At that moment, there was a flock of ferocious birds in the sky. Their bodies were covered in lightning, and they were charging towards them. However, before they could even get close, they were immediately obliterated by the sharp spikes and Numinous Treasure cannons outside the fortress!
These lightning birds couldn't dodge at all, and they died instantly. However, the shrill cries they let out before they died were enough to make one's heart tremble violently after hearing them.
However, at that moment, there were countless military soldiers bustling about in the fortress. They seemed to be used to it.
This … was one of the seven main fortresses that guarded the Federation. It was also known as the Seventh Gate!
There were seven main fortresses in the entire Federation. Furthermore, within the sphere of influence of each main fortress, there were hundreds of smaller fortresses that obeyed the command of the Federation!
The military was stationed in all the fortresses throughout the year, killing all the ferocious beasts that approached and defending against the occasional small-scale Beast Tide!
Every main fortress was guarded by a general who was in charge of defending the hundreds of fortresses within its sphere of influence.
At that moment, within the main fortress, General Zhou, who had appeared together with Zhou Lu during the Combat Pavilion Tournament, was standing on a tall tower. He had his hands behind his back as he looked into the distant Untamed Forest. After a long while, there was a hint of worry in his eyes.
General Zhou frowned as he muttered to himself, "The Federation predicted that the scale of this Beast Tide wouldn't be large … but why do I feel uneasy these days …?" After pondering for a while, he gave an order.
"Contact the four major Dao Colleges. This year, they will send more manpower to me than in previous years!"
As General Zhou's order was quickly transmitted to the four major Dao Colleges, requests from the other fortresses also converged in different degrees.
While the four major Dao Colleges were making their own preparations, Wang Baole had finished his mosquito test. In a good mood, Wang Baole swayed and hummed a little tune as he walked towards his cave abode. However, the moment he saw his cave abode from afar and walked towards it …
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a rope flew out. It didn't rush towards Wang Baole, but went straight for a Big Tree beside him. After it was tied up, it tightened fiercely!
"Who is it?!" Wang Baole's eyes glittered, and he took a step forward. He turned his head and waved his hand, causing nine mosquitoes to fly out. Gloves appeared on his palms, and he performed an incantation gesture with his left hand, causing strands of mist to swirl around him. He vigilantly looked in the direction the rope had come from.
However, after looking at it for a long time, Wang Baole couldn't help but feel suspicious. There didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary here. Puzzled, Wang Baole turned his head to look at the rope that tied the Big Tree. This was a very common item among the Dharma artifacts on Upper Academy Island. Wang Baole didn't recognize it at first, but after looking at it for a while, his eyes suddenly widened.
"Could it be?"
Wang Baole stepped forward to take a closer look at the rope. After sensing that there was his imprint on the rope, he narrowed his eyes.
"It really is it …" Wang Baole's face was filled with disbelief. This rope was the one he had refined a few months ago after he had modified the weapon sand. It had flown into the sky and disappeared the moment he threw it out!
Wang Baole had almost forgotten about it, but he didn't expect this rope to return on its own after a few months …
"This rope is indeed the biggest problem …" Wang Baole sighed and stepped forward to take the rope. He planned to go back and study it to see if there was any possibility of adjusting it.
Otherwise, this rope would really be useless. After all, when he threw it out against an enemy, it would fly into the sky and disappear. It would only land a few months later, and everything would be too late …
Wang Baole couldn't imagine where this rope had gone in the past few months …
Deep in thought, Wang Baole placed the rope in his storage space. When he returned to his cave abode, he immediately went to the smelting furnace room to study it. After a few hours, when Wang Baole walked out, he let out a long sigh. He was unable to solve the problem with this rope.
When he examined it, the Inscriptions inside the rope were all different. They were densely packed and looked like garbled code, making it impossible for him to analyze them.
At the moment, he could only put away this rope and leave it for the future when his attainments in Dharmic Armaments were higher.
"Forget about this rope. Now that I have the basic requirements to become an Armament Soldier, next … I need to familiarize myself with refining third-grade numinous treasures. On the other hand, I need to prepare the numinous treasures for my advancement test!" Wang Baole sat there and thought for a while. Then, he opened the Dharmic Armament manual and searched through it. Finally, his gaze landed on a third-grade numinous treasure called the Dragon's Tooth.
This treasure was considered top-notch among the third-grade, and it was extremely difficult to refine. Not only were the Inscriptions complicated, but the materials required were also extremely special. Other than some metals and stone forging materials, it also required a large number of beast teeth!
There was even an introduction in the Dharmic Armament manual. The more beast teeth fused into this treasure, the greater its power. Theoretically speaking, if one could slay a sea dragon, a ferocious beast that had only appeared since the Spirit Inception Era, from the unfathomable depths of the sea!
Then, the power of this treasure would be infinitely close to a fifth-grade treasure!
By the same logic, if one could find the teeth of a ferocious beast that was even stronger than a sea dragon, the power of this treasure would increase exponentially!
"This Dharma treasure looks like a spiked club." Wang Baole hesitated for a moment. He looked at the images of the completed numinous treasures in the Dharmic Armament manual and hesitated.
However, after looking at the other numinous treasures, Wang Baole ultimately felt that only by refining a Dragon's Tooth could he ensure a smooth advancement this time.
"Teeth are also sold in the Dharmic Armament Pavilion, but there aren't many types and quantities. Moreover, this Dragon's Tooth Numinous Treasure requires a main tooth … Which one should I choose as the main tooth?" Wang Baole thought for a moment, and the image of the Diamond Ape baring its teeth at him immediately appeared in his mind.
"That despicable monkey's teeth are very white and seem to be of good quality. If I can obtain its teeth as the main material, I reckon that it will increase the power of my numinous treasure by quite a bit."
Wang Baole was very tempted, but he also knew that this was too difficult. Putting aside whether he could obtain it, even if he did, he wouldn't dare to use it openly. This made him feel a little regretful, and he could only consider other teeth.
The good thing was that even though there were not many beast fangs in the Dharmic Armament Pavilion, many Upper Academy Island disciples contacted Wang Baole after he posted a request on the Spirit Intranet. Most of them were disciples of the Combat Pavilion, and they had quite a number of beast fangs. Wang Baole looked around and finally settled on the fangs of a ferocious beast called the Crippled Finger Wolf. He wanted to use them as the main fangs for refining the Numinous Treasure.
The Crippled Finger Wolf was a ferocious beast that lived in packs. When it matured, it had the strength of a second or third level Spiritual Breath. While it was extremely ferocious, its appearance was even more terrifying. Its entire body was covered with cartilaginous tentacles that looked like human fingers!
From afar, it was enough to make anyone who saw it for the first time shudder.
Its teeth were poisonous and extremely sharp. Wang Baole spent a lot of Spirit Stones to buy it and tested it. While he was shocked, he also felt that this tooth should be a good choice as the main tooth of his numinous treasure.
However, just as Wang Baole continued to buy other teeth, a piece of news spread like wildfire on Upper Academy Island!
"The Beast Tide is coming! It won't be long before our people go out to battle! "
"These damned ferocious beasts. Not only do they compete with us for Spirit Qi, but their speed of evolution is also much faster than ours. They invade every year!"
"So what? We won the battle of the ferocious beasts back then! After that, we successfully annihilated all the Beast Tides in the past few years! "
"Although there are deaths and injuries every year, the seniors who return are all extremely wealthy and are rewarded handsomely!"
The spread of this news shocked many of the new disciples. After all, when they were on Lower Academy Island, they were not able to truly come in contact with such news. Although they were ignorant, they did not understand much.
However, now that they had entered Upper Academy Island, they truly understood the structure of the world and the horror of the ferocious beasts. As the news spread, Wang Baole had also heard about it long ago. The news was also incessant on the Spirit Intranet.
Wang Baole also temporarily delayed his purchase of the beast teeth and focused on the Beast Tide this time. After flipping through the information and other posts, he confirmed what he knew previously. He understood that there were seven great generals in the Federation. These seven people had opened up new territories during the battle of the ferocious beasts. Step by step, they approached the primitive areas and finally built the seven main fortresses!
Surrounding each of the main fortresses were hundreds of smaller fortresses that guarded against and killed all the ferocious beasts that invaded. This was especially so during the Beast Tide every spring. It was the time when all the fortresses in the Federation went to war.
At the same time, while the four Dao Colleges enjoyed a superior status, they also shouldered responsibilities and obligations. Every year, they would send a large number of disciples from their respective Upper Academies to the seven main fortresses to take orders from the military. On the one hand, they would assist in killing the ferocious beasts, and on the other hand, they would train themselves.
The Combat Cultivators killed the enemy, the Core Cultivators saved people, and the Array Cultivators assisted in setting up Array Formations. The disciples of the other pavilions also had their own missions. As for the Weapon Cultivators, they were tasked with repairing various damaged Dharma treasures, especially the large-scale Numinous Treasures in the fortresses.
As for all the disciples who went to the fortresses, although their lives were in danger, when they returned, the Dao Colleges would give them commendations and rewards. They would even record it in their files so that when they went to work in the Federation in the future, it would also count as qualifications.
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