Next came the race against time to construct defensive fortifications.
Countless engineering vehicles rolled into the newly captured territory.
At the same time, more powerful fixed Source Energy defense weapons began to be deployed.
Along the newly built alloy walls, one Judgment Ring after another was erected.
These ring-shaped devices, each more than three meters in diameter, could create a sustained electrical field over a certain area, continuously damaging and paralyzing Abyss Beasts that tried to climb or ram the walls.
At several high points and strategic locations, massive Pulse Nova Tower bases were secured in place. Ghostly blue Source Energy gathered at their tips. Once activated, they could unleash ring-shaped Source Energy pulses in every direction, effectively slowing the advance of beast tides across a wide area.
Even more striking were the Eye of Death nodes that had already been calibrated. They hovered above their bases, slowly rotating as they locked onto the distant Main Nest in the capital, ready at any moment to unleash deadly beams of Source Energy.
There were also Seismic Field Generators hidden underground, capable of creating violent localized tremors to disrupt Abyss Beast formations.
Source Energy Tripwires had been laid throughout the obstacle zones, ready to unleash high-voltage arcs when triggered.
In just three days, the entire Giant Nest ruin had undergone an almost magical transformation. What had once been an Abyss Beast nest permeated with evil energy had become a fortress of war radiating cold metallic gleams and powerful Source Energy fluctuations—the Iron Wall defense line.
Dawn on the fifth day.
Everything was ready.
Fifty carefully selected Source Martial Army officers, each with Source Energy levels at the third tier of Stardust Rank, stood under heavy guard around the cleared Giant Nest Vortex.
Solemnly, they raised their hands in unison. Azure beams of