190: Chapter 190 The Difficulty of Level Breakthrough
Even if the destruction stemming from instinct made these powerful monsters want to turn the Spirit Void Realm, and even all worlds not yet encroached upon, into a void.
But the fact is, since gaining intelligence, monsters also developed other ideas; the prerequisite for conquering other worlds was the safety of their own lives.
Compared to large-scale invasions, Epic Rank Monsters, whose lifespans are longer than ordinary beings and at least a thousand years, prefer to slowly encroach upon other worlds.
Just like the Spirit Void Realm, if there are no accidents, it will take less than a hundred years. Only when this world is truly about to become a desolate void will it be time for the monsters to harvest.
As for their current actions, they are merely accelerating the silent encroachment on the Spirit Void Realm.
Originally, it could have lasted another hundred years, but if the monsters of the Floating Spirit Void Realm kept sending in large numbers of low-Rank monsters, that time would be cut by at least a third, or even half.
Why risk their lives attacking a world with over thirty Epic War Gods when they can achieve success in just a few decades?
Such actions only require sacrificing countless low-Rank monsters, which is something they do not lack.
Low-Rank monsters are birthed in countless numbers every moment in a void Realm; no matter how many are killed, it's hard to eliminate them all.
Regarding such a major world matter, the higher-ups of the Spirit Race and the Human Alliance did not know the underlying principles, only a few clues.
As for how a world is encroached upon and assimilated, no one knew at all.
"Haha ~!"
War God Huang Long's words had an effect, and the previously somewhat suppressed Spirit Race erupted in bursts of hearty laughter... Next was the weapon sales discussion conference. After a debate between City Lord Jin Yan and War God Huang Long, a barely acceptable price was finally reached.
The effectiveness of the Alliance's new weapons had been verified, capable of even unleashing Legendary Rank power.
Both sides accepted the final outcome. To solve the energy block problem, the Alliance needed a technology transfer to install the energy block production line in Earth Spirit City.
This way, the Spirit Race would have ample ammunition... The Alliance Army only stayed in Earth Spirit City for three days. Once the transaction between both parties was completed, various technological weapons were purchased by the Spirit Race, and the battle situation in Earth Spirit City stabilized, the Alliance Army embarked on its return journey.
In this expedition to support the Spirit Race, the Alliance Army achieved the effect of promoting its weapons with almost no casualties.
Carrying a full load of rare treasures, led by two Epic War Gods, the Alliance Army stepped onto the teleportation array for their return trip.
"This Human Alliance truly has a good start."
Beside the large teleportation array, War God Jin Yan watched the last of the Alliance Army soldiers depart, muttering to himself.
Having witnessed the Human Alliance's powerful weapons that could threaten Epic War Gods, he was quite envious.
He recalled how their Spirit Race had emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood with just a single weapon.
Without powerful technological weapons, just a medieval Spirit Void Realm, if not for their luck, the Spirit Void Realm might have already become a monster's paradise.
Void assimilation and the arrival of countless monsters posed an immense threat to a world still in the medieval era.
Many people living in the countryside, facing countless monsters, had no choice but destruction unless they possessed exceptional Talent.
Unlike the difficulties faced by the Spirit Race, Tianlan Star had a relatively good start.
Possessing various powerful thermal weapons, especially in large cities like Tiandu, which were heavily guarded, Tiandu, which would have been a ruin in a few years, was rebuilt... After leaving the Spirit Race, the Alliance Army immediately returned to Tiandu via the teleportation array, without stopping in Sea City for a moment.
Sea City was indeed too small, with a population of just over a million, unable to host an army of 400,000.
The Alliance's hurried action, apart from allowing Sea City residents to witness the Alliance's strength, brought no other changes to Sea City.
Upon returning to Tiandu, War God Huang Long and War God Shentu, out of their regard for Fang Yuan and Gu Yue, extended an olive branch to them, inviting them to join the Alliance Army.
Facing the invitation of two Epic War Gods, Fang Yuan had no intention of joining the Alliance Army; he had too many secrets and was not suitable for joining.
As for Gu Yue, her Great-Grand-Aunt was already one of the Alliance's Epic War Gods, so she naturally didn't need their invitation.
After understanding their situations, the two Epic War Gods said no more and led the army back to Tiandu.
Even Sea City was a member of the Alliance, just not part of the Alliance Army. Fang Yuan was already a member of the Human Alliance; the third-class citizen identity bracelet on his right hand was proof.
Speaking of identity bracelets, breaking through to the Legendary Rank corresponds to a first-class citizen. Fang Yuan, having just Broken Through, hadn't yet upgraded his identity bracelet.
After the matter of supporting the Spirit Race concluded, Fang Yuan once again dedicated all his time to comprehending Concept power.
A month had passed since he Broke Through to the Legendary Rank. Aside from slight gains in Concept, there wasn't much progress in Rank Breakthrough.
His perception had only increased to 120,000 meters, just 10,000 meters since his Breakthrough, which is only about 300 meters a day.
Of that, the latter 5,000 meters were achieved by Fang Yuan through killing three Legend Rank Monsters and Devouring their Origin.
Otherwise, in a month's time, his perception would have increased by at most 5,000 meters.
Fang Yuan
Rank: Legend Rank One (??%)
True Spirit Talent: Origin Devouring (Gold)
Talent: Devour All Things (10.49%)
The Talent progress exceeded ten percent for the first time. Previously, each monster only provided him with a little over one percentage point.
There was no difference between Legend Rank One and Legend Rank Two. The Talent Origin provided by those three monsters was only one-third of what the Terrifying Snow Monster had given him before.
Various progress was not fast. Cultivating after the Legendary Rank became incredibly slow. Fang Yuan had only Cultivated for about a month at the Gold Rank.
Now, a month had already passed, and not only was there no sign of a Breakthrough, but he hadn't even touched a Bottleneck.
The slow Cultivation speed made him somewhat frustrated. At the current pace, it would likely take a year to Break Through a single Rank.
Breaking Through one Realm in a year is an extremely exaggerated rate of improvement for a Legend Rank Professional.
Typically, a Legend Rank Professional might not Break Through a single Rank in several years.
For example, Army Commander Luo Tian and Chief of Staff Tian Dong of the Sea City Defense Force had already Broke Through to the Gold Rank about ten years before the disaster occurred.
They had been at the Legendary Rank for over forty years, and even now, they haven't reached the Peak of the Legendary Rank, which shows the difficulty of Legendary Rank Breakthroughs.
The slow rate of power increase made Fang Yuan very uncomfortable.
Accustomed to rapid Rank advancement, he found it difficult to accept this slow increase in Rank for a while.
It had only been three or four months since he Awakened his True Spirit Talent. Breaking Through one Rank a year after this was naturally unacceptable to him.