Ye Yun did not care about the attributes gained from the admiration of others; what he cared about most was the 50% increase in functional points he received, which was the main reason for him to upgrade the statue.
In the end, Ye Yun upgraded his statue four times, transforming it from a Monarch Statue to a Monarch God Statue. After these four upgrades, the clear divine features became blurred, and the entire statue radiated a soft purple light, with the gain amplification reaching an astonishing 200%.
What did that concept mean? It meant that each player could gain at least 300 attribute points for free every day! Each resident of Fengle City could gain at least 1500 points daily! How much gold would it take to obtain such a sum?
Ye Yun did not use the remaining evolution chances as the system's mandated logout time was approaching. Ye Yun believed that after an hour, his Fengle City, and even the entire in-game map, would undergo earth-shattering changes! These changes would bring endless opportunities and boundless dangers.
"It seems I still need to accelerate the pace of army construction," he mused, "otherwise, relying solely on my four thousand men, I won't be able to fully manage both reality and the Heavenly Dao."
As soon as he exited the Heavenly Dao, Ye Yun received a call from Elder Song.
"Xiao Ye, you did brilliantly this time! Our country can be said to have benefited greatly from you; we managed to successfully protect Shangjing City." In the video call, only Elder Song's figure was visible.
"As a citizen of the Huayi Kingdom, this is what I should do," Ye Yun replied with a smile. Thinking about the 25% revenue he received daily from Shangjing City made it hard for him not to feel good. Ye Yun had even planned how to allocate this money. A gust of wind, a gust of wind, a gust of wind...
"Xiao Ye, this old brother now understands. Your Fengle City is truly a breeding ground for talent. What are your plans next?" The success of this defense battle had made the entire Blue Star aware of the strength of the Huayi Kingdom. Now, even Elder Xia and his three companions were being bombarded with calls from foreign dignitaries.
"Heh, Elder Song, don't you already know?" With the increase in Fengle City's territory and the changes to his statue, how could this influential figure not be aware?
"Alright, I won't beat around the bush. Xiao Ye, could you perhaps set up a statue like yours in our Shangjing City as well? The attribute point benefits are simply too tempting." The elder rubbed his hands together, looking at Ye Yun with eager anticipation.
The statue was an active effect of Ye Yun's skill 'Nine-Five Supreme.' Since acquiring it, Ye Yun had placed three statues in total. The first was in the real world, on the edge of the border with Country A, at the World's Rooftop. Another was in the Heavenly Dao's New Fanhai Continent, in Yuntian City, and this one.
Nine-Five Supreme (Passive) - Those who cultivate this skill have a powerful suppressive effect as a superior over their own race's players, imposing a 30% power suppression on their own race's enemies! (Players can establish statues in reality and the game world through this skill for everyone to worship. Worshippers will receive 100 to 500 attribute points daily based on their piety, with the worship time being from 8 AM to 9 AM.)
"Yes, no problem. However, Elder Song, you also know that this Monarch Statue will definitely be different from the one in my Fengle City, as the current effect here cost me a lot of evolution chances." Being able to place another statue in a different main city meant an additional source of income, and Ye Yun saw no reason not to. However, he felt it necessary to clarify some things beforehand.
"That's natural. And also, Xiao Ye, can you arrange for another million or so people to settle in your Fengle City?" Elder Song said somewhat hesitantly. The various building functions of Fengle City were simply too attractive. In this recent defense battle, those who had settled early, like the police, fire department, and some civil servants, had reaped immense rewards! Such growth was something that the entire Huayi Kingdom, with its population of one or two hundred million, could hardly afford to cultivate.
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"I finally understand, this influential figure won't rest until he squeezes every last drop of my usefulness. Fine, I agree," Ye Yun said with a smile. Although he said so, Ye Yun also knew that Fengle City's development was inseparable from the country's support in the real world. Otherwise, Fengle City would not be able to conduct identity checks for every new resident. While it might not matter much now, it would at least prevent chaos.
Furthermore, Fengle City had expanded to more than twenty times its original size. It required a large population to settle in order to drive the entire Fengle City's economic circulation and bring more income to Fengle City and the Dragon Palace. This was a win-win situation, and Ye Yun was naturally happy to see it.
"Alright. This update will be very quick. Otherwise, I would definitely go to your Milibo to have a drink with you. Last time, I heard from Director Ren that your Milibo is built like a paradise on earth."
After hanging up the video call, Ye Yun flickered and appeared in the Dragon Palace Building. At this moment, the four thousand soldiers in the Dragon Palace Building were not resting at all but were packing their luggage, preparing to follow Ye Yun to the domain gate to guard it.
The merging of the game map had already confirmed the future goal of star domain fusion. Therefore, the Ghost Race would definitely send a portion of their army to scout ahead. If they found the Human Race's strength to be weak, they would undoubtedly resort to enslavement or even annihilation.
After all, it involved the survival of their star domain. If the Human Race was powerful, Ye Yun would also act in the same way.
He wondered how many people the Ghost Race would send and what their strength would be. Could his four thousand men truly resist them?
Four thousand cultivators at the Heavenly Venerable realm were already very strong, but what if the enemy sent a million True Realm or Mahayana realm cultivators? Could they resist?
Ye Yun looked at the more than two trillion gold coins in his inventory. After a moment of hesitation, he summoned nine of his absolute top-tier subordinates.
These gold coins could not increase the strength of the four thousand men further, but they could enhance the strength of these nine individuals by at least two tiers! Wang Chen, in particular, was already at the cusp of the Great Sage realm. Ye Yun could completely use the gold coins to boost him. With the efficacy of the Heavenly Pot and Earth Cup, Ye Yun believed that before the star domain fusion, his strength could easily break through to the Main God or even Monarch realm!
As for the other eight individuals, based on Ye Yun's estimations, before the map fusion, with one more investment, they should be able to reach the Main God realm. At that time, with that strength, coupled with his own, defending the Blue Star would be sufficient.
As for Ye Yun himself, he had already touched the barrier of a higher realm. Even without adding attribute points in the game, breaking through would only take more than ten days by relying solely on the Heavenly Pot and Earth Cup. And this was with Ye Yun actively suppressing his progress. He had hundreds of billions of trillions of attribute points accumulated from leveling up that he hadn't even touched.
At this moment, the entire Heavenly Dao forum was abuzz with discussion. Countless players were denouncing their country's leaders for their inaction, which led to their main cities falling.
An hour passed quickly, and Ye Yun logged into the Heavenly Dao right on time.
Vast!
Immensely vast!
The territory of Fengle City now stretched as far as the eye could see.
"System Prompt: The star domain map fusion has been successfully completed. The two star domain maps have been merged into one. The following updates are now in effect:
1. Open the all-star domain faction map.
2. The original star domain national border barrier has been removed. Players can cross borders to join various main cities of their respective races.
3. The Human Race and Ghost Race main cities can submit applications for mutual conquest between main cities on the first Monday of each month. The applicant needs to submit a bet of ten billion gold coins, which goes to the winner. Each city can apply to attack twice and be attacked five times per month.
4. An auction house between the Human Race and the Ghost Race has been opened to encourage mutual trade between the two races.
5. Following this map adjustment, wild monster levels will be distributed based on the map fusion battle results..."
Dozens of dense new features made Ye Yun's eyes swim. The magnitude of this change was akin to starting from scratch. Ye Yun read through them one by one and found that these rules, under the guise of peaceful coexistence, were indirectly encouraging the two races to fight to the death.