At Hu Liena's instruction, Chrysanthemum Douluo had his men build an earthen furnace in the center of Seahorse City. Once it was lit, smoke billowed from the top and spread across the sky.
The Seahorse City residents, holding their torches high and surrounding the cloth and grain stockpiled in the square, had no idea what these invaders intended to do.
"Put down your torches! Kneel!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo shouted, his voice rolling out in waves and causing blood to flow from their ears and noses. Yet not one of them knelt. Whenever a torch went out, they immediately relit it with tinder or moved closer to someone else's torch to ignite it again.
"Leave Seahorse City!"
"This is a city protected by Lord Sea God!"
"Get out!"
"We are Lord Sea God's believers! We will never submit to our enemies!"
"Take another step closer, and we'll burn all the grain!"
"..."
At this moment, Bibi Dong and Hu Liena stood nearby as well.
Bibi Dong asked, "Seeing them like this, do you still think it will work?"
"Before entering the city, I had some doubts. But now, I am certain. It will absolutely succeed!"
Hu Liena spoke with utter conviction. "If they were truly devout, they should have burned the grain immediately instead of delaying until now and confronting us.
"They do have faith, that is true. But the Sea God Warriors of Seahorse City abandoned them, and Bo Saixi never mentioned them in her words. That is also true.
"Their hearts already hold a trace of irreverence.
"Among the believers of Sea God Island, they are the lowest rank. After suffering such a blow, combined with the class conflicts that must have existed all along, all it will take is a spark to set them ablaze!
"However, before that, we