Tang Lan could tell at a glance that something was wrong with these Soul Beasts.
Compared to the Soul Beasts within the Star Dou Great Forest, the ones here had blood-red eyes and seemed to have lost all reason.
Having recently learned much about Soul Beasts, Tang Lan began to ponder why this was happening.
Just as Tang Lan was thinking, the two sides had already begun fighting.
The City Lord's Mansion guard squad continuously unleashed soul skills, knocking the foremost Soul Beasts to the ground.
Worried that these Soul Beasts would attack the horses or even harm Tang Lan and Lu Zhiyi, the guards used killing moves from the very start.
Yet even so, several massive Soul Beasts clad in armor withstood the Soul Master guards' attacks.
They charged wildly ahead and, by sheer coincidence, headed straight for Lu Zhiyi.
Although Lu Zhiyi possessed the cultivation of a Soul Ancestor, he had experienced few battles over the years and had virtually no combat ability to speak of.
Even against a Soul Master of the same rank, he would likely be beaten back again and again.
Now, seeing a twenty-thousand-year Soul Beast charging toward him—a gigantic Rock Armor Rhinoceros clad in heavy armor—his expression changed at once.
"Protect the City Lord!"
Several guards shouted, and three men immediately leaped forward.
Without exception, all three were squad captains above level fifty.
Two of them possessed the defensive Earth Rock Ox martial soul. They were twin brothers whose appearances were nearly identical.
The two roared simultaneously, and their first three soul rings lit up together. Earth-yellow soul light immediately shone from their arms.
The two men then grabbed the Rock Armor Rhinoceros's enormous horn together. Relying on their tremendous strength, they forcibly stopped the beast in its tracks.
However, the two deep