Chapter 888 - Real Dragon.

The entire hall seemed to freeze between one beat and another. Strax's taunt still echoed in the air when the transformation truly began, and not as a mere visual trick or theatrical demonstration. The body that had previously occupied humanoid space expanded with controlled violence, muscles and bone structure rearranging themselves under almost palpable pressure. The sound didn't resemble flesh tearing, but mountains shifting. White scales emerged like plates of living ivory, reflecting the pale light of the ceiling at thousands of sharp angles. Where once there had been a man with a relaxed posture, now stood a colossal creature, a white dragon whose mere presence made the hall's architecture suddenly seem small.