Star Luo City.
As the city gate collapsed, everyone finally saw what the arrivals were.
They were rhinoceroses the size of small mountains, each with an enormous horn and massive dark-gold armor covering its body. On every beast's back sat a hulking man over two meters tall, carrying either a gigantic axe or warhammer, or gripping a long spear or halberd. They were an unmistakable torrent of iron and blood.
The arrivals were the elite cavalry force formed from the Abyss-Quelling Mountain-Shaking Rhinoceros clan cultivated by Murong Huai and heavily armored soldiers. At the center, Huyan Shan stood fully armored atop a ten-thousand-year Abyss-Quelling Mountain-Shaking Rhinoceros, holding a spear at least three meters long. Looking down at the two forces ahead, he spoke in a rough voice.
"Are you from the Xuanwu Battalion?"
At that, the Xuanwu Battalion's deputy general swallowed hard and shakily raised a hand. "W-We're from the Xuanwu Battalion."
Huyan Shan nodded, then turned toward the palace guards. Seeing this, their commanding general hurriedly announced his identity.
"I am a guard of the Star Luo Imperial Palace... Agh!"
But before he could finish, a great spear punched straight through his armor, skewering several soldiers behind him in a single line.
"Charge your energy. Kill them all!"
As soon as he spoke, the ten-thousand-year Abyss-Quelling Mountain-Shaking Rhinoceros beneath him relayed the command to its kin. Blue-violet energy gathered atop the horns of every Abyss-Quelling Mountain-Shaking Rhinoceros before blasting toward the palace guards.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!
The palace guards immediately suffered devastating casualties. They had no way to withstand such overwhelming attacks. In less than an incense stick's time, nothing remained of them but severed limbs and mangled corpses, with only a scattered few still barely clinging to life.
Huyan Shan glanced at the Xuanwu Battalion's deputy general, who