From day into night.
There had been no movement in the river, but late at night two days later, when dark clouds covered the moon on the horizon, strange energy suddenly stirred beneath the calm waters. The Blazing Demon God said, "They're here. There are at least several thousand of them."
Lu Yang sneered. "So that's how it is. There aren't enough enemies to fight us head-on, so they want to use a sneak attack."
The Water Elementals in the river ranged only from the Territory Lord Tier to the King Tier. With that level of strength, they stood no chance against the Iron Blood Brotherhood.
Lu Yang tracked the Water Elementals upstream for roughly twenty kilometers. They finally stopped when they reached a bend in the river.
As it happened, this was the Iron Blood Brotherhood's most heavily defended and least suspected area. It lay behind the central fortress of the Shekou Defense Line.
All Iron Blood Brotherhood warriors traveled this route every day between the three cities of the East Sea and Shekou. It also had the most patrols. No one would have believed there were enemies here, yet the enemy had dared to ambush Water Elementals in this very place.
After locking onto their location, Lu Yang sent a message to Bai Shi, Zhou Tianming, and the others. "The enemy is in position. Everyone, get ready."
"We can cut off the water supply at any time," Bai Shi said.
Zhou Tianming said, "We can block the downstream dam at any time."
Lu Yang nodded. Leaving a clone in the sky, his true body swiftly flew toward the Shekou Defense Line.
Early the next morning.
Lu Yang left twenty thousand people behind to defend the Snake Mouth Stronghold, then led thirty thousand more rapidly to the beach. Out