This was not thunder, yet it carried thunder's fury.
This was not Heaven's punishment, yet it surpassed the wrath of the heavens.
This was not a volcanic eruption, yet it carried blazing flames and molten lava.
This was not a human power. It was a divine ability possessed only by the gods.
A black dragon stretched across the sky, its head unseen from its tail and its tail difficult to find from its head.
Its enormous body unfurled and spread across the heavens. It bared its fangs and brandished its claws, rolling and soaring through the sky. It looked even larger than the vast city of Xifeng City.
It opened its enormous jaws and spewed all its fury at the walls of Xifeng City.
A long dragon of fire burst forth.
Boom
Hundreds and thousands of soldiers atop the walls were reduced to ashes. Even the hard bluestone masonry was scorched until it glowed red-hot. The moment someone reached out and touched it, it turned into wisps of red smoke and ash that scattered in every direction.
Wherever the dragon breath reached, all things were reduced to ashes.
Everything—everything—vanished like smoke and clouds, disappearing without a trace.
At first, the soldiers atop the walls stood stupefied, shaken by the dragon's immense size and might.
But when they saw the hundreds of fully armored, heavily armed brothers stationed atop the city tower instantly slain by a single sneeze from the dragon, the crisis jolted their minds awake. They finally reacted.
"Save me! Save me!"
"Run! Run! We're no match for this evil dragon!"
"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
Human beings possessed an instinctive fear of the unknown.
Although in their understanding, evil dragons existed to be slaughtered by them.
Countless times, they had dreamed of that magnificent Age of Dragons.