<h4>Chapter 421: Ground Guardian</h4>


    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio


    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 toy more traps and ambushes to wee 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 toe and seek a living. Cheapbor could be found by the handful. He had no problem in funds too, having gained the umted 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 nned the architecture within the pce and its garden. He nted huge amounts of man-eating vines, andmanded 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 ced the normally unmoving Gargoyles one by one, and within theke, he ced a few ferocious ck Mamba Giant Pythons... Within the castle itself, he alsoid down various ambushes and traps!


    After he was finished with the overall nning, Yang Line thenid Imprisonment Restriction over the entire castle. He then reinforced it with the Great Wizard Seal, stackingyers of Illusory Formation, Killing Formation, and Gravity Restriction. Finally, he ced the Wizard’s Pagoda within the courtyard of the ce 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 justy a Restriction and cover the entire Jaboli City?


    Looking at the various Restrictionsid 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 toy aplete web over Jaboli, and y all the Church Experts who came for vengeance, letting theme 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 capturingrge 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 be a vast ancient forest, forming the beginnings of an ecological chain. After movingrge 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 bing more and moreplete. 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 themand 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 attractrge numbers of nomads and Tribes to settle down, they had also formed a strong sense of cohesion. As long as Yang Ling gave themand to gather troops as the Lord of thend, people would definitely jump at the chance to join the army to defend their hard-earned homnd 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 umte war merit within the army, and one day, be 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 recruitedrge 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.


    Afterpleting the overall nning, Yang Ling, while swallowingrge amounts of Magical Beast Blood Orbs to replenish his exhausted Wizard Power and Metal Energy, also startedying 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!


    Afterying 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 mighte 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. ording 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 inrge 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 sessive 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 werepletely 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 identally 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-ded 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. ording 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 ws 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. Hemanded thetter 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 hotvakes 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 wasying the Restrictions, the Dark Dragon King was either busy training by thevake, and absorbingrge 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 be dramatically different from the past.


    Now, he could give a gentle pat with his giant ws andpletely tten a big mass of extremely hard Star Metal. What would happen if he were to ruthlessly m his ws 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 Ie!” After a roar, the Dark Dragon King dived down from above,ing 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 w 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 tounch wave after wave of intense attacks. Unexpectedly, after ruthlessly hitting Yang Ling a few times with his ws, 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 identally being jumped on and punched by Yang Ling, he was even in so much pain that his whole body trembled. Theyer 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 beyondpare!