Chapter 2258 - 2257: A Year of Calm
In the following time, the Three Teachings, Nine Schools, and Seventy-Two Sects, as well as all major powers, and numerous Loose Cultivators.
All followed the instructions of Nine Snakes, each occupying a piece of territory, and began to work together, spreading out around the land.
It reached at least a trillion li of land, truly immense to the extremity.
Large teleportation formations stood upon the land.
One by one, light barriers appeared unconsciously.
These light barriers were vast, with the upper part penetrating the clouds and the lower part extending into the ground, used by large powers to occupy territory.
Wherever they took a liking, they would shield it with light barriers, then construct some buildings, and make repairs, serving as their place of residence.
This place of residence is not temporary.
As long as the Extraterritorial Demons remain, they would have to stay here forever!
Therefore, various powers acted on a large scale, scrambling for the best spots.
If two powers vie for the same spot and are evenly matched, they would negotiate.
War is almost impossible.
Although people from the Starry Alliance gradually withdrew, with members of the Three Teachings, Nine Schools, and Seventy-Two Sects pressing on them here, naturally, they won’t kill each other.
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Buildings, city walls, light barriers, teleportation formations...
The numerous movements were swiftly spread by these powers as time passed.
There is truth in the saying, "Many hands make light work."
Moreover, the people on this land nearly encompassed the strongest forces of the entire Lower-Class Star Region!
In just one month, numerous cities were established.
Each city almost represents a power.
And powers like the Three Teachings, Nine Schools, and Seventy-Two Sects naturally established more than one city.
Under the regulation, the Seventy-Two Sects could establish three cities, the scale must not exceed a million li.
The Nine Factions could establish six cities, the scale must not exceed five million li.
And lastly, the Three Teachings could establish ten cities, the scale must not exceed ten million li!
Regarding those sects under the Seventy-Two Sects, the strongest could only establish one city, the scale must not exceed one hundred thousand li.
In reality, whether it be the number of cities or their range, it was already enough for each power.
Even a single city within the Three Teachings, with a diameter of ten million li, could contain one-third of the people.
And these cities, the Three Teachings established ten of them!
Various forms of defense laid by these powers were extremely impressive.
The gigantic Starry Battleships floated above the cities all day, consuming unquantifiable Spirit Crystals.
From this point, one could see their enormous financial resources.
Not to mention the medium and large Starry Battleships, even the small ones, floating daily, would cost at least several million Spirit Crystals.
As for medium ones, that reached tens of millions, and the large ones, almost a hundred million!
In the absence of Extraterritorial Demons, such consumption was purely wasteful!
But they chose to waste this way because they... have plenty of Spirit Crystals!
For them, if Extraterritorial Demons ever truly invade here, at least there wouldn’t be such a panic; as long as there are Spirit Crystals, the Starry Battleships can strike at any time!
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Three months later, everything had almost stabilized.
Within the Xumi Ring of the Holy Son—
"Sect Master, the news from these three months is roughly as follows." Lian Yuze reported.
"Hehe..."
Su Han sneered: "These powers still have plenty of Spirit Crystals after all, otherwise how could they squander like this?"
Lian Yuze pressed his lips, saying: "The Three Teachings, Nine Schools, and Seventy-Two Sects have stood in the Lower-Class Star Region for billions of years, their inheritance is long-standing, and the amount of Spirit Crystals they possess is truly vast, completely unimaginable."
"According to the news I received, whether they are boasting or it’s real, just saying... if Extraterritorial Demons do not invade here, such waste like now, even over a hundred thousand years, they could persist."
"A hundred thousand years?"
Su Han raised an eyebrow: "For a large Starry Battleship, one alone consumes nearly a hundred million Spirit Crystals a day, thirty billion in a month, three hundred sixty billion a year, a hundred thousand years..."
Clearly, the amount of Spirit Crystals consumed over a hundred thousand years is unimaginable.
"A bunch of fools!"
Thinking of this, Su Han’s expression grew colder: "The Spirit Crystals needed to enter a safe zone are far less than their current consumption, but they prefer such a waste rather than compromise with our Phoenix Sect, because, in their eyes, the Phoenix Sect is merely an ant, they can’t put down their pride to bow to an ant!"
"I would like to see which they’d choose between pride and life!"
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In the blink of an eye, a year has passed since these powers occupied Phoenix Star until now.
A year...
That period feels long yet short.
Throughout this year, numerous powers and Loose Cultivators from the Middle-Class Planet Region also descended onto this vast land under the action of the Starry Alliance.
The number of people grew more and more.
And those Extraterritorial Demons from the High-Grade Planet Region, after rampant destruction for a whole year, completely came to their senses.
They began to detect human presence and obtain messages from the Lower-Class Planet Region.
Finally, it was known that the Lower-Class Planet Region had a large number of humans!
And these humans have strong Cultivation Base, formidable power, exactly like those from the High-Grade Planet Region!
This message made those Extraterritorial Demons in the High-Grade Planet Region furious.
In their anger, they shifted their attack area from the High-Grade Planet Region... directly rushing towards the Lower-Class Planet Region!
The Extraterritorial Demons from the Middle-Class Planet Region did the same!
The sky darkened, clouds changed color.
The peace that had lasted throughout the year was about to be completely shattered under the invasion of these Extraterritorial Demons!
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A year in the outside world, a full thousand years within the Xumi Ring of the Holy Son!
The Spirit Crystals stored previously were largely consumed in these thousand years.
Fortunately, there is abundance of Blood Crystals, even with near fifty million disciples from Phoenix Sect and Heavenly Mountain Pavilion included, there are still many left due to the previous harvest.
However...
The Demon Crystal Stones were almost depleted.
Previously, when those Loose Cultivators and powers entered the safe zone, almost all of them paid with Spirit Crystals, and even though Su Han exchanged with them, there wasn’t much.
Helplessly, they could only sparingly use them and didn’t waste time, again using Blood Crystals to start cultivating the Kunpeng Sacred Body, to enhance their physique!
Fortunately, with the presence of the Xumi Ring of the Holy Son, they effectively obtained a thousand-fold acceleration boost!
Hence, this seemingly slow cultivation speed is already frighteningly fast for the outside world...