In the following period of time, SongZhong threw himself into the production with all his might. Under his urging, the construction of the city walls and the production of the Dragon Patterned Cannons progressed quickly.
Due to the pressure from the demonic beasts, the craftsmen worked with all their might, not daring to slack off. Song Zhong estimated that in a month's time, the city walls would be more than three hundred meters tall, and he would have a hundred thousand Dragon Cannons. At that time, if the Demon Race attacked, he would place the newly produced Dragon Cannons on top of the city wall and fight them to the death.
In this tense period, Song Zhong didn't dare to be careless. He ordered to send out scouts to patrol the sea surface intensively every day. They were constantly monitoring the sea within a hundred thousand miles, afraid that they would be ambushed again.
If Chen Tangguan was attacked by the Demon Clan within a month, which was when he didn't play Elementary Defense, then Song Zhong's Chen Tangguan would be doomed. Therefore, this month was the most critical.
Fortunately, according to the information obtained from the old man here, the demon race's troops weren't easy to come by. In the previous attack, the enemy had also suffered heavy losses. Even if they wanted to retaliate, they would have to mobilize allies from other seas. In that case, it would take at least one or two months.
Of course, if the other party intended to retaliate and made sufficient preparations, then their scale and strength would be greatly increased. Therefore, the situation that Song Zhong was facing was that he would either not encounter a battle, or if he did, it would definitely be an extremely tragic battle.
It was precisely because of this that Song Zhong, a wounded man, did not properly recuperate. Instead, he stayed outside all day, carefully calculating various countermeasures to deal with the enemy.
Just when SongZhong was scheming to defend against the demonic beasts. However, Fire Star Master of Zhu Rong Heaven received an extremely weird report from one of his subordinates.
"Reporting to milord, I have already investigated thoroughly. In our Zhu Rong Heavens, not a single True Monarch sold SongZhong Iron Essence!" The subordinate said with a serious face, "Not only that, I've also strictly checked all the markets, and I didn't see anyone buying Iron Essence on a large scale."
"What?" Hearing this, the Fire Lord was surprised. "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"
"I can't be wrong!" The subordinate said with a bitter face, "Zhu Rong Tian's production is limited. I've investigated and compared the products one by one, and found that in the recent months, our production has all increased, but the increase has all been in weapons and armors. Those things are all in the warehouse, I can't be wrong! They might be able to hide some of their production, but the Great Iron Essence that built the Great Wall, even gods can't hide it! "
"That's strange, where did Song Zhong get the Iron Essence?" Fire Star Master abruptly said, "Ah, right, could it be that Zhu Rong Tian spirit creatures sold them to him?"
"I've thought of this long ago. That's why I've also investigated the demon army in private. It seems that they didn't sell Iron Essence to Song Zhong! "The subordinate said helplessly.
"Maybe they did it secretly, and you obviously don't have the ability to find out the internal information of the demon army!" Fire Star Master frowned.
Hearing this, the subordinate immediately smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, maybe I can't get the information of the demon army, but even if it's just speculation, we can still know that they didn't do it! Such a large amount of Iron Essence, it'll take a lot of effort for us to produce it with a ten-thousand-feet-tall blast furnace, and it'll take even more effort for the demon army to make it with the primitive method. Why would they spend so much effort to smuggle Iron Essence? They could make tens or even hundreds of times more money than this low-grade material. Unless the higher-ups of the demon army are crazy, they wouldn't do such a stupid thing, right? "
"Ah, this …" Fire Star Master frowned and said, "That's true! With their vision, they shouldn't be interested in such a low-grade material. But if it weren't for them, where did Song Zhong get the Iron Essence from? It can't be that he conjured it up himself, right? "
"Sir, do you think it could be produced by Song Zhong's East Emperor Realm? I heard that the few True Monarchs who are close to Song Zhong were able to buy enough high-grade materials from him to complete the missions of the Heavenly Court. As such, they earned quite a bit of contribution points! "The subordinate said.
"I heard about this too, but the problem is, you know Song Zhong's East Emperor Realm, there's rubbish everywhere. Even if there's a mine, it needs manpower to excavate. At the very most, SongZhong only has a few million Flower Demons under him. Not only would he have to build his nest, he would also have to dig for high-grade materials. How would he be able to find the time to dig for the Great Wall of Iron? "
"Well, maybe he has other ways!" The subordinate said reservedly, "Well, how about this, I'll go to the East Emperor Realm in private to investigate, as long as I don't expose myself!"
When the Fire Lord heard this, he immediately said, "No, trespassing into other people's territory is a serious crime. If you are discovered, even I can't save you!"
"But …" The subordinate officer frowned and said, "If we don't investigate the origin of Song Zhong's Mother Iron, I'm afraid there will be a lot of gossip and gossip. Others will say that you are biased! "
"I know!" The Fire Lord frowned and said, "How about this? I will send you to the Eastern Imperial Realm to discuss the purchase of those high-grade materials. When you're negotiating, be more careful and take the opportunity to find out what's going on. Understood? "
"Yes, understood!" The subordinate hurriedly replied.
"It's good that you understand. Go and return quickly!" The Fire Lord of the South urged.
"Yes, your subordinate will take his leave!" The subordinate replied, then bowed and left.
Just as the Fire Lord of the South was secretly investigating Song Zhong, Song Zhong had also spent a month in torment. In the end, the Demon Clan troops did not attack Song Zhong when he was at his weakest. This made Song Zhong feel more or less relieved.
With this one-month buffer, the ten-thousand-mile city defense had begun to take shape. The highest point was more than 150 feet, and the lowest was 120 feet. Although it was still far from Song Zhong's requirements, it already had a certain level of defense.
Therefore, Song Zhong ordered a temporary stop to the pouring. Instead, he began to carve defensive formations and various Inhibition Formations. Without these things, the city defense would be completely useless under the attack of the Demon Clan. But once the defense was in place, it would become an iron bastion, and the invading Demon Clan would be badly battered.
Carving formations was actually a more troublesome job, but fortunately, Song Zhong had a lot of people. Millions of cultivators worked together, day and night, taking turns to work fiercely. The speed was faster. In just six or seven days, the Inhibition Formations on the outer layer were almost finished.
This also used up a huge amount of Song Zhong's inventory. Not only were almost all the relevant materials in Chen Tangguan used up, but the materials in Song Zhong's own Life Space were also mostly used up.
Fortunately, after the preliminary protection, they could generally resist the attack of the Demon Clan, so Song Zhong was not in a hurry to get those high-level materials. He just let them continue to build the city wall. When the city wall was built, the materials in Song Zhong's Life Space would almost be broken down into a new batch.
However, Song Zhong's good mood did not last long. It was broken by the scouts in front. The Demon Clan of the Four Seas would not be easily taken advantage of. After such a long time of preparation, their revenge operation was finally launched!
The first unlucky ones were the scouts that SongZhong sent out. Of the thousands of scouts, less than half of them returned alive. The news that they brought back also cast a shadow over the entire Chen Tang Pass.
Judging from the banners, there were a total of seven Great Demons in the Demon Clan army that came to invade the border this time! That was to say, seven demons at the level of Golden Immortals came to avenge their two dead companions.
The subordinates of these seven Great Demons rushed over along the sea, thousands of miles horizontally. No one knew how far they were vertically. In short, they were mighty, boundless, and innumerable. The most preliminary estimate was that the number of soldiers was more than 30 million!
Such an abnormal army, even if Chen Tangguan was at its peak, it would not be able to defeat it! Not to mention now, the commander Song Zhong and the deputy commander Tian Xue Jian could not fight because of their injuries. At the very most, the only person who could be comparable to the Great Demons was Huang Jixiang.
The city defense of Chen Tangguan was not outstanding. Although after it was built, the city walls of thousands of feet and countless Dragon Cannons could form an invincible fortress. But now, the city walls were only a hundred feet high. In addition to the hastily carved defensive array, it was far from being invincible!
After receiving the news, Song Zhong immediately called for a meeting. Huang Jixiang, Feng Xi, and more than a hundred Golden Immortals came to the meeting.
When everyone heard that they were facing such a situation, everyone, including Huang Jixiang, could not help but be shocked. They were so scared that their faces turned pale.
Huang Jixiang said with a bitter face, "Boss, the enemy is too strong. We can't hold on any longer! Let's retreat quickly? "
"You want me to run away?" Song Zhong looked at Huang Jixiang indifferently.
"It's not running away, it's a strategic shift!" Huang Jixiang hurriedly said, "Let's retreat to the big city at the back and continue to stop them. It's the same! "
"It's not the same!" This time, the person who spoke was Feng Xi. He said with a bitter face, "If we retreat, Chen Tangguan will be finished. This place is a strategic location. There are more than ten dragon veins supporting it. The immortal qi is extremely rich. It's also because of this that we have to occupy this place. And if it falls into the hands of the Demon Race, it will be harder than ascending to the heavens to take it back! "
"But if we don't retreat, we will die!" Huang Jixiang said angrily.
"If we retreat, we will also die!" Feng Xi said with a bitter face, "The Heavenly Court's laws are not to be trifled with. Those who flee before the battle, there is only one outcome. Kill without mercy!" (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please go to www.qidian.com, there are more chapters. Support the author, support the original reading!)
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