Chapter 1633: This thing is a gold-swallowing giant beast

By chance encounter on the road, both parties traveled together, and Ye Zhangqing's group also changed direction, proceeding together with the Artifact Master Alliance Old Ancestor and his companions toward the Demon Realm.

Along the way, Bai Hua Xianzi specially sent a message to notify Shi Song, but there was no reply for a long time.

I don't know what Shi Song is busy with over there.

Two Star Battleships sailed through the Wújìn Xīnghǎi, and with Ye Zhangqing along, everyone naturally would not feel bored on this journey.

Every day they ate fine food and drank good wine, which was very comfortable.

Aside from eating, Luo Jiuyou had been constantly curious about that Heaven-shaking Cannon, studying it inside and out, and he also brought along a group of Netherworld Clan experts.

But since none of them were Weapon Refiners or Formation Masters, they simply could not understand this thing.

Sitting on the huge cannon barrel, Luo Jiuyou said doubtfully.

"Isn't this thing just an oversized earth cannon? What use could it have?"

Upon hearing this, several Netherworld Clan Emperor Sovereigns nearby said.

"Young master, we still need to judge its power, but indeed it probably has little practical use."

"Exactly, even if the power is sufficient, how long does it take to launch? Others aren't idiots; they won't just stand still like a target for you to shoot."

"If you can't hit the target, no matter how great the power, it's useless."

"That's right."

Everyone analyzed the drawbacks of the Heaven-shaking Cannon, and in any case, they were not optimistic about this thing.

Moreover, if its power were truly that great, the value of this Heaven-shaking Cannon would certainly not be low; wanting to forge such an oversized earth cannon, consuming so many resources, is it really worth it?

Along the way, they hadn't encountered any trouble, but some Xingkong Ships or Star Battleships from other worlds passed by, and their gazes inevitably fell upon the huge Heaven-shaking Cannon.

Each of their eyes was filled with doubt; clearly they had never seen such a thing before, wondering how it could be so large.

Its size was even greater than that of the preceding Star Battleship.

They smoothly approached the Demon Realm, and as the Artifact Master Alliance Old Ancestor had said, when they were still ten thousand li away from the Demon Realm, everyone stopped.

And the Artifact Master Alliance Old Ancestor and his companions also summoned a crowd of Weapon Refiners and Formation Masters to set up the cannon and begin preparations for firing.

Just as Luo Jiuyou and his group had guessed, the preparations for firing the Heaven-shaking Cannon were extremely cumbersome and required a great deal of manpower.

Indeed, hundreds of Weapon Refiners, Formation Masters, and Talisman Masters were bustling around the Heaven-shaking Cannon.

Although they didn't understand what they were busy with, this time had indeed become quite long.

This is really impractical; when facing an enemy, could the opponent give you such a long preparation time? They would have rushed over and destroyed this earth cannon long ago.

"Forging this thing must not be cheap, right?"

Standing together with Ye Zhangqing and the Artifact Master Alliance Old Ancestor, Luo Jiuyou casually asked a question.

Upon hearing this, the Artifact Master Alliance Old Ancestor didn't think much, glanced at the people preparing, and without turning his head said.

"Hmm, indeed it's not cheap; anyway, to forge this guy, we've exhausted the foundations of our Three Great Alliances."

Huh???

Upon hearing this, not only Luo Jiuyou but even Ye Zhangqing was stunned; forging this Heaven-shaking Cannon had used up the Artifact Master Alliance, the Formation Master Alliance, and the Talisman Master Alliance.

The foundations of these Three Great Alliances have been completely used up?

Ye Zhangqing knew the situation of the Three Great Alliances; that could be described as wealth flowing like oil.

Originally, these Weapon Refiner professions could be described as money-making machines, and after so many years, the wealth accumulated by the Three Great Alliances could probably be described with an astronomical figure.

But now, for this earth cannon before them, the Three Great Alliances have actually exhausted their own foundations?

Ye Zhangqing looked at the Artifact Master Alliance Old Ancestor and his companions with a complex expression.

"Are we not going to make a living?"

"This thing is absolutely worth it."

On the contrary, the Artifact Master Alliance Old Ancestor and his companions felt it was worth it, as if they didn't feel any pain over those expenditures.

With the preparations of hundreds of Formation Masters, Weapon Refiners, and Talisman Masters, they spent over an hour in total before the firing preparations for the Heaven-shaking Cannon were considered complete.

That black, kilometer-long muzzle had already been aimed toward the Demon Realm.

At this moment, everyone also followed the Artifact Master Alliance Old Ancestor and his companions to the rear of the cannon barrel, and even the Eternal Night Old Ancestor curiously came along.

"By the way, what's your accuracy like? After spending so much time, if the enemy dodges it, wouldn't that mean it's completely meaningless?"

Luo Jiuyou then asked another question he had long been curious about.

"Cultivators will definitely dodge it; if they dodge, isn't it useless?"

Moreover, the preparation time for the Heaven-shaking Cannon is so long that basically, if the first shot misses, it's rendered useless.

Upon hearing this, the Artifact Master Alliance Old Ancestor and his companions, while taking out one Space Ring after another, replied.

"We don't need accuracy; this is area damage."

Huh???

Upon hearing this, Luo Jiuyou was stunned, realizing he couldn't quite understand.

And as the Artifact Master Alliance Old Ancestor and his companions took out many spirit stones from the Space Rings and continuously filled the cannon barrel with them.

Everyone's eyes widened in shock.

"Good heavens, how many spirit stones is this going to take?"

"Can this thing fire repeatedly?"

This probably already has a million top-grade spirit stones added in; firing a single shot would probably be a bit expensive.

Some even thought that with so many spirit stones, perhaps the Heaven-shaking Cannon could still fire repeatedly; if that were the case, that would actually be not bad, at least it would still have some use.

But the Artifact Master Alliance Old Ancestor's reply directly denied that speculation.

"The Heaven-shaking Cannon cannot yet fire repeatedly, and these spirit stones are already the minimum requirement."

Huh???

Upon hearing this, even Ye Zhangqing couldn't help but ask.

"How many spirit stones does it take to fire this Heaven-Shaking Cannon once at minimum?"

"Ten million top-grade spirit stones."

"Upon hearing this, everyone present fell into silence; firing once costs ten million top-grade spirit stones, and that's the minimum requirement."

"Looking at that huge cannon barrel, everyone at the moment felt that this damn thing was nothing but a gold-devouring giant beast."

"Firing once costs ten million top-grade spirit stones; what kind of conditions would allow one to afford it?"

"How many top-grade spirit stones can be added at most?"

"This.......... probably several tens of millions."

"The Artifact Master Alliance Ancestor also replied uncertainly, mainly because their three great alliances can't scrape together several tens of millions of top-grade spirit stones now."

"After scraping together their last reserves, they could only muster ten million top-grade spirit stones, enough only to test the Heaven-Shaking Cannon's minimum power."

"Silence, a prolonged silence, left even the Yongye assassins speechless."

"They, Yongye, are definitely considered wealthy, after all, assassins who lick blood from the blade naturally make money."

"But if you let Yongye handle this thing, they'd be reluctant to do so."

"Ten million top-grade spirit stones for a single shot, and it might not even work; if it doesn't, that would mean spending ten million top-grade spirit stones just to hear a noise."

"Such a wasteful thing, Yongye would definitely not be able to produce it."

"As for Luo Jiuyou, upon hearing this, looking at the still empty cannon barrel, I don't know what he's thinking."