Not just Zhou Chuanyong, but all surrounding warriors were taken aback as well. They raised their heads to the blood-filled sky, panic evident on their faces.
"Did something just fall on the leader's head?" one of them wondered aloud, only to be met with an obvious, "Otherwise, why would he bleed?"
They looked at Tang Pi and Kong Binghuang, the two exceptional fighters who had also paused momentarily to scan the sky with caution. While others might not have clearly seen the swift, bloody pillar descending from above, these two had.
What truly disturbed them was their uncertainty about whether the hidden assailant was friend or foe, combined with their inability to sense any concealed presence around them.
