The earlier collision must have pierced deep into the Nine-Heaven Golden Roc's abdomen. Otherwise, a fighter only a few dozen meters long couldn't have knocked such an enormous roc out of the sky...
Seeing the roc's condition, Xiao Ying quickly reached this conclusion, inwardly shocked by the Demonic Scales Fighter's sturdiness.
The Nine-Heaven Golden Roc did not belong to the Kunpeng race. It carried the bloodline of the fiercer, more savage Golden-Winged Roc and was one of its supreme variants. Renowned for its speed and defense, it was an aerial overlord among birds of prey. Its golden feathers were as hard as diamond, capable of withstanding the gales and heavenly lightning of the nine heavens. Its defenses spoke for themselves, yet the Roc Fighter had rammed it head-on and grievously wounded it. Its injuries were probably little lighter than those inflicted by a Heaven-Piercing Giant Crossbow.
By contrast, golden blood still stained the Roc Fighter's surface, and its beak and wings were visibly damaged. It had clearly suffered some harm. Yet Xiao Ying, inside the Roc Fighter, had not sustained a single injury. Only his mind had been somewhat shaken, which was proof enough of the Roc Fighter's sturdiness!
Bzz...
After a brief moment of contemplation, Xiao Ying swiftly attacked. Light swept over the Roc Fighter as spiritual energy fiercely gathered and erupted, unleashing a dazzling beam from its slightly flattened, crooked beak...
This beam drew its power directly from supreme immortal crystals. Unlike the Heaven-Bombarding Sacred Tower, a heavy weapon of war, it made no distinction between attributes. Thanks to the demonic scales marrow, all attributes could coexist without conflict!
Screee...
Seemingly sensing the powerful attack, the grievously wounded Nine-Heaven Golden Roc let out a long cry. It spread its enormous wings with all its might, stirring up a