The Solar Yang had not yet risen, but the sky had already begun to pale. At this hour, the earth seemed still sunk in dreams, while on the eastern horizon, a faint streak of orange-red gradually emerged.
The sea breeze brushed lightly along the shore, waking who knew how many dreams. The arrival of dawn was not obvious, yet as time passed, it unfurled like a gorgeous painting.
And at that moment, by the sea of Vast Sea City, dense swarms of Sea Soul Beasts surged out like dark specters from the shadowed corners of the deep sea, raising the prelude to destruction.
They carried fury and ruin with them, sweeping up Qian Jun-level towering waves as they lunged violently toward Vast Sea City.
The waves churned like countless enormous mountains, blotting out the sky and sun, plunging all of Vast Sea City into shadow.
"Clang, clang, clang!" Alarm bells rang from the highest peak in the city, their sound echoing through the entire city.
At the crest of that massive wave, dozens of soul beasts were especially eye-catching.
They were covered in crimson scales, each one flashing with a cold, eerie gleam, as if they wore flaming battle armor.
Their fish bodies were long and powerful, their streamlined forms moving freely through the water, releasing immense strength with every sway.
And on their backs, a pair of enormous bird wings had actually grown; when their wings spread, they seemed capable of covering the sky.
These soul beasts rode the water and commanded the clouds and mist, like creatures from myth descending into the mortal world.
When these soul beasts let out heaven-shaking roars, their voices were as melodious yet deep as mandarin ducks, piercing the clouds and reverberating over the whole of Vast Sea City.
That sound carried a