A Great City Was Terrifying Indeed: Martial Generals Were as Common as Dogs, and Martial Commanders Walked Everywhere
Unlike Su Zhan, who was Advanced Martial Artist and could rival Beginner Martial General across two realms, this was different.
As is widely known.
The higher the level, the harder it is to advance... And naturally, the difficulty of fighting above your level also increases exponentially as you progress!
In particular, the watershed he is crossing now is no ordinary one.
Rather, it's the terrifying barrier between the Martial General level and the Martial Marshal level. It's like a divine punishment; those who can cross it are gods, while those who can't are ants!
Once the Four Greats find out about this...
It's probably not just a matter of fighting tooth and nail for it... It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the Four Greats might even come to blows!
Su Zhan: "Old Six, how long until you reach the Intermediate Grade?"
Qianlong: "Boss, not many, 37 days will do!"
This multiplier and number of days would be incredibly slow for other Cultivation Method... but for Dual-element Heaven Grade Technique, it is indeed not much.
Su Zhan went through it all again.
The Blood Consumption is reduced to less than 3 days before it reaches the Minor Accomplishment.
Jiu Huo, it will take another 15 days to reach the Intermediate Grade.
It takes 17 days to reach the Intermediate Grade from the Sanyu level.
Frenzy Blood, 11 days until it reaches the Minor Accomplishment.
Lei Yin, there are still 29 days until you reach the advanced level.
The longest time required for Qianlong to reach its zenith is 37 days.
"The fastest Blood Consumption only needs 3 days, which is perfect, as my Talent Upgrade Cooldown will also be over in 3 days... While waiting for the Cultivation Method to upgrade, I'll also improve my Aptitude, and then all the Cultivation Method Multiplier will double!"
"Looks like I'll have to scavenge a lot over these three days and try to max out Cultivation Method Multiplier!"
If the upper limit is increased and then doubled again, then there will be a whole bunch of Cultivation Method that accelerate by four thousand, five thousand, or even six thousand times!
Not only is the upgrade time significantly reduced, but it also unlocks several extra features at once... It's simply amazing!
At this moment.
Su Zhan spotted a black dot appearing on the distant horizon.
"Arrive."
As he rapidly approached, the black dot gradually expanded, transforming from a dot into a line, and then extending continuously, eventually exceeding the range that Su Zhan could perceive!
"If this city wall were to stretch out continuously, it would probably be at least a thousand kilometers long, right?"
"If Great City are already this outrageous, wouldn't Giant City be even more outrageous?"
Su Zhan couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
Soon, the incredibly long, incredibly high, and incredibly thick city wall gradually came into view... It kept magnifying in his eyes, magnifying and magnifying again.
When Su Zhan saw the city gate, which was tens of meters high, he looked up and saw a city wall that was hundreds of meters high!
The city walls were densely covered with various Talisman, Formation, and metal mechanisms... clearly designed specifically to defend against ferocious beasts.
"If I hadn't seen these defensive measures, I would have almost forgotten about the threat of the Fierce Beast Tide."
According to Su Zhan's memory.
Whether it's Giant City, Great City, or a small city, they were all born to fight against the Fierce Beast Tide... The larger the city, the higher the danger level of the Fierce Beast Tide!
Don't be fooled by the fact that this city wall, hundreds of meters high, stands majestically and inspires awe.
However, even after the arrival of the Fierce Beast Tide, there is still a possibility that it could be completely breached!
If the small city is only facing a massive number of B-grade (Master Rank), A-grade (Martial General level), and even S-grade (Martial Marshal level) ferocious beasts... then the Great City will probably face a huge number of A-grade, S-grade, and even SS-grade (Martial Marquis level) ferocious beasts!
"Stop!"
The soldiers guarding the city raised their hands to stop Su Zhan.
"Martial General level city defender?"
Su Zhan couldn't help but shake his head.
After presenting the trade certificate provided by Cloud Above Tower, Su Zhan entered smoothly... and even received some surprised and strange looks from the city guards.
After all, Su Zhan looked too young; you could tell at a glance he was a student... but he exuded the aura of Intermediate Martial Master.
It's easy to imagine that even in Great City, Intermediate Martial Master of this age are extremely rare.
After entering the city, Su Zhan finally understood the biggest difference between a small town and Great City.
In a small town, you might only find skyscrapers, long bridges, rivers, and jungles... but in Great City, there's actually Ferocious Beast Mountain Range —can you believe it?!
Su Zhan suspected that his Cultivation Method Avatars, having fought for so long in the wilderness of Heaven City and traveled thousands of kilometers... if it were Great City, they would probably have only barely reached the edge of the city.
Not only that.
Su Zhan truly witnessed what it meant to have "Martial General as numerous as dogs, Martial Commander everywhere"... What could be considered top-tier Martial General level in Heaven City could only be considered slightly better here.
Wherever Su Zhan went, he could almost always see Martial Marshal level.
There are many Beginner Martial Marshal... quite a few Intermediate Martial Marshal as well, but Advanced Martial Marshal are relatively rare.
One of the auras, just by sensing it, made him feel fear... Without a doubt, it was Martial Marquis level!
As for Martial Artist and Martial Masters, there's no need to mention them; they belong purely to the common people... Su Zhan was just an inconspicuous member of them.
That's outrageous.
However, things are much easier in Great City.
Instead of rushing to see Silver Moon Martial Marshal, Su Zhan spent 100,000 gold coins with Information Merchant to buy information about various trading markets in Great Moon City.
This included the Cloud Above Tower branch, the Martial Hall, the Underground Black Market, and so on. The results far exceeded Su Zhan's expectations... The Great City market was far too vast, and its economic reach was astonishing!
At the same time, Su Zhan also learned an important piece of intelligence:
In the Great City, Gold Coin can only buy Ordinary Grade items.
Only with "Spirit Crystal" can you buy truly good things!
Spirit Crystal, as the name suggests, are Crystal Stone formed from Spirit Energy... They can not only be used for Martial Artist cultivation, but also as a source of various energy sources.
Absorbing Spirit Crystal for cultivation is the most basic use.
It can also be used for countless purposes, such as Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Talisman Drawing, Formation Creation, Nourishing Spirit Treasures, and so on.
Therefore, Spirit Crystal are the most valuable hard currency, and the exchange rate with Gold Coin is also astonishing... 1 Spirit Crystal = 100 million Gold Coin, occasionally fluctuating to 1 Spirit Crystal = 110 or 120 million Gold Coin!
"So, all my current wealth can't even buy a single Spirit Crystal?"
After spending so much over the past few days, Su Zhan only had a little over 80 million Gold Coin left... This was specifically prepared for his trip to the Great City; otherwise, he would have spent it all long ago.
Unexpectedly, his small amount of money was enough to make him practically invincible in Heaven City, even the Four Great Lineages were envious... but he found himself struggling financially in Great City.
"Let's check out the nearest Free Trade Market first."
There are numerous Free Trade Market in the Great City; they are almost everywhere.
That's normal, after all, there are so many Martial Artist Martial Master Martial General, Martial Commander that you can imagine how frequent the transactions are.
"Found it... Holy crap... There are so many Advanced Spirit Artifact Remnants?!"
When Su Zhan saw the pile of Advanced Spirit Artifact Remnants, he perked up and his eyes lit up!
It's impossible for him not to make a fortune this time!