(The time was set incorrectly. I had a lot of errands to run and no time to use my desktop; I'm not used to doing this on my phone. Sorry.)
A wing commanded five hundred troops. Among the Birch Flame Clan, that already made its commander a figure of considerable power.
Lu Xiaotian spent some time quietly staying on the territory of the Birch Flame Clan and the lion-headed, centipede-bodied monsters. There was indeed considerable friction between the two races. Far in the distance stood a majestic city, dragon-shaped shadows weaving across its heights from time to time, forming one dragon seal after another that drifted through the air before vanishing into the void.
"Perhaps this is the Earth Vault City Chu Zhaoyang mentioned." Lu Xiaotian gazed into the distance, but could make out only one corner of the enormous city.
During his time outside the city, Lu Xiaotian had gained a rough understanding of the formation concealed beneath it. A powerful being beneath the formation was tirelessly cultivating day and night; the dragon seals in the void were the result of his deductions as he practiced his techniques.
By now, Lu Xiaotian commanded nearly six hundred Birch Flames. Perhaps Sui Pojun and Tu Ling, the enormous lion-headed, dragon-bodied beast, had reached some sort of understanding between them. Both sides kept sending out troops to battle the Jade Profound Immortal Army and Cloud Sand Terracotta Warriors on the other side of the rift. Thanks to the merits Lu Xiaotian had earned over several engagements, his Birch Flame forces had grown by another wing, bringing their number to more than a thousand. However, they had lost over a hundred in several major battles, and another three or four hundred were wounded. Lu Xiaotian had already been gradually reassigned to the enormous