The treacherous valley was easy to defend and hard to attack, its entrance like a massive crack in the earth.
A large force of burly men in blood-red armor was falling back into the valley, using the terrain to their advantage.
Though they had suffered heavy losses and taken a severe beating, they still moved swiftly and counterattacked decisively, retaining enough agility to prove they were an elite force.
The Blood Eagle Guard, five thousand strong, was the armed force under the command of the Blood Eagle King of Daluo Heaven.
In just a few rounds of fighting, the Blood Eagle Guard had lost at least two thousand men, making the heart of the Blood Eagle King, a Sixth Grade Sovereign, bleed.
"Have you sent out the distress signal?"
At the deepest part of the valley, the Blood Eagle King, clad in blood-red armor, gazed out with a gloomy expression.
When the Blood Eagle King learned that there was a Level Seven ruin here, he was overjoyed and immediately led his troops over. Instead, they had been ambushed by the God Pavilion's Crocodile Mountain forces and suffered heavy losses.
This was nothing less than a massive conspiracy.
"We've sent it. The nearby kings are rushing to reinforce us. The fastest will arrive in half a day."
Wu Tian, once one of Daluo Heaven's Four Great Commanders, was injured, his voice hoarse.
"Half a day. My Blood Eagle Guard can hold out that long."
"But, Your Majesty, could this be the enemy's plan to surround a target and lure in reinforcements?"
As the commander of five thousand Blood Eagle Guards, Wu Tian was no stranger to warfare.
"Who cares if it's a plan to surround a target and lure in reinforcements? This time, our Daluo Heaven has marched into the Fallen