"Qian Wantong, Zhou Ke, be careful with your people!" Zhou Zixing immediately came back to his senses and shouted to the two of them in a grave tone. "Take turns throwing burning timber. Better to be slower than give Black Shadow any chance to launch a sneak attack! Every spot beneath every wall in the Great Hall must have lit timber. Don't leave a single dark corner. Only then can we prevent Black Shadow from using the same method as just now to ambush us!"
"Yes!" Qian Wantong and Zhou Ke answered in unison, their hearts filled with shock and dread as well. They no longer dared to be the slightest bit careless. They immediately adjusted their strategy, taking turns throwing burning wood into every corner of the Great Hall to ensure each corner was lit by fire, leaving Black Shadow no space to hide.
Only after burning timber lay beneath all the walls inside the Great Hall did they continue throwing wood toward the inner wall. But the men no longer approached the entrance in the inner wall like before to throw burning wood inside.
The separated Great Hall within was also quite spacious, so they first lit the entrance with burning wood, then threw more burning wood toward the other parts of the Inner Hall.
Only this way could every spot be illuminated, leaving Black Shadow no chance at all to launch a sneak attack.
And that Ouyang Family martial artist killed by Black Shadow just lay there quietly on the floor of the Great Hall, his corpse cold, blood staining the ground around him red. Yet no one went forward to check on him, and no one was willing to move his body.
It was not that these people had no sympathy. Rather, at this life-or-death juncture,