When the Seventh Legion's warriors had fought their way forward and cleared an area, the Tauren shield warriors began to move as well. They were already tall and heavy, and wore heavy armor and carried tower shields. By rights, their movements should have been sluggish, even clumsy, but they charged swiftly into the area the Seventh Legion had cleared, planted their tower shields firmly in the ground, and hurled away the Scourge corpses piled there.
Once the area was clear, the Tauren shield warriors resumed the formation they had used when opening the line. They slapped their shields and chanted in unison.
"Wind! Strong wind! Wind! Strong wind!"
These were Horde code words. "Wind" meant retreat or return, while "strong wind" meant withdraw or return swiftly. When the Orc warriors fighting the Scourge heard the chant, they didn't linger in battle. They fought as they fell back, and as soon as the last warrior had retreated into the shield formation, the Tauren shield warriors immediately filled the gaps with their shields, restoring an impregnable line of defense.
Although repositioning took time, the forces around Leiluo and Varian were among the quickest to withdraw. On top of that, Leiluo had deliberately tried to move the battle elsewhere, so the allied forces didn't lose their warriors for nothing to Sindragosa.
The moment Sindragosa's hundred-meter-long body dived toward them, it truly made their legs tremble and stirred the urge to flee. But once they overcame the pressure, it became clear that aside from kicking up a gale, Sindragosa's charge posed no threat at all to Leiluo and Varian. She was simply too large. Every time she raised a limb to attack or changed the course of her attack, Leiluo and Varian could see it coming. With those openings, Sindragosa had no chance of