Chapter 171

After eliminating all the avian Demonic Beasts, Prince of Shicheng Hua Tianxiong swiftly adjusted the defense deployment for New Tieshi City against the Beast Tide. The defense focused on the four major thoroughfares extending to the east, west, north, and south. Hua Tianxiong personally took charge of the eastern thoroughfare, while General Xiao Feng was assigned to the north, General Zhuge Zhan to the south, and City Lord Wang Yuan to the west. The more than ten thousand soldiers of the Bohai Legion were divided into four groups. Xiao Feng, Zhuge Zhan, and Wang Yuan each led a contingent, while a final contingent remained stationed on the newly constructed walls. Since the flying Demonic Beasts had been largely eliminated, the soldiers on the walls served as a reserve rotation force, switching daily with the soldiers on the three main thoroughfares to allow the wounded to recover and others to focus on improving their cultivation. The one thousand Iron Stone Guards under Prince of Shicheng Hua Tianxiong did not participate in this rotation. He chose to defend the eastern thoroughfare primarily because it was closest to the Tieshi Mountains and served as the point where the Beast Tide’s attacks were most intense. After declining the well-intentioned offers from Xiao Feng, Zhuge Zhan, and Wang Yuan to take his place, Hua Tianxiong led the Iron Stone Guards to the eastern thoroughfare. He ordered all other Bohai Legion soldiers stationed there to retreat to the walls for res…