The Seven Continents Mechanization Project and the Training Academy started at the same time. On the opening day, the battle between Bai Shili and Li Xiang on top of the academy statue was talked about enthusiastically.
One of them was the number one player in the Seven Continents for the past 100 years, the leader of the Five Thrones, the White King, who looked down on everyone else. He had now become the White King, standing side by side with Bai Lili and Lancelot, who had returned. The other was the first person to rise in the past 30 years, overcoming all obstacles along the way, going from a normal person to Level 9. He could be called a legend.
It just so happened that it represented the battle between the strongest of the older generation and the strongest of the new generation.
Unfortunately, their battle was covered by countless light screens, so no one could see it clearly. In the end, no one knew the outcome.
However, with this battle, there was no doubt that those who were indecisive and fearful were reassured. It made them understand that Li Xiang was not doing meaningless work. His strength was outstanding, and most of the words he said could be fulfilled.
After this battle, whether it was the Mechanization Project or the Training Academy, the progress of both had greatly increased, which was delightful.
Li Xiang was not afraid of the enemies who were about to return from the dead, but he was afraid that the people of the Seven Continents would lose confidence and not dare to face the darkness that was about to come.
Ten days later, Lélie had also successfully fulfilled his promise, completely transforming City 0126 into a new mechanical city.
On the day of completion, countless players came to observe, surrounding this super mechanical city inside and out. As soon as they entered the warning area, they were shocked by the defensive wall that was like a steel fortress at the outermost edge!
After leveling up and mastering all the machine-related Authority, the defensive wall that Li Xiang designed this time was even more magnificent than the Great Disaster Wall. From the inside to the outside, it was made of the latest mechanical fiber material, and the operating machinery did not need to consume a lot of driving power. Just a few tall energy towers that reached into the clouds could support the operation of the entire defensive wall!
The mechanical turrets that covered the sky and the densely packed mechanical creatures were astonishing. There was no blind spot in the area where the firepower intersected. Looking at the latest Elementium Cannons, many high-grade players felt their scalps tingle, not daring to look.
In the early years, Elementium weapons were far behind Enchanted weapons, let alone Disaster weapons.
Once a player became a high-tiered player, they would become almost immune to all attacks from Disaster weapons, which would greatly reduce the value of those weapons and equipment.
Now, Li Xiang had combined machinery and enchantment to develop a new batch of Elementium weapons that were as powerful as low-grade Disaster weapons. Although they still couldn't compare to high-grade Disaster weapons, they could be mass-produced endlessly. As long as there was enough Elementium energy, even ordinary people could use them!
This meant that, in theory, it was possible for ordinary players to deal with high-tiered players. Of course, in a real fight, high-tiered players had countless ways to avoid damage from ordinary players. However, Li Xiang's pioneering work had indeed raised the overall combat power of the Seven Continents.
This mechanical city was a test product, and the overall effect was astonishing. This greatly boosted Li Xiang's confidence.
The most important thing right now was to deal with the impending final calamity. If he wanted to use most of the resources of the seven continents, it would undoubtedly touch the bottom line and interests of many superpowers. If he wanted them to give in, he would have to take out something convincing. Now, he could put this worry to the back of his mind.
Li Xiang set up the core area of the mechanical city as a research area and a production area. There were many factories that provided a steady stream of weapons and equipment. The manpower and material resources came from various organizations, and they worked continuously under the supervision of the organization after being trained.
Ordinary people and other groups with low combat power would live in the underground city, which was more of a residential area. Even the armies and combat forces that would participate in the war would live there. They would only run to the surface when there was a war.
He did his best to give everyone a chance to survive. At the same time, he also gave everyone their corresponding responsibilities and obligations.
The transformation of City 0126 was a great success, and it also provided him with ideas for his future projects. It was not impossible to create a mechanical city in ten days.
Of course, quite a few unpleasant things had happened during this phase of the project. Not everyone was concerned about the seven continents and devoted themselves to the project. There were even some fellows who deliberately made things difficult, delaying the project, and were unwilling to provide manpower and resources.
Lélie was only a Magician. Even with the help of the old president, Bai Yuhan, and the others, it was difficult for him to suppress some of the higher-level players.
They thought that they had outstanding combat power and should go to the training academy to learn. Why should they be here doing manual labor and listen to some low-level orders?
All kinds of things happened during these ten days. Fortunately, the old president was shrewd and ruthless, so the project was not delayed.
Li Xiang had already planned for this. During the construction period, he did not immediately deal with the reports he received. He only sent someone to clean up the mess after the mechanical city was completely completed.
The person who came to help was none other than Hydra, who had just been promoted.
She was the representative of the anthropomorphic Disasters. She only listened to Bai Lili. Her mind was only about ten years old. She was cruel and bloodthirsty, but she was also an Overlord Disaster that was comparable to a Dominator.
Hydra did not care so much. Those players who jumped out to cause trouble and those who were not convinced were all eaten by her. The few super organizations that were causing trouble were destroyed by her Murloc army overnight and turned into ruins.
The Seven Continents were silent for a while.
It was only then that they recalled Li Xiang's past. Back when this young man was in charge of the Old Polar Night, he was already a cold-blooded and ruthless person. His long period of gentleness had almost caused people to forget what he had done in the past.
After Hydra's killing spree, the opposition died down completely.
A month later, seven numbered cities had been completely mechanized, with City 0126 as the center. Almost the entire southeastern region of Zone 1 of the Subcontinent had been renovated. At the same time, some of the students of the first batch of training academy had graduated successfully.
On the day of graduation, the training academy was packed with people. All the super organizations had occupied the three major routes — the sea, the land, and the air. They had to make sure that the seeds they had sent to the academy could return to their organizations safely.
The brutality of the training institute was also widely known within this month.
Almost half of the first batch of students were eliminated in the middle of the month. Then, new students joined the rotation. Some of them were eliminated after only half a day. The competition was extremely cruel.
Students who wanted to graduate had to complete 30 days of courses, not one minute less. Less than a hundred students had completed the first phase of the training, and almost half of them were students of the magic academy!
The goal of the first phase of the training was to reach the peak of Level-3. No matter how strong the students were before they entered the academy, they had to reach the goal within a month. Of course, the students who successfully completed the 30 days of courses had all reached the final goal!
Some of them were Level-1 Magicians when they entered the academy, and some were just magic apprentices. Some of them had just started their cultivation and were directly sent to the training academy because of their talent. They had completed the cultivation journey that many people would have taken a lifetime to achieve in just one month!
Li Xiang looked at the freshly released list of graduates. He was filled with mixed feelings.
Back then, he had participated in the Polar night training camp. It had taken him two months to reach the peak of Level-3 Magician, including the ultimate trial and part of his time in university. It had been a very long process to go from nothing to something.
In order to let the cultivators completely master their power before the players' assessment and realize their talent, the scholars of the Chronometer Tower had developed this magic system. It was a preparation for the players to advance. After generations of exploration, this system had become more and more perfect. In the training academy set up by Li Xiang, these geniuses could learn from the experience of countless sages. They could even ask high-level players face to face. Naturally, their progress was incomparably fast.
This kind of resource, if not for the integration of all the forces of the Seven Continents, it would be impossible to gather. Thinking back to the Polar night training camp, which was used as a rotational training for students, the standard was already very scary, but the passing rate was still very low. Compared to the magic academy here, it was nothing.
This was the foundation of the Seven Continents after the alliance.
However, such rapid advancement would also leave behind some small hidden dangers. Too few setbacks and combat experience would cause them to encounter a lot of trouble in the player's assessment in the future. But Li Xiang firmly believed that for the true geniuses, the players' previous cultivation was only a small part of it. There was no need to be too concerned.
Without becoming a high-level player, time would always be the most terrible enemy.
The 100 graduates quickly returned to their respective forces with ecstatic improvements. This indirectly allowed Li Xiang to fulfill his promise. Therefore, the second phase of the training hadn't started yet, and the Seven Continents were already boiling with excitement.
For a list of training academies, many superpowers were even willing to exchange a huge amount of resources!
It wasn't just the magic users. There were many low-level players among the 100 graduates who had at least leveled up in a month. This was a bottleneck that had been stuck at them for many years. They might not be able to break through in their lifetime. There were also some who were very young. Such rapid advancement could lay a good foundation for them to break through to the higher levels later.
This was something they could only dream of but couldn't obtain.
It was worth mentioning that among the 100 graduates, there was a Level-8 player.
The First Lady of the Dong Ling family, Dong Ling's Love.
She was known as the strongest person below Level-9.
After being stuck at Level-8 for decades, she finally took a crucial step and became a new Level-9.
The birth of every Level-9 was a milestone for humanity.
Especially recently, many Level-9 players had been killed by Li Xiang. At a time when there was a serious shortage of high-level combat power, her advancement was undoubtedly a shot in the arm. It also let the other Level-8 players see the light of advancement.
Li Xiang completed his advancement in the Eternal Land. In his view, it was a step that would naturally happen. But who knew how many prodigies had been stuck at this step. Even someone as strong as the First Lady had been stuck at this step for decades. And the advancement of this group of people would bring a terrifying boost to the combat power of the Seven Continents.
Everything was moving in a good direction.
At that moment, Li Xiang suddenly received a letter from the Black King.
He projected a shadow from a distant world. First, he briefly described his and Xin Yi's recent situation. Then, he invited him to the other world. It seemed that there was something very important.
Li Xiang immediately broke through the void. Following a path, he passed through countless stars in the universe and arrived at a new world. It was the small world that the Black King and Xin Yi had established as their base.
Xin Yi's face was bitter. It seemed that she had suffered a lot at the hands of the Black King. Li Xiang checked her body and found that her cultivation speed was incomparably terrifying. It wouldn't be long before she entered the ranks of high-level players.
Comparisons were odious. If he sent this girl to the training school, it would probably be a blow to many people.
The Black King was dressed in black. He stood with his hands behind his back. His complexion was good. It seemed that he would soon break through to Level-9.
"After receiving your message about the final catastrophe, I began to consciously wander around the universe to see if other worlds had similar situations. A few days ago, I was accidentally swept into a layer of void turbulence and came to a very strange world. Fortunately, I planted an anchor in advance and established a stable channel with that world."
The Black King's expression was solemn. With a wave of his hand, an illusory black spatial gate appeared.
He also understood the laws of space, but his aura was violent and cold. It was different from Bai Lili's.
The spatial gate slowly opened. Inside was a very large temple and a cage.
"Be careful, don't enter rashly. It's filled with chaotic laws of power. If you're not careful, you'll be torn to pieces," the Black King reminded. His words were mainly directed at the restless Xin Yi.
The temple was very dark, but one could still see that there were some ancient bronze statues inside. They were ancient and mysterious. They had long been cracked and filled with dust.
Every statue was locked with heavy iron chains, firmly binding them.
Upon closer inspection, they weren't ordinary chains. They were chains of laws formed by Spiritual Energy. Only those who had touched the Spiritual Energy realm could sense them!
As soon as he got close, Li Xiang felt a terrifying power that was beyond Level-9. It was even stronger than Bai Shili's Divine Will Punch.
These statues were shrouded in black fog. Even with his eyesight, he couldn't see their faces clearly. He glanced at the Black King. The latter shook his head slightly, indicating the same.
"There are also some strange things inside." The Black King looked back at Xin Yi. "Stay here. Don't follow."
"Okay." Xin Yi pouted, but she didn't act willfully. She obediently stayed to the side.
Her personality was indeed much more docile. She was no longer domineering.
Li Xiang snickered in his heart. He followed the Black King through the divine palace and into the depths of the palace. There was a cage there, and inside it, there were strange sacrificial altars. On each altar, there was a jar that was sealed, and there were mottled bloodstains.
The smell of the bloodstains was pungent. It was very familiar.
There were dozens of altars and dozens of jars in the entire cage!
Thick black fog filled the cage. The entire temple was immersed in the black fog. It was very uncomfortable.
Li Xiang had encountered similar strange black fog before. There were similar wonders in the depths of the Star Sea. Many rulers had similar auras.
However, none of them were as thick and terrifying as this one. It was filled with the aura of despair.
"This blood … I remember now!" Li Xiang finally remembered where he had smelled this strange smell of blood.
"Why? Do you remember?" The Black King knew nothing about this.
Li Xiang nodded. He told him about the lake he had seen in the City of Heaven and the ashes and divine bones of those Level-9 and above.
Hearing that there were countless Level-9 and above buried there, the Black King couldn't help but gasp.
"There's this smell there. It's the blood power of Level-9 and above. These jars are all sealed with blood of Level-9 and above!" Li Xiang inhaled slightly. He was shocked.
There were many places in the temple with traces of this blood. It seemed to be sealing something and fighting against the thick black fog. However, it was clear that the blood power was getting weaker. The sealed thing was about to break out of its shell. These jars were also about to break.
Thinking about the final catastrophe, Li Xiang had a bad feeling.
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