Time flowed like water, and another two days soon passed.
The enormous shadow of the Bone Dragon Flying Boat finally fell over the walls of Jaye City.
Looking down from high above, the vast city resembled a black behemoth lying dormant on the wasteland. Its walls stretched beyond sight, their lava-like surfaces breathing faint blackflame as though alive. More precisely, it resembled an infernal Magic Beast of immense proportions.
The buildings spread along the contours of the terrain, rising and falling at different heights. At the highest point stood a towering black hall. The infernal aura surrounding it condensed into tangible black clouds, forcing even the surrounding clouds to skirt around it.
The flying boat slowly descended into a spacious courtyard on the western side of the city. White bones paved the ground, and stone statues of the Four-Armed Demonic Body stood several dozen feet tall on either side, their savage aura rushing head-on at the arrivals.
They had barely disembarked when a figure like an iron tower strode over to meet them.
It was Jin Shi.
Traces of unhealed injuries still marked his dark-gold skin, but his aura was exceptionally solid and composed. He stood like a small mountain of metal and stone, each step making the ground sink faintly beneath him.
He first nodded to Iron Mountain, his voice rumbling like muffled thunder.
"Junior Brother Iron Mountain."
Only then did his gaze pass over him and settle on Lin Sheng behind him. His bronze-bell eyes looked Lin Sheng up and down with undisguised scrutiny, but he said little, merely speaking in a booming voice.
"You're the one, then? Come on. Master is waiting at the True Demon Court."
His words were few and his tone stiff, carrying the ferocity of someone seasoned in slaughter.
With that, he turned