Just then, Tang Changsheng returned to Hongdong Stockade and drove away a large band of wizards. Word spread, and the news immediately stirred up a storm on every side.
The Tribal Stockades throughout the Black Rock Mountains soon heard. Many that had harbored doubts sent people to offer their congratulations.
Quite a few smaller Tribal Stockades even wanted to join Hongdong Stockade...
In these storm-tossed times, only a behemoth like Hongdong Stockade still had the strength to resist King Pan's army!
Too many outsiders had come to Hongdong Stockade before, making it seem less than authentic. The other Tribal Stockades had been deeply wary. But with Tang Changsheng's return, they put their doubts aside and came to pledge allegiance.
So after the Dushi Divine Hall withdrew its forces, Hongdong Stockade's strength faltered briefly, then swiftly grew again.
Through outright mergers, alliances, and other means, every Tribal Stockade in the Black Rock Mountains now acknowledged Hongdong Stockade as its leader.
Eight days earlier, at an assembly of all the stockades, they had jointly bestowed the title of Witch King upon Tang Changsheng.
He was the first person in the Black Rock Mountains to be honored as Witch King since the age of myth.
Meanwhile, aid from You Mengde and the others was secretly pouring in without cease.
Tang Changsheng was beginning to understand just how much strength and how many hidden cards an elite disciple of an Immortal Sect had at his command when he was qualified to contend for a position.
In a very short time, twenty thousand Magical Weapons had arrived. They might not have been as formidable as Heavenly Soldiers, but every one of them matched the soldiers of Tang Changsheng's former Foot Soldier Corps.
With just ten men from the Foot Soldier Corps, Tang Changsheng had nearly