Chapter 52: Beasts 1
Between the South Gate of the North Heavenly Alliance and the Black Path Union lay fifty or sixty corpses scattered about, the majority of them members of the Nine Heavens Alliance. These were bodies torn apart brutally by the Dao energy unleashed by Duke Gu Yang.
Yet, absurdly, not a single member of the Northern Heavenly Alliance could be seen.
On the ramparts of that South Gate, Gu Yanghou, the leader of the North Heaven Alliance, stood alone, gripping a sword dripping with blood.
Why was he standing there alone?
And why had the Iron Blood Sect and the Nine Heavens Alliance, who had gathered here, halted their attack?
Gu Yanghou had returned after committing a solitary act of madness.
His sheer confidence and audacity alone had silenced the two major factions of the underworld.
Gu Yanghou had stationed his forces within the inner city walls, then roamed the enemy camp alone. Ultimately, the leaders of the Heavenly Dragon Society and the Heavenly Peak Society both stepped forward to attack Gu Yanghou. After exchanging blows several times, Gu Yanghou withdrew on his own accord and returned to the city walls.
In other words, at the very moment Baek Moo-jin was slaughtering the Cheonryong Society, Gu Yang-hu was boldly stirring up the Guchun Alliance all by himself.
Although North Heaven Alliance Leader Gu Yanghou had lost the broader strategic battle, on the actual battlefield where forces clashed, he displayed the unrealistic prowess of a legendary commander, single-handedly lifting the morale of the North Heaven Alliance.
