"Nice work, Simin."
Seeing Guo Simin blast the Peng Bird away, Bai? gave her his approval.
At that moment, Luo Yan's voice came through the communications channel.
"Don't let your guard down. More of those things are coming down from the trees!"
From the dense canopy of the Golden Giant Tree, more than a dozen golden Peng Birds of roughly the same size swooped down. They cried out as golden Primal Energy radiated from between their Lingyu.
The Peng Birds immediately launched their attacks.
Some fanned out clusters of golden storms, sending sand and stones flying across the ground. The violent currents even flipped over the lighter vehicles, while those who had not made it into the vehicles were swept into the air.
Others caused illusory golden Lingyu to appear all around them. The feathers then transformed into streaks of golden light that swept across the Exploration team below.
Still others caused golden radiance to flow over their claws and beaks, as if they had cast some sort of spell upon themselves, greatly increasing the hardness and sharpness of those two parts.
Though faced with the flock's attacks, the Exploration team remained calm despite their surprise.
Under the commands of Luo Yan and Bai?, the Earthly Fierce Squad and Earthly Hero Squad responded in turn.
Within the Earthly Fierce Squad, Murong Xuan controlled his mecha and painted in the air with a large brush.
He painted a huge Black Eagle. Once the Black Eagle's body was complete, the mecha's brush tapped its eye.
The Black Eagle immediately became corporeal. It spread its wings and swept away like a mass of black clouds.
It plunged into the golden Pengs and began fighting one of the golden Peng Birds.
Li Yuqing piloted her own mecha, Thousand Hands. Each of its arms held