Chapter 523 - 100 Years Later

Its offensive capabilities, like those of a Wizard Tower, were divided into two categories: ultra-long-range strike systems and dispatched legions.

The former mainly consisted of Spell Towers and Magic Energy Crystal Pulse Cannons.

However, compared to a Wizard Tower, it had several additional types of high-level systems specifically designed to counter powerful enemies.

For example, the Astral Superconducting Magic Energy Crystal Pulse Cannon was a hundred, or even a thousand, times more powerful than an ordinary Magic Energy Crystal Pulse Cannon.

A single blast was enough to annihilate a Seventh-level Wizard.

Even an Eighth-level Wizard wouldn’t dare to face a direct hit from the Astral Superconducting Magic Energy Crystal Pulse Cannon.

However, this immense power came with astonishing energy consumption.

Even an Elemental Melting Furnace could only support a little over ten shots before its energy was completely depleted.

In addition, there was a combat system known as the Eternal Blazing Sun.

If the Astral Superconducting Magic Energy Crystal Pulse Cannon could still be considered a conventional weapon, then the Eternal Blazing Sun was the Floating City’s last resort.

Using the Eternal Blazing Sun required detonating the Elemental Melting Furnace. Afterward, the Floating City would lose most of its power, leaving it virtually defenseless.

Therefore, this measure would not be used except as a last-ditch effort.

The power of the Eternal Blazing Sun was incredibly formidable. There were even records of it killing an Eighth-level Wizard.

As for the dispatched legions, the main force was still composed of various golems.

The only difference was the addition of legendary constructs for high-level combat power.

Pei Ze’s expression grew thoughtful.

‘In the future, my Floating City’s Golem Legion will definitely be centered around Thunder God Golems.’

‘Sky-Ringing Golems are time-consuming and laborious to create, so they can’t be mass-produced. At best, they can only serve as an elite force.’

‘As for the legendary constructs, I’ll create Arcane Guards or Magic Armor.’

‘These sixth-level golems have high production costs and complex manufacturing processes, so they can only be used as a top-tier combat unit.’

Besides energy supply, spatial planning, and combat systems, the Tower Spirit was also of utmost importance.

Managing a Floating City was a complex task. To serve as its administrator, the core intelligence would need to be at least a Tower Spirit construct.

For instance, Tower Spirits 1 through 3 from the All-Knowing Wizard Tower would be incapable of shouldering this responsibility.

Moreover, it would be best to have a Tower Spirit Commander act as the central processing core for the Floating City’s operations.

The best configuration would be a Tower Spirit Commander as the primary core, supplemented by other Tower Spirit constructs.

Pei Ze spent half a day committing the entire Floating City design to memory. He then closed his eyes and began to consider potential improvements. Once he had a clear idea, he mentally issued a command to the Eye of Omniscience to refine the design schematics.

The refinement would take time. Pei Ze put away the design plans, took out a Rule Origin, and began to comprehend it.

After his recent breakthrough, his speed at comprehending the Rule Origin had increased significantly. In less than a year, an entire Rule Origin was completely consumed.

And his mastery over the Rule of Space had increased by 5.63%.

‘One Rule Origin only gives me an increase of less than 6%?’

Pei Ze shook his head. ‘Mastering a Rule really isn’t that easy.’

‘No wonder almost everyone I saw on the way here was a Seventh-level Powerhouse, while Eighth-level Powerhouses were few and far between.’

After steadying his mind, Pei Ze resumed condensing Space Rule Origin Crystals.

He would need Space Rule Origin Crystals for what came next, both for trading for more Rule Origins and for increasing his own strength.

It was the kind of thing you could never have too much of.

Besides, the process of condensing Space Rule Origin Crystals also increased his mastery over the Rule of Space.

Thus, in the time that followed, Pei Ze completely immersed himself in condensing the crystals.

As soon as he gathered fifteen Space Rule Origin Crystals, he would trade them with Annie for a Rule Origin, which he would then comprehend to improve his mastery over the Rule.

As his strength grew, his speed at condensing Space Rule Origin Crystals increased, creating a virtuous cycle.

「Time flew by.」

In the blink of an eye, Pei Ze had already been at the Tree of Truth for forty years.

During this period, he had consumed a staggering twenty Rule Origins.

Throughout the entire Tree of Truth, he was the only Seventh-level being who could consume Rule Origins so freely.

Thanks to this, Pei Ze’s mastery over the Rule of Space finally broke through to the Control stage.

Inside the stone house, Pei Ze sat cross-legged on the ground. He opened his eyes, let out a long breath, and a divine light flashed within them.

‘Even with the help of Rule Origins, it still took over forty years to reach the Control stage.’

‘At this rate, reaching the Domination stage will take at least one or two hundred years. Advancing to the Eighth-level will probably be impossible without a thousand years of effort.’

The path to mastering a Rule became exponentially more profound and difficult the further one progressed.

It was perfectly normal for each new stage to require several, or even dozens, of times more effort than the last.

Otherwise, in the countless eons of the Multiverse’s existence, there wouldn’t be so few Eighth-level Powerhouses.

‘If I want to advance quickly, I’ll need to obtain a higher-grade Rule Origin.’

During this time, Pei Ze had also learned a great deal of information from his trades with Annie.

This included information about the different grades of Rule Origins.

Planes came in different sizes, so the Rule Origins condensed from their destruction naturally had different grades as well.

The larger the plane, the higher the grade of the Rule Origin condensed from its destruction, and the greater its effect on improving one’s mastery of a Rule.

However, Rule Origins condensed from medium and large-sized planes were incredibly precious. Even Eighth-level Wizards treasured them, making it impossible for them to circulate on the market for trade.

The ones currently circulating in the exchange were, without exception, all from small-sized planes.

If one wanted to obtain Rule Origins from medium or large-sized planes, there was basically only one path: wage war on other Multiverses and condense the origins oneself.

‘It seems I’ll have to go to war after all.’

A glint flashed in Pei Ze’s eyes.