"Boom!"
"Rumble..."
Within the ancestral shrine, a sky-shattering explosion resounded, the ground seemingly trembled twice from the impact, and a great deal of smoke and dust billowed up. The solar eclipse reached its climax, with the scorching sun in the sky being completely devoured, turning day into night...
The sudden change, coupled with the darkness, caused the dozen or so spectators in the viewing pavilion to scream out all at once. Those who were more faint-hearted either squatted down or hid behind tables and chairs, panicking.
The Imperial Guards encircling the area all changed color, and a chaos of footsteps sounded. They all rushed toward the ancestral shrine.
The commotion inside the shrine was even greater, with shouts and roars echoing intermittently, creating sheer mayhem.
"Damn it!"
"What on earth happened..."