"A 'Celestial Dog Devouring the Sun'?" Hearing Zhuge Yuan's words, Li Huowang stared at the pitch-black sky with a deep frown. Could it be a solar eclipse? he wondered in confusion.
But he quickly dismissed that possibility. He had been fortunate enough to witness a solar eclipse once during his first year of elementary school. Even during an eclipse, the sun was never completely black; a halo of light always remained. It was never this utterly and thoroughly dark.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! The frantic beating of gongs, accompanied by Top Scholar Lv's half-singing shout, echoed over Niuxin Village. "The celestial dog is eating the sun! Hurry, beat the gongs and drums to scare the dog away!"
The silence before had been better. The moment the noise began, the entire village was thrown into a panic.
