The blast from the jade-faced scholar's controlled demon made even the Four-Eyed Golden Roc shudder. He reckoned that if he had been at the heart of the explosion, even if he'd survived, he would have been gravely wounded. Yet judging by Lu Xiaotian's appearance, aside from spitting out two mouthfuls of blood, the blast seemed not to have affected him too much.
Perhaps Lu Xiaotian was actually badly injured, but the Four-Eyed Golden Roc had no desire to keep fighting. He didn't dare gamble on just how badly Lu Xiaotian had been hurt. Even a rotten ship still had three thousand nails. What's more, someone at Lu Xiaotian's level shouldn't have been able to wield such power in this realm.
The jade-faced scholar had already made his demon self-destruct once, and Lu Xiaotian had been caught completely off guard. Even if the scholar got another chance, it would be hard for him to hit Lu Xiaotian with such a devastating blow again. If he wasted this fleeting opportunity, nobody would create another chance for him to escape.
The Four-Eyed Golden Roc drew a deep breath and spread his wings, transforming into a huge golden bird. Seizing the brief pause from the three-headed, six-armed fire giant before him, he swept away on outstretched wings. In the blink of an eye, he dwindled to a golden speck in the distant void, then vanished.
After making his demon self-destruct, the jade-faced scholar was likewise terrified out of his wits. The damage the self-destruction had inflicted on him was far worse than anyone could imagine. Yet Lu Xiaotian seemed to have suffered relatively little. How could the jade-faced scholar have any desire to keep fighting now? He gathered up the fewer than seven demons he had left, swallowed them in one gulp, and shot