When Cheng Tian was a child, he had been mischievous and used Wooden Sticks he picked up to swat at ashes left from burned firewood. Sparks that had not yet burned out would scatter everywhere, fun and pretty... of course, that was only if he dodged quickly enough and did not get struck by the bursting sparks. Otherwise, the headmaster would definitely give him a good scolding.
But even with the rosy filter of childhood memories, Cheng Tian still felt that the fire gods turning into fireworks beneath the Golden Cudgel were clearly far more beautiful.
Though no one knew what the Jade Emperor had promised them to make them fight as desperately as the Four Heavenly Kings did (Four Heavenly Kings: We never wanted to fight desperately), the reality was that they had failed to meaningfully intercept the fleet.
The scorching heat that should have easily incinerated the spacecraft was all caught and absorbed by Cheng Tian at the bow.
The Sun God Gem Shard, at sixty percent capacity, came into play at that moment. As for the heat he absorbed, Cheng Tian directly channeled it into the pair of Blazing Sun Gauntlets Kyo Kusanagi had personally given him back then.
Cheng Tian no longer used those things. He had instead given them to Bazett, that girl who specialized in fighting barehanded.
The heat of the Fire Department raised the gauntlets' temporary enhancement level to +10, enough to unleash Mugan once without requiring an inheritance. It was a minor interlude, neither too significant nor too trivial.
Without the Fire Department blocking their way, everyone who had thought they could swiftly charge straight into Lingxiao Palace soon realized something was wrong.
The Tianpeng Battleship was clearly flying in a straight line toward the familiar Lingxiao Palace, yet the distance between