Yun Tian Pass, the Eastern Ridge Barbarians' Ambitions

With an earth-shaking roar that deafened the ears, the azure barrier formed by the defensive array dimmed rapidly, as though it might shatter at any moment.

The Eastern Ridge soldiers atop the pass turned deathly pale beneath the Tiger Lord's might, their legs trembling.

The Barbarian Innate Realm experts guarding the pass went pale. They poured spiritual power into the array discs as if their lives depended on it, trying to steady the teetering defensive array.

But the Fire Winged Tiger Lord's furious strike was simply too powerful.

The defensive barrier lasted fewer than ten breaths before it shattered with a crash, dissolving into points of light across the sky.

With the array broken, nothing stood between the thousand-zhang crimson tiger apparition and the pass wall. It slammed straight into it.

Boom!!!

The earth shook violently. The sturdy wall, cast from refined iron, was torn open by the thousand-zhang crimson tiger apparition, leaving an enormous breach.

"The array is broken! Children of the Demon Race, kill for me! Feast to your hearts' content on Barbarian flesh!"

Roar!!!

The Fire Winged Tiger Lord's command rang out in a tiger's roar.

The Demon Race army surged toward the pass once more.

The Barbarian Innate Realm experts guarding it exchanged a glance, then, with perfect understanding, turned into streaks of light and fled toward the rear.

Their flight was the final straw that broke the camel's back.

The defenders began to rout.

Half an hour later, the pass fell, and tens of thousands of Barbarian soldiers became food in the demon beasts' bellies.

Yet despite taking the pass,

there was not the slightest joy in the Fire Winged Tiger Lord's eyes.

He knew this war had only just begun.

The Eastern Ridge was vast.

And it was all treacherous mountains and hostile waters.