Outside the Star-Locking Hall, two hundred people split into three groups beneath the cover of night.
The bearded man shouldered the Giant Shield and led the main force straight toward the front gate, their battle cries shaking the heavens. It was a feint.
The female leader from Broken Blade Cliff took her flank force into the dense woods behind the hall to cut off the enemy's retreat.
White Snow led ten elite fighters around to the northwest corner... where a dry well concealed the entrance to the Hidden Channel.
Tie Xiaoqi was supposed to stay behind and hold the defensive line, but she stubbornly followed with her toolbox on her back, insisting there wasn't a mechanism in the Hidden Channel she couldn't crack.
In the end, White Snow nodded.
The girl had the same fierce streak in her eyes as Old Ironhead. If White Snow refused to let her come, she would probably sneak over on her own.
The standing water in the dry well was dark red.
White Snow jumped down first. Her claws landed in the water at the bottom, and the chill made her shudder. The dark red water gave off the smell of old rust. She lowered her head, her golden eyes lighting up in the darkness... this wasn't rusty water. It was blood diluted hundreds, even thousands of times.
"Stay close," White Snow said quietly. "Don't touch the walls."
Rustling came from behind her. Old Ironhead landed second, his Iron Hand scraping a trail of sparks from the well wall. Tie Xiaoqi followed, carrying a toolbox taller than she was, with the bearded man bringing up the rear. The entire ten-person elite squad had arrived.
These ten were the strongest fighters in the Star Phoenix Alliance. Three at golden core, seven at foundation establishment great