A Brutal Battle

Chapter 2: A Brutal Battle Before the first light of dawn could pierce the darkness, the earth began to tremble violently. The Dark Forces swept in like a raging tide, launching their all-out assault. In an instant, battle cries and screams intertwined in a deafening roar, and a harrowing, brutal battle erupted across the lands of the Spirit Road World. Before the Alliance's first defensive line, the vanguard of the Dark Forces charged forward first. Their ranks consisted of enormous, hideous Dark Behemoths and Dark Mages shrouded in black robes, emanating an eerie aura. Every step the Dark Behemoths took left a deep footprint in the earth. They opened their blood-red maws, baring sharp fangs as they spewed black smoke and corrosive slime, eating pits into the ground wherever they passed. Behind them, the Dark Mages waved their staffs and muttered incantations, sending beams of black magical power shooting toward the Alliance's defensive line like venomous snakes. The Alliance's warriors counterattacked immediately, without a trace of fear. The Flame Family's flame warriors stood at the very front, unleashing Blazing Wave. Roaring flames poured from their hands and gathered into an immense fiery tide that swept toward the Dark Behemoths. The flames struck the Dark Behemoths with a sizzling hiss, setting their fur alight, but they ignored the pain and continued their frenzied charge. Some flame warriors were struck by the Dark Behemoths' claws, their bodies torn apart and their blood splashing across the ground, yet their comrades swiftly filled the gaps and maintained the fiery assault. Behind the defensive line, the Heavenly Origin Sect's formation masters devoted all their strength to deploying spiritual power array formations. They laid down the Spiritual Shield Guardian Formation, raising a pale blue Spiritual Energy Shield before the defensive line to block the Dark Mages'