Chapter 483: The Rebel Army's Equipment, Magical Artifact Assembly Line!

[Year 8, Age 34.]

[Xuanlan Old Fourth arrived.]

[From him, you learned that Xuanlan Old Third did indeed enter the Path to Immortality last year, but he never appeared on Fortune Star, proving that he truly took a different fork in the road within the Path to Immortality.]

[Now the entire Fortune Star knows that the main headquarters has been occupied by a group of humans.]

[Local branch churches are either organizing periodic attacks on White Porridge City or trying to find ways to contact Lingwei Star.]

[Unfortunately, you dismantled the Star Harbor, and they have no means of interplanetary communication, so to this day they still haven't made contact with Lingwei Star.]

[But you know, the Winged God Church's main hierarchy will eventually discover Fortune Star's anomaly.]

[According to the imprisoned Archpriest, he is required to submit planetary resources to the main hierarchy at least once every ten years - Source Stones, spiritual plants, materials, quality population, and the like.]

[If this matter is delayed, the main hierarchy will definitely send someone to investigate.]

[Fortunately, your plans are also racing at full speed.]

[Myriad Treasures Child Goddess and her disciples have completed the first batch of Rebel Army equipment forged for you.]

[Rebel Army Crossbow, high-grade magical artifact, single-person use, ranged weapon, requires immortal dao energy to activate, though mortals can also use it but must consume Source Stones.]

[Its power is sufficient to kill a Qi Transformation realm cultivator when striking the right spot!]

[It can also injure Core Formation realm cultivators, but given their faster reaction speed, it will most likely miss.]

[Rebel Army Ten-Man Crossbow, ordinary spiritual treasure, a large crossbow that requires ten people working in tandem to fire once, unusable by mortals, needing both cultivator activation and Source Stones.]

[The energy bolts are enormous, and once fired, they travel at extreme speed, so fast that even a Core Formation realm cultivator can't dodge if caught off guard, and if struck, it's either death or injury.]

[In the Real Realm, the Postnatal Martial Artist and Innate Martial Artist realms can be cultivated without Immortal Qi.]

[Many in the Rebel Army have already entered the Postnatal Martial Artist realm and can barely operate this giant crossbow.]

[The Rebel Army Ten-Man Crossbow is expensive to produce, so each battalion can only be equipped with one or two.]

[Rebel Army Greatsword, high-grade magical artifact, single-person use, melee weapon.]

[This blade has no special effects, but its body is sturdy enough to withstand Qi Transformation realm attacks, and its edge is sharp enough to pierce the physical defenses of ordinary Core Formation realm cultivators.]

[You should know, top-tier high-grade magical artifacts are on par with the Immortal Artifacts of the Void Realm, so naturally their power is nothing to scoff at.]

[The Rebel Army Greatsword may not qualify as top-tier, but it's still a high-grade magical artifact.]

[Rebel Army Officer Sword, ordinary spiritual treasure, with sturdiness and destructive power several levels above the Rebel Army Greatsword.]

[It emits sword qi when unsheathed and can fly via sword control, requiring no understanding of the sword dao from its user, but cultivation level is mandatory.]

[High cost, only officers can apply to carry one.]

[Rebel Army Warrior Armor, high-grade magical artifact, one set per person, capable of withstanding a full-powered strike from a Core Formation realm cultivator, and comes with numerous small features like constant temperature regulation, effort reduction, and power amplification.]

[Rebel Army Commander Armor, ordinary spiritual treasure, a comprehensive upgrade of the Warrior Armor, expensive to produce, only officers are qualified to use it.]

[Looking at the neatly stacked magical artifacts and spiritual treasures in the warehouse, the first batch to come off the assembly line, you are thoroughly satisfied.]

[Having passed your inspection as a Second Grade artifact forging master, you confirm that this batch of goods is pure and genuine, with no cutting corners and no hidden tampering.]

["Old Hag, you really put your heart into this."]

[Myriad Treasures Child Goddess floats to the side, her disciples standing behind her.]

["I want to know when my disciples and I will finally gain our freedom."]

["Soon, once I take down the entire Winged God Church!"]

[Rebel Army Crossbows, Rebel Army Ten-Man Crossbows, Rebel Army Greatswords, Rebel Army Officer Swords, Rebel Army Warrior Armor, and Rebel Army Commander Armor were successively distributed to a portion of the Rebel Army in White Porridge City.]

[In these past years, although you haven't actively expanded or waged war externally, many humans from all over Fortune Star have come to pledge themselves to you voluntarily.]

[As a result, the Rebel Army has grown to thirty thousand strong.]

[The first batch of equipment naturally can't outfit thirty thousand people; only those with the best training results and the fastest cultivation progress can be equipped.]

[The instructors from the Alien Race watched their students use high-grade magical artifacts and even spiritual treasures, and they were absolutely green with envy.]

[These instructors previously belonged to the eight legions of the Winged God Church and had never used weapons and armor this good.]

[Using good things comes at a price.]

[In White Porridge City's resource warehouse, the stockpile of artifact forging materials is dwindling at an alarming rate.]

[With this batch of equipment boosting them, the Rebel Army's combat effectiveness has multiplied several times over, and once they master the use of these weapons, they'll become even stronger.]

[You have Xuanlan Big Brother and the others serve as training opponents for the Rebel Army's elite - of course, they have to fight barehanded.]

["Master, the magical artifacts that Myriad Treasures Child Goddess forged for them are extremely effective. Even we have to take skilled users seriously in a fight. If there were thousands upon thousands of such soldiers, well-trained and disciplined, even without a single Qi Transformation realm cultivator among them, they could stand fearless against a horde of Qi Transformation realm cultivators!"]

[After training, Xuanlan Big Brother gave the above assessment.]

[You smile.]

["If there were thousands upon thousands, they'd be enough to besiege a Core Formation realm cultivator!"]

["Master, isn't that overestimating them?"]

["They know you're not enemies, just training, so they don't fight to the death. If they were facing the Alien Race that oppresses, humiliates, enslaves, and exploits them, the result would be a different story entirely."]

[That's what you say, but given the current situation, actually sending them to attack Core Formation realm cultivators would result in far too many casualties.]

[You want to temper the Rebel Army, not send them to their deaths for nothing.]

[Therefore, the Rebel Army's cultivation levels absolutely must rise, because that's the only way to fundamentally solve the problem of insufficient combat power.]

[You've already distributed some easy-to-understand low-grade cultivation techniques.]

[Those in the Rebel Army with Innate Talent have begun advancing toward the Postnatal Martial Artist realm, and some are even approaching the Innate Martial Artist realm.]

[In Fortune Star's environment, which lacks Immortal Qi, they can at most cultivate up to the Innate Martial Artist realm. Once some of them hit that ceiling, it'll be just about time for you to attack Lingwei Star.]

[By then, having acquired a Second-tier Star, continuing cultivation won't be a problem anymore.]

[Year 9, Age 35.]

[Xuanlan Fifth Brother arrived.]

[Four miserable brothers, looking at each other in silence, letting out a long sigh, accepting their fate.]

[Only one person remains, and then your full-scale assault on the Winged God Church will begin.]

[To expand equipment production capacity, over the past year you've led the Rebel Army to capture several cities and seized numerous mines and resource production sites.]

[Spiritual treasures can no longer be forged because the corresponding materials are gone.]

[The batch of spiritual treasures forged earlier relied entirely on the stockpiles embezzled by the Archpriest and his ilk.]

[Relying solely on this planet's output, getting the spiritual treasure assembly line running is impossible.]

[However, the production capacity for high-grade magical artifacts for soldiers remains abundant, with manufacturing proceeding around the clock, and more and more soldiers will be armed.]

[Everyone can feel it - full-scale war is imminent. The entire army is ready to march, morale is at its peak, the whole city is on high alert, and they can enter a state of war at any moment.]