The outskirts of the Black Swamp were lined with banners like a forest, and the army formations stood in stern array.
A vast, seemingly endless army of darkness surged from the horizon like a tide, surrounding the Black Swamp in layer upon layer. There were at least thirty thousand of them.
The Dragon Guards and Snake Guards, more than ten thousand troops in all, were squeezed into an extremely cramped space deep in the swamp. They had lost their helmets and armor, suffered heavy casualties, and their morale was low.
In the recent clash, the Dragon-Snake Sect had nearly collapsed at the first touch.
"Thirty thousand—there are a full thirty thousand Jiu You Guards!"
The two sect masters, the Lu brothers, stood at the front of the formation, trembling with terror.
This elite army of the Jiu You Palace had been built by Empress Jiu You and Emperor Mu, the current and previous rulers of Daluo Heaven, who had spared no resources in its creation. Its fame had spread across more than half of the Northern Realm.
Even Zhan Tai Liuli, the God Pavilion's Battle Will prodigy, wouldn't dare claim confidence in a fight against them with the God Army she commanded—the sect's great army directly under the God Pavilion Master.
Beneath the God Pavilion Master were the Four Great Pavilion Masters of the East, South, West, and North, with the East Pavilion Master the strongest.
The four Pavilion Masters served as generals, and beneath them were the Ten Mountain Lords, whose rank was comparable to the Nine Kings of Daluo Heaven.
They were all named after fierce beasts and birds, led by the Heavenly Dragon Lord and the White Tiger Lord.
Thinking of the kindness the God Pavilion had shown the Dragon-Snake Sect in the past, Lu Wu's eyes