*thoom* The city's main gate trembled under the force of the oncoming spirit beast horde, a thunderous rumble filling the air as thousands of feet pounded the earth.
The sky was a pale blue, but the ominous cloud of dust and debris raised by the beasts stained it with streaks of grey.
The walls, though towering and reinforced, seemed almost too small against the incoming tide of creatures.
Every guard and the cultivators from the sects in the Northern Bei Kingdom standing in the defensive lines knew what was at stake.
"Ready yourselves!" The captain of the guard, a grizzled man with a scar running down the side of his face, yelled out orders.
His armor gleamed under the sunlight, a mix of gold and steel, as his eyes swept over the battlefield as the first ranks of beasts surged forward.
Massive arachnoid beasts, their bulbous bodies glistening with black chitin, skittered forward on eight segmented legs, their jaws snapping hungrily.
