Chapter 696 - Book 6, Chapter 88 (2/2)

Beside Cloudhawk stood the Cloud God, Frost de Winter, the Khan of Evernight and Janus Umbra In addition there were two thousand soldiers from the Drake Corps, and over three hundred demonhunters

The soldiers were all ht The deue They were also of good quality, but few in nu… it seemed like a fool's errand

“Get ready!”

There was no other choice They had to fight! Cloudhawk knew they alking into a trap, but he was going to run right in anyway

Cloudhawk took the fore and forced open the Temple's doors As he thrust them open, on the other side were several thousand Te the door released a blinding torrent of power as the defenders unleashed all theirlike a flood

Under such dense fire, hoere they supposed to break through?

Cloudhawk had prepared himself, but even so the opposition wasback, so he had to run headlong into the hurricane Steeling hi open his ared fro sounds of attacks roared as they sood… I can't hold it!

Cloudhaas being shoved backward His shell of energy was beginning to crack Part of the deluge leaked through and eradicated a dozen of Cloudhawk's allies nearby Huainst such an assault, so they were torn apart like paper Meanwhile the pressure against his shi+eld was increasing It would soon collapse

“Now, attack!”

The Cloud God was first to answer In an instant some untraceable, ubiquitous power filled the space The deity's ht

Fierce h theirpsychic blow that forced the ensued as some fell unconscious Others bled out and died in an instant

“Go!”

Cloudhawk heaved his arainst the onslaught The walls and floor of the Te to collapse under the pressure

Janus responded by sending out several dozen shadows They slithered along the gaps between the floors and walls, appearing a up from nowhere, they delivered lethal sneak attacks Nearly every one of her copies claiht moved at the same time The rest of the soldiers, driven by fervor and a lust for vengeance, charged after them

“There are ten or twenty thousand troops stationed in this Temple,” Cloudhawk shouted at his allies “We don't have the numbers to face them head on We're not here to kill anye have to stop this thing fro!”

The Cloud God's thunderous voice answered “The focal devices once stored at the border fortresses have been moved here We can separate into four teay field is the best way to achieve our goal”

The Tereed that teauide the first team; the second would be led by the Cloud God; Frost was responsible for the third; the Khan and Janus would take the fourth Each tearoup of soldiers and demonhunters as well Once their task was complete and their focal device destroyed, everyone would rendezvous at the center of the Temple It had to be done as quickly as possible

Cloudhawk decided in this course of action for one very important reason

The Avatar's Eyes of Time They could only see so much When they split up she could only focus on one at a tiht under her nose, increasing the chaos and uncertainty of the battle

“Alright, let's get ”

The four teams raced off toward their objectives

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