Listening to Black Shadow's agitated howls outside, Qian Ying immediately assigned tasks to Qian Wantong and Zhou Ke. "Hurry and bring over all the furniture in the houses. Add it to the fire and make it burn hotter. We can't leave any gaps for Black Shadow to break in."
"Yes!" the two answered, then immediately got moving.
They gathered all the furniture from the houses, chopped it into firewood with their weapons, and piled it onto the wooden flames. As the wood was added, the flames suddenly surged more than half a meter higher, and the entire room lit up.
The inside of the house was bright now, but everyone's expressions were extremely grim. They could only use the busy work to numb themselves and keep the howls outside from terrifying them.
Chen Mo and the other four, however, were doing much better than the other martial artists. The three women in particular looked calm as they sat beside Chen Mo, seizing the time to cultivate. Sharpening the spear only when battle was at hand might not make it fast, but at least it made it shine. Especially now, if they could raise their strength even a little, then when Black Shadow charged in, they would be able to help Chen Mo.
Even if they could not help, as long as they protected themselves, they would not drag Chen Mo down.
Inside the house, the flames burned high. Outside the house, even the Great Hall was packed with Black Shadow.
Black Shadow feared fire, so they could only crawl around outside the house, howling nonstop. Several times, they tried to ram through the flames, but the moment they got close, their bodies instantly caught fire.
They could only retreat into the darkness and heal the damage caused by the flames.