After easily defeating the Iron-level monsters, the main city leveled up to level three. Then, after defeating the Bronze-level monsters, the main city leveled up to level four. Jiang Hao couldn't help but wonder...

Logically speaking, with the Dark Gold level strength of the Jinling City Lord, plus two guardians, four legion commanders, and so many Silver level personal guards and countless Bronze and Iron level guards, it shouldn't be difficult to resist Bronze level monsters. So why is Jinling City still a Level 3 main city?

Seeing tens of thousands of sows lying there motionless and leisurely, Jiang Hao asked his question.

"Do you think that the city lord of Jinling already possessed this level of strength when he was defending the city?"

Jiang Hao thought to himself, isn't that right?

Jiang Hao nodded, but to his surprise, the tens of thousands of sows were just lying there looking up at the sky, completely unaware of his actions.

"You should know he came from another realm, right?"

Jiang Hao did indeed know this. The city lord of Jinling City once said that he used to be a general in the human empire. Because of his great merits, he was sent to this realm by Prince He and became the city lord of Jinling City.

But what does this have to do with the main city level?

"The city-building order he brought with him was level three. Once the city is built and the defense is successful, that's it. There's no such thing as upgrading the main city."

This answer was quite unexpected. Jiang Hao asked, "Ah, then does that mean Jinling City will never be able to upgrade?"

After pondering for a moment, the tens of thousands of sows said, "That's not entirely true. As long as a player in Jinling City successfully builds a city, Jinling City will automatically level up. If more players build main cities and reach a certain number, Jinling City can level up again. In short, the stronger the player, the higher the level of Jinling City will be."

"What I'm saying might be a bit convoluted, but that's the gist of it. Anyway, if you don't seize the opportunity today and upgrade Dingbei City to a level six main city in one fell swoop, then if Dingbei City wants to upgrade again in the future, it will have to rely on the players in the main city."

Jiang Hao finally understood his goal for today: a level 6 main city!

After defeating the silver-level monsters again, the main city reached level five. When Jiang Hao easily dealt with the gold-level monsters, the main city finally reached level six.

"Congratulations, City Lord, on successfully defending your Level 5 main city. Your main city has now been upgraded to Level 6. Please prepare your defenses."

In an instant, the level-five main city beside Jiang Hao, a simple village covering a considerable area, transformed into a small town. Three streets, each one kilometer long, divided the town into nine equally sized areas. On the outskirts of the town, there were also many arrow towers and watchtowers. However, this rather large town was now deserted, with only swirling snowflakes dancing merrily above it.

This is the level six main city that Lingxu rewarded Jiang Hao with.

Compared to the level one haystack, this reward is much more generous.

The system notification sounded in Jiang Hao's ears. He knew that as long as he could defend against the attack of the Dark Gold-level monster, the level 6 main city would be a sure thing. At that time, all the human main cities on Blue Star, whether they were from South Korea, Japan, India, or the United States, would pay tribute to him, whether they wanted to or not.

For every monster their players kill, every dungeon cleared, and every transaction made at the auction house, a quarter of the profits earned by their city lord will flow into his city-building tokens. This is the nature of Lingxu's design, independent of the will of any individual player or city lord.

He himself could then focus all his energy on destroying the main cities of the other four races.

"Realm Announcement: The Level 6 main city of Dingbei City has been successfully built. The city lord is the Lord of Hell. Any opponent in the entire realm may directly travel to Dingbei City to issue a challenge through the teleportation array next to them. This challenge can only be made once and will be invalid after 18 hours."

The announcements from across the entire realm boomed in his ears, and Jiang Hao immediately sensed that something was wrong.

This announcement means that all players and city lords on the entire planet, as well as monsters from the other four races, can take turns attacking him within 18 hours.

If I'm not mistaken, is that...that's what it means?

"Lord of Dingbei City, Lord of Hell, please prepare yourself. You must not leave Dingbei City within 18 hours, nor die in the challenge, otherwise you will be deemed to have failed in defending the city!"

Jiang Hao suddenly looked at the tens of thousands of sows behind him and found that they were standing on the wall of a courtyard in Dingbei Town, looking at him with a gloating expression.

"You don't actually think that a level six main city only needs to defend against some dead monsters copied from the Spirit Ruins, do you?"

After saying "tens of thousands of sows," he took a step back, his body suddenly plummeting down and disappearing behind the courtyard wall.

Damn it!

Jiang Hao looked around and saw that the arrow tower behind him was the tallest. He moved twice and was already standing on the tower platform, which was about 10 meters high.

The Youyue Mountains of the Youyue Empire are a place of towering peaks that block out the sun. A vast valley surrounded by these peaks is perpetually shrouded in darkness. And the legendary Youyue City is situated within this valley.

The Youyue Mountains have three wonders. The first wonder is that, being located in the mountains, a full moon always hangs high in the sky. The second wonder is that Youyue City is not a city, but is composed of millions of jackal caves in the valleys. The third wonder is that the streams flowing from the valleys are always crimson.

Gnolls are bloodthirsty, especially of human blood. No one knows how many ruthless gnolls there are in Ghost Moon City, no one knows how many people die there every day, and no one knows where those who die come from.

Rumor has it that if all the humanoid skeletons in Youyue City were moved out, they could cover the entire realm.

With virtually no resistance encountered, the massive teleportation array in the northern part of Youyue City was destroyed by hundreds of energy crystal shells. The mission to attack the Youyue Empire was completed exceptionally smoothly.

Standing atop the enormous spaceship, the city lord of Jinling City gazed at the Youyue Mountains ahead, recalling some rumors he had heard about the jackals.

On the spaceship, 200 dark gold-grade energy crystal shells were already loaded, and the artillerymen were adjusting the muzzles, waiting only for the city lord's order to raze the entire Youyue Mountain Range to the ground.

Beneath the spaceship, millions of players had already completely surrounded the Youyue Mountains. Their mission was simple: to capture every jackal who had escaped from Youyue City.

A notification sound spanning the entire realm boomed in everyone's ears. Simultaneously, over four million small teleportation arrays, each taller than a person, appeared. The players didn't understand the notification sound and looked completely bewildered, while the City Lord of Jinling City nearly fell headfirst off the side of the spaceship.

Level 6 main city?

This kid's going crazy!

When I asked him to build a main city, I only thought about how it could accommodate refugees; I never imagined he would collect rent from all over the world!