Primordial Emperor
Chapter 790 Expanding the City

Chapter 790: Chapter 790 Expanding the City

The military distribution of Jade Cauldron Kingdom has approximately five hundred thousand troops in Cloud Sky City and about three hundred thousand in Yunfei City, but the strength of Yunfei City’s troops still falls short compared to the elite forces in Cloud Sky City.

Yunfei City was recently incorporated into Jade Cauldron Kingdom, and Wang Xuan and others are actively working to enhance the army’s combat capabilities, needing more time to reach the level of the official army.

However, should Red Soul Hall truly launch an attack against Jade Cauldron Kingdom, at most they could only mobilize the troops near Cloud Sky City and Yunfei City, because other forces have already been dispatched to various regions to do battle with the sects of Divine Flame Alliance.

Therefore, even with the troops near Cloud Sky City and Yunfei City combined, there are at most around two million, which is not a threat to Jade Cauldron Kingdom.

At least the army of Cloud Sky City is confident, as there are countless Killing Formations outside the city. Together with the martial artists from other camps, they ensure that the Red Soul Hall troops will advance only to meet their demise.

As for Yunfei City, since its location is remote, it has not yet been attacked by Red Soul Hall, but with Wang Xuan and Xu Fei both present, the defense should be no problem.

Under the command of Lin Chen’s Second Soul Division, Jade Cauldron Kingdom’s army launched a surprise attack on the belly of Red Soul Hall. In less than ten days, Lin Chen successfully occupied Zhangyang Country, Zhenning Country, and four other vassal states of Red Soul Hall.

Lin Chen did not immediately send troops to garrison these countries but used them as buffer zones instead.

However, the situation of Third Person Pavilion and Dark Fragrance Hermitage from Divine Flame Alliance is not optimistic.

Because they border Red Soul Hall’s sphere of influence, they gradually fell short under Red Soul Hall’s attacks, facing tremendous pressure.

But this does not mean that these two vassal states are weaker than the forces of Cloud Sky City; it’s just that Red Soul Hall has deployed stronger attacking forces against them.

Third Person Pavilion and Dark Fragrance Hermitage govern many vassal states, whereas Cloud Sky City has only one.

Consequently, the strength of Red Soul Hall’s deployed troops varies, with superior troops attacking Dark Fragrance Hermitage and Third Person Pavilion, while lower-grade troops are deployed against Cloud Sky City.

Cloud Sky City, after rapid development over these periods, is already capable of battling and even overpowering Red Soul Hall’s superior troops.

In this great war, even with Cloud Sky City having dispatched some of its forces elsewhere, it is still capable of defeating nearly two million troops from Red Soul Hall.

In the year’s battles, both sides suffered losses, yet neither showed signs of compromise. The battles of the past year could not be in vain; a victor had to emerge.

Luckily, Red Soul Hall did not overscrutinize Jade Cauldron Kingdom, allowing it to develop and grow rapidly within the year.

Worrying that Red Soul Hall would eventually take notice of Jade Cauldron Kingdom, Lin Chen’s Second Soul Division decided to expand the size of Cloud Sky City, cutting through mountains and moving lands, thereby increasing the city’s span by nearly five thousand miles.

The expanded city perimeter was outfitted with countless defensive Killing Formations and ramparts to ensure safety.

Lin Chen’s Second Soul Division, using resources obtained from the main body, installed an advanced Killing Formation in Cloud Sky City—the Divine Fire Thunderclap Killing Formation.

This Formation consumed an enormous amount of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, with Lin Chen’s Divine Fire Glazed Cup serving as the Formation’s core, supplemented by nearly ten thousand Lower Heaven-level Treasures.

In fact, this Killing Formation consists of nearly ten thousand low-level Formations and several thousand mid-level Formations, interrelated to one another. They can be triggered individually or collectively, creating a formidable Killing Formation.

Due to the existence of this Formation, Lin Chen’s Second Soul Division felt confident about Jade Cauldron Kingdom’s footing in the Eastern Domain. Even if a being from the Nirvana Realm managed to breach the city, he believed it could be reduced to ashes.

However, the consumption of this Killing Formation was enormous. Once the full city’s Formation was triggered, the resources used could support the cultivation of Cloud Sky City’s five hundred thousand troops for a year.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, Lin Chen would not activate this Killing Formation lightly.

To set up this Formation, Lin Chen’s Second Soul Division used up most of their resources, which caused Zhao Lingxi to frequently trouble Lin Chen, hoping he could bring back more resources from the main body, as the development of Jade Cauldron Kingdom required substantial resource support.

To this, Lin Chen’s Second Soul Division readily agreed to Zhao Lingxi’s request, because the operations of Cloud Sky City indeed demanded a tremendous amount of resources.

While constructing a magnificent Cloud Sky City, Lin Chen’s Second Soul Division also created a Divine Soul Puppet and sent it to Yunfei City to reconstruct it in the image of Cloud Sky City.

Even though Yunfei City had only recently joined Jade Cauldron Kingdom and lacked both resources and troops compared to Cloud Sky City, Lin Chen’s Second Soul Division believed that with the accumulation of resources, the construction of Yunfei City would grow more splendid, rivaling that of Cloud Sky City.