Lu Yang controlled his avatar and flew back into the sky. The blizzard was growing fiercer, and Element Spirits of every type continuously poured from the rift in the heavens.
The ice- and wind-element Element Spirits fell into a frenzy the moment they crossed through the passage. In the minus-forty-degree cold, their faintly visible forms glowed blue and cyan in the air, releasing even more intense cold and more violent winds.
Below the clouds, visibility in such a blizzard was less than fifty meters. Only by flying above the cloud layer could Lu Yang clearly see his surroundings.
He flew swiftly back to Tongxing Town outside Dan City. Before he even landed, he saw more than fifty thousand Iron Blood Brotherhood warriors braving the blizzard as they constructed defensive positions throughout the town.
"Add another ice-element defensive magic array over there."
"Where are the offensive lightning spell crystals? Bring another third-order lightning crystal. This area doesn't have enough firepower."
Teams of second-order warriors carried all kinds of crystals as they ran across the defenses. Tao Yue, Han Ying, Han Fei, Han Yu, Mu Zhong, and the other commanders kept shouting orders.
A flash of red light streaked past.
Lu Yang descended beside Tao Yue and Han Ying, bringing intense heat with him. He looked at them and asked, "How are the preparations going?"
Tao Yue and Han Ying's eyes lit up. Tao Yue said solemnly, "The defensive works will be completed by this afternoon. We've prepared for the worst. If anything goes wrong, we'll die here and buy time for the people of Donghai to retreat."
Han Ying said, "Everything we have is here this time. Fifty-five thousand warriors, two thousand Harpies, and five thousand demons. We've built more than two hundred small defensive positions around the town's buildings.