The Darkest Hour!
The setting sun sank in the west, painting the horizon blood-red, as if a god had fallen in battle and spilled his blood across the firmament!
Nie Xiong, Zhuo Lian, Jing Shu, Luo Xuan, Lei Yizhe, and more than seventy other disciples of the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect stood on the platform of Immortal Cave Mountain. Their eyes remained fixed on the sun slowly sinking beyond the horizon. Then night blanketed heaven and earth!
"It's begun."
A lingering gloom clouded Nie Xiong's face.
Jing Shu said, "Tonight is the half-month deadline Huang Lang spoke of. In other words, Sky Cloud Mountain is beginning its assault today!"
Zhuo Lian glanced back at the depths of the mountain and said lightly, "Senior Brother Dongfang still hasn't emerged from seclusion. I imagine he hasn't broken through yet."
Luo Xuan asked, "Then what do we do?"
Nie Xiong said, "There's no other choice. We can only fight to the death!"
Bitterness filled Zhuo Lian and Jing Shu's faces.
Nie Xiong said coldly, "Brothers, don't hesitate any longer. Whether we flee or stay, we'll die either way. Since that's the case, we might as well kill to our heart's content!"
Zhuo Lian drew a deep breath and said, "That's right. Even if we flee now, once the White Snake Clan arrives tomorrow, they'll discover that we've left. By then, we still won't escape death!"
"We might as well kill to our heart's content tonight!"
Jing Shu said coldly, "Then let's fight with everything we have!"
Just then, Jing Shu took a formation compass from her Storage Bag. When she brought it out, countless red dots appeared across its surface, densely converging toward Immortal Cave Mountain.
"They're here," Jing Shu said.
A frosty look spread across Nie Xiong's face. He drew his sword