From the start of the construction of the Flame Demon City until now, it had already been close to two years. Although it was still a huge construction site, it was already taking shape.
The entire city covered an area of more than 280 square kilometers.
At its peak, there had been more than 700,000 people working here. After a few relocations and reintroductions, there were still about 400,000 to 500,000 people. There were 350,000 humans, 100,000 Rakshasa, and 100,000 barbarian aborigines.
The original plan was for the city wall to be only seventy miles long, but after three extensions, it was finally ninety-five miles long.
After several months of construction by hundreds of thousands of people, the 95 kilometer long city wall was finally completed.
The original plan was to be 15 meters tall, but after completion, it was two meters taller, reaching a height of 17 meters.
A city with a circumference of 95 kilometers was considered a huge city even in ancient China, and it almost surrounded the entire Mirror Mountain.
The thickest part of the city wall was 20 meters, and the narrowest part was 7 meters. There was a large fortress every five kilometers.
Although Lan Ling's cannons had not been completed, the 70 kilometer city wall still had openings for cannons, and could accommodate thousands of cannons.
Not only that, the moat outside the city wall was almost complete.
Black Demon City's moat was about 10 meters wide on average, but Flame Demon City's moat was more than 20 meters wide and 15 meters deep.
For the sake of this moat, Lan Ling had used countless stones and steel to reinforce the city walls. This was to prevent the foundations of the city walls from collapsing after being soaked in water.
Flame Demon City was the capital of Flame Demon Flag, so it was bigger than Black Demon City in all aspects.
Inside the city wall was originally a forest, but now it was all flattened and prepared to be the base of the city.
The houses in the outer city had not been built yet, so there were tents everywhere.
The thousands of houses in the middle city had been completed, and the castle complex in the inner city had also been completed.
At this time, Flame Demon City was still a long way from completion, and not even half of it was completed.
After completion, the entire Flame Demon City would become the most advanced city in the Rakshasa territory, and could accommodate more than 800,000 people.
And the entire city would be more than 3,000 meters above sea level. It was because of this slope that the actual city area far exceeded a flat city with a circumference of 95 kilometers.
For the sake of the entire Flame Demon City's water supply, Lan Ling had even mobilized over a hundred thousand people, using large-scale military force to open up a huge river in the north into a tributary that flowed through the Flame Demon City. Not only did it provide water for the city, it also led directly into the city's moat.
Not only that, Lan Ling ordered hundreds of thousands of people to open up more than a few million acres of land in the Silver Alliance territory, planting millet, rice, corn, sweet potatoes, and flax.
If this was a human kingdom, it would be impossible to have such efficiency, but this was the Barbarian Kingdom. This was especially true for the Centaurs and the large Barbarians. The speed at which they opened up fields was incomparably shocking.
Not only were there millions of acres of farmland, but there were also millions of acres of pastures.
Although there was no harvest yet, it was foreseeable that within the next year, the output of food, meat, salt, and steel in the Silver Alliance's territory would be ten times more than the previous extensive economy.
In the next three years, just the output of the Silver Alliance's territory would be enough to support the entire Fiery Demon Flag.
Flame Demon City's agricultural organization was no longer just researching seeds, but also digging up bird droppings to improve the soil.
Not only that, Lan Ling had already allocated tens of thousands of people to rebuild the shipyard by the sea, and was currently building more advanced iron armored warships.
As for the power of the iron armored warships, sails, steam, crystal, and even the magic meteorites, many shamans and priests were researching them.
In the depths of the cave, he started his research on mysterious energy and gunpowder again.
Be it agriculture, animal husbandry, steel, mysterious energy, gunpowder, or so on, they all needed to be close to the human race, which was difficult for the Rakshasa to accomplish.
Therefore, the Fiery Demon Flag had almost a million close to the human race, but Lan Ling still felt that it was not enough. These close to the human race were smarter than humans, simple, hardworking, and strong. They were the best people, and the more the better.
Lan Ling had already picked up everything in Tianshui City.
However, back then, Lan Ling had no more than two or three hundred thousand people at most. But now, he could deploy more than ten million people.
Also, he had the Centaur Army, the Griffin Army, and even the Ghost Ray Army.
There were also more than a million primitive barbarians.
Back in Tianshui City, Lan Ling had to rely on money for everything.
But now, what was money?
Lan Ling had an astronomical amount of money, and it was not earned, but dug out.
More than a million square kilometers of land was his, and the mineral resources in the demon territory far exceeded that of the human countries, including gold mines and even secret gold mines. Also, he continued to invade the territory north and south along the coast.
Most importantly, Lan Ling was the supreme master of these one million square kilometers. If he wanted people to do something, he did not need money at all. He only needed to give an order, and millions of people would die for him. He did not have such power even when he was the Regent of the Raging Wave Kingdom. In the Raging Wave Kingdom, it was always full of trade-offs, compromises, and conflicts.
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In less than two years, the Fiery Demon Tribe had developed into the Fiery Demon City. There had been earth-shattering changes.
The Fiery Demon City was changing with each passing day. It was growing rapidly every day, like a pearl embedded in the southern wilderness of the sea.
Now, an even more magnificent blueprint had been completed.
Fiery Demon Palace!
Be it the Heavenly Demon City or the Black Demon City, they both had huge and magnificent mountaintop castles.
Only Lan Ling's Fiery Demon Flag only had the castle complex in the inner city.
This castle complex covered an area of several thousand square kilometers. Most of the castles were built with bricks. It was beautiful, but it was not magnificent at all. Also, it was not on the mountaintop, which did not match Lan Ling's identity as the Fiery Demon Flag Master, let alone the future emperor of the Balrog Empire.
Therefore, the Fiery Demon Palace was put on the agenda.
The blueprint was designed by Yoon Hi-hee, modified by Lan Ling, and embellished by the Mirror Demon King. After Sha Yan was completely convinced, she made the final improvements.
After the improvements, Princess Sha Yan was still not satisfied, so she took the blueprint to the Young Rakshasa King.
It had to be said that some geniuses were true geniuses who were proficient in everything.
The Young Rakshasa King made the final improvements on the blueprint of the Fiery Demon Palace.
In the end, a Fiery Demon Palace covering an area of three thousand square kilometers appeared on the paper.
The largest palace covered an area of a hundred thousand square meters, and was more than ninety meters tall.
According to the plan, this Fiery Demon Palace needed more than three hundred thousand laborers. Many of the jobs required tens of thousands of Centaurs, five thousand Gryphon Knights, and Ghost Ray Knights.
Because whether it was Princess Sha Yan or the Young Rakshasa King, their designs were of uncanny workmanship, miracles of the world.
They felt that this was the only way it could match up to Lan Ling's identity.
Originally, this was a waste of manpower and money. Any king who loved his people would not approve such an extravagant project.
But … this was the territory of the demons. The economy here was the most primitive. The simplest relationship was to work, eat, and earn money.
Lan Ling was the richest man, and he controlled an ocean of gold and silver. Every day, the newly smelted gold and silver piled up like a mountain, and there was no way to spend them.
Therefore, Lan Ling approved the construction of the Fiery Demon Palace with a stroke of his pen.
However, the construction of the Fiery Demon Palace had to wait until the Fiery Demon City was completed. According to the plan, it should be completed in two and a half years.
The day the Fiery Demon Palace was completed would also be the day Lan Ling's Balrog Empire was established.
Lan Ling could then ascend to the throne in the brand new Fiery Demon Palace.
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Of course, the thousand-meter-tall peak of the Mirror Mountain was still barren.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom …"
All the citizens of the Fiery Demon City clearly saw this miracle.
The Mirror Mountain of the Fiery Demon City was shrouded in thick, blood-red clouds for a full day and night.
Other places were bathed in sunlight, but the Mirror Mountain of the Fiery Demon City was shrouded in blood-red clouds, like the underworld of hell.
What was even more terrifying was the thousand-meter-tall blood-red lightning, striking wildly!
This scene was like the arrival of demons from hell, and also like the end of the world.
The hundreds of thousands of citizens of the Fiery Demon City saw this scene clearly, but they were not afraid. They only felt extremely proud and honored.
This was because this hellish scene of doomsday, this shocking blood-red lightning, were all summoned by their master, the Fiery Demon King, Lan Ling.
"Boom, boom, boom …"
The shocking hellish lightning became more and more shocking. It was completely deafening, almost traveling hundreds of miles away.
The entire earth was shaking, as if the heavens and earth were shaking.
Why was this happening?
Of course, it was because Lan Ling was frantically sucking and devouring blood.
"Ah … Ah … Ah …" In endless fear, the eldest son of the Fire Demon Venerable, Huo Yunpo, felt his vitality constantly slipping away.
Then, he was sucked alive and turned into a dried corpse.
Soon after, the second Demon Venerable from the Thirteenth Floor.
He wanted to beg for mercy, but he could not make a sound.
At this moment, there were only four words in his heart: Demonic Buddha Emperor!
The Demonic Buddha Emperor had used the heaven-defying evil art of sucking and devouring blood to create the entire Blood-sucking Demon Clan, established the Demonic Buddha Empire, and unified the entire northern wilderness.
One by one, the Demon Venerables were sucked and devoured.
When it was finally the Doom Grotto Lord's turn, he was not afraid at all. Instead, there was only tranquility and some excitement in his heart.
The 14 Demon Venerables finished devouring.
Next were the 190 demonic sect powerhouses.
By the time they finished devouring, a day and night had passed.
Finally, it was the 1,500 MCMAU Grandmasters.
Lan Ling devoured crazily.
After a full three days and three nights, Lan Ling finished sucking and devouring blood!
In addition to the energy that he had devoured in the Heavenly Demon Flag previously, he had devoured more than a thousand top-notch martial artists this time. At this moment, the energy stored in Lan Ling's Golden Demon Bloodline was an astronomical figure.
This astronomical amount of energy could give Suo Mo, Gou Li, Chi Yan, Xie Li, Chi Huo, Duo Duo, and the others a shocking boost.
Not only that, but Lan Ling's death warrior troop would increase to 4,000 people, and the number of Demon Venerable death warriors would reach an astonishing 23.
The number of Demon Venerable death warriors would reach more than 300.
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After three days and three nights, the doomsday-like scene disappeared.
The blood-colored clouds dispersed, and the shocking Hell Lightning dissipated.
At the foot of the mountain in Flame Demon City, hundreds of thousands of citizens knelt toward the top of the mountain and shouted, "Long live the Flame Demon King, long live, long live!"
At this moment, the Mirror Demon King said, "Master, a peerless powerhouse has arrived!"
The Mirror Demon King's tone was unprecedented, and he used a peerless powerhouse.
Lan Ling couldn't help but ask, "What is a peerless powerhouse?"
The Mirror Demon King said, "His cultivation is the same as the five Venerables!"
Immediately, Lan Ling's heart beat wildly. He was actually on the same level as the five Venerables?
The five Venerables could be considered to stand at the peak of the Rakshasa domain. Could it be that the Fire Demon Venerable or Zhong Lou Venerable had come to fight?
At this moment, a very gentle voice sounded in Lan Ling's mind.
The person who came was directly communicating with Lan Ling's spiritual domain from a hundred miles away.
"Your Excellency Flame Demon King, I am Di En of the Heavenly Demon Race. I represent His Majesty the Heavenly Demon King, Princess Tigné, and Her Highness the Crown Prince to come and talk to Your Excellency Lan Ling. May I come in?" Di En said.
Can I come in? He was referring to the spiritual defense circle of Flame Demon City.
At this moment, although the Mirror Demon King was powerless to create spiritual illusions, he still covered the outside of Flame Demon City with a huge spiritual defense. It was a hundred miles wide.
This peerless powerhouse, Di En, could obviously come in easily, but he was very polite and asked if he could come in.
Hearing his name, Lan Ling was instantly shocked.
The person who came was actually the younger brother of the Heavenly Demon King, his real right-hand man, and the person he trusted the most.
What matter would require the dignified younger brother of the Heavenly Demon King to come and visit Lan Ling?
Moreover, Lan Ling noticed that the other party actually placed Princess Tigné before the Heavenly Demon Crown Prince. He wouldn't make such a simple mistake. It could only mean that in the united front of the Devil Race Empire, Princess Tigné's power was ranked before the Heavenly Demon Crown Prince's. Further extending further, in the future, if the Heavenly Demon King unified the entire southern wilderness and established the Devil Race Empire, he would pass the throne to his daughter, Princess Tigné.
This was indeed a very shocking piece of news.
However, Lan Ling quickly put these thoughts aside. He smiled and said, "Elder Di En has come to my Flame Demon City personally. Lan Ling is honored. Please!"
A moment later, a handsome and gentle middle-aged man appeared outside Flame Demon City.
He was the younger brother of the Heavenly Demon King, Elder Di En!
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