Chapter 509 (1/2)

Invasion

The skies had not brightened. At this point, the guards had not switched shifts yet. The ones who had been on duty all night were tired. The next shift probably hadn’t woken yet. The slave masters’ birds that usually circled the skies were not up either.

When Shao Xuan and the rest arrived by the forest borders, the night was slowly fading into morning. The birds in the forest were slowly starting to chirp again.

Ao looked at Zheng Luo. When Zheng Luo nodded, Ao raised an arm and the people within the forest sprinted out like lightning, though treading lightly so there was only the sound of shaking grass and flapping clothes.

The troops sprinted towards Wanshi at high speeds. The Wanshi guards weren’t useless either. Ever since the Flaming Horn’s fire seed showed abnormalities, they had been on alert. While they were tired, it was impossible for them to not notice the troops.

“They're here!”

One shout plunged the quiet village into chaos.

The sound of shrill bone whistles pierced the silence of the morning, filling the air with danger.

The Flaming Horns were still a distance away from the tribe but once Wanshi started moving, the Flaming Horns made their next move.

Within the Wanshi tribe, many torches were being lit. Although it was dawn and the sky would brighten very soon, it was still dim out. They were at war, everything was chaotic and not being able to see clearly would cause mistakes.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Whistles rang through the skies, as if sharp arrows were flying at them.

The fast ones quickly held bone shields up. The sounds came from above. The Flaming Horns weren’t close, arrows from the front weren’t likely.

However, they realised something was wrong. The whistling sounds seemed to be nearer. Someone looked up cautiously, only to see a dense shower of arrows in the dim light of dawn. But… The arrows… were a little too large to be arrows?

Thud! Thud! Thud! Crack!

Sounds of rain falling rang across the area.

Everyone with shields felt their arm go numb from the powerful impact. Their eyes widened when they saw the arrows on the ground.

They weren’t arrows, they were spears!

Like before, they had wooden handles and sharp stone spearheads. Most of the spearheads shattered upon hitting their shields due to the large impact, leaving behind a wooden handle.

The Wanshi people were horrified. If there were only about a hundred, it was fine. Yet what they saw was a shower of spears, probably thousands!

The Wanshi people had never seen any tribe shoot spears like arrows!

Perhaps to the Flaming Horns did not think much of it. They were strong people after all.

When they hurled their spears, the Flaming Horns did not stop running. After the second wave of spears, they quickly charged ahead.

Wanshi’s stone wall was in sight.

The moment the second wave of spears were hurled, Shao Xuan knew it was time.

“Charge!”

Shao Xuan took several large strides then ran like the wind, finally leaping up into the air and landing on Tuo’s horizontal blade.

Tuo’s powerful arm held the knife’s blade steady, then waved it upwards so Shao Xuan flew ahead with its momentum.

Three other people did the same as Shao Xuan- Duo Kang, Gui He and Ta.

Four shadows shot out from the troops like four eagles soaring into the skies.

As they shot out, an explosion of war cries erupted.

Shao Xuan felt the cold morning breeze in his face, as well as the humidity and the smell of soil. He felt the killing aura radiating from his troops that crept into every corner.

Teams worked together like they were on a hunt, though exuding a much stronger aura. They often had to control the life force they exuded during hunts but now was the time to unleash their powers.