The mighty mountain was crimson, towering into the clouds with imposing grandeur.
At its summit stood a sprawling cluster of ancient, magnificent buildings, constructed mainly from strange red stone and wreathed in firelight. From afar, they resembled a wondrous palace of flames.
The ancient buildings stood so high that they nearly touched the heavens, like a divine palace in the sky. Crimson clouds accompanied a sea of mist, and firelight shone in every direction, as though strange clouds coiled around the buildings, burning fiercely!
Above the entrance to a stone hall at the center of the complex hung a black stone plaque, inscribed with large, blood-red characters: Divine Fire Chicken-Lion Palace.
Outside the palace gates, two armored demons stood on either side, weapons in hand and expressions solemn, carrying out their guard duty with meticulous care.
To Xiao Chen's surprise, the guards were not chicken-lion beasts, but a chicken demon and a lion demon!
The chicken demon had a chicken's head and a human body. Clad in black armor and wielding a crimson blade, he stood two meters tall, with crimson wings and powerful demon essence. His eyes shone like golden lamps, cold and cruel.
The lion demon was even larger, standing roughly three meters tall. His golden armor gleamed dazzlingly, as though cast from molten gold. He held a silver spear in his left hand and raised a black shield in his right, radiating might!
Through his senses, Xiao Chen confirmed that the Dao Peak Mountain Twin Dragons were inside the palace. Though their lives were not in danger, their auras were unusually weak. Barring any surprises, they must have suffered considerably!
Xiao Chen floated down, appearing before the two demons like a ghost!
"Who's there?"
The two demons' hair stood on end. They stared at the white-robed youth