"...What was that sound?"
"You heard it too?"
"Something sounded like it exploded."
"And not just one thing!"
Nearly twenty kilometers away.
Having just left the urban area of Xizhou City, Iron Fang was leading the five hundred reinforcements he had recruited toward Bluestone County. However, before they had gone very far, they heard faint rumbling from the south.
The sound was like rolling thunder, echoing through the valleys and shaking heaven and earth. Even the soil beneath his feet seemed to tremble beneath the might of that thunder.
The raiders following behind Iron Fang began whispering among themselves, quietly discussing what could have made that sound.
Iron Fang's expression changed slightly.
Sensing that something was wrong, he immediately crouched down and pressed his ear to the ground. After listening for a while, his expression grew darker and darker.
Artillery fire!
The people up ahead were probably already fighting!
Iron Fang was both shocked and incredulous. He could not believe that those survivors in the northern outskirts of Clear Spring City would dare leave their walls and come all the way to Bluestone County to cause them trouble.
But now was not the time to think about that.
He had to hurry back and help the boss!
With that thought, Iron Fang did not make a fuss. He calmly rose from the ground, then looked at the raiders behind him, all carrying long guns and heavy weapons, and shouted an order.
"Everyone, pick up the pace!"
"We need to reach Bluestone County before noon!"
"Run! Move!"
North of Bluestone County.
The barricades and walls had been burned black. With nothing left to burn, the flames were gradually weakening.
The raiders on the southern defensive line fled north in panic. However, they did not know that the Burning Corps had