[Earth Era, March 23, 2012] [Western Calendar, Friday] [Xia Calendar, Renchen Year, third month, second day. Auspicious for sacrifices, pledging alliances, visiting friends and relatives, travel, demolition, tailoring, and erecting monuments. Inauspicious for felling trees and making beams]
Beyond the surging Great River of the Eighth Domain, all was quiet, as though no one was there.
Then several figures suddenly appeared above the river's waves, not far from the bank.
Zhu Haifeng, Li Tianming, Wei Rulai, Tian Luzhang, and Chu Baxing.
These domain sequence ability users stood above the Great River, surveying the mountains and wilderness beyond.
"Professor Li, how many enemies have you detected?"
Li Tianming said, "I can visually confirm three afterimages. I still can't determine exactly how many are concealed."
"Are they all at the domain sequence level?"
"Yes. They should all be quite strong. I suspect that when William and his people launched their full-scale invasion, they also left plenty of domain sequence sentries on the outskirts. They're still watching our every move."
Wei Rulai nodded. "It seems Minister Qin's concerns were justified. In that case, let's act. Professor Li, please tell us where the enemies are."
"All right."
After Li Tianming's quiet reply, the five of them rose into the air.
Wei Rulai pressed his palms together. Three enormous golden totem seals instantly formed in midair and crashed down on three patches of dense forest like crushing mountains.
Bang-
The three patches of forest vanished instantly, reduced to three depressions in the ground.
Seizing the opening while space was suppressed, Zhu Haifeng held a bow in his left hand and drew the string with his right. Three beams of blazing light condensed into golden arrows, piercing through the gaps in the golden seals with shrill, piercing whistles.
Boom!!
Golden light exploded in the