Dense, locust-swarming masses filled the sky, sweeping across the firmament.
The flying beasts and land beasts on the earth below were startled into scampering everywhere in a panic.
These were precisely the Xuanjia Army of Wang Ming's Great Tang forces.
At this moment, the Xuanjia Army numbered only ten thousand.
As Wang Ming's power was unsealed, he no longer needed so many mortal troops; having too many soldiers would instead become a burden to Wang Ming.
During the latter half of the Journey to the West, the monsters encountered possessed astonishingly terrifying might, casually launching world-destroying area-of-effect attacks that could wipe out an entire army in a moment of inattention.
Earlier, when Wang Ming fought Star Lord of the Lunar Mansions, he had almost been caught in the aftermath of their clash.
At this stage, the army's primary role for Wang Ming was to take over newly conquered territories so that they could begin pacifying and managing them.
Conquering a place without governing it could not be called expanding territory.
That was merely hit-and-run looting.
In the end, it would amount to nothing.
Relying on the name of the Mohist School, Wang Ming gradually introduced some black technology from the Marvel World into this world, such as flying craft.
Nowadays, each soldier of the Great Tang's Xuanjia Army possessed a levitating boat, enabling the army to easily travel a thousand miles a day.
Wang Ming had already left the capital of the Western Liang Women's Kingdom and arrived at its borderlands.
This place was none other than the Flaming Mountains.
The Flaming Mountains were not naturally formed flames; in the beginning, they were no different from ordinary peaks.
It was not until five hundred years ago, when Sun Wukong wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Court and kicked Lord Lao's Eight