Elite soldiers and fierce generals from countless eras ago now stood before a city.
This city was called Stone Ridge City.
It was the closest city to Stone Ridge Mountain.
It had once belonged to the Great Gan Empire, but now it belonged to Stone Ridge Mountain.
"We have too few people. We can't kill Chu Qing, and we can't bathe this continent in blood!"
"But following the orders, we'll slaughter a city!"
"Once we destroy this city, everyone will teleport back. Then we'll either seal ourselves away or enjoy life in this era!"
Big Brother, the leader, wore a solemn expression.
Ten thousand elites from Former Heaven wore equally solemn expressions.
They carried divine weapons and wore full armor, murderous intent billowing as they marched toward the city.
Yet the moment they reached the city gates, the experts within were alerted by their killing intent.
Figures radiating sky-surging killing intent and terrifying auras descended from the heavens.
A mechanical creature dozens of meters tall dropped from the sky. It had more than a dozen heads, treads beneath it, and no internal organs in its chest or abdomen—only a huge mouth.
"Who are you people?"
A twisted creature of flesh descended. Its body was covered in tentacles, its killing intent towering like mountains and peaks.
"Who are you people?"
A primordial spirit resembling an eye came whistling over, casting a cold, eerie light that corroded the earth.
"Who are you people?"
One terrifying figure after another descended from the sky.
Every one of them exuded a horrifying aura. They were twisted, no longer seeming human.
Their auras alone cowed these recently awakened monsters from former ages, who were still only at the Third Limit.
Gulp!
Big Brother swallowed and gave an awkward smile. "We're mercenaries."
"We came here to make