Boom... A thunderous crash erupted high in the sky. The ferocious bird was sent tumbling back and forth through the air by the As-You-Wish Staff, while Xiao Hua's golden body was struck from the heights and crashed to the ground. Hundreds of enormous trees were snapped in half alive, and even a towering mountain had half its peak smashed down by Xiao Hua's golden body. A deep pit several hundred zhang long and more than ten zhang wide lay glaringly exposed upon land that had likely never known a human footprint for countless years. Though the battle's commotion was immense, within this prehistoric space, it seemed somewhat insignificant.
As for the Divine Strength Centipede, although its body had grown larger, it still launched its ambush like lightning, closing to within less than a hundred zhang of the ferocious bird's belly. Just as it was about to swing its pincers and slash into the bird's wings, the powerful airwaves and the bird's savage aura sent it flying backward at once! As the saying went: "A hooligan is not frightening; what is frightening is a hooligan with learning!" Applied to the Divine Strength Centipede, it became: "A demonic beast is not frightening; what is frightening is a demonic beast with intelligence." The instant it sensed danger, the Divine Strength Centipede shrank while flying backward, curling itself into an extreme ball. Not only did the ferocious bird's wings fail to strike it—even if they had... the Divine Strength Centipede would have remained unharmed!
"Damn it..." Seeing this, Xiao Hua cursed as he climbed up from the ground. He stomped both feet, making the entire earth tremble, and shot into the sky once more. As he recalled the Divine Strength Centipede, he waved a hand, sending the Sea-Overturning Seal out of his space to