A cold gleam flashed like lightning, shooting straight for the giant eagle's sharp eyes.
"Screech—"
The giant eagle opened its longsword-like beak and let out a fierce cry that shook the heavens.
Its body abruptly rose several dozen feet, and its iron-hook talons clawed fiercely at the cold gleam.
Clang!
The cold gleam struck its talons with a ringing clash.
The talons emerged unscathed, while the cold gleam was sent flying.
But at that moment, dark clouds suddenly blanketed the high sky. Bolts of silver lightning, like flood dragons surging from the sea, tore through the clouds and struck directly at the giant eagle.
A savage light flashed in the giant eagle's eyes as it beat its enormous wings with force.
In an instant, a gigantic tornado sprang into being from nowhere.
The tornado rose dozens of miles high. Within it, the wind howled like an army of thousands charging across the battlefield, and like countless vengeful ghosts shrieking in torment.
The tornado tore through the air and swept toward the sea of clouds overhead. Wherever it passed, the silver flood dragons were shredded one after another, while even the dark clouds were ripped to pieces.
While the giant eagle was resisting the falling lightning, a cold gleam silently arrived and swept toward the passage beneath its tail.
"Screech—"
As a flash of blood burst forth and several gray feathers drifted down, the giant eagle cried out sharply once more. Yet its cry no longer carried its former monstrous ferocity, instead bearing a trace of desolate grief.
The giant eagle cast a hateful glance at the figure standing on a distant mountaintop—Gou Jun—then beat its wings and swiftly fled toward the horizon.
Seeing the giant eagle flee in defeat, Hong Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Looking toward Gou