At this moment.
In what had once been a lush region of towering ancient trees,
a bottomless fiery chasm stretching a hundred kilometers had appeared. The soil had melted, and the rocks had liquefied.
On either side of the chasm, the trees had been reduced to charcoal. Even the vegetation farther away was burning, yellowed and scorched.
Liu Di's body had long since been reduced to ashes.
Feng hovered in midair, the two enormous wings of flame behind him beating softly. Fire glimmered in his phoenix eyes as he stared imperiously at the ground.
Reincarnation Empty pressed his palms together and lowered his head slightly. "Amitabha."
Xuan Wu, his entire body charred black, stared in utter astonishment. "Weren't you supposed to use force to make Liu Di comprehend a new ability, then have him face Eshi? Why did you open with a killing blow?! Great, now he's dead!!!"
Feng floated in the air and said, "How can an ant be entrusted with such an important task?"
Inside the black palace.
Eshi watched everything unfold, then slowly reclined comfortably against the back of his chair. "As expected of Feng."
The black-goggled man beside him furrowed his brow slightly. "Liu Di was that useless?"
Eshi chuckled. "Yes. Before Feng, who controls eighty-one elements, he really was that useless. Tsk, tsk. The plan has changed. Liu Di has left me... very disappointed!"
Eshi pondered for a moment. "Of the Four Great Generals of the Heavenly Court, only Xuan Wu and Feng remain. Xuan Wu is nothing to fear, merely a scientist even weaker than White Tiger. As for Feng... he burned the Book of Commands and has completely stopped concealing his rebellion."
"Taowu, Taotie, Qiongqi, Hundun... go."
"Yes."
The black-goggled man at his side and three deep voices from the darkness answered at