The sound of battle echoed from night until daybreak, making it a sleepless night for every citizen of the city.
Inside the Crimson Jade Pavilion, the atmosphere was as tense as ever.
The previous multitude of elders was fewer. Only eleven elders sat inside the meeting room.
The old woman sitting on the main seat had a deep frown etched on her old, wrinkled face.
The mission was an easy one. They planned to take over the Celestial Heavenly store in one swift motion and eliminate the Cao clan, making them a forgotten history.
But things didn't go according to plan.
More than half of their people had been deployed to take the larger share of the stores.
This led to the fate of their men being unknown. And if those were to be killed, the pavilion would lose a huge portion of their strength.
With her vast experience, she knew things were not going in their favor.
