"Heh, what are you all worried about? It's just about spirit stones, I'll cover it!" Ye Feng waved his hand.
"What? You'll pay?"
Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall looked incredulous, as if they had heard something unbelievable. Ye Feng, offering to pay?
While Ye Feng was the successor of the Sea God, a successor was not the Sea God himself. Could Ye Feng really afford so many spirit stones?
Seeing their reaction, Geng Nian frowned slightly and explained, "My lord, you may not be aware of the situation in Lost City. The consumption of the city's protective array is something that not just one person can handle!"
"Yes, Sea God Lord, it's not that we don't believe you, but the spirit stones required to activate the protective array are a colossal amount. Perhaps you..."
Honestly, if anyone else had said this, they would have been openly mocked on the spot.
After all, this wasn't a few hundred or a thousand spirit stones, but hundreds of thousands or even millions.
However, Ye Feng waved his hand dismissively, "Enough, stop talking. Just tell me how many spirit stones are needed!"
"This..."
The crowd exchanged glances, then one of them spoke, "Reporting to you, my lord. Normally, activating the array requires about five hundred thousand spirit stones per day. But if there's a large-scale attack, it could be at least a million per day, so..."
"What? A million?"
Ye Feng was instantly astonished by this statement.
Seeing his reaction, everyone assumed he was also shocked by the enormous figure and shook their heads.
However, Ye Feng suddenly spoke, causing everyone's expressions to change drastically, leaving them dumbfounded.
"It's not that much, I thought it would be tens of millions per activation!" Ye Feng said casually, rubbing his nose.
The crowd was speechless, thinking Ye Feng had misheard and was about to remind him that it was a million, not a hundred.
But at that moment, Ye Feng waved his hand, and countless spirit stones emitting purple light appeared before their eyes.
Instantly, the entire hall was filled with purple radiance, and waves of terrifying spiritual energy emanated, making everyone believe they had stumbled into a spirit stone mine.
"Gulp, this, this is, high-grade spirit stones?"
Someone couldn't help but swallow, their expression as exaggerated as if they had seen a rare treasure that appeared once in a century.
Indeed, in the Silent Soul Land, not only high-grade spirit stones but even mid-grade spirit stones were rarely seen. How could they not be astonished?
However, Ye Feng said calmly, "Here are one hundred high-grade spirit stones. At a consumption of one million low-grade spirit stones per day, this should be enough for a hundred days. I believe this is sufficient!!"
One high-grade spirit stone could be exchanged for a thousand mid-grade spirit stones, and one mid-grade spirit stone could be exchanged for a thousand low-grade spirit stones. Therefore, supporting the city's protective array would only require one high-grade spirit stone per day!!
Upon hearing this, everyone was numb. Without much thought, they nodded instinctively, "Enough, enough. With a hundred days, those monsters should retreat."
"Yes, yes. With so many high-grade spirit stones, if we use them sparingly, they could last half a year. In such a long time, even if the dark monsters don't retreat, we can wear them down!"
"Right..."
Satisfied, Ye Feng nodded and said, "Alright, since we have enough spirit stones, let's begin the battle. This time, fight with all your might. If the spiritual energy is insufficient, I will provide it!!"
"Haha, good!!"
Everyone eagerly nodded, their faces filled with joy. "I've long been annoyed by these monsters. With your words, my lord, I will surely annihilate them!"
"Exactly. Before, we worried about the excessive consumption and inability to recover. But now, with these spirit stones, these mere dark creatures are nothing to fear!!"
"Kill..."
In an instant, the entire Lost City was energized. Everyone rushed towards the city walls to engage in battle.
Meanwhile, the few Heavenly Human realm dark creatures were unaware that Ye Feng had already arrived in Lost City from the underground river. They were still guarding the perimeter of the protective moat.
This gave everyone an opportunity to counterattack, forcing many dark creatures to retreat.
Seeing this, Geng Nian also showed a pleased expression. However, at this moment, he suddenly thought of something and approached Ye Feng, saying, "My lord, I have a method that might not require waiting for these dark creatures to retreat voluntarily..."
"Oh? What method?" Ye Feng asked with curiosity.
Geng Nian immediately replied, "Actually, when the previous Sea God Lord established Lost City, he not only left behind the protective array but also several offensive arrays."
"It's just that due to the insufficient spirit stones in Lost City over the years, these arrays have never been activated. Therefore, if we have enough spirit stones, we can use the offensive arrays to kill these monsters!!"
A city naturally cannot only have defensive arrays, and Lost City was no exception. It was just that due to the lack of spirit stones, they had not been activated.
"What? Offensive arrays?" Ye Feng was shocked and rolled his eyes. "Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier? Hurry, take me to see them!!"
"Uh..." Geng Nian was speechless. How could he have known that Ye Feng had so many spirit stones when Lost City could barely afford to keep its defensive array operational?
Soon, led by Geng Nian, Ye Feng arrived at the locations where the offensive arrays were inscribed. There were three in total: the Storm Array, the Thunderfire Spirit Array, and the Star Annihilation Array.
"Reporting to you, my lord, the Storm Array and the Thunderfire Spirit Array are both Tier 1 arrays. Once activated, they can attack dark creatures within a thousand meters, with power sufficient to kill beings below the Heavenly Human realm!!"
"As for the Star Annihilation Array, it is a Tier 2 array. Once fully activated, it can deliver a fatal blow to the Heavenly Human realm, but its consumption is extremely high each time!!"
Geng Nian pointed to the three arrays and explained to Ye Feng. Arrays, like spirit artifacts and medicines, were also divided into tiers, with the lowest being Tier 1, corresponding to the Grandmaster realm in power!!
However, correspondingly, the higher the tier of the array, the exponentially greater the spirit stone consumption. Therefore, let alone the Star Annihilation Array, even the preceding two arrays had not been activated in Lost City for many years.
But Ye Feng was extremely excited. He didn't care about the consumption. What he cared about was that these arrays could inflict fatal damage on the Heavenly Human realm!!
"Haha, good, good, I've been waiting for this day for a long time. Today, let these monsters taste the power of the arrays!" Ye Feng was so excited he almost jumped.
However, Geng Nian was not as optimistic. He said, "My lord, don't get excited yet. Although the power of these arrays is great, their consumption is also significant."
"Just the Storm Array and the Thunderfire Spirit Array alone require a hundred high-grade spirit stones each time they are activated, so..."
Although Ye Feng had just produced one hundred high-grade purple spirit stones, it was barely enough to activate these two arrays once. Therefore, Geng Nian's concern was not unfounded.
However, upon hearing this, Ye Feng wasted no words and simply waved his hand, uttering a sentence that left Geng Nian dumbfounded...