The fight over the Beast King was indeed over at the Ice Abyss. Some Golden Chariot and Iron-armored Ships left the very night the fight was finished.
Rain poured down for a whole night, and the spring thunder was unceasing. Many people in the county were unable to sleep for the night. When they heard noises of Golden Chariots and Iron-armored Ships flying across the sky, the public would look over, trembling with fear.
Who had gotten the original essence and blood of the Beast King, and which family had seized precious materials coming from it? The people in the County did not know, nor did they care. The only thing on their mind was when the big war would commence.
The day had come. The rain stopped.
The war did not begin. It was calm as usual in the county, but many people had realized that there was not a single Liu Family County Guardians on the city wall or outside of the gates. There even weren’t any warriors in Liu Family armors on the street and outside the gates of the Liu Family Compound.
It was the same calmness that enveloped the Zhao, Lu [1], He [2] and Chen Family. No warrior from these families could be seen in the county. Even though it was so quiet both in and outside of the county and the storm had ceased, the general public in the county had felt all the more depressed. It was like the dark night before dawn, frighteningly quiet.
The day went on as usual. The only thing worth noticing was that in the afternoon, several Golden Chariots and Iron-armored Ships flew away. With sharp and piercing noises, they flew over the county or by the county without any stop.
It was only at dusk but the sky was dark. Judging by the looks of it, another rain was coming. The general public went back home early and closed their doors. Behind the closed doors, they gathered around after dinner, waiting nervously.
Wu Ling County, a county that was usually quite bustling, was like a dead county now.
All the stores and kiosks were closed. Even the brothels that normally would only open for business at night stopped tonight. Doors were closed shut. Not a single soul was visible on the streets that, in the average days, were boisterous with noise and excitement…
The night had finally come. Out of nowhere, many warriors appeared on some streets. Some of them were wearing cyan armors and cyan helmets, others in red ones, blue ones, or black ones. They moved towards the plaza in silence.
Fifty people, 500, 1000…
Warriors moved in lines on more than a dozen streets. Under the cover of the night, they were much like an army of the God of Death.
They converged at the plaza in silence. Not a single noise was made. The warriors’ footsteps were light. They held all kinds of weapons in their hands, and murderous intent filled their eyes. The scene terrified some civilians that were hiding in their homes observing in secret.
One thousand and five hundred people, 2000.
More and more warriors arrived at the otherwise empty and spacious plaza. More were still coming from the more than a dozen streets.
All people stood in silence in four arrays. All of them focused their attention on the Liu Family Compound. Tonight, they would find a battle ground there. If they won, all the treasures inside that place would be theirs to take, and all the pretty girls would be theirs to play with.
But if they were to fail… how could they fail? There was no if.
Ticktack, ticktack.
It sprinkled. Rain drops fell on the amors of these more than 2000 warriors and made a clear sound. Still, nobody moved. They were waiting, waiting for their Family Patriarchs to come out.
The rain was getting heavier. After the time it took for three incense sticks to burn, warriors of all families involved were here. There were 2600 of them, standing in four arrays.
Four people walked over here from four streets simultaneously. Two of them were advanced in ages, and two were in the prime years of their lives. They walked steady steps, but not fast ones. Yet the qi and energy coming from them were like dragons, making all the warriors’ hearts throb.
They walked to the front of the four arrays respectively, and all the warriors dropped to their knees without uttering a single sound. The four looked to the north in silence, waiting.
The rain was heavier and heavier. It had wetted the amors on all the warriors and soaked their clothes underneath their armors. Still, no one made any sound. They quietly waited.
"Swish!"
After almost an hour, a sharp noise came from the north. A golden light glowed in the dark night and was coming towards the Wu Ling County directly.
The four Family Patriarchs in the front of the four arrays looked up and their eyes lit up, especially Zhao Gui, the Family Patriarch of the Zhao Family who was in the cyan armor. The light in his eyes were radiating like the sun.
"He is here, Lord Yu is here!"
Zhao Rui, who was standing behind the Zhao Family array, became excited as well. Had Lord Yu not come, the war would not start tonight. The efforts of the Zhao Family would be for nothing as well.
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