Mu You looked ahead. Beyond the distant square, Son of Heaven's and Jack's forces had already assembled.
Although he held the Octopus King's heart, a powerful weapon for group battles, he did not believe Son of Heaven and the others would simply back down. They would most likely make one final attempt to attack.
And things went exactly as he had expected.
At that moment, hundreds of people were deep in discussion at the edge of the square.
"What's going on? There's no Crystal here!" Jack frowned. He had begun to suspect that their opponent was using another diversion to lure them to the wrong location.
"But their formation is definitely defensive. This should be the right place!"
"As for the Crystal, perhaps it's about to appear..." Son of Heaven glanced at the time as he spoke.
3:50 a.m., local time...
"3:50... four o'clock... dawn... so that's it..."
That significant timing, combined with their opponent's actions, allowed Son of Heaven to quickly guess the truth.
"Dawn City... so it can only be opened at dawn..."
The others froze at his words, then understanding dawned on them one after another.
"There's actually a rule like that!"
"But if it's four o'clock, we only have ten minutes left..."
"Get moving. We're running out of time..."
"Hurry!"
"Everyone, follow the original plan!"
Son of Heaven had already explained his entire plan to his people on the way, and all their tasks had long since been assigned.
After spending a few dozen seconds making some simple arrangements, at 3:51 a.m., Son of Heaven's and Jack's forces, numbering just over four hundred in total, charged toward the square.
Four hundred people charging straight at hundreds of thousands of octopuses that blotted out everything before them made for a rather tragic, heroic sight.
Unfortunately, before