Thump~
Thump~ Thump~ Thump~
Western Domain of Cangzhou, hour of the Rabbit.
At sunrise, booming war drums shook the plains and the vault of heaven.
Within the remnants of the defensive lines of the five kingdoms of Yan, Zhao, Qi, Zhuang, and Zheng, the reinforcements dispatched by the Qiankun Dao Sect, Yuanyang Dao Sect, Flood Dragon Sea, and Myriad Beasts Forest watched helplessly as a boundless black line steadily expanded before their eyes.
As the drums thundered, desolate war horns wailed and shook the heavens.
Amid earth-shaking tremors, Thunder-Patterned Azure Oxen appeared from beyond the distant horizon, each over a hundred zhang tall and nearly a thousand zhang long.
These mountain-sized Thunder-Patterned Azure Oxen panted heavily as they strode forward on four hooves, hauling towering war artifacts nearly a thousand zhang high. Each war artifact resembled a corner tower and was constructed from four such towers. At the center of those four towers, a hundred-zhang gilded cloud-patterned mirror floated amid streams of spiritual radiance.
As these war artifacts appeared, Dharma Boats materialized high in the sky amid howling astral winds.
Tianxing-class Dharma Boats spanning a thousand li sailed forth, each one guarded by several Changqu-class Dharma Boats a hundred li in size.
The Dharma Boats formed ranks like a torrential flood that blotted out the sky and covered the earth as they bore down. Upon them stood densely packed Daoist Soldiers in gleaming armor, gripping their Dharma artifacts and waiting in battle formation.
Within the unseen layers of astral wind, thunder, and fire, three Hengxu-class Dharma Boats spanning a million li each cleaved through lightning and blazing flames, advancing against the astral winds.
The three Hengxu-class vessels resembled colossal whales roaming a vast sea of stars, surrounded and guarded by Dharma Boats ranging from ten thousand to a hundred thousand