The Purple Winged Blade Emperor streaked across the battlefield in an instant, his figure like a blade tearing through the void.
He did not look at Lei Qie, but his divine sense had already swept over the deep furrow plowed into the ground. Lei Qie's battle armor was covered in cracks, and a dent in his chest plate was still trailing white smoke.
He was still alive, but he had definitely lost the ability to fight for the time being.
"Wind Forest, take Lei Qie and fall back!" the Purple Winged Blade Emperor's voice rang out over the public channel. "Jin Hui, Hazy Moon, Yu Lei, join me in holding these two off. Everyone else, rebuild the battle line immediately!"
The orders were brief, crisp, and unquestionable.
The three War Emperors turned at once and converged on Purple Wing.
The four spread out in a fan, blocking the charging paths of the two Fourth-Realm Abyss Beasts. The steel defensive line behind them sprang into action at the same time. The Giant Cannons atop the walls adjusted their angles, their muzzles glowing an eerie blue as they locked onto the two Abyss Beasts.
One resembled an enormous lizard, with a row of dark red spines along its back and fire flowing between them. Every step left a string of burning footprints on the ground, while each sweep of the massive tail behind it shattered rocks.
Waves of blood-red energy also rippled continuously from its body. Clearly, it had unleashed the energy blast moments earlier.
The other resembled a wild boar magnified tens of millions of times over. Its entire body was pitch-black, its tusks curved outward, and the saliva dripping from its mouth instantly ate small, smoking pits into the ground. It was like a moving mountain, the earth rumbling with