The second wave hit before dawn, and this time there was no scout to warn them, just the sudden c***k of qi-charged arrows tearing through the camp's outer tents.
"Ambush," Garrow shouted, rolling clear of his collapsing shelter as an arrow buried itself where he'd been sleeping seconds earlier.
Wei Liang was up instantly, Void root flaring, catching a second volley aimed at the camp's center and scattering it wide with a controlled burst. "Feng Yao, stay with Shen Yue. Everyone else, form up."
Liu Che emerged from the chaos already fighting, blocking a masked attacker's blade with his own. "Different formation than last time. More disciplined. This isn't the same faction."
"Foundation Keepers," Bao Chen called out from where Garrow had cut him loose to fight rather than leave him defe
