The rain fell, harder and harder.
Eventually, it formed a continuous, unbroken curtain of rain, completely obscuring one's vision. The downpour was a deluge.
Even the sound of the rain was no longer gentle. It pounded like heavy hammers, roared like a waterfall crashing down from a high mountain, utterly deafening.
"They're here."
Ao Chengzhong stood on the Celestial Platform on the villa's top floor, his expression grave as he gazed into the distance. There, a beam of light illuminated the entirety of the gloomy East Sea City.
It was followed by the sound of heavy footsteps. One step... then another... then another.
The sound was like the beat of heavy drums, like the thud of muffled hammers. It jolted many sleeping citizens awake, causing the whole of East Sea City to tremble slightly. Even the expressions of the three Earth Immortals meditating in the old cemetery changed!
