178: Chapter 178 Sky Overlord: Raikage!

After subduing the 'Diamond,' this near-perfect 'ground heavy infantry regiment,' my gaze naturally turned toward that vast, unknown, and opportunity-filled... sky.

A true 'empire' must be a trinity of land, sea, and air, developing comprehensively!

I certainly don't want to be ambushed by 'bird droppings' from the sky the next time I get into a fight.

'Diamond.' I calmly issued an order to the giant ape king behind me, who had completely transformed into a 'loyal hound.'

Diamond immediately understood.

It respectfully knelt on one knee, then extended its massive, fan-like palm, carefully lifting me and Lin Qingzhi onto it.

Only then did it slowly rise to its feet.

This feeling of standing on a 'giant's' shoulders and looking down upon the entire world...

Well, I have to admit, it's kind of exhilarating.

I once again activated the 'full-map vision' of the Blood God Children.

This time, my goal was clear—

The strongest... aerial unit in this region!

Soon, a dazzlingly bright... enormous red dot lit up on my 'radar'!

On that towering peak, even taller than Diamond's 'main peak,' perpetually shrouded in gales and thunderstorms—the 'Thunderpeak Summit'—I 'saw' a massive nest built from countless dead branches and beast bones!

And within that nest, a terrifying giant Eagle with a wingspan exceeding thirty meters, its body covered in steel-hard blue feathers, its wings crackling with crazily leaping silver-white arcs of electricity, was lazily preening its magnificent... plumage!

- [Thunder-Winged Eagle] King, mid Demon Rank!

The undisputed... sovereign of the skies over the Kunlun Mountains!

Good!

You're the one!

My 'Air Force Commander-in-Chief'!

'Let's go, Diamond.'

'Take us to meet that presumptuous... feathered beast.'

...

When we, riding Diamond this 'humanoid Gundam,' arrived at the 'Thunderpeak Summit' brimming with violent thunderous energy, that [Thunder-Winged Eagle] King clearly noticed us immediately.

'Screech—!'

A sharp, ear-piercing shriek, filled with arrogance and disdain, echoed from the lofty heights!

The Eagle King spread its wings, vast enough to blot out the sky, and circled above us like a monarch inspecting its domain.

Its falcon-sharp eyes gazed down upon us from on high.

That gaze was filled with... contempt for us 'mundane creatures' who could only crawl on the ground!

[A bunch of clueless ground-crawlers.]

[How dare you intrude into the... aerial forbidden zone under this king's control?]

[Leave!]

[Or die!]

A cold, supremely arrogant mental transmission echoed in my mind.

Hearing this, I smiled.

I couldn't even be bothered to waste words on it.

I simply intensified the [Bloodline Suppression] that had long since enveloped this sky by another notch!

'Hum—!'

The Eagle King, circling high above, its elegant, regal flight posture suddenly stiffened!

It felt an indescribable, terrifying pressure from the very depths of its bloodline and soul—like an invisible, billion-ton 'no-fly zone'—instantly enveloping the entire sky it occupied!

Its proud, supersonic flight speed became sluggish as a cow in this moment!

Its innate control over wind and thunder was utterly... suppressed!

It even felt that breathing became incredibly... difficult!

'Screech...?!'

It let out a sharp cry filled with shock and disbelief!

It couldn't understand!

It couldn't understand what kind of monster this puny 'two-legged beast' before it was?!

Why could he, with just a thought, turn its proud... sky into an inescapable... cage?!

Fear!

An unprecedented, soul-deep fear instantly flooded its arrogant... heart!

It hesitated no longer!

With a flap of its wings, it prepared to use its trump card escape skill—[Thunderlight Phantom]—to flee this terrifying place at all costs!

However, just as it was about to transform into a silver streak of lightning and vanish, one second before...

A voice tinged with faint mockery, as if having already discerned all its thoughts, sounded softly by its ear.

'You think you can run in front of this king?'

The Eagle King jerked its head up!

It saw that puny 'two-legged beast' who had been standing on the giant ape's shoulder had, at some point, silently appeared... right in front of it!

He simply hovered calmly in the lofty sky, hands behind his back, looking at it with a gaze full of mockery, as if observing a 'plaything.'

As if he were the true master of this sky!

'N-no... impossible!'

'You... how can you... fly?!'

The Eagle King's simple mind completely short-circuited!

In its understanding, only winged 'sky deities' like them could soar so freely through the heavens!

But this 'two-legged beast' before it...?!

Its arrogant worldview as the 'Sky Sovereign'... shattered completely in this moment!

Looking at this figure before it—so seemingly insignificant yet radiating divine, vast majesty—all the fighting spirit and defiance in its sharp, arrogant eyes completely dissipated.

Replaced by endless... awe, and... submission!

[This... this is no simple demon king! This is... the Sovereign of All Demons, transcending heaven and earth!]

[He commands the land and lords over the sky! What in this world can hinder his steps?!]

[To become the servant of such an existence is the supreme honor of my Thunder-Winged clan!]

It slowly folded its magnificent, sky-blotting wings, then deeply lowered its noble, 'Sky King' head toward Mo Wen.

[God of the Skies... above!]

[This humble demon, Thunder-Wing, offers you my eternal... loyalty!]

...

Just as Mo Wen was enjoying the thrill of subduing his second 'simpleton' underling...

He didn't notice.

In a deeply hidden mountain hollow roughly several dozen kilometers from the 'Thunderpeak Summit.'

A Xuantian Alliance cultivator, wearing the same standard-issue armor as the 'patrol team' previously encountered by the Xuan Realm teleportation array, with an aura only at the Late Stage Essence Rank, was staring in horror at a [Demonic Energy Detection Compass] in his hand, flashing frantic alarm-red!

'Heav... heavens!'

'demon king rank... energy fluctuations!'

'And... two of them!'

'No! Wait! One... submitted to the other!'

'How... how is this possible?!'

'In this 'Ancestral Land' where Spiritual Qi Recovery has just begun, how could such terrifying... beings emerge?!'

He was utterly stupefied by the scene before him, completely beyond his comprehension!

He was merely one of the most insignificant among the countless 'outposts' dispatched by the Xuantian Alliance to investigate the Spiritual Qi Recovery of the 'Ancestral Land.'

His mission was only to record changes in this world's energy fluctuations.

He never expected to witness such a world-shaking... event!

He dared not linger a moment longer!

Without hesitation, he pulled out a [Messaging Blood Talisman] carved with profound runes from his chest, then poured all his essence blood into it!

'Hum—!'

A blood-red message, filled with 'terror' and 'urgency,' instantly pierced the dimensional barrier, transmitting toward the distant, unknown, and dangerous... Xuan Realm!

[Urgent! Urgent! Critical!]

[Ancestral Land! Suspected... terrifying entity, possibly reincarnated 'Ancient Demon King,' has appeared!]

[Its strength is unfathomable! Has already subdued two local demon kings of 'mid Demon Rank'!]

[Requesting support! Request headquarters immediately dispatch 'King Rank' experts to... suppress!!!]

After doing this, the Xuantian Alliance 'outpost' could no longer sustain his body, weakened from excessive essence blood consumption. He collapsed with a thud, falling completely unconscious.

And he, and everything he did, had long been seen by the compound eyes of an insignificant 'Blood God Children' hovering high in the sky.