The colorful fireworks drew the Iron Blood Brotherhood warriors' attention. Hope filled everyone's eyes, and when they looked back at the cave entrance, their gazes became even firmer as they pulled their bowstrings tighter.
"Bring over the Star Diamond Stones! It's too dark at the entrance to see clearly!" Han Yu shouted from afar.
At that moment, the sun had sunk behind the distant cliffs, and the sky was gradually darkening. Lu Yang had twenty Star Diamond Stones sent up. Each of these gems illuminated an area fifty meters wide, instantly making the entire cave entrance brighter than daylight.
The Harpies inside had originally intended to escape under cover of night, but with the entrance lit as brightly as day, they had no chance at all.
Lu Yang shouted, "Light the campfires, everyone. Change shifts in two hours."
"Yeah~!" Everyone's fighting spirit soared.
In this wind and snow, more than ten thousand Iron Blood Brotherhood warriors supported one another and kept each other warm.
Inside the cave, Harvey, the Harpy chieftain, had been worried that Lu Yang would force his way in. He had led the elite Harpies in preparing at the entrance for half the night, yet not a single person came in. Only then did he realize that Lu Yang truly intended to trap them to death rather than fill the cave with human lives.
In the latter half of the night, the Harpy Vanguard said to Harvey, "Chieftain, go get some sleep. I'll stand watch here."
Harvey was somewhat uneasy, but he truly was exhausted. All day, he had wracked his brain for a way to escape while constantly fearing that Lu Yang would launch a direct assault. His nerves had been stretched taut the entire time. Now, he was tired and sleepy, barely able to hold