Just outside Heavenly Journey City, the Great Li Iron Cavalry encountered a tide of Origin Beasts blocking their path.
Pursued by the Barbarian Tribe Iron Cavalry as well, they were about to fall into the peril of being attacked from both sides.
Clang, clang, clang...!
Blackwater City's gates opened, like a colossal beast opening its abyssal maw.
"Roar!"
A lone rider led the charge!
Then a torrent poured forth!
A cavalry unit surged out of the city at tremendous speed.
Every rider was encased in heavy armor as dark as ink and held a Black War Spear, covered seamlessly from head to toe.
Their mounts were far more powerfully built than ordinary warhorses, their knotted muscles seemingly cast from iron and stone. Their limbs were especially thick and strong, bearing sharp claws, and a sharp horn even grew from each forehead.
These were all hybrids born of fleet-footed steeds and Origin Beasts-Horned Beasts!
In both speed and combat strength, they far surpassed even the finest warhorses.
This black torrent of steel gave no battle cries, nor were there any neighs from its mounts.
The moment they cleared the gates, their speed soared to its utmost limit!
They moved like the wind, the several thousand riders producing only a deep, resonant thunder of hooves, as though they were a single whole.
Like rolling thunder rumbling across the plain, they shook the earth beneath them.
Their speed was astonishing, their charge like a massive black spear hurled by a giant god, thrusting straight toward the heart of the battlefield.
The instant this army appeared on the field and began its charge.
A spark of searing fire kindled in the eyes of Yu Chi Zhong, Xin Ruonan, and the other officers watching from the battlements.
For this army was the pride of the