Chapter 1390: Inauspicious

"This owl's cry is truly chilling; I feel a numbness all over my body. There will definitely be no good things tonight," a Soldier on night watch said to his comrade.

"This owl's cry is inauspicious; once it calls, people are sure to die."

Seeing his comrade respond, the Soldier, though his eyes were fixed on the distance, did not let his mouth rest: "How do you know? You aren't a shaman, so how would you know if it's auspicious or not?"

"The King said so."

"Ah?! It was the King who said it? Then it must be right. It is definitely inauspicious; we must keep a close watch now."

Xuanyuan, Lu, and the others were not asleep; they were gathered together because they felt there was a high probability of being ambushed tonight, so they had no sleepiness.

"Fenghou, how does the Qi look to you now?"

Fenghou merely sniffed the air toward the place obscured by dark clouds: "The wind is rising."

Lu looked at the pitch-black expanse to the east; although it had barely moved at first, now that Fenghou had said this, he also felt a light breeze rising, and it was indeed blowing from the east.

Rain coming from the east is basically heavy rain, and for a sky-covering rain, if the sky in the east clears up, even just a little, it means the weather is about to turn fair. Of course, this theory is applicable in the north; in the south, which is often in a continuous rainy season, it is not necessarily applicable.

Jiebing is the Tribal Chief, so naturally, he would not go to fight, but he also resisted his fear, left the Tent area, and stood in a relatively forward position to watch the battle. He believed that with the current visibility, even standing there, the enemy could not see him.

He had not guessed wrong; even with the Telescope, Huaxia could not see the people on the opposite side under such visibility, so Jiebing was very safe.

The breeze rose, and the concentration of water vapor in the air gradually increased, but it seemed the dark clouds were still very far from them and would not arrive for a while.

The Jiebing Tribe and the two Jiang Surname Tribes had already begun to climb the mountain. The relatively gentle slope had no obstacles, and they only needed to lean forward and walk upward slowly.

The Huaxia Soldiers' gazes were all fixed on the distance and were not watching below, because they had not seen any enemies at their feet during the day, so how could the enemies suddenly arrive now?

Gradually, the enemies had almost climbed to the middle of the mountainside. Those Soldiers with sharp ears seemed to hear something; they all stood up, pricked up their ears toward below, and listened carefully.

"Qige? Is there movement?"

"Shh... don't speak, let me listen carefully."

But the more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong; below, it sounded like wind blowing across the Grass, *swish-la-la, swish-la-la*.

The Soldier called Qige quickly crossed the low Trench, lay down, and looked down; dense shadows were moving in their direction, and it seemed their speed was getting faster and faster.

Qige was terrified in his heart and turned to shout at the position: "The enemy is here!"

At the same time he shouted, a flash of lightning in the distant sky also lit up, and the faint light shone downward. Feeling that their figures might have been exposed, the Leader in charge of command immediately shouted: "Stand up! Charge! Charge quickly!"

Because the lightning was still very far away, the light traveled over, but the sound was so faint it could barely be heard. Qige's exclamation also gave all the Soldiers on duty a big fright. When they stood up and looked down, they discovered the enemy was already not very far from them.

"Toot-toot-toot-toot-toot-toot!!!"

The whistle began to blow continuously on the front position, telling everyone that the enemy had arrived. Those Huaxia Soldiers who were still in their dreams flipped up almost like a conditioned reflex; regardless of whether their heads were clear or not, they fastened themselves, grabbed their Weapon, and rushed out.

However, because the Xuanyuan Tribe Soldiers had not received such training, naturally, there was no conditioned reflex. After being woken up by the noise, they even thought for a moment before coming to their senses, then hurriedly searched for their weapons. People in one Tent squeezed against each other; in the dark, not only did they fail to get their weapons quickly, but they also received elbow strikes for nothing.

Xuanyuan and the others also felt a tightness in their hearts when they heard the whistle and stood up hurriedly: "They've already arrived? Let's go take a look too. With such thorough preparation, it should be no problem to wait until the Soldiers are all assembled."

Lu also had great confidence; he did not believe the enemy would be right in front of them now. There must still be some distance; perhaps they would even retreat once they knew they had been discovered.

But the panicked appearance of the frontline Soldiers was a bit abnormal. Shaoyin was currently on the frontline; because there were too many enemies and they were too close, the Soldiers were a bit flustered. Mainly, most of the Soldiers were from the Xuanyuan Tribe, and there were very few from Huaxia.

The Xuanyuan Tribe Soldiers could almost only fight in close combat; they had few long-range weapons, and their power was not that great. Now, the ones attacking first were Huaxia's Crossbow and bow, but there were only a dozen or so Crossbowmen. Even if they fired, under such visibility, a single volley might not even graze the edge.

Knowing the enemy did not have sufficiently powerful long-range weapons, and that throwing a Spear from bottom to top was almost a waste of effort, Shaoyin stood on the side to observe the situation very boldly.

What shocked him extremely was that this time the enemy seemed to have come out in full force; the number of people was terrifyingly large and far exceeded the number of enemies they had discovered before. The intelligence did not match!

Could there be reinforcements from other tribes? Why were they not discovered during the day?

Just as Shaoyin felt some terror in his heart, another flash of lightning lit up. This time, it was closer, and Shaoyin could see more clearly: the ones at the very front did not look like Soldiers, but women!

Subsequently, a faint sound of thunder rang in the distance. This sound of thunder made their movements slow down for a second, and they heard people scream; there were men and women. That meant there was definitely no mistake in the front: they were women.

Shaoyin originally did not understand why the war put women in front and even as the vanguard. But watching the enemies getting closer and closer, Shaoyin also understood in an instant: these were used as consumables to consume their combat power. If they did not kill the women, they would be killed by the women; but if they killed the women, they might not have the strength to fight their Soldiers afterward. Even if they had the strength, they would be at a disadvantage.

After the marching speed slowed down, someone in the team kept shouting: "It's not their Heavenly Thunder! It's just about to rain! Don't be afraid! Keep going, charge quickly!"

Under the constant urging, the enemy's forward speed became faster again. Shaoyin felt that in three or four minutes, the enemies at the very front would be able to rush up.

Shaoyin looked back; his own Soldiers, the Xuanyuan Tribe Soldiers, seemed still very chaotic, like headless flies, unable to find their positions at all, not knowing what to do. Perhaps some of them had not even woken up yet.