The Steel Fort was not really made of steel, but was praised by the people of the Federation as a strong fortress comparable to steel, and over time, it naturally replaced its original name.

From a distance, it feels huge, but up close, it looks even more majestic.

This is not the imaginary castle, there is no surrounding moat and iron-locked suspension bridge, the main building is just a stubborn, hard, heavy, silent lump of reinforced concrete, like a giant standing there expressionlessly, the moss between the cracks in the wall mixed with a faint blood and black mud, just a glance, there is a sadness and heroism.

The high walls that extend from the sides of this giant, like the wings that grow from its ribs, are so long that there is no end in sight, there is no ornate decoration and a variety of functions, the only characteristic is that it is thick and heavy, and if you stand on the base of the high wall and look up, you will give the illusion of reaching the sky.

Behind the walls are six equally tall and vast watchtowers, and the Federation's state-of-the-art mechanical technology ensures that it will never take more than thirty seconds to reach any of the top 30 floors from the ground, ensuring that the efficiency that the military believes in is optimally executed.

The three wide concrete steel gates that enter and exit the main city every day have been tightly closed, and although the huge iron spikes on the doors have been slightly round and blunt, they are still chilling at a glance.

This is the great fortification that the Confederation has invested in the construction of a major fortification that has been built over many years on the basis of a single need, and stands on the westernmost edge of the national border.

Its construction has completely ended the beast plague that has plagued the West for nearly a hundred years, and the infestation of desert bandits, which can be said to have made a contribution for a hundred years.

Yang Ji saw that the distance from the Steel Fortress was getting closer and closer, and he would soon enter the attack range.

There are dense iron spikes and small steel balls mixed together on the ground under the city wall, the only flat area, you don't need to use your brain to guess that there are all kinds of dangerous mines in ambush, there are dozens of cannon barrels on the city wall, and on the lookout tower farther away, a young man in military uniform exudes a huge oppression, he is above the middle realm, and even stronger qi refiner.

At the moment of life and death, the flow of time slowed down in his perception, the world seemed to be a little different, his eyes became as sharp as a bird, the dead branches a few kilometers away, the remnants of the leaves that were falling, the city wall that was a hundred meters high, the soldiers on the city wall were blown by the wind, and the shape of each person's mouth seemed to be reflected in a mirror in all directions.

He naturally didn't know why, but he felt that a new change was taking place in his body, and the vitality in the sea of qi was surging, resurrecting, a wonderful feeling that he had never experienced before.

Following his feelings, he barely thought about it, and subconsciously suddenly paused, turned around, buried his head, like a resolute hedgehog, and knelt on the ground very neatly.

Yu Wen Zhu and Admiral Luo Lin, who were closely watching his every move, were stunned when they saw this, and they didn't know what the enemy's intentions were for suddenly making such an astonishing move.

The sand and dust that covered the sky and the sun soon submerged this small figure, and the sky was also cast a large shadow, and the soldiers looked at the beasts with a solemn face and no end in sight.

The sound of the sand beasts rushing on the ground was like a war drum beating the earth, like thousands of troops and horses charging at the same time, noisy and grandiose, and invincible.

Yang Ji half-knelt on the ground, his ten fingers buckled into the ground, the phantom of the crown of thorns descended on the top of his head, and the true qi in his body also burst out violently, forming a layer of flexible energy spikes around his body, and he was like a silent and stubborn reef, splitting the sand beasts that came like a tide.

"Boom, boom!"

Dense explosions exploded one after another on the ground, and in the firelight of the sky, a carpet of flesh and blood was instantly laid under the fortress, and an endless stream of sand beasts rushed through the sea of fire and entered a deceleration zone composed of steel thorns all over the ground, tearing off countless flesh and blood even belts, and the wounded sand beasts wailed, roared, and then were trampled beyond recognition by their companions and became a part of the earth.

The beast tide is extremely ferocious, and the two-kilometer minefield and speed bumps pass in an instant, and the majestic city wall is horizontally in front of you, becoming the last insurmountable mound.

A terrifying "rustle" sound came into the ears, the sound of the rapid rubbing of the limbs and the gravel, and a large number of giant scorpions, about half a human tall, were carrying their venom-covered tails, climbing up the city wall, they had a yellow-brown hard carapace, and their powerful double chelas were inserted in the cracks of the city wall, which could easily stabilize their bodies.

Among the giant scorpions, there are also some slightly smaller, inconspicuous desert burrowing tarantulas, jumping and crawling at a very fast speed, climbing the wall faster than the scorpions, they are extremely poisonous, highly concealed, and more dangerous than the giant scorpions.

"Use oil!"

The officers defending the city shouted, and the soldiers moved out of the vats from behind them, and a large amount of black and slippery liquid poured down the high wall, hanging out a wide black waterfall, and the matches fell on it in a graceful arc, only to hear the loud sound of "bang!", which was instantly burst into a magnificent fire waterfall, and countless scorpions and spiders turned into charcoal in the fire waterfall, crackling and falling, piling up more than ten meters high charred corpses.

Blocked by the fire, the remaining giant scorpions and spiders had to disperse, and the pressure of the soldiers guarding the city wall was greatly reduced, and some of the fish that slipped through the net were quickly cleared.

Some soldiers were choked by the yellow sand in the air, their eyes were difficult to open, and those who reacted quickly had already put on masks and goggles, and observed the large number of sand beasts in the dust with difficulty.

"Attention all mortar crews, fire is indiscriminately covered!"

As soon as the officer defending the city gave an order, the dull sound of banging cannons rang out like firecrackers, and the land within half a kilometer turned into a flaming purgatory, and the beast tide seemed to be forced to temporarily unable to advance an inch by such dense firepower.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as they were rejoicing, they suddenly heard another dull thud, not from the shelling, but with the tremor of the earth's breathing, and even everyone standing on the wall could clearly feel the slight shaking under their feet.

"What kind of monster is this?!"

Looking intently, I saw a giant beast that looked like a hippopotamus, but was several times larger than a hippopotamus, emerged from the yellow sand, it had a pair of huge fangs, leopard ears, and tail like a lion, and was walking towards the city gate step by step.

This is a sand beast that has never been seen or even heard of.

Countless hilichurls followed it towards the gates, with their earthy brown striped fur like yellow sand, and their long pointed front teeth, about the size of mice.

These weak sand beasts are not enough to kill in normal times, even in the desert they are only at the bottom of the food chain, but they have a survival skill, and they are very deadly at the moment.

There is a folk proverb that ridicules the clouds: dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the sons of hillocks and beasts will make holes.

If you make a hole, you may damage the foundation.