That troublesome little girl, Annie, had been missing for nearly an hour...
At that moment, the seven members of the Company of Heroes were still fighting their way forward with all their might. Thanks to their formidable individual abilities, excellent equipment, and seamless teamwork, things were going fairly smoothly so far—at least, they were still on plan!
The seven of them were getting closer and closer to Hua Ye's throne. By now, the enemies who had fallen to their swords, guns, or the Golden Cudgel numbered at least several hundred, if not a thousand.
At the same time, though, they had helplessly realized that the enemies ahead were growing more numerous. There was no longer any chance of keeping their movements secret, and advancing was becoming harder and harder. They had been fighting here for more than ten minutes, yet they still hadn't made any progress!
Although the seven members of the Company of Heroes were holding their ground, both attacking and defending, and their powerful abilities and close teamwork had left the scum angels with no chance to do anything but defend themselves, they couldn't keep this up. They really didn't have time to waste, and the time they had already lost had far exceeded their original plan!
"Ptooey!"
Liu Chuang chopped down one scum angel with his axe. When two others saw things going badly, they flew straight up into the air and began shooting arrows at them, just like the others. After knocking aside a few of the arrows, he looked rather harried and annoyed. Carrying a huge God-Slaying Axe, he turned toward the back and shouted to Sun Wukong, who was kicking several scum angels out of the air:
"Brother Monkey!"
"What do we do now? There are more and more of them! We're not going