Chapter 1231: Chapter 1231

"The experience points are maxed out, now let’s start the upgrade," not only Du You, but everyone else was watching. The biggest reason for the military parade this time was completely different from what the outside world had speculated.

Du You’s intention wasn’t to deter the surrounding countries, nor to display his own strength, and certainly not for some special situation, like seeking cooperation. It was actually for this influence.

The strength displayed now was enough to draw significant attention from the empire. Were a real war to start, even the Divine Flame Empire would carefully consider it because the consequences were too severe. Only the Divine Flame Empire, believing they had a method to mass-produce fifth-tier troops in a short period of time, would take the huge risk to deal with him.

If their idea held up, then as long as they obtained that Secret Method, they would be able to train more fifth-tier troops within a very short time. Once they got through the most dangerous time, they would become the most powerful empire.

But Du You’s own goal was very simple, purely for his own experience problem. He wanted to increase his influence, deter empires with sixth-tier experts surrounding him, and then use this influence to raise his territory’s experience.

Now Du You had succeeded, his territory reaching the peak of experience points.

"Don’t be hasty, have the people you prepared ready?" he asked.

Shaliya nodded, "They are ready, and even the locations have been prepared for you. But do we really need to hide those Giants?" Indeed, Du You’s first thought was to hide the Giants.

"Of course, we need to hide them, otherwise, once the territory upgrade is complete, those Giants will enter a state of slumber for upgrading. Who knows what reaction that would provoke from the Divine Flame Empire, we must conceal them. Besides, once the upgrade is complete, with so many sixth-tier Flame Giants, who would dare to trouble us if we don’t hide them?"

That was a thousand, after all—the publicly known sixth-tier experts across the entire continent weren’t even as numerous. Of course, this was only publicly known, who knows how many were hidden in secret.

Shaliya nodded, sending the message immediately. A fifth-tier territory could command the Flame Giants’ movements to a certain extent; otherwise, hiding them would be impossible.

The method of hiding was simple: dig underground caverns in different areas and bury them. Though these weren’t Land Giants, they were still puppets that wouldn’t die from being buried.

But to hide these fellows, a very secret location was needed. Days before the parade, using it as an excuse, Shaliya had already planned these locations, and now they were occupied only by their own citizens, no one else. The next process of upgrading the Giants would not be noticed by anyone, adding a batch of strong beings to the territory.

A day later, the Giants were buried, and not a single Flame Giant could be seen throughout the territory. The official statement was that these alchemy weapons required reconfiguration, regardless of what the outside world thought.

Then, Du You transported the black Crystal Coins to his Lord’s Mansion, ignited the Crystal Coins, and began to raise the level of his territory.

This time it took much longer than usual. Previously, it was always done in one day, but this upgrade took three days. On the third day, the territory was enveloped in a strange glow, marking the completion of a significant upgrade.

At the same time, the Flame Giants immediately fell into a deep sleep, surrounded by a large amount of Fire Element, forming cocoons underground—a sign of fifth-tier evolving into sixth-tier.

Du You also opened his panel to view the new territory attributes.

Territory: Shenghai Kingdom (sixth-tier, Yalan Continent, Locked)

Area: 100,000 square kilometers

Lord: Du You/Deputy Lord: Shaliya/Commander: Luo Jia

Territory Income: 9000 black Crystal Coins per day. Consumption: 3000 black Crystal Coins per day.

Population: 100,000,000/1,000,000,000 (non-combat beings must not exceed one-tenth of the population)

Troops: 847,583/100,000,000 (combat beings must not exceed one-tenth of troops)

Extraterritorial Population: 835,548,345

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Unbeknownst to them, the population created by the territory had already reached a hundred million. The reason for the prosperity in the south was largely due to the large population. However, as the territory expanded, the number of outsiders increased even more. For origınal chapters go to 𝖓𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖑~𝖋𝖎𝖗𝖾~𝖓𝖊𝖙

A total of eight hundred million, more than what had been created. The southern region’s high population was partly due to the area’s prosperity attracting a lot of people to live there. On the other hand, this population included not only humans but also the Murlocs from the sea.

Exclusively humans would never amount to so many. But as the territory continued to upgrade, the limitations of territory size would soon become a bottleneck for development. This space was simply not enough.

One hundred thousand square kilometers was barely enough to accommodate even those created by Du You, forcing them to disperse and open up more land outside. Without a large number of residential buildings, so many people could not be sustained.

The troops, however, had grown rapidly to 847,583. Of course, most were of a low level with only a small portion reaching the fifth-tier troop standard. This was the development of the territory over the years. Likewise, with continuous warfare, many soldiers perished, or their numbers would be even greater.

But the biggest gain from this territory upgrade wasn’t that; it was that he could finally construct sixth-tier buildings.

Right after the territory upgrade was finished, Du You immediately ordered the construction of the Sea King Palace. Due to the need for a maritime environment, Du You chose to build the Sea King Palace on an island.

The public explanation was that this place was a palace for the king’s holidays—an act often done by kings of various countries, nothing surprising. The large protection force set up there also made perfect sense.

Sixth-tier buildings were not easy to construct; it would probably take a week to build such a structure, given the timeline for sixth-tier construction. Previously, any building, no matter how big, could be erected in one day.

At this rate, by the time it reached a seventh-tier territory, it would be even more difficult to construct such buildings. But seventh-tier was too advanced, and Du You was not yet interested in considering such matters. That would come later when the opportunity arose.