Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The piercing sound of beast bones being struck echoed through the valley, waking all the Dark Demons inside Guiyan Mountain Valley.
Luo Lin was closest to Guiyan Mountain's peak. He had been lying beneath the forest shade when the drums made him snap open his crimson eyes. He leaped up and looked toward the mountainside where the sound had come from, then bounded twice through the shadows to reach the sentry post. Looking down, he saw Lu Yang leading twenty thousand men to the valley entrance. Rage immediately twisted his expression, and he punched a nearby Dark Demon flying.
As the first line of defense for the entire Dark Demon race, Luo Lin's thirty thousand troops had an extremely important role. They not only had to watch Dongan County, but also had to repel the scouts sent by the Iron Blood Brotherhood at any time.
Yet the Dark Demon responsible for keeping watch had only discovered the enemy after they reached the foot of the mountain. This was no ordinary dereliction of duty. Luo Lin glared furiously at the Dark Demon he had sent flying and said with a savage expression, "You deserve to die. But we're short on warriors now, so I won't kill you. Go to the front line. You'll be the first to attack the enemy."
The Dark Demon in charge of guarding the post felt wronged as well. Previously, the Iron Blood Brotherhood had only sent men over at noon, when the sunlight was at its fiercest. Today, however, they had come early.
Furthermore, the Iron Blood Brotherhood's twenty thousand men had walked here through the deep mountains. After yesterday afternoon's battle, Mandin had feared that the Iron Blood Brotherhood would launch another sneak attack, so he had withdrawn all the sentry