Although Arid Dragon City was not the most impregnable city in Mountain Prefecture, it was the wealthiest city among the three prefectures.
Arid Dragon City's three great merchant associations had an extremely profound foundation. It was no exaggeration to say that nearly one in every ten of Mountain Prefecture's pills, Divine Weapons, elixirs, and Mystic Arts and Dao Arts came from Arid Dragon City. The three great merchant associations kept a large number of alchemists, artifact refiners, and Formation Daoists in their employ, continuously bringing in wealth forged through heavenly tribulations for the three associations.
Arid Dragon City's City Protection Formation was also one of the finest in Mountain Prefecture. It was called the "Arid Heaven Dragon Protection Formation." This formation came from the Eternal Devil Sect. After Arid Dragon City's three great merchant associations purchased it, generations of Formation Daoists devoted themselves to studying it and constantly increasing its power. The Arid Heaven Dragon Protection Formation of today could already be called one of the foremost City Protection Formations in Mountain Prefecture. Even compared to Alarming Sun City's "Nine Suns Spirit Gathering Formation" and the Azure Thunder Sect's "Myriad Thunderbolts Formation," it was not inferior in the slightest.
If the three great merchant associations were unwilling to fight the Demon Race head-on, then relying on the Arid Heaven Dragon Protection Formation, along with the wealth they had accumulated over the years and the countless elixirs within the city, they would be able to hold out for ten years.
But clearly, the Demon Race knew that Arid Dragon City's foundation was extraordinarily deep. They also understood that if the Demon Race attacked the city, Arid Dragon City would certainly refuse to fight them head-on. Thus, the Demon Race devised a scheme: first send experts into the city to assassinate the