Stone City's foundation was not stable, and they occupied such a large amount of benefits. Once they were chased down from the second level, it would definitely cause a chain reaction.
Therefore, in the face of the beast tide, Stone City could not retreat. Moreover, the seven thousand Huben in front of them were the key to defending the second level.
Many people were watching.
The valley was long and narrow. The two sides could be used as natural walls, but the two entrances to the valley could not be sealed. Therefore, Zhou Chong used the two entrances as key points of defense to prevent the spirit beasts from rushing in from both sides and destroying the core of the stronghold.
Each stronghold had a core Ancestral Hall. This Ancestral Hall was similar to the Human Emperor's Palace. It worshipped the Human Emperors of the Human Race.
If the same race attacked the stronghold, the people in the stronghold only needed to surrender. However, if it was the foreign race and spirit beasts, it was completely different.
They had to destroy the Ancestral Hall to destroy the stronghold.
And the Ancestral Hall could communicate with the Human Emperor's Palace. It was also the bridge that connected Buzhou Mountain and the Human Race.
Once the Ancestral Hall was broken, it would be impossible to rebuild the stronghold in the same place.
The Ancestral Hall was the most important, so Zhou Chong put the Huben three tribes to defend it. The remaining four thousand people guarded the various points.
Even so, Zhou Chong was not at ease. This stronghold was very long and narrow. The place to defend was too big. Without a defensive formation, it would leak out everywhere.
If there was a defensive formation, Zhou Chong could gather the people and open the two entrances to the valley. Then, they could concentrate on defending the two ends of the stronghold.
While they were setting up the defensive spell formation, Ye Tianze finally managed to gain a thorough understanding of the Alliance-level defensive spell formation.
Setting up the formation was not a problem. The important thing was to combine the defensive formation with the Tree Spirit to form a killing formation with both attack and defense.
They not only had to resist the beast tide, but also the invasion of the foreign race. Although the beast tide was huge, it would retreat if they could not take it down for a long time.
But the foreign race was different. They were the biggest threat.
After some modifications, this Alliance-level defensive formation finally merged with the Tree Spirit and the stronghold's Ancestral Hall.
Ye Tianze walked all over the valley and set up one formation eye after another. As long as he activated his spiritual energy, he would be able to fully activate the formation in front of him.
This time, Ye Tianze gained a lot. He understood half of the Killing Formation under the Dragon Pool, but the Killing Formation that he merged with the Tree Spirit was not even one-tenth of the Killing Formation.
After setting up all the Formation Eyes, he went to the Ancestral Hall and checked out Zhou Chong's arrangement. He was generally very satisfied.
To be able to arrange Hu Ben in the best position without an array formation, it could be seen that Zhou Chong spent a lot of effort.
Seeing that Ye Tianze had arrived, Zhou Chong immediately reported the situation of the Beast Tide.
"Everything is clear. There are a total of 11,600 spirit beasts within a radius of three hundred and fifty li. None of them are weak. A few hundred of them have already approached the outskirts of the stronghold. They seem to be scouting the stronghold."
Zhou Chong said, "The spirit beasts on the ground are easy to deal with, but there are also spirit beasts on the ground and in the sky. If they bypass our defenses and directly attack the Ancestral Hall, we will have to send more people to deal with them."
"Have you found out who the leader of the spirit beasts is?" Ye Tianze asked.
Other than a few spirit beasts that lived in groups, most of the spirit beasts in Mount Buzhou were solitary spirit beasts. These solitary spirit beasts were very powerful and each had their own territory on the mountain. Unless they were powerful enough to crush others, they would not easily invade the territory of another spirit beast.
But the Beast Tide was different. A Beast Tide gathered all the spirit beasts together. This was a counterattack from Mount Buzhou, and also a counterattack from the human race against the spirit beasts' territory.
Even if the first Beast Tide was stopped, there would still be more in the future. But the spirit beasts were very smart. When they knew that they could not defeat the human race that invaded their territory, they would choose to retreat.
Therefore, there must be a powerful spirit beast leader that was more powerful than all the spirit beasts within a radius of three hundred and fifty li. Otherwise, it would be impossible to gather so many spirit beasts and start a Beast Tide.
Zhou Chong also wanted to know who the leader of the spirit beasts was. Logically speaking, the Beast Tide would win if they broke through the Ancestral Hall in the stronghold.
And the human race defending the stronghold only needed to kill the spirit beast leader that started the Beast Tide. Without a leader, the Beast Tide would collapse on its own.
But whether it was the human race or the foreign race, unless they were powerful enough, they would not choose to rush into the Beast Tide to kill the spirit beast leader.
Because the risk was too great. After all, this was Mount Buzhou, and it was on the mountain.
"I'm not sure yet. But based on the strength of the second floor, the leader is definitely not weak!" Zhou Chong said, "At least it's not something that we can defeat alone. Moreover, the leader of the Beast Tide would not attack the stronghold personally. It would only continuously send spirit beasts to attack."
"The defense of the Beast Tide is not very useful. If we don't kill the spirit beast leader, we have to kill half of the invading spirit beasts in order to have a chance to defeat the Beast Tide. Once the leader of the Beast Tide thinks that the stronghold can be broken through, the other half of the spirit beasts will not collapse."
Ye Tianze said, "It might even attract spirit beasts from further away to continue their attack. By then, even if we manage to defend the stronghold, we will suffer heavy losses."
"But according to the records of previous Beast Tides, there are very few records of people successfully killing the leader of the Beast Tide."
Zhuge Qi said, "Most importantly, the leader of the Beast Tide is very well-hidden. There are even some Beast Tides where we have never seen the leader of the Beast Tide appear from the beginning to the end."
"Leave the leader of the Beast Tide to me. You guys just focus on defending the stronghold."
Ye Tianze said, "In addition, I have already set up the defensive formation of the stronghold. Therefore, the defense can be concentrated at the entrance of the valley."
When everyone heard this, they looked at Ye Tianze in surprise. Zhuge Qi asked, "Sir, are you serious? But we clearly don't have a formation master. How did you set up the formation? Could it be that you secretly transferred a grandmaster-level formation master from the Southern Land? "
Formation masters were divided into beginner, intermediate, advanced, and grandmaster-level.
Only the Heavenly Academy and the Human Emperor Palace had the ability to set up the defensive formation of the Alliance's stronghold.
However, they knew that the Tiannan State in the Southern Land actually had grandmaster-level formation masters. However, they were from the Zhao family and were hired from the Imperial Dragon City's Imperial Palace.
There were only three of them in total. They were the treasures of the Tiannan State.
Ye Tianze said, "Recently, I took some time to practice the formation. I didn't expect that I would be able to set up the formation without a teacher. Just make do with it. It shouldn't be any weaker than a grandmaster-level formation master's defensive formation."
When everyone heard this, they were speechless.
What did he mean by taking some time to practice the formation and setting up the defensive formation of the Alliance's stronghold?
Ye Tianze didn't explain to them. His figure flashed and he left the stronghold. He wouldn't tell them that he had obtained the Star population's Formation Jade Slips. His starting point was higher than any formation master's.
While the stronghold was busy dealing with the Beast Tide, there were movements in the Demon Clan's territory and the Shura Clan's territory on both sides of the mountain.
Several powerhouses of the Shura Clan and the Demon Clan appeared at the intersection of the third and second layer of the Human Clan's territory.
The leader of the Demon Clan was a woman. If Ye Tianze was here, he would definitely recognize that this was the Yaksha Clan's Princess Chong Ming, who had escaped from Ye Tianze's clutches.
On the Shura Clan's side, there was a middle-aged man. He was a Heaven Realm powerhouse. His aura was thick and unfathomable.
When he saw Princess Chong Ming, this Shura man was obviously more powerful than her, but he still acted very respectfully.
"Greetings, Princess Chong Ming! I'm Luo Hou from the Shura Clan!" The Shura man called Luo Hou bowed.
"Luo Hou!" Princess Chong Ming returned the bow and said, "It's you. You're famous in the Shura Clan. Even on this mountain, you're one of the top."
Although Luo Hou looked ferocious, he had a pair of kind eyes. "Princess Chong Ming, you flatter me. That's just a compliment from outsiders. My strength is nothing on this mountain."
"Haha, as expected of Luo Hou. You're as humble as the rumors say."
Princess Chong Ming said, "Let's not waste time. Let's get down to business. According to the Demon Master's plan, after the Beast Tide, the experts from both our races will enter the human race's territory and cut off their escape route back to the first level."
"The Demon Master came to Mount Buzhou?" Luo Hou asked.
"That's right. The Demon Master and the Crown Prince have both come to Mount Buzhou. His Majesty wants the Crown Prince to train in Mount Buzhou."
Princess Chong Ming said, "At the same time, he wants to get rid of Ye Tianze to prevent future trouble!"
Luo Hou nodded. He looked at Princess Chong Ming and said, "Princess, you seem to hate Ye Tianze a lot."
"I hate him. This guy almost killed me. Do you think I don't hate him?" Princess Chong Ming said.
"Princess, you're so beautiful. Even the Shura Clan would fall in love with you. This human ant doesn't know how to cherish the fairer sex?"
Luo Hou asked curiously.
"Hmph, you don't know. This Ye Tianze has a heart of stone. Don't think of him as an ant. He's different from those ants of the Human Clan. He's very scary. He's so scary that even the Demon Master is afraid of him."
Princess Chong Ming said, "The Crown Prince has suffered at his hands before."
"Coincidentally, one of the Shura Clan's princesses also died at his hands. So, this time, if I don't kill him, I can't go back."
Luo Hou said.
"Oh, how many experts did you bring?" Princess Chong Ming asked.
"Three thousand Blood Warriors. They're all elites of the clan." Luo Hou said.
"Good. Let's see how Ye Tianze can escape from Mount Buzhou this time." Princess Chong Ming said.
"But we can't be sure that he'll come down the mountain. The spirit beasts may not be able to break into their stronghold." Luo Hou said.
"You don't know this. The Human Clan is divided into different factions. The Stone Castle is an independent faction. Moreover, the White Tiger of the Human Clan seems to want to suppress the Stone Castle. He didn't send any Formation Master to the new stronghold. Without the Alliance Level Formation, what's the difference between his seven thousand soldiers and a naked widow?"
Princess Chong Ming said, "This time, I have five thousand guards. They're all elites of the Yaksha Tribe. He can't escape even if he has wings. What's more … I heard that he killed the Heavenly Blade Elder's woman and daughter. If he runs down the mountain, the Heavenly Blade Elder will chop him up personally."
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