Surprise Attack (Part Two)

Woooo!

An urgent horn call rang through the valley. Sentries of the Greywing Tribe had spotted the Griffin formation overhead and sounded the alarm, rousing the entire stronghold in an instant.

The Staff of Judgment's punitive strike against the Greywing Tribe was a surprise attack, but it relied on open, overwhelming force. There were no schemes or tricks.

Though caught off guard, the Greywing Tribe reacted swiftly. Streaks of silvery-white light shot skyward from the valley.

In the blink of an eye, they formed a protective Spirit Energy barrier that enveloped the stronghold!

The Greywing Tribe had laid a massive Totem Formation in the valley, and it had now been fully activated.

Activating such a large formation consumed enormous resources, but the tribe's wizards had clearly realized disaster was upon them. They pushed the formation to its limit in the shortest possible time.

Screee!

With a shrill cry, a giant eagle took shape amid the white light. It spread its long wings and soared into the sky, charging straight at the Griffin formation!

The Totem Formation buried beneath Greywing Stronghold possessed formidable defensive power, but it could also strike back. The giant eagle manifested from Spirit Energy had an aura no weaker than a Sixth Rank Demon Beast's.

A Totem Formation of this caliber was remarkably advanced. It could not compare with the defensive formation of the City of Ten Thousand Kings, but it far exceeded what was needed to protect a stronghold.

It laid the Greywing Tribe's ambitions bare!

Yet the wizards of the Judgment Squad had already finished preparing their charged attack.

The instant the giant eagle took flight, the sky above the valley changed. Great masses of fiery cloud gathered from every direction, and waves of blazing heat came howling in.

The next moment, a rain of