Long Gu Jing Seizes the Four Souls Jewel; Little Ayame Falls for Chiyo

Three thousand elite demon soldiers, their iron hooves shattered the scorched earth, blades reflecting red across the skyline.

The Heavenly Wing General stood atop a sea of corpses and blood, drenched in gore, its scarlet eyes filled with madness.

"Come on! All of you, come on!!!"

It beat its wings and soared into the air. Its wingspan stretched for hundreds of zhang, blotting out the sky as black Demonic Energy swept in every direction like a storm.

Long Gu Jing sneered and rose into the air.

Dark golden scales shimmered with a cold gleam in the Hokage. Though he was not as enormous as the Heavenly Wing General, the oppression emanating from his very bones left every demon present gasping for breath.

"King-class?"

Long Gu Jing's voice was hoarse and low, as though it came from the abyss.

"Nothing more than a puppet controlled by the jewel."

The Heavenly Wing General roared and spewed a mass of black Demonic Energy. Countless resentful souls wailed within it as it engulfed Long Gu Jing.

Long Gu Jing did not dodge.

He merely raised his right arm, covered in dark golden scales, and lightly swept it toward the mass of Demonic Energy.

"Boom!!!"

The Demonic Energy split apart as if cleaved by a sharp blade, dispersing in an instant.

The Heavenly Wing General's pupils suddenly contracted.

"W-What?!"

Long Gu Jing had already appeared before it.

That scaled dragon claw clamped around the Heavenly Wing General's throat like an iron vise.

"Trash like you thinks you deserve the Four Souls Jewel?"

Long Gu Jing's vertical pupil was full of contempt.

His five fingers tightened.

"Crack..."

The Heavenly Wing General's neck snapped in response.

Its head drooped, its scarlet eyes filled with unwillingness and disbelief.

It opened its mouth, wanting to say something, but only