"Ah!"
A miserable scream had actually come from the young military lord of the Military Service Department.
At such close range, that arrow had nearly pierced straight through him before exploding. A divine bird soared within it, circling around him and releasing scorching flames that burned him until his flesh split and peeled, exposing stark white bone in many places.
Even the purple fur of his true form had been charred. That was tougher than metal itself—his armor, capable of taking divine weapons and magical treasures head-on.
Ziya rolled about amid the flames, his entire body covered in burns.
Yet he was no ordinary being. Even while engulfed by blazing fire, he still reacted in time, leaping fiercely out of that sea of flames.
He raised his huge fan-like hands and swiftly swung them. Vast power erupted, binding the soaring divine birds circling him before he exerted force and crushed them.
Roar!
With the source of the flames on his body extinguished, Ziya's pupils grew even redder. His burned body rapidly healed, bursting with vigorous purple radiance as life runes flickered within.
At this moment, his expression was savage, and a hint of madness appeared on his already vicious face.
The agonizing pain stimulated his nerves, pushing his emotions toward extremes. Apes had always been exceptionally violent among the demon race, and Ziya's origins were even less simple: he came from a branch of the legendary Wuzhiqi. He was undoubtedly a great demon, his ferocious might reaching the heavens.
Rather than showing the slightest fear beneath his burns, rolling vapor began to erupt from his body, transforming into enormous gales and waves.
He raised a palm and struck downward.
In an instant, the vapor became towering waves, layer upon layer, as high as mountains. From several miles away, they crashed