A muffled roar rose from the fire dragon's throat.
Its mouth sank into the snow.
Crimson flames sprayed through the gaps between its teeth on both sides, burning two deep pits in the surrounding snow.
With his feet planted on the dragon's neck, Nezha still pinned its head down. "Star Lord!"
"Are you ready yet?"
Fire Virtue Star Lord stood in midair, his hands forming seals, his expression grave.
"Prince, hold it down a little longer!"
Nezha gritted his teeth. "That's what you said just now!"
The gods of the Fire Department rushed over and surrounded the dragon's body.
Fire seals descended one after another, converging along its crimson scales toward its head.
The fire dragon's struggles grew weaker and weaker.
The flames eased a little.
But the flood kept growing.
Li Jing led three thousand Heavenly Soldiers down through the clouds.
Melted snow poured into the mountain gullies, carrying broken rocks and shattered timber straight toward the foot of the mountain.
Farther away, the water had already swept past the mountainside.
Li Jing raised the Command Flag.
"All Heavenly Soldiers, heed my command!"
The three thousand Heavenly Soldiers on the clouds straightened as one.
Their armor plates clashed, the sound shaking the peaks.
"Divide into three formations!"
"The first formation will stabilize the mountains on both sides!"
"The second will intercept rocks and broken timber, protecting the villages and fields!"
"The third will search the low ground. Save living creatures first!"
The three thousand Heavenly Soldiers answered in unison.
"As commanded!"
The cloud formation split apart.
The first formation descended toward the peaks on either side.
Cloud banners drove into the snowy slopes one after another, their fabric unfurling in the wind. Golden light raced along cracks in the mountains, holding up the collapsing layers of rock, section by