Though it was still daytime, households had already begun setting off firecrackers, and joy filled the air everywhere.
Of course, amid the festivities, they also offered their most sincere blessings to the soldiers on the front lines.
At Demon-Suppressing Pass, however, the atmosphere was the complete opposite.
Soldiers stood silently on the walls, watching a Beast Tide whose numbers far exceeded even those of the second battle, their fighting spirit spreading steadily.
Without a word, they wiped their blades and bound their weapons to their palms with strips of cloth.
Mountains of supplies were piled behind them. Some people whose strength was too meager to join the fighting, but whose Awakening Objects were agility-type, stood ready beside the supplies.
Once the battle began, they would risk death at any moment as they darted through the battle lines, saving every wounded soldier they could and dragging them to the rear for emergency treatment, striving to get them back onto the battlefield as soon as possible.
Grim and oppressive.
Even the Ink Academy graduates were in no mood to joke.
Zhao Zicheng hung a cord around his neck with pills strung along it, saving himself the time of pouring them out and ensuring he could replenish his energy immediately.
Mu Yu sat on her Gravestone with an icy expression and her eyes tightly shut, making her final mental preparations before the battle.
A Tai still looked as simple and guileless as ever. He scratched his head as he looked at his classmates, but his gaze was exceptionally firm.
Lin Xiaoxiao and Big White leaned against each other. From time to time, she took out some fine dog food and fed it into its mouth, occasionally whispering something into Big White's ear.
Shi Guang and Chu Yu sat at the center of the