Chapter 404 - 175: Just Stealing a Bit of Electricity, Hope You Don’t Mind?

Chapter 404: Chapter 175: Just Stealing a Bit of Electricity, Hope You Don’t Mind?

After seeing Elder Qi off, Chen Fan walked up to the Jiangbei Defense Line’s City Wall alone. He stood on the wall and gazed out at the sea. The salty tang of the sea breeze hitting his face sobered him up considerably.

The temperature was gradually dropping.

The rainy season had passed, heralding the start of a new year.

After a moment’s pause, he focused his thoughts. A Copper Pipe, composed of white lines, abruptly materialized and, in the instant it solidified, began to fall toward the ground.

Quick as a flash, he caught it and held it high in the air.

He switched it to its "Illusory" state.

In its Illusory state, the Copper Pipe hovered steadily in mid-air.

"..."

Pondering, Chen Fan passed his hand back and forth through the Illusory Copper Pipe. It was as if they existed in different dimensions; he couldn’t touch it at all. In this state, the Copper Pipe had absolutely no load-bearing capacity.

Essentially,

no attack could harm this Copper Pipe.

Illusion could be considered the ultimate form of defense.

But...

...there was one structure that could interact with this Copper Pipe: the Max Level "Suspended Basket." A Suspended Basket could hover on the surface of any structure. Even if the Copper Pipe was in its Illusory state, as long as it was considered a structure, they could interact.

Thus, a plan began to form in his mind.

...

「One hour later.」

「Mortal Realm Port.」

Dozens of Mortal Battle Pavilion members rushed to the Port after being summoned. When they arrived, the first thing they saw was a massive Celestial Pillar, placed all by itself in the Wilderness.

It was several hundred meters tall.

It would take more than a dozen people with their arms outstretched to encircle it.

It wasn’t placed together with the two hundred-plus other Celestial Pillars nearby.

In addition to that,

there were eight parallel Illusory Copper Pipes floating in mid-air. Eight High-speed Rail cars were positioned on the pipes, looking like an elevated platform at a glance.

"Domain Lord!"

Zhou Mo, who led the group, trotted over to Chen Fan.

"Mm."

Chen Fan gave a slight nod and pointed to the newly created "Level 1 Celestial Pillar." He instructed, "Take the Battle Pavilion members and push this Celestial Pillar over. It would be best if you can make it land precisely on that platform."

’I want to see if it’s possible to send a Celestial Pillar to the Thunderstorm Sea Realm.’

’Such a massive resource, yet I can’t seem to tap into it.’

’It’s truly a heartbreaking waste.’

’If this plan succeeds, I’ll finally have the preliminary qualifications to support the Eternal Night Frontline.’

’And if a crisis were to suddenly strike the No. 7 Defense Line, I could provide immediate support and prevent it from falling.’

’I’m not exactly sure how powerful a Max Level or Level 6 Celestial Pillar is, but I don’t think it’s stronger than all the Godslaying Cannons on the Jiangbei Defense Line firing at once. Its main advantage is strategic—a method for rapidly supporting distant regions.’

’This thing flies through the air much faster than any High-speed Rail.’

"No problem!"

Zhou Mo was extremely confident. He immediately looked at the dozens of Battle Pavilion members he had brought with him and strode toward the Celestial Pillar. There were thirty to forty of them in total, all Martial Kings—and every single one was a Tenfold Body Tempering Martial King!

And this wasn’t even all the Martial Kings in the Mortal Realm.

Many more Martial Kings were not in the vicinity of the Mortal Realm.

After all, the Battle Pavilion members didn’t engage in production on a daily basis. They spent most of their time on Cultivation, so their Cultivation progressed far faster than other Mortal Realm Members. Coupled with the existence of the Mortal Realm’s Yunling Pavilion, becoming a Martial King wasn’t a particularly rare feat.

Soon,

dozens of Martial Kings surrounded the Celestial Pillar. With a unified roar, they began to push with all their might. Spiritual Qi surged from them, and the veins on their arms and necks bulged. The power of dozens of Martial Kings exerting their full strength simultaneously was immense.

The Celestial Pillar began to tremble faintly.

It had been moved.

But after a few dozen breaths, the Celestial Pillar was still sitting firmly in its original spot, while the dozens of Martial Kings were sitting on the ground, panting and drenched in sweat.

’Useless.’

Chen Fan sighed softly. ’These Martial Kings are so pathetic. It seems I’ll have to control the allocation of Ghost Stones to the Battle Pavilion. I feel like they’ve all gone to waste.’

"Domain Lord."

Zhou Mo jogged back to Chen Fan, panting slightly as he said in shame, "This Celestial Pillar is too heavy. If... if you let me take a Flying Ship and push from the top of the Pillar, I should be able to move it."

"Forget it."

Chen Fan waved his hand dismissively.

The next moment—

Several Godslaying Cannons on the Jiangbei Defense Line slowly turned, their muzzles aiming at the massive Celestial Pillar. White patterns on the cannons lit up instantly, and they all fired at the Pillar in unison.

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!"

Crimson energy orbs slammed heavily into the Celestial Pillar.

Countless fragments immediately flew from the Celestial Pillar’s surface. Under the force of the powerful shockwave, the Pillar began to slowly tilt until, passing a certain angle, it came crashing down to the ground.

"BOOM."

A large cloud of dust billowed up.

...

When the dust settled, Chen Fan walked over to the fallen Celestial Pillar. He looked at the Pillar lying across the Wilderness. A panel showed that it had been destroyed and could no longer store energy. As for the "Suspended Baskets" on the elevated platform, they had been instantly crushed without a trace.

The Celestial Pillar had passed straight through the Illusory Copper Pipes and smashed heavily onto the ground.

"..."

Chen Fan’s brow furrowed slightly in thought. It now seemed that transporting a Celestial Pillar to the "Thunderstorm Sea Realm" was somewhat unrealistic.

’The Suspended Baskets have too low of a load-bearing capacity, but they are the only structures that can interact with the Illusory Copper Pipes.’

’This thing is just too heavy.’

’This path won’t work.’

After a moment, he strode toward the entrance of the Port’s Undersea Tunnel. He was going to make a trip to the New Continent to see the "Thunderstorm Sea Realm" for himself. ’Since I can’t transport a Celestial Pillar to the Thunderstorm Sea Realm, maybe I should see if I can try to channel the lightning from the Thunderstorm Sea Realm to the Mortal Realm instead.’