Everyone on the city wall froze in place as though struck by a paralyzing spell.
The saber in Han Guotao's hand nearly fell to the ground. Gu Yan opened and closed his mouth, then opened it again, unable to utter a single word.
Zhou Yan leaned against the wall, staring at the battlefield Susanoo had crushed, muttering, "Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit."
He simply couldn't stop.
Standing inside Susanoo, Lin Jin turned his gaze toward the Near SS-Rank Earth Dragon at the very rear of the battlefield.
The Earth Dragon's deep teal scales gleamed coldly in the lightning. It slowly raised its head, its slit pupils meeting the two crimson lights in the eyeholes of Susanoo's mask.
But it didn't pounce on Lin Jin as those five S-Rank Demonic Beasts had. Its slit pupils shifted slightly, locking onto the city wall behind him.
Hundreds of defenders stood atop the wall, and behind it, hundreds of thousands of civilians were being urgently evacuated.
The Earth Dragon opened its enormous jaws. A dark red light flared deep in its throat, growing brighter and brighter until even its deep teal scales were bathed in dark red.
Dragon Flame!
This wasn't a breath of fire, but Dragon Flame formed by the Earth Dragon burning its own blood essence. Its temperature was high enough to melt steel instantly, and its range was vast enough to engulf an entire stretch of the city wall along with hundreds of meters of the city behind it.
"This energy... damn it!" Han Guotao's expression changed abruptly, and he shouted almost instinctively, "Everyone, get off the wall! Hurry!"
But it was already too late.
The Dragon Flame in the Earth Dragon's mouth had already taken shape. A dark red pillar of fire several meters thick erupted from its jaws,