Outside Blood Vine Demon City, demon clouds bore down like a city-crushing tide. Golden feathers, demonic winds, demonic fire, demonic lightning... all manner of attacks crashed down in an unbroken barrage, seeking to slaughter every Wang Family and Zheng Family descendant and cultivator outside Blood Vine Demon City, to proclaim the demons' might and cow the Immortal Dynasty's pioneering force within the city.
Of the Wang Family's party of several dozen, nearly all had already been killed or wounded beneath the golden-feather attacks. The Zheng Family's thundercloud had also collapsed by more than half and suffered grievous damage. Zheng Changkong, his aura weak and his injuries severe, had even despaired enough to take out the Golden Bull Horn, preparing to spend his last ounce of strength to preserve the final seeds of his family.
Boom! Boom! Boom...
At that moment, thunderous war drums suddenly sounded from within Blood Vine Demon City. The golden light shooting out from the city seemed spurred on by those drums; its speed and force abruptly surged, and it flashed forward as though teleporting, charging above the Zheng Family's thundercloud. With a tremendous crash, it tore apart the demon clouds surging in from all sides and the various demon attacks. Golden light fell into the Zheng Family's thundercloud, immediately stabilizing and protecting the already half-collapsed, perilously fragile formation.
"Good! Hahaha... King of Huainan, you finally haven't failed the trust placed in you!"
Zheng Changkong, who had been in despair moments ago, burst into laughter at the sight. He quickly put away the Golden Bull Horn and devoted all his strength to controlling the thundercloud formation, working with the golden light spreading out from the city to withstand the Demon Country's attacks from every side as they charged toward Blood Vine Demon City.
He knew that this