Amid a thunderous rumble, several enormous war beasts clad in heavy black gold armor and pointed iron helmets lumbered forward before them like armored fortresses.
There were six Earth Rank demon spirits in all-Qilin Elephants.
These spirit creatures possessed formidable bodies. Rather than refining them for spirit communion, raising them in captivity made them exceptionally fine war behemoths. With heavy armor and iron helmets added, they could charge and smash through everything in their path, virtually unstoppable.
Above the Qilin Elephants, Flying Birds swept past like hawks and falcons.
These avian spirit creatures had the bearing of cranes, with long, pointed beaks. Their bodies were only about three feet long, but they could carry considerable loads and flew exceptionally fast.
Though their size prevented them from carrying people, they could carry numerous heavenfire stones, Thunderclap Bombs, thunderfire talismans, and similar implements.
At a command, they could fly over in flocks, subject vast enemy formations to a furious bombardment, then swiftly leave the battlefield and soar far away.
This flock numbered over a thousand Flying Birds. With each carrying fifty specially made thunderclap explosives, a single attack could drop tens of thousands of thunder bombs. However elite or battle-hardened an army might be, it would struggle to withstand them as long as its cultivation remained below Earth Rank.
Ordinarily, there was not even a way to defend against such aerial bombardment. Common firearms and bullets simply could not cope with their speed.
From another direction came white-faced mountain ogres, ape-like creatures eight feet tall with thick, powerful arms, interspersed with armored Ape-Man Warriors bearing keen weapons.
This was a mixed army of exotic beasts and demihuman warriors, numbering over three hundred.
Their average strength ranged from six to seven turns of Human Rank. Individually, they were not particularly powerful, but they