Chapter 469 - 185: The Mortal Realm Is the Real Army

Chapter 469: Chapter 185: The Mortal Realm Is the Real Army

Then, he would unleash it all in an instant before the rainy season arrived. That way, even if the Ghost Race had plans for him, they would have a hard time doing anything about it.

This was why he hadn’t traded the Soul-Devouring Sculptures to the Western Eternal Night Xuanwu No. 1 Frontline. Once those things were transported over, his life would be in jeopardy.

After the Ghost Race found out, they would surely come for him at all costs.

Soon, the Jiangbei Defense Line was now uniformly composed of Level 8 City Walls.

A Level 8 Defense Line.

But...

this still wasn’t the end.

Upgrading a Level 8 City Wall to a Level 9 City Wall required 20,000 Ghost Stones and two of any kind of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.

"Wang Kui."

Standing on the City Wall, Chen Fan looked over at the dazed Wang Kui and said with a smile, "How many Monkey Head Fruits are left in the Warehouse?"

"There are still 1.97 million... All the Monkey Head Fruits produced recently have been stored in the Warehouse."

Wang Kui mumbled in a daze.

"That’s more than enough."

Chen Fan chuckled. He had basically stayed in the Mortal Realm these past days, focusing on farming, and had accidentally grown over a million Monkey Head Fruits.

The troop of monkeys had also grown larger and larger, their population now exceeding six hundred.

A bunch of little monkeys chattered away.

The big monkeys managed the troop, the young ones planted trees, and the female monkeys raised the infants.

Every monkey had an Identity Token from the Mortal Realm and belonged to the Mortal Beast Pavilion.

They had already been incorporated as an official military unit.

As for Ghost Stones...

The Mortal Realm currently had 21.8 billion Ghost Stones, all of which he had accumulated over the past six months or so.

More than enough Ghost Stones!

More than enough Monkey Head Fruits!

If not upgrade now, then when?

Continue!

The City Wall began to rise rapidly, like a giant buried in the earth pushing its way out from underground. Its final height settled at 100 meters.

One hundred meters.

This was the height of the Western Eternal Night Xuanwu No. 1 Frontline.

In terms of wall strength, the current Jiangbei Defense Line had already far surpassed the Xuanwu No. 1 Frontline. At the very least, Xuanwu No. 1 didn’t have any Ghost Blood Patterns.

Total consumption:

3.4 billion Ghost Stones and 340,000 Monkey Head Fruits.

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"City Wall upgraded to Level 9. Durability increased."

"Please select an Upgrade Direction."

"1: Significantly increase the stamina recovery of humans near the City Wall."

"2: Significantly reduce the hunger of humans near the City Wall."

"3: Significantly accelerate the injury recovery of humans near the City Wall."

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He chose the first option for all of them.

With the altar, there was no need for injury recovery.

With the granary, there was no need to worry about hunger.

...

Today was the last day before the rainy season’s arrival. Countless Mortal Realm Members had woken up early to get busy, and they soon witnessed a scene that left them utterly shocked.

The Jiangbei Defense Line was rising higher, and higher, and higher still.

After six months of silence, the goal was to stun the world.

"It’s still not the end?"

Chen Fan was momentarily stunned, but then he looked at the information on the panel and suddenly broke into a smile. Even he had thought that upgrading to a Level 9 City Wall was the end, that it would be difficult to continue on to Level 10.

After all...

it was Level 9.

It was already on the same level as the Western Eternal Night Xuanwu No. 1 Frontline.

That was enough.

Jiangbei wasn’t a frontline; it didn’t face that many Ghost Tides.

Besides, the conditions for upgrading to Level 10 were bound to be extremely demanding. Jiangbei surely couldn’t meet them in a short period of time.

However... while the conditions were indeed demanding, for the Mortal Realm, they were nothing.

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"PS: Upgrading a City Wall to Level 10 requires 50,000 Ghost Stones and 5 of any kind of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures."

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This was merely the cost to upgrade a single section of a Level 9 City Wall to a Level 10 City Wall.

This condition alone would be enough to crush many factions.

The next moment—the Jiangbei Defense Line began to rise again.

It stopped when it reached 200 meters.

This was the height of a Max Level City Wall. Two hundred meters, standing tall on the Jiangbei Coastline like a continuous mountain range.

A series of panels began to pop up before him again.

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"City Wall upgraded to Level 10. Durability increased."

"No Upgrade Direction for this upgrade."

"And has reached Max Level."

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Immediately after, another panel appeared.

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"City Wall has reached Level 10."

"Has reached Max Level. Cannot be upgraded further."

"Acquired Max Level Effect ’Voice of the Grand Aspiration’: Any sound you make while standing on the City Wall can resonate throughout the world."

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The Jiangbei Defense Line, a Level 10 Defense Line.

Finally...

The Mortal Realm finally had its first Level 10 Defense Line.

"..."

Chen Fan stood on the Jiangbei Defense Line, gazing out at the sea with a light chuckle. The next step was to completely take over the various breaches on West Desolate Island, such as the No. 7 Defense Line and the Yellow Springs Entrance Defense Line.

He would abandon the original defense lines.

And forge a new line of defense belonging to Jiangbei.

He was going to completely seal the breaches on West Desolate Island, creating a safe zone that the Ghost Race absolutely couldn’t penetrate. Then, he could freely support the various Eternal Night Frontlines with Soul-Devouring Sculptures and other auxiliary structures.

This was a move that could affect the entire war.

At that time—the Ghost Race would surely get furious and try to sneak across to find him.

And then...

they would find three Level 10 Defense Lines stationed at the three breaches on West Desolate Island.

A frontline Ghost Tide that couldn’t even breach a Level 9 Defense Line—what could it do to him after a perilous crossing that left less than one in a hundred survivors?

He was going to turn West Desolate Island into an absolutely safe territory.

...

"Domain Lord..."

Wang Kui, who was completely dumbfounded, stood at the edge of the City Wall and looked down. The height, a full two hundred meters, was enough to make him feel dizzy.

"Isn’t this a bit of a waste...? Jiangbei... doesn’t get Ghost Tides on that scale."

"A waste?"

Chen Fan laughed, smacking his lips. "All that hard work digging up Ghost Stones on the New Continent—what was it for? To let them sit in the Warehouse and multiply?"

"Once our rear is secure enough here, we can do as we please out there."

"Otherwise, look at us now."

"We’re constantly on edge, worried about the Ghost Race targeting us even when we’re just transporting some supplies to the front. It’s pretty damn annoying."