Defense System

He arranged all those legends in Purgatory and ordered Augustine to take charge of Wace City.

Augustine had had no trouble handling the affairs of an entire nation when he was king. Managing Wace City now was even less of a problem.

Huo Ling returned alone to Plains City in the Spirit Realm.

After being away for over a year, Plains City was still developing rapidly. The changes within the city were enormous: its defenses had become more comprehensive, and its population had grown as well.

Most of the people coming and going through the city had come for this newly developed territory in the Spirit Realm, hoping to find new opportunities for advancement here.

The development of the lands around Plains City had now reached a bottleneck. If they wanted new opportunities to make money, they could only continue expanding northward.

Expanding northward would inevitably bring new enemies.

Huo Ling did not like passively dealing with such troubles, so he planned to complete the defensive system first.

He had assigned this task before leaving. Now, after a year, the outer defenses were beginning to take shape.

After returning to Plains City, Huo Ling rested for several days and let out all the energy he had accumulated over the past year.

Once he felt refreshed, Huo Ling opened a portal and arrived atop a mountain at the border of Plains City.

This was the boundary of Plains City's territory, an important defensive core.

It was also the place where Huo Ling had once promised investors he would build a fortress.

The terrain here had now changed beyond recognition, thanks to the workers' labor and the liches' spellcasting.

Starting from its middle, the mountain had been blasted flat. Construction crews had built an enormous fortress here.

This was a fully militarized