Chapter 272

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 participate in a drawing of lots, regardless of their identity 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 participate 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 passes and super-large city passes allow passage 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 passes . There are seven in the Great Zhou Dynasty . There are 19 major city passes 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 Godfiends 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 massive populations . In the sparsely-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 Godfiends, even though there have been many born over the past ten years, Archean Mountain only has 73 Marquis Godfiends . 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 Godfiends 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 passed .

The entire world was in a state of panic . Due to the fact that the Great Yue Dynasty was sparsely 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 Godfiends 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 Godfiends! They were filled with confidence . Such mighty Godfiends could definitely withstand the demons .

They didn’t know that ordinary Godfiends 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 massive 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 Godfiend wanted to hide, ordinary Godfiends 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 . ”