The fires within the city were still burning. The airships scattered through the sky had already regrouped in the distance and begun flying east again. A newly arrived flying boat hovered above the blazing city, while every last Devil Race member had vanished without a trace. The three Great Xia Earth Knights who had pursued the Devil Race knights returned, and as Zhang Tie flew in from afar, he saw many of the knights from before flying toward him.
The head of the Devil Race Earth Knight in Zhang Tie's hand, still dripping blood, already spoke for the results of his pursuit. As the knights flying over looked at Zhang Tie returning with the Devil Race Earth Knight's head in hand, every one of them gazed at him with undisguised reverence and respect.
If Zhang Tie had not appeared in time just now, it was hard to say how many of these Great Xia knights would still be standing here in one piece.
Zhang Tie's youthful appearance, that of a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old, shook all the Great Xia knights to the core and filled them with awe. None of them could imagine where Great Xia had produced such a young Phantom Knight. It was simply heaven-defying. Of course, it was also possible that, after reaching a certain level of strength, a Phantom Knight had consumed some heavenly treasure and thus preserved his appearance, returning to youth. Most of the knights found the latter possibility more likely. Such heavenly treasures did exist; everyone had heard of them, though none had seen one. The moment such an item appeared, it would become the collection of a few top-tier clans or powerful experts. To all female knights, they were peerless treasures. No one would ever put such things up for auction. Only two