The Blazing Light Guardian Beasts' valley lay on one side of White Dew Mountain, right next to the Shadow Scale Armor Beasts' territory, where shadows lay thick.
Between the two stretched a lush, dense forest dozens of li wide, like an impassable natural chasm, silently dividing the worlds of Light and Darkness.
To achieve their goal, Zhang Ci and the others had no choice but to weave through the danger-filled low sky, not daring to fly too high for fear the Shadow Scale Armor Beasts would fall behind.
The Shadow Scale Armor Beasts were terrifying presences in this region. Though they were not skilled at long-range combat, their tails could unleash deep, dangerous bursts of light.
Their speed could not compare to the Blazing Light Guardian Beasts' almost instantaneous white-light bullets, but to Zhang Ci and the others, they were numerous, and their attacks came in an endless stream.
As the Shadow Scale Armor Beasts' assault grew fiercer, Zhang Ci and the others had to use every skill they possessed, searching for slivers of survival in this perilous forest.
The trees became their natural shields. Every turn and sharp swerve tested the limits of their reaction speed and Space Perception.
And in this contest against the power of nature, the Shadow Scale Armor Beasts displayed the majesty and strength befitting overlords of their territory.
They charged together in a frenzy. Wherever they passed, great trees snapped and crashed down, while sand and stones were swept into the air by raging winds, and dust blotted out the sky like yellow smoke.
The other soul beasts that had originally lived in this forest all chose to flee in the face of this sudden disaster, their figures swiftly vanishing amid the chaos and uproar.
Zhang Ci and the others weaving through this dense