Three thousand li northwest of Black Sand City, Spirit Boats laden with soldiers flew toward Black Sand City in a steady wedge formation.
Situ Gang's flagship held the center. Four General-class Spirit Boats led the formation, brought up the rear, and guarded the flanks, while as many as thirty Soldier-class Spirit Boats filled the middle.
Judging by these numbers, Situ Gang had deployed around one hundred and fifty thousand troops this time. It could be called an all-out mobilization, with every intention of taking Black Sand City in one stroke.
As the Spirit Boats sped onward, all around the Spirit Boat army, green lights flickered ceaselessly. Their aura was vast and mysterious, as though Heaven and Earth themselves were protecting these Spirit Boats.
The Creation Realm Divine Beings from Qingli Peak of the Heaven Temple accompanying the army had no intention of concealing their auras.
As the Spirit Boat formation flew over the boundless desert, the entire army formation immediately erupted with dazzling radiance.
Every Spirit Boat, including the Soldier-class Spirit Boats, pushed its speed to the limit.
Situ Gang, the marshal sent by Prince Ning Ji Yuan, had long seen through Yizhi Temple's tactics. He intended to accelerate through the vast Sand Sea Yizhi Temple had artificially created over this period.
However, since Yizhi Temple had gone to the trouble of creating such a vast Sand Sea so early on, they would naturally exploit it to the utmost.
Just as the Spirit Boat formation sped into the heart of the Sand Sea, a sound like wailing ghosts and howling wolves suddenly rose from the center of the desert. In an instant, fierce winds sprang from level ground, and the entire world turned a murky yellow.
Countless grains of sand swept backward into the air, then blasted against the Spirit