Chapter 468 - 185: The Mortal Realm Is the Real Army

Chapter 468: Chapter 185: The Mortal Realm Is the Real Army

This was the new craftable reward for upgrading the Vehicle Workshop to Level 8.

As for Level 9...

"..."

Chen Fan looked over at the Sword Cultivators drifting about the nearby Jiangbei Defense Line. The new vehicle unlocked at Level 9 was the Flying Sword.

A Three-foot Cyan Blade.

Capable of Sword Stepping Flight.

Incredibly cool.

It just wasn’t very fast, not compared to the Flying Ships.

The internal price for Mortal Realm Members was a bit cheaper, so many of them bought a Flying Sword for daily transport and to look cool. He’d tried it, too. It didn’t look cool on him.

At least...

He couldn’t use his staff while riding a sword.

But he felt a little insecure without his Jade Staff.

As for Level 10.

The Vehicle Workshop hadn’t reached Level 10 yet. To do so required a Heavenly and Earthly Treasure.

Celestial Punishment Wood.

He’d never seen or even heard of this particular Heavenly and Earthly Treasure, so he couldn’t reach Max Level for the time being.

Just then—

Lame Monkey’s voice sounded in his ear. "Sir, the rainy season is almost here. All preparations are complete. We’re just waiting for your inspection."

"On my way."

...

Chen Fan stepped onto the Jiangbei Defense Line.

The new rainy season was approaching. For the past year, the Jiangbei Defense Line had remained largely unchanged, but... that was about to change.

The Mortal Realm had accumulated a year’s worth of Ghost Stones.

"..."

Standing on the City Wall, he gazed out toward the sea and smiled.

The next moment—

The 170-kilometer-long Jiangbei Defense Line began to tremble, then started to rise at a speed visible to the naked eye.

To upgrade a section of Level 6 City Wall to a Level 7 City Wall, it takes 7,000 Ghost Stones and one Monkey Head Fruit.

The Mortal Realm had no shortage of Ghost Stones.

As for the Monkey Head Fruits.

’Remember that island Wang Mazi found? The monkeys there had planted a huge number of Monkey Head Fruits, and they had continued planting more on the island over the past few years.’

Now, the Mortal Realm had no shortage of Monkey Head Fruits either.

After consuming 1.19 billion Ghost Stones and 170,000 Monkey Head Fruits...

The City Wall of the Jiangbei Defense Line uniformly reached Level 7.

It had officially become a Level 7 Defense Line.

That’s right.

The Jiangbei Defense Line had been upgraded from a Level 6 Defense Line to a Level 7 Defense Line.

Its height now reached 50 meters.

A series of panels began to pop up in front of him.

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「City Wall upgraded to Level 7. Durability increased.」

「Please choose an Upgrade Direction.」

「1: Reduce the Ghost Stone consumption of City Defense Buildings placed on the City Wall.」

「2: Slightly increase the City Wall’s durability.」

「3: Ranged attacks deal reduced damage to the City Wall.」

-

"..."

Chen Fan looked at the stream of panels popping up, quickly and uniformly selecting the first Upgrade Direction for each one.

On the surface, the Jiangbei Defense Line was now a Level 7 Defense Line.

A Level 7 City Wall.

But he felt its actual durability was probably at Level 8, or close to it.

He wasn’t sure of the exact level.

But he knew for a fact it was tougher than a standard Level 7 City Wall.

After all...

Over all this time, the Ghost Blood Patterns carved into the Jiangbei Defense Line had absorbed an immeasurable amount of Ghost Blood.

’Stop!’

Although Chen Fan seemed to be mechanically selecting the first Upgrade Direction, his focus was razor-sharp. Soon, he spotted a special panel.

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「City Wall upgraded to Level 7. Durability increased.」

「Please choose an Upgrade Direction.」

「1: Has undergone a mutation (Ten Thousand Lights). The City Wall itself will generate a Ghost Fire aura. The aura’s range is determined by the highest level Ghost Fire placed on the wall. This mutation can affect connected City Wall sections (Rare).」

「2: Melee attackers have a low chance to suffer reflected damage.」

「3: Ranged attacks deal reduced damage to the City Wall.」

-

Chen Fan grinned.

A Rare-Level Upgrade Direction.

If this Upgrade Direction had appeared on any other defense line, it would, at most, save a little on the daily Ghost Fire maintenance cost. But on the Jiangbei Defense Line...

...it was truly transformative.

The Jiangbei Defense Line possessed the Great Wall’s Legendary Mutation.

It was a perfect case of one plus one being greater than two.

He continued.

He went back to confirming the panels, but no other Upgrade Direction that could affect connected City Wall sections appeared.

Soon—

The Jiangbei Defense Line’s upgrade was complete. Its height now stood at 50 meters.

A 170-kilometer-long Level 7 Defense Line stood tall in Jiangbei.

But...

This wasn’t the end.

It was still going.

The Mortal Realm had stockpiled a massive amount of Ghost Stones over the past year, all for the sake of a major power spike before the rainy season arrived!

To upgrade a section of the City Wall from Level 7 to Level 8 required 10,000 Ghost Stones and any one type of Heavenly and Earthly Treasure.

’Any type of Heavenly and Earthly Treasure?’

’That would have to be the Monkey Head Fruit.’

Continue the upgrade.

After pouring in another 1.7 billion Ghost Stones and 170,000 Monkey Head Fruits...

The City Wall began to climb again!

It reached 80 meters.

Once again, a series of panels popped up before him.

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「City Wall upgraded to Level 8. Durability increased.」

「Please choose an Upgrade Direction.」

「1: Reduce the Ghost Fire consumption near the City Wall.」

「2: Increase stamina and injury recovery for humans near the City Wall.」

「3: Enhance the effects of the patterns on the City Wall.」

-

’The third one.’

He resumed his work, this time uniformly selecting the third Upgrade Direction.

Ever since establishing contact with the Western Eternal Night Xuanwu No. 1 Frontline, he had kept as low a profile as possible.

The Ghost Race already knew he was transporting grain to the frontline.

But perhaps because they knew he was *only* transporting grain, they didn’t think it would affect the war. So, they never attacked the Qiuming Basin’s defensive line to destroy his supply route. Or maybe they knew that route was too difficult to destroy.

And his response was to lay low, and then lay even lower.

To make the Ghost Race forget the Jiangbei Mortal Realm even existed.