Ethan and Isabella reached the crest of the hill just in time to witness hell. At the center of the slaughter, the Chaotic Queen reared her massive obsidian body and unleashed an ultrasonic roar toward the sky. The shockwave tore through the atmosphere; dozens of nearby cultivators collapsed, exploding into blood and flesh before they could scream.
The blind monk of the Smiling Buddha Kingdom stepped forward, joining his palms with gravity.
"Great Sacred Mountain!" shouted the monk.
A colossal golden bell of divine aura formed around him, shielding the surviving soldiers. The sonic wave slammed against the spiritual metal, triggering a deafening peal that echoed across the plane. The barrier saved those behind the monk, but the brutal resonance of the bell shattered the internal organs of the nearest cultivators, dropping them dead onto the soil.
The prince of the Blazing Fire Dragon Kingdom seized the opening and leaped into the air, engulfed in crimson hellfire.
