Behind the soul cultivators, in midair, another dense, black mass of Spirit Birds flew over! These Spirit Birds differed greatly from those of the Dao Sect. Not only were their feathers anything but brightly colored, even their bodies were far from light and nimble!
The leading Spirit Bird was likely around thirty meters long. Nearly twenty-four meters of that was its massive body, thick and solid as a mountain rock. Its body was covered in dense patterns—some resembling eyes, some skulls, and others bloody corpses outright. Before its body sat a tiny, flattened head, while behind it trailed a thin tail over six meters long. Its fleshy wings, several meters wide, flapped up and down, emitting a gray-black radiance!
Upon the Spirit Bird stood a black, gaunt soul warrior, clad in crude black armor. In his hand was a fork-like soul weapon roughly a meter long. This soul warrior's gaze blazed brightly. Though the shabby-looking armor covered his face, Xiao Hua could still sense the sharpness in his eyes.
Behind this soul warrior followed over a hundred armored soul warriors. Though their Spirit Beasts could not compare with the leading soul warrior's mount, they were still several meters in size, with differing patterns drawn across them. Beyond the soul warriors' armor, the exposed skin bore black-and-white designs like those of the earlier soul warriors, looking exceptionally eerie.
As for the tens of thousands of soul warriors farther back, they no longer wore armor. Apart from the differing Spirit Birds beneath them, they resembled the soul warriors battling on the ground in every other way!
Those piercing shrieks came from atop the leading Spirit Bird. The bird's sharp gaze swept across the battlefield, followed by several "coo coo" cries. At once, the entire flock of birds erupted into clamor. There was