"Young friend, you..."
Boom...!
Old Jiang still wanted to warn Xu Taiping, but before he could get the words out, Xu Taiping vanished with an ear-splitting boom as he tore through the air.
Boom!
When Xu Taiping reappeared, he was already high in the sky overhead.
The enormous beasts up there had already broken through the defenses of several elderly sword cultivators, their sharp claws reaching for the barrier.
Boom! Rumble...!
In an instant, the barrier covering Heavenly Thunder City began to show signs of loosening and breaking apart.
Old Jiang, who had been worrying about Xu Taiping, immediately felt his heart tighten:
"This is bad! If the barrier overhead breaks, the pressure on the barrier at the city walls will surely grow even greater."
Although defeat was already certain, Old Jiang still instinctively wanted to protect Heavenly Thunder City.
Bang!!
Just as Old Jiang watched in worry, Xu Taiping suddenly burst through the barrier and charged straight into one of the enormous demonic beasts.
Bang-!
Before Old Jiang's horrified gaze, Xu Taiping's physique proved as heavy as a mountain, forcibly knocking the griffin-shaped beast flying.
Old Jiang's eyes immediately lit up:
"What a fine young man!"
The battle generals on the Heaven-Demon Battlefield revered physical strength above all else. How could a veteran of a hundred battles like Old Jiang fail to recognize the might of Xu Taiping's physique?
"You're courting death!"
At that moment, the demonic general atop the griffin demonic beast that had been knocked away suddenly roared in fury, leveled a spear, and thrust savagely at Xu Taiping.
Meanwhile, the other griffin demonic beasts and demonic generals that had been attacking the barrier all converged on Xu Taiping to kill him.
Boom...!
In a mere instant, the enormous spear shadow manifested by that demonic general hurtled