Chapter 331 - 163: This is Clearly a Long-Range Cruise Missile

Chapter 331: Chapter 163: This is Clearly a Long-Range Cruise Missile

Of course.

By the same token,

the charging time had also increased a hundredfold.

During the Rainy Season, it had taken him three days to fully charge a Level 1 Celestial Pillar. At this rate, filling up a Level 10 Celestial Pillar would take 300 days.

The Rainy Season lasts for 30 days.

That meant it would take 10 years.

Ten years...

"..."

Chen Fan fell silent. Any faction would be thrilled to have such a pillar. Just by placing it outside, in ten years, it would become a weapon of mass destruction.

Whether it was the Medicine King Valley or the Sheep Race.

Even the Slaughter Immortal Holy Land, located farther away on the Guanxi Plain.

They would all be ecstatic.

This was a foundational power.

A great foundational power.

A foundational power even more terrifying than the Night Watchers, and one that required no personal sacrifice. But for him, it was a bit too long.

Ten years...

’The Undersea Ghost Tide will make landfall in three years, and I was counting on the Celestial Pillars to make their grand debut then. I can’t wait that long.’

However...

He suddenly broke into a smile again.

As luck would have it, he had just obtained an Exotic Treasure called "Tribulation Clouds," which could control local weather and significantly speed up the charging time.

’I haven’t run an experiment to see exactly how much faster it will be, though.’

’I’ll have to wait until the Rainy Season is over to do that.’

’First, I’ll focus on building the Celestial Pillars.’

Soon—

After consuming 4,550,000 Ghost Stones, he had constructed ten Max Level Celestial Pillars. They were built so close together that the area looked a bit crowded at a glance.

After all, the Tribulation Clouds could only create localized rain and lightning.

The next moment!

He pulled the Tribulation Clouds from his clothes and tossed it into the air.

In the blink of an eye,

the small Tribulation Clouds rose into the sky and began to expand rapidly. Arcs of lightning flashed within it as it started to rain, occasionally unleashing a bolt of lightning.

It was already raining due to the Rainy Season.

The rain from the Rainy Season and the rain from the Tribulation Clouds overlapped, making it somewhat difficult to tell them apart.

After some effort, Chen Fan and the others below managed to distinguish the area and quickly drew a circle on the ground, marking the coverage area of the Tribulation Clouds.

...

After all this was done,

Chen Fan looked at the scene before him and nodded in satisfaction. The Tribulation Clouds’ coverage area was quite large, enough to completely house the ten Max Level Celestial Pillars, with room to squeeze in another four or five.

’I’ll build Max Level Celestial Pillars in this area.’

’As for the area outside of this...’

’I won’t build Max Level ones. Those won’t get fully charged. I’ll just build a large number of pillars that will be fully charged in exactly three years. A full charge in three years means 90 days of charging time.’

’A 90-day charge time means...’

’Hmm...’

’A Level 6 Celestial Pillar would be perfect.’

A single Level 6 Celestial Pillar only cost 150,000 Ghost Stones. It just needed to stand in the Wilderness for three years, and then it would be ready to unleash a brilliant firework display.

"Heh."

Chen Fan grinned. He suddenly felt the joy of sowing seeds.

As long as you sow, you shall reap.

The seeds he was sowing now,

would bear fruit in three years.

Next,

like a diligent farmer, he began to squeeze five more Max Level Celestial Pillars into the area covered by the Tribulation Clouds.

Then, in the areas the Tribulation Clouds couldn’t reach, he continuously built Level 6 Celestial Pillars. One after another, the pillars—each hundreds of meters tall and formed from white lines—rapidly solidified and took their place.

One.

Two.

Three.

Chen Fan’s construction speed was extremely fast. It took only a few breaths for a Celestial Pillar to solidify and be completed.

The outward appearance of a Celestial Pillar hardly changed with each upgrade. A Level 1 Celestial Pillar and a Level 10 Celestial Pillar looked identical.

Of course,

he knew the real change was in the core hidden inside. That slender Cylinder was the true Celestial Pillar.

...

「Mortal Realm, the Port.」

This was where the Mortal Realm’s Sea Ships set sail, and it was also the entrance to the Undersea Tunnel leading to the New Continent. Located on the edge of the coastline, it was originally a desolate, uninhabited place with few buildings.

However—

now, amidst the torrential rain, hundreds-of-meters-tall Celestial Pillars were rising from the ground one after another.

As far as the eye could see,

they resembled the heroic spirits guarding the coastline.

"Watching the Domain Lord construct buildings is still such a feast for the eyes."

Standing not far away, Wang Kui watched the Domain Lord’s construction process and couldn’t help but let out a long breath, a flash of helplessness in his eyes.

In the past, he rarely had the privilege of interacting with Architects.

So, during the Rainy Season, he didn’t have a strong reaction to the Domain Lord’s construction speed. He knew it was a bit exaggerated, but he had no point of comparison.

Until the Mortal Realm rose to prominence.

He had come into contact with many Architects, and had even observed many of them at work during the Architect conference.

His only thought at the time was,

’Thank goodness this batch of Architects is in Jiangbei.’

’If they were on the Eternal Night Frontline, the Eternal Night Continent would be completely finished. We could just lie down and wait for death. There’s no way that group could defend the front line.’

’It’d be a guaranteed wipeout.’

’They were so painfully slow. Some Architects would even stop mid-construction to perform a heaven-worshipping ceremony, begging every deity they could think of for help.’

’But the Domain Lord, on the other hand...’

’He’s so clean and efficient. Not only is his speed incredibly fast and decisive, but more importantly, every single Celestial Pillar he’s built so far has successfully solidified. Not a single one has failed.’

’How on earth does he do it?’

He couldn’t figure it out.

But he knew one thing for sure: he was glad he was a member of the Mortal Realm, and not its enemy.

He recalled the Deep Pit he had seen earlier, then looked at the ever-increasing number of Celestial Pillars rising before him. The corner of his mouth twitched. He was suddenly starting to feel a little sorry for the Mortal Realm’s enemies.

The most terrifying thing about the Celestial Pillars wasn’t their power.

It was—

their utterly unpredictable method of attack.

...

Finally.

After a long while, Chen Fan stood with his hands on his hips, panting slightly as he gazed at the multitude of Celestial Pillars he had built. He smiled with satisfaction.

The sense of accomplishment was immense.

Looking at the vast, orderly array of Celestial Pillars was incredibly gratifying, even if they weren’t activated.

’Too bad I can’t just spend Ghost Stones recklessly.’

’Otherwise, I’d want to cover all of Jiangbei with Celestial Pillars.’

But...

’Can this thing break through the Anti-Air restrictions?’

He glanced sideways at the Rainy Season Defense Line, mulling it over. ’I’ll build a Level 1 Celestial Pillar first. Once it’s charged to 1%, I’ll run a test. Try firing a shot into the sky above the Mortal Realm.’