A gentle breeze blew past, and everything quieted down, as if the Earth Wolf attack and the ant army's assault had never happened.
Yet the Black Dots scattered across the ground, along with the dead Earth Wolf in the corner, showed exactly what those two attacks had been.
Because of the two assaults, neither side rested. Instead, they sat on the ground, quietly watching the city gate tunnel while recovering their strength.
Ability Users differed from Martial Artists. Ability Users absorbed the surrounding Alien Energy, while Martial Artists cultivated the Qi within their Dantian. Though their paths differed, both used a form of energy to strengthen themselves.
Perhaps because the Martial Artists and Ability Users had used highly effective methods against the Earth Wolves and Ants, or perhaps because those creatures had caused them no real losses, no further attacks came even after more than half an hour.
Thus, both sides gradually relaxed and instructed everyone to rest, while arranging for armed personnel to stand guard.
Though they had not expended much energy, the Ability Users and Martial Artists still actively recovered their strength, preparing themselves to face the enemy at their peak.
In this way, the night was nearly over. Dawn was about to arrive, and daylight was about to return to the world. Everyone believed no more enemies would come; perhaps the Earth Wolves and ant army had been all there was.
Some people yawned, some whispered to one another, and some closed their eyes to sleep. Everyone began to relax.
The armed personnel on guard no longer felt that same urgency. Their eyes began to droop as well, their upper and lower eyelids constantly colliding, as though they could no longer stay apart.
All the campfires on both sides gradually went out at this time, leaving none