The battle shook the heavens.
It rocked all eight directions.
Far away, high in the sky.
Another world-shaking battle was also underway.
Jin Kui was wreathed in Divine Fire, with the phantom of a crimson mountain suspended above his head.
Magma poured down, transforming into endless divine insects that floated through the void, intimidating heaven and earth.
Standing there, he resembled an unrivaled demon god. Divine flames covered his body, his ancient armor was stained with blood, yet he stood like a towering mountain, his demonic might suppressing heaven and earth.
Opposite him, eight terrifying Half-Emperors of indescribable power stood shoulder to shoulder. They twisted the void and annihilated the sea of clouds; wherever their divine radiance shone, all living things trembled in fear. They were none other than the eight great city lords of Nine Thunder Prefecture.
At the peak of the sky, blue haze surged and misty clouds coiled about, leaving visibility extremely low.
Yet if anyone used a secret art to observe them and caught sight of the eight city lords' condition, they would surely be horrified beyond measure, seized by unfathomable terror!
All eight city lords were covered in wounds. Their armor was cracked, their robes shredded, scorch marks spread across their bodies, and blood streamed endlessly!
Shi Qiu, the Lord of Savage Deer City, had a collapsed breastbone and his right arm severed at the shoulder. The wound was charred black and smooth, faint sparks twining around it, as though a flaming spirit blade had cleaved it off in one stroke. It was a miserable sight.
Qin Zheng, the Lord of River-Treading City, had been bitten in half below the waist by some monstrous beast. His face was deathly pale, while crimson divine insects gnawed at his wound, causing him pain worse than death. He