Norfall Barrens.
One Tacet Discord after another was born in the retroflow rain, surging endlessly toward the military camp in Desorock Highland.
Tide Sis and Yangyang raced toward the camp to rendezvous with Jiyan.
Along the way, Tacet Discords kept trying to block their path, only to fall beneath the Swiftblade in Tide Sis's hand.
"Rover, once we pass through the Tacet Field up ahead, we'll reach the Formation-Breaking Camp!"
Worry clouded Yangyang's face as she warned, "My flowing breath senses a powerful presence in the Tacet Field ahead."
She looked toward the Tacet Field warily.
Fear and the stench of blood permeated the place. Clearly, a fierce battle had just taken place there.
Amid the retroflow rain, the more Tacet Discords and humans died, the more likely it was that stronger Tacet Discords would be born.
"There seems to be someone up ahead!" Tide Sis looked toward the edge of the Tacet Field.
A soldier lay on the ground, barely alive.
When he caught sight of Tide Sis and Yangyang, a faint glimmer finally rekindled in his lifeless eyes.
"It... it's Cloudflash Scales! It's revived!" he warned between gasps.
"Don't panic. Let me bandage your wounds!" Yangyang approached him, hoping to save his life first.
It was clear that he was in terrible shape, clinging to his last breath.
The next moment, the soldier weakly reached out and pushed her away, lifting a face blackened by burns and smeared with blood.
"I'm with the Desorock Highland transport unit. Cloudflash Scales revived, and they all died... I know what state I'm in. Don't waste your time on a dead man. Go to the front line and find General Jiyan!"
He gasped for breath, his heaving chest slowly falling still.
With a major battle imminent, time mattered more than anything.
His