'WOOOO!!!'
The horns blared. Signal smoke rose across a thousand miles, and the thunderous beat of war drums shook the very heavens!
Meanwhile, in Linzi, at the Qi Palace.
Duke Huan of Qi stepped out of his hall. He watched the pillars of signal smoke rising in the distance and listened to the far-off, thunderous war drums, trembling with rage.
"They actually dare to come?" he seethed, gripping his sword.
Just then, a soldier scrambled in, reporting in a panic:
"The one hundred thousand soldiers at the border and Supreme General Dragon Abyss... they've all... all defected to the enemy!"
"The audacity!" Duke Huan of Qi roared. With a single slash of his sword, a wave of Sword Qi erupted. It tore through the ground, burst from the Royal Palace, and surged into the bustling city streets, mincing countless innocent vendors and passersby to bits.
Guan Zhong's brow twitched violently. He moved to stop Duke Huan of Qi, who was about to strike again, and urged,
