In the howling wind, Clara Heart shot toward South Heaven Gate, not even slowing as she neared its threshold.
Instantly, every barrier formation on the floating stones around South Heaven Gate was triggered. Crimson light burst skyward; for a moment, horns blared across Heaven and Earth, and Skyward Legionnaires flooded out. What had been a tranquil gate was thrown into chaos—General Lee and Nathan Young even stepped out from the main hall, listening to the echoing uproar, utterly perplexed.
"Who goes there? Is this an enemy attack?" A Heavenly General, sword in one hand and helmet in the other, rushed out of South Heaven Gate. "Why was there no prior warning? What were the outer guards doing?"
Before he could steady himself, Clara Heart landed lightly before him, flashing her pass token before his eyes.
"Tusita Palace?"
In the next instant, Clara Heart soared upward again, this time flying straight through the open South Heaven Gate.
The horns still echoed, but outside South Heaven Gate, the Skyward Legionnaires had already fallen silent, staring blankly in the direction Clara Heart had vanished.
"What just happened?"
A Skyward Legionnaire quietly approached the Heavenly General and whispered, "Reporting, General—Clara Heart from Tusita Palace just arrived. The outer perimeter did report her, but... she was so fast, she accidentally triggered every barrier formation."
The Heavenly General blinked in astonishment, at a loss for words.
......
Before the main hall, a Skyward Legionnaire hurried up the steps and presented an intelligence report to General Lee.
"Reporting, Heavenly King, this is an urgent military dispatch from the Patrol Heaven Bureau regarding the Western Ox Continent."
"Urgent military dispatch from the Western Ox Continent?" General Lee glanced at the reporting Legionnaire, then turned to look toward South Heaven Gate.
By now, the horns had ceased, and South Heaven Gate was once again silent. Still, the commotion from the alarm had not fully subsided.
He turned to Nathan Young and said, "Go see what's going on."
"Yes, sir." With that, Nathan Young mounted his Wind-Fire Wheels and sped toward South Heaven Gate.
Only then did General Lee reach out to take the intelligence report, flipping through it casually—until his face suddenly changed.
......
At that moment, fierce battle had erupted once again on the Western Ox Continent.