Just as Jiang Feng was improving the armor for the beasts and the people, in a distant place...
A massive city stood atop a lofty mountain. Its straight walls followed the mountain's contours, like cliffs piercing the clouds, rising sheer and vertical.
Three sides were steep precipices, while the front was guarded by a three-hundred-meter-high wall. Though the ground before it was flat, it was still a slope.
This truly was a strategic stronghold, easy to defend and hard to assault!
At this moment, a lone cavalryman rode up the slope, raising a tattered flag in his hand from far away.
Above the high wall, the guards infused divine power into their eyes and vaguely made out the character "Qiang" on the flag.
"It's one of Fergus's Imperial Guards."
"Let him in."
No one stopped him. The cavalryman rode straight through the open gates.
The view followed the cavalryman into the city.
Though the buildings within were not exactly resplendent and magnificent, tall structures stood in great numbers, laid out in orderly fashion.
The closer one got to the city center, the taller the buildings became.
A glorious castle plated in red gold stood at the heart of the city, proclaiming its status as the core of power.
Holding his flag aloft, the cavalryman traveled unimpeded all the way into the castle...
Above the great hall stood a formidable man clad in black robes, his long hair draped over his shoulders, authority emanating from him naturally.
He was Qiang Changfeng, the man standing at the pinnacle of this center of power!
At this moment, after hearing the report from the cavalryman who had fled back below, his expression remained as steady as stone.
But the court officials beneath the hall were all seized by panic.
"What?"
"Fergus's entire army was