The moment the Samadhi Divine Wind was unleashed, heaven and earth lost their color, and the sun and moon went dark. Yellow sandstorms filled the mountains and open wilderness. Peaks shook, countless trees shed their leaves, and sand and stone whirled through the air. Even streams and lakes were whipped into rows of surging crests, sending fish and shrimp flying.
Shuoyun Mountain, directly in the divine wind's path, fell into chaos. Its mountain-protecting formation shattered in an instant without raising so much as a ripple. The lesser spirits and monsters were swept skyward with terror on their faces. Some crashed down battered and dazed; others were eaten away by the yellow sand until flesh and bone vanished.
"Hey! Who dares offend Great King Golden Sage without knowing death is upon them?!"
Shuoyun Mountain trembled without cease. A streak of golden light suddenly shot from within and stopped in midair, revealing a figure.
He wore silver armor, a golden sash, and cloud boots. Though he had taken human form, he retained a leopard's features: fearsome fangs, eyes rounder than bronze bells, and two ears perched atop his head. His yellow fur was dotted with black spots like copper coins. A long, slender tail swayed behind him, and he gripped an iron club, looking every inch a mighty king.
But before he could make out his enemy, the divine wind that blotted out the sky struck him head-on!
"Waaah!" Shocked and furious, Great King Golden Sage spun his iron club in a blur. Spiritual light flowed around it as he tried to ward off the onrushing sand.
But...
Boom!!
The sandstorm was too fierce, too vast. It surged at him from every direction, every grain of yellow sand heavy as a mountain. The divine wind also confounded the mind and dissolved sinew,