The night trembled through the earth!

The sound of a giant tower collapsing emanated from Nightfall City, the ground shook, the flames flickered, and even the darkness seemed to swirl in confusion.

"What's going on..." Ash and his companions heard the supplicant Nori in a daze, "This isn't what we agreed upon..."

Even without knowing the details of the deal between the Natural Sect and Silver Lamp (from Nori's words they could tell they almost got betrayed by Silver Lamp), Ash and the others could guess some clues—Silver Lamp's target was unknown, but what the Natural Sect wanted was nothing more than to breach Nightfall City's defenses with Silver Lamp's inside-outside collaboration.

But now it was night. Even if Silver Lamp made a move, the Natural Sect would find it hard to respond. Not to mention that they had just finished a siege battle, everyone was exhausted, and the Mages' Magic Power was nearly depleted, with even the Hosted God potentially not yet recovered.

If the daytime battle was a clear and straightforward duel, then continuing the attack now would be like dragging both sides into a messy brawl in the mud.

Moreover, without the aggressive attack of the Natural Sect, how could Silver Lamp break through the city walls?

It wasn't that Ash and his companions doubted Silver Lamp's strategic-level strength, but the Divine Sect was not weak.

As the stronghold of the Divine Sect, Nightfall City had resisted countless attacks from various factions. The city walls stood a hundred meters tall, heavily fortified, reinforced by Earth Magic, Senluo, and metal from the Magic Faction. Not only were there "Kinetic Transfer" Miracles to disperse the impact into the earth, but various repair measures were also in effect. For instance, a section of the wall breached recently was quickly filled with vine concrete, leaving no chance for the Natural Sect to expand their victory.

Previously, Igula had collected a lot of intelligence on Nightfall city, the most common keywords being 'sealed', 'sturdy', and 'mysteriously unpredictable'. The Divine Sect occasionally leaked high-value Gray Fox relics, and neighboring factions had targeted them, but at most they could only control outlying towns and had never breached Nightfall City.

As one of the oldest Wasteland factions, it was hard to overestimate Nightfall's depths.

Even if Silver Lamp could destroy a gate, the Divine Sect could repair it with Miracles within minutes.

Moreover, the Divine Sect had its Hosted Gods; even if these Hosted Gods couldn't defeat Silver Lamp, would the Divine Sect care about chivalry when dealing with someone like Silver Lamp?

Yes, Silver Lamp had six lives, but the Divine Sect had thousands, if not tens of thousands of members.

The most striking feature of the Senluo Sect was truly that their members were not afraid to die.

If Silver Lamp fought a guerrilla war outside, a few members of the Senluo Sect might capture her; but if Silver Lamp were trapped, any faction could exhaust her Great Skill with sheer numbers of lives.

Hosted Gods, although their Combat Power transcended the Legendary, were equivalent to supersized super soldiers and lacked the Legendary Mages' ability to grasp the Miracles that could twist the situation. Not to mention that besides Ash, other Hosted Gods faced time limits and might need to make a quick escape within three minutes.

Thus, it was necessary for the Natural Sect's aggressive attack to coincide with Silver Lamp's disturbances for it to possibly turn into a substantial victory. Now, even if the Natural Sect moved immediately, Silver Lamp might already be hanged by the Divine Sect before they reached the walls.

Compared to Nori's unpleasant expression, Ash couldn't help but revel within. If Silver Lamp's plan was exposed and she was captured by the Divine Sect, he was naturally happy to see it, even feeling a brisk delight as if saying, "you have your day too."

However, Igula's expression also turned sour.

Seeing Nori wasn't paying attention to them, Igula stepped back among the crowd and whispered, "We might need to help Silver Lamp escape."

"Why?"

"If Silver Lamp dies, you'll become completely 'tactile.'" Swindler said, "I'm not interested in dealing with an evil you."

Tamasi suddenly clapped a hand on Ash's shoulder, "While I detest Followers of the Four Pillars God Sect, as long as you promise to exterminate the Mercury Wooden Horse and dissolve the Four Pillars God Sect, I won't hunt you down."

Ya Sha Jin said this very seriously, as though he was a Holy Sanctuary Mage and Ash was a mere mortal. Yet Ash didn't doubt the potency of this threat—at all in these days of teamwork, he fully recognized how deadly this 'mortal' could be.

In fact, Tamasi had nearly killed the Mercury Wooden Horse, missing by only a margin of five steps. Within those five steps though, every step was crowded with 'traitors' of Ya Sha Jin.

That day, Ya Sha Jin's faction was left with only two remnants.

That day, the Mercury Wooden Horse had never again appeared in public.

Sometimes, Ash wondered if the Mercury Wooden Horse's 'possession of others' skin touch was born as a self-defense mechanism due to the overwhelming fear of Tamasi's assassination attempt.

The reason Tamasi moved with Ash and others was simple—as long as it involved killing villains, he was willing to cooperate, and Silver Lamp ranked high among the villains in the Four Pillars God Sect. Not to mention, capturing Silver Lamp might grant proximity to the Mercury Wooden Horse, even if Ash refused to accept Tamasi's pursuit, he would still follow as a herald of death, the Black Crow.

However, in pursuit of Silver Lamp, Tamasi was nearly indispensable—until Ash and his companions mastered advanced Reconnaissance Miracles, Black Crow was the only one who could see through Silver Lamp's illusions. Even with the Mercury Wooden Horse's Prophecy Miracle, without Tamasi's eyes, it would be difficult for them to catch traces of Silver Lamp.

But this firm faith meant that once Ash and his companions became Evil Crows, Tamasi would show no mercy. Tamasi never asked them to adhere to any rules or regulations, he only quietly sharpened his blades behind them—sharpening, sharpening.

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