Zhenggu County in Wuzhou Prefecture was full of mountains and forests; two-thirds of the county's land was mountainous woodland.
Before its fall, Zhenggu County had been known throughout Great Zhou's Wuzhou Prefecture as a barren and perilous land.
Not only were the mountain roads treacherous, but the forests teemed with ferocious birds and Monster Beasts—a place of harsh mountains and wicked waters.
Yet Zhenggu County, which Great Zhou regarded as a land of harsh mountains and wicked waters, was a prized morsel within the Tiger Clan.
The Black Tiger Clan had secured Zhenggu County only through the merit of being first to the field and the Black Tiger King's customary tyranny.
What Great Zhou officials saw as a desolate wasteland was incomparably suited to the Tiger Clan's breeding, settlement, and cultivation.
The Black Tiger King's temporary palace was located atop the highest peak of a great mountain in Zhenggu County. This was a Tiger Clan custom.
Because the Devil Race had deployed a Creation Realm Divine King, all factions had drastically reined in their actions, and the Demon Race was no exception.
The Tiger Demon Tribe among the Demon Race had restrained itself even more severely.
The other insect demons and bird demons continued attacking cities, sacking territories, and seizing Great Zhou's lands.
Yet after the Tiger Demon Tribe had occupied most of Wuzhou Prefecture, it had voluntarily remained on its small patch of mountainous, forested territory, maintaining a protracted standoff with Miao Gui to this day.
It had to be said that this move by the Tiger Clan was truly clever. As expected of a demon race backed by the Fox Clan's corps of strategists.
The reason for saying so was that Luoyi treated the invading demon forces differently.
The newly trained recruits of Great Zhou, the elite forces