They stood atop the city wall and looked down—
On the plain outside the city, a dense mass of fierce beasts stretched as far as the eye could see, surging toward the walls like a dark tide.
Winged fierce beasts circled and screeched overhead; clawed fierce beasts roared and charged across the ground.
Dust billowed, and the earth trembled.
The beast tide was even more ferocious than it had been that morning.
"Screee!"
An earth-shattering shriek rang across the battlefield, drawing the attention of Qin Yan and the others.
They looked up to see two figures, one gold and one red, clashing rapidly high in the sky.
The golden figure was an enormous roc with a wingspan of dozens of meters. Golden feathers covered its body, each gleaming with a metallic luster.
Its talons were sharp as hooks, its eagle eyes piercing as lightning. Crackling golden lightning wreathed its body.
It was the Golden Wing Thunder Roc, one of the four great fierce beasts.
Opposite it, a red figure fought fiercely against it.
He was a burly middle-aged man clad in blood-red armor, his features stern. He held a blood-red saber, and surging blood qi enveloped him as he radiated a fierce killing intent.
He was the City Guard Commander, Zhao Tieyi.
Golden light shone around the Golden Wing Thunder Roc. With each beat of its wings, bolts of golden lightning lashed out like countless golden vipers, writhing through the air as they shot toward Zhao Tieyi!
Those bolts were as thick as arms, tearing through the air in their path!
Facing them, Zhao Tieyi's gaze turned icy. His blood qi burst forth, and he unleashed streak after streak of blood-red blade qi!
Each incomparably sharp slash carried a killing intent that could tear through anything as it met the