Prepared for Battle

"Prepare for battle!"

The enemy charged in with overwhelming force, and Tai Haotian immediately organized the army to meet them.

Pfft!

"Aah!"

"Ugh!"

"..."

The defensive line became a brutal hell on earth, strewn with corpses and rivers of blood.

"Kill!"

The Vajra Sect, Thunder Hall, and Mad Martial Hall all joined the fray and fought the enemy.

The Vajra Sect was one of the few sects devoted to body cultivation. Its disciples had formidable physiques, and their sweeping, forceful fighting style drew every eye on the battlefield.

Boom, rumble...

Thunder Hall cultivated lightning arts. Its attacks were ferocious, with thunder surging everywhere, drawing startled looks.

Mad Martial Hall fought competently enough, showing none of the love of battle the rumors claimed.

"Roar!"

A roar shattered the sun, moon, and stars and shook the primordial cosmos.

A ten-thousand-meter-tall Black Giant Bear charged out of the starry sky, radiating boundless divine strength.

His fur stood on end, every strand like a battle spear forged from divine iron.

He held a pitch-black Giant Axe that pulsed with the might of an Ancestral Artifact.

The bear raised the Giant Axe high and brought it down hard on the defensive line.

"No! Stop him!"

The bear's attack was aimed at the Vajra Sect's defensive line. The sect members' faces drained of color, their hearts quaking.

The axe's radiance cleaved through the star river, descending with the force to split heaven and earth. A single strike could destroy the Vajra Sect's defensive line.

At the last possible moment, a figure flashed into the air above the line.

The Vajra Sect Patriarch's aura stood steady as a mountain. His body swelled like an unshakable iron tower, divine light blooming around him.

His muscles bulged, radiating explosive, boundless power.

As the axe's radiance bore down, the Vajra