For the next five days, no one in Northern Garrison Pass slept.
Zhou Tieshan divided the soldiers into three shifts: one repaired the walls, one drove in Spirit-Locking Nails, and one patrolled.
The three shifts rotated; the men rested, but the work never stopped. The western wall was raised from one zhang to two, and thickened from two chi to three.
Five hundred Spirit-Locking Nails were driven in, all along the outside of the western wall, arranged in five rows of a hundred each, like rows upon rows of silver-white teeth.
Lu Chen went out hunting every day. He swept through the Demon Beasts within a hundred li to the north, east, and south.
In five days, he killed seven: three at the early Longevity Realm and four at the peak of the Supernatural Power Realm.
[Kill Record: Grayrock Ghoul ×2 (early Longevity Realm), Black-Scaled Iron Bull Beast ×1 (early Longevity Realm), Earthdragon Lizard ×1 (early Longevity Realm), Poison Marsh Python ×1 (peak Supernatural Power Realm), Stone-Armored Turtle ×1 (peak Supernatural Power Realm), Ghostface Spider ×1 (peak Supernatural Power Realm). Total lifespan plundered: 570 years. Current lifespan balance: 1088 years.]
On the morning of the sixth day, Lu Chen stood atop the western wall, looking toward the western sky. The deathly aura was already very close. Black mist could be seen churning on the horizon like a tsunami.
"Zhou Tieshan, do we have enough supplies?"
"We have enough Fire Oil to burn for five days, enough arrows to shoot for three, and enough food for a month."
"Not enough Fire Oil. Keep boiling it down. Turn everything that can burn into oil."
"Yes."
Zhou Tieshan ran off. As Lu Chen descended from the wall and passed the training grounds, he saw Tuoba Shan practicing with his blade. His