Chapter 272 Constructing the City
“The final battle?” Meng Chuan’s heart palpitated.
“This news can’t be kept secret for long. It’s even possible that the demons will take the initiative to spread the news in the human world, causing everyone to panic.” Archean Mountain Lord sneered. “More humans will probably pledge allegiance to the demons. More humans will also join the Skydemon Sect.”
“What happened?” asked Meng Chuan.
Archean Mountain Lord said, “It’s already known throughout the Demon Realm. The Demon Realm’s three Imperial Lords have gathered all fourth Firmament demon monarchs to partic.i.p.ate in a drawing of lots, regardless of their ident.i.ty or background. Even the Imperial Lords’ personal disciples aren’t exempt. Three out of ten will be chosen. The greater demon monarchs that are drawn will have to partic.i.p.ate in the battle against the humans.”
Meng Chuan’s expression changed slightly.
“In total, 605 greater demon monarchs were selected. These greater demon monarchs are temporarily residing in the Imperial Lord’s palace. They are unable to communicate with the outside world because the demons wish to keep it a secret as much as possible.” Archean Mountain Lord sneered. “But we humans have our ways. Now, our Great Zhou Dynasty and the Black Sand Dynasty have abandoned many prefecture and county cities. The demons should realize that the news has been leaked. Therefore, if I didn’t guess wrongly, the demons will likely take the initiative to spread the news since it can’t be kept under wraps,” said Archean Mountain Lord.
As Meng Chuan marveled at the humans’ infiltration of the Demon Realm, he felt immense pressure.
“Do all 605 fourth Firmament demon monarchs have the means to infiltrate the human world?” Meng Chuan asked. “Only large city pa.s.ses and super-large city pa.s.ses allow pa.s.sage to fourth Firmament demon monarchs.”
“Since they have mobilized the army, they have full confidence that they can enter the human world,” said Archean Mountain Lord. “There are too many major city pa.s.ses. There are seven in the Great Zhou Dynasty. There are 19 major city pa.s.ses in the world. As long as one is destroyed, they can enter.”
“There are more than 600 of them. Including the fourth Firmament demon monarchs that have sneaked in these past few years, the human world will have about 700 fourth Firmament demon monarchs!” Meng Chuan’s expression changed.
“Not only that.” Archean Mountain Lord said, “Even fourth Firmament demon monarchs are forced to enter the battlefield. I’m afraid that ordinary demon monarchs will also be mobilized on a large scale. There will probably be more than a million ordinary demon monarchs.”
“More than a million ordinary demon monarchs?” Meng Chuan’s face turned pale. There were only tens of thousands of G.o.dfiends in the human world. Humans had done their best to protect them and not let them fight in risky battles. If they fought, they would probably be wiped out quickly. “The lives of mortal demons are as cheap as ants. They might surge in through the various World Entrances located in the seas,” said Archean Mountain Lord calmly. “For the demons, they can always mobilize demon monarchs on a large scale again if they lose this battle. As for us humans, this is the final battle. If we can’t withstand it, humanity will be finished…”
“Can we survive this?” Meng Chuan looked at Archean Mountain Lord.
“Since we chose to build large cities, we have the confidence to defend them.” Archean Mountain Lord looked at Meng Chuan. “If not, wouldn’t it be easier to abandon everything else and simply defend the state capitals?”
Meng Chuan nodded slightly.
In states like Wu State, Jiang State, and Qian State, there would be three large cities with ma.s.sive populations. In the spa.r.s.ely-populated states, they would have two large cities each. If one built a large city, they naturally had to allocate forces to defend it.
“About 700 fourth Firmament demon monarchs will be in the human world when they are mobilized. We are in the open while they are in the dark,” said Meng Chuan. “They can gather their strength and attack the Great Zhou Dynasty together. As for our G.o.dfiends, even though there have been many born over the past ten years, Archean Mountain only has 73 Marquis G.o.dfiends. They have to be spread out to guard the cities.”
“700 against 73? How are we going to beat them?” Meng Chuan looked at Archean Mountain Lord. “If we fail to handle the situation well, many Marquis G.o.dfiends will die in battle!”
“The real plan needs to be kept confidential.” Archean Mountain Lord looked at Meng Chuan. “All you need to know is that we have the confidence to fight them.”
“Yes.” Meng Chuan didn’t ask further. He knew that the more people that knew the full plan, the more likely it would be leaked. With his status, he did not even have the right to know the ‘responsive plan.’ Most likely, only a handful across the three major sects in the human world knew of the full plan.
Days pa.s.sed.
The entire world was in a state of panic. Due to the fact that the Great Yue Dynasty was spa.r.s.ely populated and that the population was scattered across many islands, they had long abandoned their prefecture and county cities. They only defended large cities—that now had populations exceeding ten million people. However, the Great Zhou Dynasty and Black Sand Dynasty-which had always been in a rather stable state—had begun to abandon their prefecture and county cities and began to construct large cities. This naturally made the people of the world speculate.
“The demons are attacking. Humans are doomed.”
“Directly abandoning the prefecture and county cities is a testimony to the lack of confidence.”
Countless mortals had such discussions.
“We can all move into the big cities. Powerful G.o.dfiends guard the big cities. It’s much safer. In the future, our children can cultivate in peace.”
“This is to protect us better. Demon monarchs often slaughter those in the county cities. Isn’t it safer being in a big city?”
People would also retort naysayers.
In short, the entire world had already begun the migration. It was still fine if the roads were smooth. It was very difficult to move a large number of people in the states where transportation or the roads were lacking.
Whoosh.
Meng Chuan flew high into the sky and saw a large number of people heading towards Jiang State Capital from all directions. The closest people could arrive at Jiang State Capital in just a few hours. The nearest prefecture city’s residents moved very quickly. They’ve already begun migrating. Meng Chuan looked down and saw the outer city that was being built in Jiang State Capital.
Liu Qiyue, who was bathed in flames, stood alone on the city wall. She looked like a flame deity. With her Darkstar domain, soil and countless rocks were moved outside the city. Soil and countless rocks flew up and were melted by Liu Qiyue’s flames. They turned into a magma paste. The magma paste was naturally compressed into shape by her Darkstar domain. It then expanded to the size of an 800-foot-long city wall.
Whoosh.
The slow-flowing magma paste’s hot gases were quickly swept away by Liu Qiyue. The magma paste rapidly cooled down and was forcefully compressed by her Darkstar domain. Finally, it formed a solid wall that was roughly 800 feet long, 120 feet tall, and 60 feet wide.
Boom! The enormous city wall crashed down like a small mountain, connecting with the original city wall.
Through the process of digging out soil and rocks, melting it, molding it, and letting it cool, a towering city wall—that was about 800 feet long-was built. The city wall was mainly used to block ordinary demons. Therefore, this 120-foot-tall wall was enough.
After excavating the land outside, an 800-foot-long, 100-foot-wide moat formed naturally outside the outer city walls. As construction continued, the moat would be as long as the city walls.
Liu Qiyue took a step and arrived at the edge of the city wall that had just been built. She used her Darkstar domain to dig up soil and rocks again and built another section of the city wall.“That’s Marchioness Calmmoon.”
“How impressive.”
“A quarter-kilometer-long city wall was built in less than five minutes.”
“Marchioness Calmmoon began construction this morning. In a day’s time, she has already finished 30 kilometers. The four outer city walls are 100 kilometers long each. It will probably take her about two weeks to complete!” Many mortals were dumbfounded. This was the power of G.o.dfiends! They were filled with confidence. Such mighty G.o.dfiends could definitely withstand the demons.
They didn’t know that ordinary G.o.dfiends were equally shocked. This was only possible when she combined her control over fire with her Darkstar domain. She had also achieved a Fire Dao, which was why she was able to construct the city walls easily.
In terms of building walls, I’m far inferior to Qiyue. Meng Chuan looked at this scene and shook his head.
Phew. After Liu Qiyue placed down another section of the ma.s.sive city wall, the moat outside the city also extended by a quarter-kilometer. She turned her head and saw the distant Meng Chuan. She smiled and took a step forward. Mortals could no longer see her. If a Marquis G.o.dfiend wanted to hide, ordinary G.o.dfiends wouldn’t be able to see them, much less mortals.
Liu Qiyue flew over with a smile. “In another ten days, Jiang State Capital’s outer city walls will be completed.”