Chapter 330 - 163: This Is Clearly a Ten-Thousand-Li Cruise Missile

Chapter 330: Chapter 163: This Is Clearly a Ten-Thousand-Li Cruise Missile

That wasn’t for guard duty.

That was pure gluttony.

A short while later, Chen Fan arrived before the Deep Pit. He didn’t know its exact power, as he hadn’t experienced it firsthand. However, just by looking at the mark it left on the ground, he knew its destructive force was anything but small.

The Deep Pit before him was easily more than ten meters in diameter.

Some time had already passed.

He could still see residual arcs of electricity flickering across the pit’s surface.

’I shouldn’t have killed it.’

Standing on his Nine-Five Dragon Carriage, he gazed at the Deep Pit, its edges still flickering with arcs of lightning. He suddenly regretted killing the Great Ghost; he should have just imprisoned it in the sky.

That way, he could have tested...

...whether this Celestial Pillar, saturated with lightning, could threaten a Great Ghost.

’Could another Great Ghost just show up and let me have a go?’

He needed Ghost Objects to test on to gain this kind of combat experience. Only then would he learn the true power of the Mortal Realm’s various structures.

"Back!"

Without a moment’s hesitation, Chen Fan immediately headed back toward Nameless Mountain.

He was going to plant Nameless Mountain full of "Celestial Pillars," just like that troop of monkeys.

’This isn’t some Celestial Pillar!’

’This is clearly a long-range cruise missile!’

...

「On Nameless Mountain.」

Chen Fan stood silently, his gaze fixed on the translucent Eternal Night Lord Panel before him. A Maid stood at his side, holding an oil-paper umbrella to shield him from the rain.

Wang Kui, who had rushed over and finished his inspection, asked hesitantly.

"Domain Lord."

"Three days ago, Wang Mazi mentioned he was going to explore a deep pit. Could it have been formed in the same way?"

"From a long-range offensive structure, set off during the final battle on the New Continent?"

"No."

Chen Fan shook his head but offered no further explanation.

’First of all, according to the information from Wang Mazi, that pit’s diameter is immense. It took him and his men a full day on a Flying Ship just to reach the center. And you have to understand, that Flying Ship is fast—even faster than a High-speed Rail.’

’The Celestial Pillar is, after all, just a Yellow Level building.’

’Even at Max Level, with the Celestial Dao Blessing and every other possible buff stacked on, it would be hard-pressed to unleash that kind of power.’

’A pony can pull a cart.’

’But a pony can’t pull the Nine-Five Dragon Carriage.’

’More importantly—’

’The Celestial Pillar is activated by selecting a bombardment area on the translucent map and then hitting the "Confirm" button to fire.’

’This means that without the panel, even if someone figured out how to build a Celestial Pillar, they couldn’t actually use it. Its only function would be as a giant lightning rod. In the future, you could make any oath you want under a Celestial Pillar without fear of being struck by lightning.’

Building a Celestial Pillar is extremely simple.

It only requires 5,000 Ghost Stones.

No other conditions are required.

Of course, this was for a Level 1.

Chen Fan scanned his surroundings. ’Nameless Mountain is too small,’ he thought. ’I can’t build too many Celestial Pillars here, and it would be an eyesore.’

...

「A stick of incense later.」

Chen Fan appeared at the Mortal Realm Port. Looking around, he nodded in satisfaction.

’This place is good.’

He marked out a large area.

He spent 5,000 Ghost Stones.

The next moment—

A Celestial Pillar several hundred meters tall, formed from countless white lines, slowly solidified and descended rapidly into the designated area. It looked exactly like the one that had been damaged.

He looked at the upgrade panel.

-

「Upgrade to next level: Requires 10,000 Ghost Stones.」

「Current Storage Progress: (0/100).」

-

Without a moment’s hesitation, he spent another 10,000 Ghost Stones. A panel slowly materialized before him.

-

「Celestial Pillar has been upgraded to Level 2.」

「This building has no selectable Upgrade Directions. Each upgrade increases its power, range, and flight speed.」

「It is also impossible to obtain any Upgrade Directions through other means.」

「Upgrade to next level: Requires 20,000 Ghost Stones.」

「Current Storage Progress: (0/200).」

-

"..."

Chen Fan’s eyes narrowed slightly. ’Just like the Godslaying Cannon and the Anti-Aircraft Cannon,’ he mused, ’it seems the more powerful offensive structures have no selectable Upgrade Directions.’

’The storage capacity has increased to 200.’

’This means it will take longer to charge, but the resulting blast will be more powerful.’

Upgrade.

Upgrade.

Upgrade!

After spending a total of 455,000 Ghost Stones, he upgraded the Celestial Pillar to Level 10—its Max Level. A panel slowly materialized before him.

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「Celestial Pillar has been upgraded to Level 10.」

「Now at Max Level. Cannot be upgraded further.」

「Acquired Max Level Effect ’Scars Everywhere’: Power increased.」

-

This was the Mortal Realm’s eleventh Max Level Building.

He now possessed eleven Max Level Buildings.

He had seen all sorts of Max Level Effects.

Take the Max Level Effect for Ghost Fire, for instance.

「Ruling the World」: Your Ghost Fire will draw energy from the darkness of night, no longer requiring a daily upkeep of Ghost Stones. When you have lit a Ghost Fire in every region of a continent, you will receive the special reward: Ruling the World.

A quest-type Max Level Effect.

A difficult one at that. One might even say nearly impossible.

Or take the Max Level Effect for the Bridge.

「Safe Journey」: All living beings that cross the bridge will receive the ’Safe Journey’ buff, lasting for twelve hours, which will slightly increase their movement speed.

A support-type effect.

But he had never seen a Max Level Effect this straightforward before.

’Scars Everywhere...’

’Power Increased...’

’How direct.’

’It takes what it does best and pushes it to the absolute limit.’

He looked at the panel.

The Level 10 Celestial Pillar he had just upgraded had a total progress bar of 「0/10,000.」

’A total capacity of ten thousand.’

’A Level 1 Celestial Pillar has a capacity of 100, and a Level 10 one has a capacity of 10,000. That means its power has been amplified a hundredfold.’