Huang Ji's fight was swift and clean. He showed none of the hesitation or fear one might expect from someone facing an alien combat weapon for the first time.
"That was incredible! I feel like you could kill Dis all by yourself!" Evil Dragon exclaimed.
Huang Ji silently shook his head, and the Flying Feathers filling the air returned to his back.
He extended a clawed finger. A spark of electricity appeared at its tip, and he lightly tapped the eight glowing spheres still suspended in the air.
Moments later, the spheres seemed to lose whatever had been holding them up. They dimmed and dropped at once.
Clang! Clang! Clang! The eight metal spheres struck the floor and rolled together.
Huang Ji said in an ethereal voice, "Bring those Floating Cannons. Follow me into the well."
Everyone scrambled to their feet and picked up the metal spheres. Brando hurried to grab one too, turning it over and examining it, though he could make nothing of it.
"The Enlightened Beast's nine heads must mean these Floating Cannons, right?" Lin Li said.
"These... flying heads count? Where are their necks?" Luo Yan asked.
Having spent so much time around Huang Ji, Lin Li answered calmly, "Who says nine heads all have to have necks? Back when Kunlun City still stood, the Enlightened Beast guarded the nearby canyon. It was dark there all year round."
"In that darkness, you'd see one human-faced head glaring at you, with eight Floating Cannons blazing above its shoulders. Even if they were just nine searchlights shining at you, you'd think it had nine heads."
"If people had been able to see the Enlightened Beast's body clearly, the ancients might have said it had ten eyes instead."
As they spoke, they followed Huang Ji to the mouth of