Chapter 256 Division of Hongzhou's Defense Line

The so-called natural moat is the natural dividing line between states, like an uncrossable chasm that separates the states.

The natural moat between Hongzhou and Qingzhou has sunk a few dozen meters, like a bottomless and boundless canyon.

At first glance, there is only a desolate area with a faint gray death aura lingering in it. The deeper you go, the thicker the death aura becomes, making it difficult to see the scene in the depths.

This place forms a sharp contrast with the mainland of Hongzhou, as if it is the junction of two worlds.

These death auras are not ordinary auras, but contain deadly dangers.

Once a mortal is contaminated with these death auras, he will die immediately. Therefore, mortals will never get close to the natural moat and are full of awe for this area.

Even if a cultivator wants to step into the natural moat, he must always use his own magic power to expel the death aura that invades the body.

Otherwise, once the death aura erodes the body, the cultivator will also be in trouble.

Near the natural moat, it can be clearly seen that the cultivators of Hongzhou are constantly patrolling.

They all have uniform purple armbands hanging on their arms, with the words "demon annihilation" written prominently on them.

The Hongzhou Demon Elimination Alliance is the name of the united front organization of Hongzhou against the demons.

They patrol near this section of the natural moat with the shortest distance between Hongzhou and Qingzhou to prevent all demons from invading Hongzhou.

Several people got off the boat-shaped magic weapon, and Gongzi Fusheng walked towards several patrolling cultivators.

"Daoyou, I am Gongzi Fusheng, and I am here with several companions for the first time to come to the front line. Where should I report?"

The patrolling cultivators are all cultivators at the peak of the ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage, and they originally did not think much of Gongzi Fusheng.

After hearing Gongzi Fusheng's surname, their expressions immediately changed.

"So you are a cultivator from the Young Master's family. The children of the Young Master's family are indeed very righteous."

"For your first report, you need to go to the headquarters of the Demon-Slaying Alliance. It is more than 300 miles south along the natural moat." The patrolling cultivator said.

"Thank you for the information." Young Master Fusheng thanked him.

"You are welcome. Everything is to fight against the demons and protect our homeland."

"I will go on patrol first." The patrolling cultivator left.

Young Master Fusheng turned around and summoned the boat-shaped magic weapon again: "It seems that we have to continue flying for a while."

Returning to the boat-shaped magic weapon, Young Master Fusheng said: "I heard that the total length of this section of the natural moat defense line is about a thousand miles, which is the shortest area of ​​the Hongqing natural moat."

"I only know the approximate location of this area. I didn't find out the location of the Demon-Slaying Alliance headquarters in advance. Sorry."

The tall cultivator said: "It's okay, but I heard that in the Demon-Slaying Alliance, the Qi Refining cultivators will be in a team of ten. At that time, the five of us will definitely be in a team."

Young Master Fusheng nodded: "Of course, I will ask the higher-ups. With the tacit understanding between us, if we break up and regroup, it will be a complete waste of combat power."

As he spoke, a few hours later, the headquarters of the Demon-Slaying Alliance arrived.

This is a giant tower built about half a year ago.

As the name suggests, this tower reaches the sky, and the specific height cannot be seen clearly.

It is said that the top of the tower can have a panoramic view of the thousand-mile defense line, and there are also magic tools such as long-distance observation and sensing to prevent any possibility of demons sneaking in.

Cao Rui is now a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage, so it is naturally impossible for him to go to the top of the tower.

In front of the base of the tower, there are cultivators who are responsible for registering to participate in the Demon-Slaying Alliance.

There are different windows for different cultivation realms.

In Hongzhou, the influence of the Demon-Slaying Alliance is getting bigger and bigger, and there are endless cultivators who come to participate in the Demon-Slaying War every day.

Cao Rui and the other five people asked Gongzi Fusheng to register on their behalf.

According to the regulations, they should be dispersed and assigned to different teams, but because of Gongzi Fusheng's special surname, they were "lucky" to be assigned to the same team under Gongzi Fusheng's special management.

Each Qi Refining team consists of ten members, and they can move freely in the area they are responsible for.

As long as they can successfully kill the demons and demonized monks and cut off their heads, they can take them to the Tongtian Tower in exchange for various rewards, including elixirs, spirit stones, and magic tools.

Such generous rewards undoubtedly attracted many monks to join the Demon-Slaying Alliance.

After completing the registration, Cao Rui and others were assigned to a team of ten.

Four of the new members in this team are independent cultivators, and one is from a small sect.

Although the team did not formally appoint a captain, relying on Gongzi Fusheng's sociable personality and his unique surname background, he quickly won the recognition of other team members and became the default leader of this team.

After the ten people received the armbands, they went to the area they were responsible for together and reported to the foundation-building monks there.

Today, Hongzhou's natural moat defense line can be generally divided into three parts: "front hunting area", "central confrontation area" and "rear leak detection area".

The front hunting area is located deep in the natural moat, and only monks above the Jindan level can enter.

The task here is to actively hunt down the advancing demon monks.

The central confrontation area is where most of the demon army appears. Due to their large numbers, they cannot hunt in the hunting area and can only rely on large forces for group battles.

This area is the core of the Demon-Slaying Alliance, where a large number of foundation-building, golden elixir and Nascent Soul cultivators are concentrated. They are an important force in resisting the invasion of the demons.

The last area is the rear leak detection area, which is where Cao Rui and others are.

This area is divided into levels. The top level is led by a Yuanying cultivator, with ten Jindan cultivators below him, and a hundred foundation-building cultivators below him.

Cao Rui's ten-man team belongs to the sphere of influence led by a foundation-building cultivator. There are at least five such ten-man teams in the area under the responsibility of each foundation-building cultivator.

This place is located at the outermost edge of the natural moat. The concentration of dead air here is still within the tolerable range for Qi-refining cultivators.

Normally, magic tools can be used to resist the invasion of dead air.

Occasionally, if there is a slight invasion of dead air, it only takes one ten-day leave of the natural moat to safely expel the slight dead air in the body.

And their main purpose of coming here is naturally to eliminate the demons who have passed through the first two areas.

Most of these demons are not strong.

The battle on the front line was fierce, and a large number of low-level demonized humans and demonized monks poured in, leaving them no time to take care of the rear, so they left these demons to the many Qi Refining monks in the rear to deal with.

Usually, demons of the demon spirit level and above were killed early in the first two areas.

The front line knows the comprehensive strength of this area, and powerful demons are rarely put into the rear leak detection area, so this place is relatively safe.

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