, which was capable of threatening a peak fifth-tier Xuan Emperor, did not inflict significant damage on the dark golden giant dragon, only minor flesh wounds. However, it thoroughly enraged the dark golden giant dragon. Its terrifying dragon body slammed into Long Xuan, and its dragon claws pressed down, pinning Long Xuan beneath its feet. It then opened its maw and bit down towards Long Xuan's neck.
Roar!
A scream immediately echoed.
The teeth of this dark golden giant dragon were incredibly sharp. Long Xuan was already tough and resilient, but a massive wound appeared on his neck. Dragon blood gushed out like a flood.
"Pah, mongrel spawn, even your taste is so unpleasant!"
The dark golden giant dragon snorted contemptuously and was about to finish Long Xuan off.
At that very moment.
It suddenly sensed a powerful crisis.
"What's going on!"
The dark golden giant dragon's heart was filled with alarm.
It saw a figure, as small as a speck of dust, appear above its head.
It was the fourth-tier Xuan Emperor ant it had previously ignored.
"He's just a fourth-tier Xuan Emperor, why is he making me feel a sense of danger!"
A thought flashed through the dark golden giant dragon's mind.
However, it was too late to ponder further.
The seemingly insignificant figure made its move.
A beam of light, as if containing the ultimate power of heaven and earth, descended.
Boom!
Half of the dark golden giant dragon's head instantly exploded.
"Ah!"
The dark golden giant dragon let out a world-shattering roar of fury.
It disregarded killing Long Xuan and flew up frantically. Its head was rapidly regenerating, and a pervasive killing intent emanated from it.
"Damn ant, how dare you injure me!"
"So what if I injured you?"
Ling Fan chuckled. His previous strike had incorporated his power of heaven and earth. He could have killed this dragon with a single blow, but he suddenly had another idea.
Such a creature at the peak of the fifth-tier Xuan Emperor realm.
To kill it so easily.
It was too much of a waste.
If he could suppress it into the Yan Luo Hall and make it the first fifth-tier Xuan Emperor puppet, it would increase the power of the Yan Luo Hall, the third great formation of the Samsara Divine Cauldron, by severalfold.
"Submit to me, serve me, and I can spare a sliver of your consciousness!"
Ling Fan said.
"Nonsense! You damned ant, how dare you look down on this Dragon Emperor! I am a great Golden Blood Dragon race. You should be my slave!"
The dark golden giant dragon felt immensely humiliated and was enraged to the extreme. Its head had almost fully recovered, showcasing the terrifying vitality and recovery power of dragon beings. A supremely dangerous dragon breath fluctuation was brewing in its mouth.
Ling Fan shook his head.
This fellow.
It wouldn't accept a chance at survival.
Then he couldn't be blamed.
Ling Fan moved his mind.
A terrifying power surged from the heaven and earth enshrined within the Samsara Divine Cauldron.
Concurrently, his Nirvana Emperor Body rumbled, and he appeared as an unparalleled Heavenly Emperor bathed in divine light, descending upon the mortal world, with terrifying power surging within him.
The Yan Luo Hall was also secretly prepared.
Ready to deliver the final blow at any moment.
Boom!
Ling Fan, carrying boundless might, suppressed it.
Simultaneously.
The dark golden giant dragon opened its maw and spat out a world-destroying dragon breath.
Bang!
The two powerful forces collided.
Ling Fan directly shattered the beam of dragon breath, and the terrifying force sent the dark golden giant dragon crashing into the ground.
His heaven and earth had now expanded to over 4,900 zhang, infinitely close to the bottleneck of 5,000 zhang, equivalent to the peak of the fourth-tier Xuan Emperor realm. Coupled with his stabilized Nirvana Tribulation Body, dealing with such a peak fifth-tier Xuan Dragon Emperor was not an issue.
"Now!"
The Yan Luo Hall flashed.
The eighteen fourth-tier Xuan Emperor puppets within also unleashed their most potent powers, pushing the Yan Luo Hall's formation to its absolute limit.
Boom!
The dark golden giant dragon was instantly absorbed into the Yan Luo Hall.
Ling Fan dared not be careless. He quickly mobilized the full power of the Samsara Divine Cauldron and his own heaven and earth to suppress it fiercely.
After all, this was a peak fifth-tier Xuan Dragon Emperor. Ling Fan absolutely did not believe it had no trump cards or secret techniques.
Its earlier defeat was due to its arrogance and underestimation.
Beside him.
Long Xuan was utterly stunned.
That was a peak fifth-tier Xuan Dragon Emperor!
It was not much weaker than dominant geniuses like Kong Yu, Lu Rui, and Yuan Hongsheng.
And it had been suppressed by Ling Fan!
"Holy cow! That's a bit too fierce."
As Long Xuan stared in disbelief.
Ling Fan had no time to attend to him.
He was fully focused on suppressing and refining the dark golden giant dragon.
At this very moment.
The void beside them suddenly distorted.
Figures emerged.
The sound of applause echoed.
This group of people wore the true disciple attire of the Heavenly One Sect, a major sect from Jinzhou.
Terrifying, overwhelming pressure of a half-step sixth-tier Xuan Emperor emanated from them, even stronger than that of the dominant geniuses like Kong Yu and Lu Rui from the Azure Profound Sect.
"I never expected, never expected that a waste from the Azure Profound Sect, a mere fourth-tier Xuan Emperor, would possess such means to subdue a peak fifth-tier Xuan Dragon Emperor. I wonder where you two wastes sneaked in from, managing to enter earlier than our Heavenly One Sect members."
Long Xuan was suddenly startled and looked in the direction of the sound.
Ling Fan, however, was currently seated in the void, fully focused on suppressing and refining the peak fifth-tier Dragon Emperor, and had no time to respond.
"It's people from the Heavenly One Sect. Disaster!"