Chapter 421 - Ground Guardian

Chapter 421: Ground Guardian
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After returning to Jaboli, Yang Ling immediately ordered for the Main Residence to be expanded in area and to be built to take up one third of the area of the inner city, and demolish the houses of the citizens living near the Main Residence.
The power of the Church was extremely huge, if they came for revenge, it would definitely cause a stormy, bloody battle. To prevent the innocent from being hurt, the castle where he was residing in must be of a certain distance away from the citizens. Furthermore, only if the castle was big enough, would he be able to lay more traps and ambushes to welcome the Church fellows.
Expanding and building a huge castle needed much manpower and funds. To an ordinary Domain, they could not help but consider the difficulty in getting the funds needed. But to Yang Ling, all this was not a problem.
During this period, more and more people had streamed into Jaboli, attracting many nomads who had led a tough life to come and seek a living. Cheap labor could be found by the handful. He had no problem in funds too, having gained the accumulated wealth of the generations of Pharaoh Kings over a few thousand years. Not to mention expanding and building one castle. Even building a few dozen, or even a few hundred Wissen Castle, would not be a problem.
Apart from expanding the area covered by a few dozen times, Yang Ling also personally planned the architecture within the palace and its garden. He planted huge amounts of man-eating vines, and commanded a few dozen Withered Tree Warriors to transform into thousand-year-old withered trees, to guard the various battle positions. He also reared, within the forests, huge numbers of Magical Beasts like the Horned Bee Beasts, Spiders and Vampire Bats. Within the building, he placed the normally unmoving Gargoyles one by one, and within the lake, he placed a few ferocious Black Mamba Giant Pythons… Within the castle itself, he also laid down various ambushes and traps!


After he was finished with the overall planning, Yang Line then laid Imprisonment Restriction over the entire castle. He then reinforced it with the Great Wizard Seal, stacking layers of Illusory Formation, Killing Formation, and Gravity Restriction. Finally, he placed the Wizard’s Pagoda within the courtyard of the place he was residing in. Under normal circumstances where the Restriction was not triggered, the Main Residence looked like any ordinary castle. But once the Great Wizard Seal had activated the Restriction, the enemies who barged in would immediately be trapped in the various ambushes.
Could he just lay a Restriction and cover the entire Jaboli City?
Looking at the various Restrictions laid around the Inner City, and looking at the ever expanding Main Residence, and then looking at the Outer City that was being constructed, Yang Ling had a sudden thought. The Church might be big and powerful, but they also could not send tens of thousands of Guardian Knights and Spellcasters over to seek vengeance. At most, they would send a few hundred elites over. If he were to concentrate his forces like the City Guards led by Argus, and the Marines led by Ashnamov, he might be able to lay a complete web over Jaboli, and slay all the Church Experts who came for vengeance, letting them come but not letting them leave.
If he could not be a match for them on a one to one, then he would use his huge army to drown them!
In this period, with Yang Ling’s permission, Goode, had managed the Hunter Association till it was prosperous. More and more expansions of the Hunter Association were being built, and membership had grown explosively. After posting the missions, there were people capturing large numbers of Magical Beasts and Magical Beast Eggs . Actually, only a small number of them would be handed to the Beast Taming Ground to be tamed and sold as pets. Most of them were gathered and given to Yang Ling, to be kept in the Wizard Pagoda’s Space.
The Wizard Pagoda’s Space had gotten bigger and bigger. The miserably small Magical Beasts Base from the start had long become a vast ancient forest, forming the beginnings of an ecological chain. After moving large numbers of Magical Beasts in, the Magical Beasts within the Wizard Pagoda’s Space was getting more and more, the ecological chian was getting longer and longer, and becoming more and more complete. Even though at the moment, there was not many high level Magical Beasts, but wild Horned Bee Beasts, Vampire Bats and Spiders were countless. As long as Yang Ling was willing, he could form a huge Magical Beasts Army at a moment’s notice.
The Magical Beasts Army was impressively big, and at the same time, as long as he gave the command to gather troops, he could also gather a great number of warriors within the Realm!
With the hard work of people like Yuna and Goode, the development of the Magical Beasts Realm was happening at a rapid pace. Not only did it attract large numbers of nomads and Tribes to settle down, they had also formed a strong sense of cohesion. As long as Yang Ling gave the command to gather troops as the Lord of the land, people would definitely jump at the chance to join the army to defend their hard-earned homeland and to defend the honor and glory of the Magical Beasts Realm.
Some time ago, in order to explore overseas, Ashnamov publicly announced the recruitment of a hundred brave warriors to join the army. In the end, people swarmed in from all over, and over three thousand people turned up. Some of the people did not even want any pay. They had only hoped to be able to accumulate war merit within the army, and one day, become a close guard of His Lordship Yang Ling, and follow in his footsteps to witness the glory of the Magical Beasts Realm. From this one incident, one could see the charm and charisma of His Lordship Yang Ling.
There was no time to lose!


After making up his mind, Yang Ling immediately took action. He greatly expanded the strength of the Marines and City Guards, and recruited large numbers of brave warriors into the army. The main forces were concentrated on the army base set up just outside the city. In case of anything, he could immediately close up and surround Jaboli, and close the gates to beat the dogs, giving the enemies who barged in nowhere else to run. And ordinary soldier might not have strong attacking ability, but if everyone were to wield a strengthened version of the Pear Blossom Crossbow, and every crossbow arrow were to be smeared with fatal poison created by the Poison Wizard Alice, then no matter if they fired in unison, or attacked sneakily, they would definitely let the enemy, who would be caught unawares, suffer.
After completing the overall planning, Yang Ling, while swallowing large amounts of Magical Beast Blood Orbs to replenish his exhausted Wizard Power and Metal Energy, also started laying a Restriction to cover the whole of Jaboli city, with the Main Residence as the center. Even though it was just a simple Illusory Formation, but at the critical moment, it might prove itself to be useful. If it was not activated during under ordinary circumstances, the people’s lives would not be affected at all. During times of chaos and instability, as long as people stayed at home and closed their doors, it would not harm the innocent also. It was much better than the Energy Towers, found in many cities on the Continent, that attacked everyone without discrimination!
After laying the heavily armed traps and ambushes, Yang Ling went to cultivate his training in silence behind closed doors, hoping that before the Church arrived with a vengeance, his would be able to advance another level in his power. After all, when faced with the Experts within the Church, it might come down to the Corpse Wizard King and himself having to face them personally in the end.
Besides going in and out of the Graveyard of the Deities and Demons, what other mysteries did the Teleportation Portal hold?
After sitting cross-legged on the Great Wizard Altar, Yang Ling at first observed in detail, the Teleportation Portal that the various powerful factions were so determined to get their hands on. According to the Pharaoh King Mobli’s memories, many years ago in the Graveyard of the Deities and Demons, the mysterious elder used this exact Teleportation Portal to seriously wound the first generation Pharaoh King and the Divine Level Magical Beast, the Golden Roc. If he could figure out the mystery of the Teleportation Portal, he would have much more confidence in his ability to kill off the Church’s Experts!
If he were to pour in large amounts of Wizard Power and Mental Energy, what kind of changes would happen to the Teleportation Portal?
Looking at the Teleportation Portal which was carved full of mysterious runes, Yang Ling hesitated for a bit, not daring to act impulsively. The successive generations of Pharaoh Kings, with their ability to run a nation, could only manage to figure our a way to enter and exit the Graveyard of Deities and Demons, and were completely unable to figure out the real mystery behind the Teleportation Portal, and could only use it in a simple manner. Historically, there were five Pharaoh Kings, who suffered from rebounding Magic while trying to study the mystery of the Teleportation Portal, and exploded to death on the spot. Two of them were accidentally wounded fatally by the evil demons who dashed out of the portal, and died from their injuries. Without being certain, he dared not do anything to this dangerous two-bladed sword on impulse, to prevent himself from getting killed for his curiosity.
After keeping away the dangerous Teleportation Portal, he focused his attention on studying the Ring of the Earth that he had pried out of the Pharaoh King Mobli’s finger.
Compared to the Teleportation Portal, it was a much smoother process in studying the Ring of the Earth. According the Pharaoh King’s memories. Yang Ling dripped a drop of his blood on it for it to recognize him as its owner. Thereafter, after muttering a few incantations, he could activate the powerful Holy Land Armor and Ground Guardian. After pairing it with the Ice-sealing Throne, his defense ability increased to an astonishing level.
He wondered if the giant claws of the Dark Dragon King would still be able to leave a mark on him now?


After trying it out, Yang Ling walked into the Wizard Pagoda’s Space, and found the Dark Dragon King, who was training in the desert, to find out exactly how strong his defense was now. He commanded the latter to use his strongest attack.

My Lord, you’re sure you are going to stand still and not move?
After transforming into a giant Dark Dragon, the Dark Dragon hesitated when he saw Yang Ling, who was unmoving .
Natural Spirit Fire and boiling hot lava lakes were the sources of energy for all Burning Fire Elves. To the Dark Dragons, it was also a rare, Holy training ground. While Yang Ling was laying the Restrictions, the Dark Dragon King was either busy training by the lava lake, and absorbing large clouds of pure and refined Fire Element Magical Energy, or he would be training with the powerful Burning Fire Elf King. His power had increased in leaps and bounds. Not only had he gotten physically stronger in his defense, the oppressive power of his Dragon Realm had also become dramatically different from the past.
Now, he could give a gentle pat with his giant claws and completely flatten a big mass of extremely hard Star Metal. What would happen if he were to ruthlessly slam his claws onto Yang Ling’s head?

Hehe,hurry up and do it if you don’t want to eat Immet’s children!
Looking at the Dark Dragon King circling low overhead, Yang Ling smiled lightly and muttered a few incantations, rapidly adding to his defense with the Ground Guardian. In an instant, a light, mud-yellow glow surrounded his entire body.
Immet’s children?
Thinking of the scorpions crawling up and down, and all over Immet’s body, the Dark Dragon King felt a prickle don his spine. He might not be afraid of heaven and earth, but every time he saw Immet, he would immediately lose his appetite. Only an old pervert like the Corpse Wizard King would be able to pick a few misbehaving scorpions off Immet , stuff them into his mouth and swallow them like a snack, while talking to Immet.

My Lord, be careful. Here I come!
After a roar, the Dark Dragon King dived down from above, coming at Yang Ling, who was standing on the ground, with a trial attack. Unexpectedly, after a dull ‘thud’ sound, Yang Ling was undamaged, but on the contrary, there was a sharp pain from the Dark Dragon King’s claw that went straight to his heart.
How could this be?
After the initial shock, the Dark Dragon King cast Dragon Realm, relying on the oppressive power of the Dragon Realm to launch wave after wave of intense attacks. Unexpectedly, after ruthlessly hitting Yang Ling a few times with his claws, he was in a lot of pain. Yet, Yang Ling, who was surrounded by the constantly moving yellow glow, did not seem to be affected. After accidentally being jumped on and punched by Yang Ling, he was even in so much pain that his whole body trembled. The layer of mud-yellow glow on Yang Ling’s body seemed to not only be able to defend against his strong attacks, but also was able to increase the damage given to himself. It was powerful beyond compare!