A cold smile appeared on Lu Yang's face. Looking at Turbid Wine and the others beside him, he said, "Take the brothers and get ready. Judging by their direction, the Dark Demons coming from Blackwind Mountain intend to cut off our retreat. Gather everyone and prepare to meet them at the valley entrance. I'll stop the enemies coming from Heaven's Gorge Valley."
To travel from Blackwind Mountain to Guiyan Mountain, they had to take the road through Wangtian Valley, while those coming from Heaven's Gorge Valley could only reach Guiyan Mountain through Death Gorge.
Both places were the flattest areas nearby, and they were also the closest routes to Guiyan Mountain suitable for a large army's march.
Long before Lu Yang attacked Guiyan Mountain, he had considered how to deal with reinforcements from Blackwind Mountain and Heaven's Gorge Valley. The method was simple: fight one side to the death and stall the other.
At first, Lu Yang had thought that if his 20,000 men could wipe out Luo Lin's Dark Demons in Guiyan Mountain while suffering fewer than 5,000 casualties, he would dare to face Maska's tribe from Blackwind Mountain head-on.
But the Iron Blood Brotherhood had lost only 22 men, with just over 200 lightly wounded. That gave him even greater confidence that he could wipe out Maska's force of more than 30,000 Dark Demons.
As for how to stop the enemies from Heaven's Gorge Valley, Lu Yang had long prepared for it. He patted his chest and shouted:
"Rednight!"
A ripple flashed, and Rednight flew out from the Demon God Temple on his chest. His two-meter-long body rapidly expanded to ten meters before landing beside Lu Yang. At the same time, he lowered his head until it pressed close to the ground.
Lu Yang leaped onto Rednight's head