Reborn as a tiger, he was chosen by the nation as its guardian beast.

Chapter 180 The Calamity Begins

The moment the sound rang out, the entire world fell silent.

The wind stopped, the waves subsided, and even the churning storm clouds paused for a moment.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, a massive dragon shadow, composed entirely of the purest golden lightning, suddenly emerged from the center of the vortex!

It was a dragon's head, indescribable in its majesty and holiness, brimming with supreme authority. Two golden horns, cast as if from gold, crackled with blinding lightning. A pair of golden eyes, as brilliant as the sun, coldly gazed at the tribulation clouds in the sky, filled with unyielding spirit and fighting will.

The dragon head alone is as large as a small mountain.

"boom--!"

Before everyone could recover from their shock, the tribulation clouds in the sky finally gathered enough power.

A massive lightning bolt, over ten meters in diameter, ridiculously thick, and shimmering with a ghastly white light, like a spear of the gods, tore through the sky with earth-shattering power and slammed down towards the golden dragon head!

Faced with the ghastly white lightning pillar that seemed capable of destroying everything, the golden dragon showed no intention of dodging.

A hint of disdain flashed in its sun-like eyes.

"hold head high--!

""

Another earth-shattering dragon roar!

Suddenly, it raised its head and opened its massive dragon mouth, actually heading straight for the earth-shattering lightning pillar. In a split second, to the horror of countless people, the golden dragon swallowed the terrifying lightning pillar, which was over ten meters in diameter, whole!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Terrifying energy erupted from the dragon's mouth, and countless pale white bolts of lightning spilled wildly from the gaps in its scales, illuminating its massive body like a star about to explode.

In that instant, the seawater around it evaporated, creating a massive hole over a kilometer in diameter, revealing the dark seabed. A violent shockwave spread wildly in all directions from its center.

Even from tens of kilometers away, the Longyuan assault ship was thrown about by the shockwave, shaking violently. Wang Hu on the deck gripped the deck firmly with his four claws to maintain his balance.

"I—I didn't see that wrong, did I? It ate the heavenly lightning?" In the flagship command center, a young staff officer stared at the shocking scene on the screen and stammered, his face filled with disbelief.

Not just him, but everyone in the command center stared wide-eyed, their mouths agape enough to fit an egg.

This is completely beyond their comprehension.

That's a heavenly tribulation! It's the destructive power manifested by the rules of heaven and earth!

But this dragon—it was swallowed whole?

How domineering! How ferocious!

"Glug."

The lightning gradually subsided within the dragon's mouth.

The golden dragon's throat bobbed, as if it had truly only eaten a snack, before letting out a loud "thunderous burp." A small ball of lightning shot out of its mouth, flying a great distance before exploding in mid-air.

Its aura not only did not weaken in the slightest, but instead became more solid and powerful.

"It—it's absorbing the power of the heavenly tribulation!" A top scientist specializing in energy science exclaimed, his voice trembling as he watched the data on the analysis instrument soar.

Wang Hu stood at the bow of the ship, his golden pupils shrinking to the size of pinpoints.

He saw it clearly.

The dragon didn't simply "eat" the heavenly lightning. Rather, the instant the lightning entered its body, it rapidly transformed, decomposed, and absorbed the violent destructive energy into its own power in a way that the dragon couldn't comprehend.

This is simply unbelievable!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Seemingly enraged by the dragon's provocative actions, the tribulation clouds in the sky began to churn and shrink wildly.

Immediately afterwards, three even thicker, deathly white lightning bolts struck down simultaneously from different angles!

This time, the golden dragon did not try to swallow it.

Its body finally rose completely from the whirlpool on the sea surface.

It was a perfect divine dragon, over a thousand meters long, with a lithe and elegant form, covered in golden scales, and with five claws on its belly!

Its massive body stretched out in the air, blotting out the sun. Every scale shimmered with a metallic luster, exuding a sense of power.

Faced with the three lightning pillars descending from the sky, it let out a disdainful roar, and its huge dragon tail, like a divine whip, swept towards one of the lightning pillars with immense power!

"Snapped!"

A crisp, explosive sound!

That terrifying bolt of lightning, powerful enough to instantly vaporize an aircraft carrier, was actually blasted apart by its tail! Countless bolts of lightning scattered and flew in all directions, like dazzling fireworks.

At the same time, its two front paws, one wreathed in a blue storm and the other radiating a thick, earthy yellow light, met the other two lightning pillars head-on.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two more loud bangs!

The azure storm claws tore apart and shredded the lightning pillars!

The earthen-yellow mountain claw flattened and crushed the lightning pillar!

With a mere gesture, three bolts of heavenly lightning were reduced to ashes!

This scene plunged all the spectators into a deathly silence.

too strong!

So strong it's unreasonable!

So powerful it's despair-inducing!

Wang Hu's heart was pounding. This was no longer just a matter of sheer power; it was a matter of mastering the laws of nature.

Wind, earth, thunder—this dragon actually controls the power of multiple elemental laws simultaneously, and uses them with such skill that it's almost instinctive.

"Report! The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from the Eagle Nation have been detected approaching at high speed!"

"Report! The twelve members of the EU Roundtable have dispersed, attempting to infiltrate from different directions!"

"Report! The 'Night Parade of One Hundred Demons' in the Land of Cherry Blossoms has released a large number of shikigami (spirits) and is currently launching a feint attack!"

Just as everyone was still immersed in the devastating power of the dragon, the battle on the outskirts finally began.

"Lin Yue! Lu Chen! Sect Leader Wu! Daoist Qingxu—!"

Wu Nanshan's roar reached the ears of the powerful figures who had been mobilized in various ways through the communication channel.

"It's our turn!"

"yes!"

"receive!"

"rest assured!"

Responding voices came from all directions, filled with high morale and fighting spirit.

All the powerful figures in China were ignited with their fighting spirit by the dragon's domineering and unparalleled appearance.

"Kill!" Lin Yue shouted, her five-colored wings unleashing a torrent of flames as she crashed into four terrifying figures riding ghostly warhorses, their bodies radiating an aura of plague, war, famine, and death.

"You're courting death." A figure wielding a sword appeared like a ghost in front of a group of European knights holding longswords. Behind him, the phantom of a blue mountain flashed by, and an invisible gravitational field instantly enveloped the area.