Spirit Rock Prefecture, Blood Antelope Cliff.
Feng Lian and his teammates had just finished a round of patrols and were flying back.
The patrol route had not changed in a long time.
For the Antler Clan warriors, who had not experienced war in ages, patrol duty had long since become an easy job of going through the motions.
"Captain, want to grab a drink later?" Feng Lian sidled up to the captain with a grin.
"Sure. My treat tonight. Let's go to Moonlight Haze. I heard they recently brought in quite a few beauties from other races." The captain grinned.
"Oh yeah! You're the best, Captain!" Everyone in the squad cheered. Some were already considering which girl to pick that evening.
"All right, enough fooling around. Keep patrolling. Don't let your guard down. There may not be many people in Spirit Rock Prefecture who dare provoke our Antler Clan, but rules are rules." The captain turned back, put on a stern face, and delivered a few serious words of reprimand.
"Yes, sir!" Everyone immediately fell silent and obediently flew along the established route, sweeping their Divine Sense over the surroundings now and then.
Rumble-rumble-
"What's that sound?" The captain abruptly stopped and tilted his head to listen. The sound was low and continuous, approaching rapidly from the distance. "Something's wrong with that sound. It's like something enormous is closing in at tremendous speed!"
Before he could finish, ten enormous Savage Bull Metal Lifeforms tore through the clouds with terrifying force, trailing ten long clouds of sonic booms across the morning sky as they thundered toward them, poised to crush everything in their path.
The dark-gold bull bodies gleamed with a cold, hard metallic sheen in the sunlight.
"No! Enemy-" Before Feng Lian could finish shouting his warning, an enormous arc