"You flatter me. Before this, I was merely building a carriage behind closed doors, cultivating alone. Not long ago, I had only just refined my first Beast Spirit. When it comes to fighting alongside spirit beasts, Fellow Daoist Sun surely knows far more than I do. I will have much to learn from you from here on," Ye Tian said, returning the salute lightly.
"Fellow Daoist Ye Tian is too courteous. But whatever Fellow Daoist Ye Tian wishes to know, I will certainly tell you everything I know," Sun Wendong said with a smile.
In truth, he knew perfectly well that no matter how much one understood, the decisive factor in battle would ultimately be absolute strength.
In this regard, Ye Tian's willingness to help Dan Hua City had indeed greatly lifted Sun Wendong's spirits.
As they spoke, a soldier beside them suddenly cried out.
"The spirit beasts are coming out!"
Ye Tian and Sun Wendong stopped talking and turned toward the mountains. In the endless mountain range Ye Tian had just flown out of, countless black dots burst from a valley facing Dan Hua City.
Looking closely, every black dot was a spirit beast. Those that ran on the ground and those that flew through the sky were all present, charging rapidly toward Dan Hua City.
"Prepare for battle!" Sun Wendong immediately sank his qi into his dantian and roared, his voice exploding atop Dan Hua City's towering walls.
One soldier turned and flew to the highest point of the gate tower behind them, where an enormous Ox Horn Trumpet over a zhang long stood.
Standing beneath the trumpet, the man faced its mouthpiece. Spiritual energy surged through him as he gathered his breath and blew the Ox Horn Trumpet.
"Bwooo—" A deep, heavy trumpet blast with immense penetrating