At noon the next day, the sun shone brightly overhead.
Yet the sky above Pansi Ridge was shrouded in a terrifying, murderous gloom.
There was, of course, only one reason: the Heavenly Court's hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals had arrived!
As the saying went, a crowd of ten thousand stretched as far as the eye could see. One could only imagine what a hundred thousand looked like!
So when the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals appeared, the thick clouds naturally swept across the once-clear sky, blotting it out as if even the sun had been driven away by their murderous aura.
Above the clouds, the war drums thundered, their beats echoing across heaven and earth like rolling thunder. The mountains of Pansi Ridge trembled faintly beneath them.
Boom—! Boom—!
Boom—! Boom—! Boom—!
Boom—! Boom—!
The clouds surrounding Pansi Ridge were packed with countless Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, not just those directly overhead. They surged into view like a tide, clad in silver armor and wielding spears, their eyes sharp as torches as they formed orderly ranks. Their momentum was overwhelming, and they had completely encircled the vast Pansi Ridge like an iron barrel.
The soldiers' eagle-, dog-, and jackal-headed masks and silver armor glinted coldly in the sunlight. It was as if a silver ocean had surrounded Pansi Ridge, a truly terrifying sight.
Their ranks were especially unnerving: every line was perfectly straight, no matter which direction one looked. That silent might weighed heavily on the hearts of the countless demons below, filling every living creature with an almost endless sense of oppression.
At the very center of the cloud formation, Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing stood with the Exquisite Pagoda in hand, his expression stern as he looked down upon the countless beings of Pansi Ridge. A murderous glint