Chapter 933: The Rise of Wind and Rain
After the Ise-jingu sank into the mountain’s depths, part of the buildings and most of the surrounding walls of Mount Omikami still remained. Overhead, heavy clouds and mist churned, forming a vast abyss.
Suddenly, the mist began to roil. Within it, faint shadows stirred, moving as though some colossal creature was about to burst forth from the fog.
Moments later, the shadow within the mist grew clearer and larger. It flew and twisted amidst the sea of clouds, and wherever it passed, the clouds churned violently, thunder and lightning crackling in its wake.
If Suzuka Gozen’s eyes did not deceive her, that could only be the legendary dragon.
After nearly a century of large-scale dragon hunting by the Daoist Order, the few surviving dragons had long fled to the deep seas, rarely seen again.
Just as Suzuka Gozen reeled in shock, the sea of clouds split apart with a thunderous roar, scattering endless wisps of vapor. From within, a massive head slowly emerged. Two golden eyes, each as wide as a well’s mouth, gleamed coldly. A pair of dragon whiskers swayed gently, and though it did not roar, dense mist and rolling vapor billowed from its maw.
Like a Daoist flying ship, the dragon was perpetually shrouded in a fine, drizzling rain.
High mountains could block the northern gales, holding back frigid currents from the Grasslands. Meanwhile, deep seas could preserve the long rains and snows, keeping the coastal lands humid and mild. If mountains and seas were likened to people, then even without deliberately restraining their breath, their very existence alone would shape everything around them.
This held true with dragons too. They could summon wind and rain. Wherever they passed, downpours fell in torrents, defying even the natural order of the heavens.
Suzuka Gozen was a semi-immortal, and with the divine artifact of Fenglin in her grasp, she did not lose her composure. Instead, she studied the colossal being before her with careful eyes.
Relief flickered faintly within her heart.
The monstrous form before her, though terrifying to behold, was clearly not a true dragon. It was just a flood dragon.