Above the rolling mountain ranges.
Shrill whistles and thunderous booms rang out without cease, the terrifying shock waves from each collision making the mountains tremble.
A casual strike from the earthen-yellow seal, as enormous as a mountain, shook the entire range. Several peaks struck by it snapped clean through the middle and collapsed with a thunderous crash.
For the living creatures in those mountains, it was nothing short of an apocalyptic natural disaster.
Only after an earth-shaking dragon roar pierced the clouds did the tremendous commotion gradually subside.
The mountains now looked as though a devastating earthquake had swept through them. Cracks covered their slopes, and the valleys that had once connected the peaks had been replaced by bottomless fissures.
Lu Old Devil stood in the sky. Opposite him,
a figure built like an iron tower had a savage dragon claw thrust through his chest. The claw held a gleaming golden core the size of a hen's egg.
In an instant, the stench of blood spread through the air.
That figure was Xiao Changkong, leader of the Defender Alliance, who had been returning to the Qi Kingdom from the Liang Kingdom.
As he stared at the bloody dragon claw protruding from his chest, disbelief filled his face. He seemed unable to understand how a mere third-tier scarlet flood dragon had broken straight through his defenses and torn into his heart and lungs.
Crunch.
The gleaming golden core was crushed directly into powder.
With his chest pierced and even the golden core bound to his life crushed by the dragon claw, Xiao Changkong gave a muffled grunt. His vitality drained rapidly, his entire body went limp, and his breathing gradually stopped.
In his dying moments, he mustered every last ounce of strength to turn his head with difficulty, finally seeing