An Unexpected Caution

The moment the system notification ended, Jian Shang swiftly inspected the attributes of the Heaven-Setting Dragon Halberd, and his heart began to race.

"Ying, ying..."

At that moment, seeing twenty to thirty Beast Generals fall, hundreds of birds crazily dove down to besiege Jian Shang.

"Nine Dragons Seize Souls!"

Jian Shang gripped the Heaven-Setting Dragon Halberd, raised it, and thrust it out in a blur...

"Roar, roar, roar..."

Faint, ethereal dragon roars rose as streaks of bloody halberd shadows, like little blood-red dragons, soared into the sky.

It sliced iron like mud, and bone like paper.

Flesh and blood filled the sky. The mass of diving birds was instantly cleared away, startling the remaining birds into scrambling backward through the air. How could they dare continue the siege?

These birds were not true birds, but natives or Otherworlders from the Vietnam Region who had transformed into them. Their intelligence was not the least bit inferior to humans'; they merely leaned toward beasts' savagery and bloodlust. Having encountered a Huan King even more savage and bloodthirsty than themselves, with neither powerful reinforcements nor an absolute military order, they naturally would not throw away their lives.

Meanwhile, in the Dafu Mountain Range.

If the first avian army to reach Fanyu Royal City had formed an array like black clouds blotting out the heavens, storm clouds pressing overhead—

Then the Dafu Mountain Range at this moment was truly covered by birds and beasts. In midair were layer upon layer of avian troops, so dense that even the light was completely blocked out; on the ground was a beast army packed so tightly it concealed the earth.

Whether birds or beasts, every animal was several times larger than ordinary members of its kind, more sentient, and more violent.

"King! Urgent report from the