But there was still no word from Third Brother, and even the brothers Niu Da and Niu Er had vanished without a trace. Alarm bells screamed in Wu Liangchen's mind, and he plunged into the darkness to search for them.
Meanwhile, in a clearing on the banks of the Great Qing River, a brutal siege was underway.
It was brutal because, despite the attackers having an overwhelming numerical advantage, they were temporarily unable to break through the desperate defense of the group besieged in the center.
Bodies littered the ground, their blood staining the earth red and even flowing into the river.
Third Brother's face was ashen. Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and her chest and abdomen were drenched in gore, a clear sign of severe injury. Yet even so, she stood in the center of the inner circle, her posture as straight and tall as a great banner.
