Far away, Azure City.
Gazing at the terrifying demon fire soaring from the horizon, scorching like the sun, countless citizens and guards stood silently atop the city walls, watching uneasily, their hearts in turmoil.
Originally, the city towers had been forbidden ground for commoners.
Yet today, the city guards had withdrawn their defenses and allowed some of the bolder citizens to climb up and watch.
At this moment, the city walls were packed with people, like storm clouds pressing down upon the city.
Whether Azure City would still exist before long was anyone's guess.
At the final moment, so-called city rules no longer meant anything.
It was better to let the citizens witness this earthshaking battle. This had been Rong Shan's final order before departing.
"The flames are burning the heavens. This is an Exotic Flame—Jin Kui has come in person!"
An Azure Guard spoke. His two-meter-tall, powerful body was clad in resplendent armor, and he gripped a sharp halberd in his hand.
He was a cultivator with no shallow insight. From the blaze and the savage power churning through the sky alone, he recognized that the demon fire blazing in the distant Demon Forest was extraordinary—an earthshaking Exotic Flame!
"What? Jin Kui has come himself?"
"Wasn't he supposed to be in seclusion, breaking through to a new realm? Why would he suddenly come here?"
The burly Azure Guard's words instantly stirred up an uproar. At the mention of Jin Kui's name, many commoners went pale, chills running down their spines.
Who was Jin Kui? A peerless ferocious demon, a monstrous fiend who overshadowed the age!
His name could stop children from crying at night!
To ordinary people, even a lowly demon lurking in the mountains and forests possessed boundless ferocity, something they could not resist.
Let alone Jin Kui