Just then.
A golden divine radiance suddenly blazed from the distant void, tearing through the heavens and splitting the clouds, crossing a thousand miles in an instant. It soared like a dragon, warping the void as it hurtled forward!
High above, thunder poured down. Amid endless brilliance, it manifested as a terrifying divine bird as massive as a mountain. With one beat of its wings, the universe cracked, winds and clouds scattered, and all living things trembled!
Within that terrifying sea of lightning, beneath the crimson mist filling the sky, a dark figure stood majestically upon the bird's back.
"Jin Kui, you slaughtered my people and harmed my prodigies. Do you truly think I, Lei Jiuxiao, am dead?"
Within the thunderclouds, the dark figure spoke. His voice was gentle and refined, yet concealed murderous intent, like a spring breeze entwined with baleful intent, shaking heaven and earth.
Across the firmament, dense crimson radiance surged around Jin Kui, eerie and savage, blanketing the sky. Yet Lei Jiuxiao rode the Divine Thunder Shockbird toward him, golden lightning rolling within thirty feet of his body like blades that cleaved evil. Wherever he passed, he surged like a river of stars, shattering every trace of demonic light!
Unlike when it had delivered messages to the lords of the Nine Cities earlier, the Divine Thunder Shockbird was no longer tiny. Mountainous in size, it filled the void. Amid surging thunder, its outspread wings blotted out the sky and sun, a horrifying sight!
"It's the prefecture... lord!"
"We're saved!"
The countless soldiers of the Divine Army all looked up at the refined middle-aged man standing upon the divine bird in the sky, their eyes reddening with boundless joy.
At this moment of life and death, Lei Jiuxiao had finally arrived!
"Lei Jiuxiao! Even with three ancestors