Most were caught off guard by the barbarian invasion; many deaths were inevitable, and the death toll kept rising as the night grew darker. The Gu Clan suffered a significant loss, and the Lu Clan's situation was not much better, with a hundred barbarians attached to them and most of the other members of the group—aside from the three Heavenly Guardians—dead or dying. Had it not been for the presence of two god-grade beings, the members of the Lu Clan would have longed to perish at the hands of these barbarians.
The Lu Clan's home appeared to have been struck by a powerful storm; the walls were ruined and had numerous holes in them; the surrounding region had been set on fire; and the open space inside the estate was littered with innumerable human and barbarian corpses.
