Neither of them could remember exactly how many Tiger Beastmen they had killed—millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions.
Suddenly, Alice's crystal ball rang. It was a message from Vice Dean Yanis and the others. Over the past two years, they had contacted Alice more than once, wanting to ask Leo what specific method was available to teleport them back to the Wizard World, but they had always received the reply of waiting.
Now, three years have passed, and the will of life from another world has descended once more. They want to ask Leo's opinion whether they should try to launch an attack. Perhaps by combining their strength, they can deal with this audacious creature that dares to violate the Wizard Consciousness.
"You don't need to lift a finger. Just go to the spatial passage and wait. The spatial passage will be reopened soon."
Leo offered no explanation, simply telling them to wait in the spatial passage.
"Does Master Leo really not need any help?" Vice Dean Yanis asked again.
"No need, just wait in front of the spatial passage entrance," Leo said.
"Then... let's wait for Master Leo's good news."
Although Leo didn't say how he planned to do it, Leo was so confident that, having no better options, they had no choice but to trust Leo.
Over the past twenty years, they have tried many methods, but none of them have worked. Now they can only place their hopes on Leo.
After hanging up the crystal ball, Leo looked at Alice and pointed to the spot where he was standing, saying, "You and Benji don't need to go through the spatial passage. Just wait here for me to come back."
"Yes, Lord Leo."
Alice didn't understand Leo's intentions, but Benji knew that if Leo's plan failed, he wouldn't rush to the spatial passage, but would come here to take Alice back to the Wizard World.
As for those wizards who were destined to become the targets of the otherworldly beings' wrath, Leo didn't care whether they lived or died.
"Then I'll wait for you to come back." Alice looked at Leo trustingly.
Leo took Yaoyao and left. At the speed of Shadow Walking, they could quickly reach a location 100 kilometers away from the Tiger Beastmen.
Leo absorbed the energy within the Godslaying Staff, replenishing the energy he had just consumed, and waited for the arrival of the alien creature's consciousness.
Yaoyao, unable to bear the loneliness, bounced around impatiently on Leo's shoulder, eagerly anticipating what was to come.
Leo squinted, constantly adjusting his state. Before a major battle, Leo would always try his best to calm his mind and stabilize his emotions, and would repeatedly rehearse the attack process in his mind.
"They've arrived."
At one point, Leo opened his eyes. He could feel a powerful consciousness descending upon the Tiger World, right there in the Tiger Beastmen city in the distance.
"Walk,"
Yaoyao grabbed Leo's earlobe and pulled Leo directly into the Shadow World.
In this Shadow World, countless faint souls flew towards the city, rushing past in droves, like disobedient children who would be scolded by their parents for being late home.
Yaoyao led Leo forward quickly and soon arrived at the city's location in the Shadow World.
Here, Leo saw a distorted shadow, not like other shadows that were projected by sunlight, but more like a body forcibly twisted by a powerful force.
The altar in the city center was still an inverted cone-shaped shadow, but now the shadow was hazy, as if it had been trapped in an energy field and was being forcibly affected.
Twenty-four twisted shadows of level-three Tiger Beastmen knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly.
"Are you sure there's nothing wrong with your Soul Anchor?" Leo asked hesitantly.
"I'm sure, I'm more sure than you are of being a man," Yaoyao roared into Leo's ear, but even then, Leo still didn't believe her.
Leo gave an awkward smile. It was true that Yaoyao was rarely reliable to him. If something happened to Yaoyao, he would be 100% dead, with no chance of survival.
If Yaoyao hadn't assured him there would be absolutely no problem, Leo honestly might not have dared to do something so risky.
"Set off."
Yaoyao grabbed Leo's earlobe and instantly left the Shadow World. By the time Leo could see again, they were already above the city center!
The altar of bones emitted a rumbling sound, as if a giant beast had opened its hungry maw, releasing an infinite suction force that frantically absorbed all the souls lost over the past three years.
Twenty-four level-three ultimate Tiger Beastmen devoutly bowed before the altar, chanting hymns that were too fast for anyone to understand.
"Bite"
Leo suddenly felt as if she had been bitten by a mosquito and subconsciously touched her face.
But he immediately stopped raising his hand, because he realized that he hadn't been bitten by a mosquito, but that his soul had almost been sucked away by that altar of bones.
However, the powerful suction was like a mosquito bite to Leo in his current state.
"Hehehe, King Yaoyao's secret technique has succeeded."
Seeing Leo's surprised expression, Yaoyao laughed even more wildly.
"An evil wizard..."
Upon discovering Leo, a furious storm erupted from the bone altar, all its power pressing down on Leo.
The twenty-four level-three ultimate Tiger Beastmen simultaneously stopped their prostrations, turned to look at Leo, and their previously devout expressions turned crazed and hateful.
Facing the impending onslaught of attacks, Leo seemed oblivious, constantly scanning his surroundings with his eyes, as if trying to memorize every detail.
Everything that happens here is a rare gain for Leo. He rarely has the opportunity to experience so many powerful lives, and perhaps after today, he will never feel it again.
"Hurry up."
Yaoyao grabbed Leo's earlobe and screamed wildly. He cursed Leo countless times in his heart for daring to think about obtaining information at this critical moment. Every second they were wasting could be the key to their deaths.
He had been delayed until the very last moment, and all the elemental energy was pressing down on his body; he couldn't wait any longer.
Leo reached out and grabbed a plump, large bomb from the Shadow Space.
It has a very similar appearance to an atomic bomb, only larger and heavier.
The moment Leo grabbed him, Leo was immediately thrown into the air.
Leo didn't throw the bomb at the altar, nor at the twenty-four level-three ultimate Tiger Beastmen; instead, he threw it in the opposite direction into the sky.
As the altar and the twenty-four level-three ultimate beastmen attacked, Yaoyao grabbed Leo's earlobe and ran away.
This time, they didn't enter the Shadow World, but instead entered a shallower layer of the world, the layer through which Leo Shadow Walking.
4800 meters in one step
Leo ran ten steps at lightning speed, which is 48 kilometers.
As Leo looked back at the city carved out of the mountain, a sun was exploding in the sky above him!
It's as if a tiny star has appeared in the Tiger World, showering the earth with the sunlight needed for all things to grow!
Leo stared at the sun with longing; this was his future path as a wizard!
The seemingly slowly expanding sun engulfed the entire city in an instant. The enormous sun and its intense light made it impossible for Leo to look directly at the center of the explosion; he could only deduce the process of the explosion by observing the changes at the edges.
An angry "no" came from beside him.
Leo recognized the voice; it was the voice of the alien creature that had descended from the other world. Just moments before Leo appeared, the creature had shouted "Evil wizard!" in the exact same tone.
A shockwave, a hundred times stronger than that of an atomic bomb, came from 50 kilometers away, and anything protruding on the ground was as if it had been sliced flat by a knife.
The protruding hills, the dense forests, and the massive rocks were all neatly and instantly sheared away.
Leo activated the three wizard medallion protective shields on his body. The 10,000-point shields allowed him to block the shockwave of an explosion from 50 kilometers away.
Watching the massive shockwave hurtle towards him, Leo not only didn't dodge, but instead spread his arms wide to absorb as much of the impact as possible.
A crackling sound rang out from the protective shield; this was the sound of debris mixed with the shock wave hitting the shield.
Leo could see that the outermost protective shield had been severely deformed. This was the 2000-point protective shield of Third-Class Wizard Medal, and it was about to be blown apart by the shock wave even at a distance of 50 kilometers!
Leo smiled. This immense power was exactly what he wanted, the power he should possess.
"Boom"
The sun exploded.
The deafening explosion shook the entire ground. Leo watched as the pebbles bounced on the ground and the earth rippled like waves on the sea, trembling as if in an earthquake. The power of the explosion had exceeded his expectations.
The exploding sun released a massive amount of heat; its core temperature was said to exceed 100 million degrees Celsius. Leo didn't know what this temperature represented, since he had never experienced it before.
When the first of these bombs was detonated on Earth, it was at the cost of an entire island that witnessed its emergence!
A massive fireball, over fifteen kilometers in diameter, shot into the sky, clearly visible from hundreds of kilometers away.
The air we breathe is rich in harmful particles. If an ordinary life form were exposed to these particles here for even a short time, it would basically be the end of its life.
However, Leo's body had already developed in a monstrous direction, and he was not afraid of these particles at all. Compared with other explosive attacks, these particles were the least powerful.
Yaoyao stared intently at the massive fireball hurtling into the sky, her lips pursed, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Is this a hydrogen bomb?"
"That's right, this is the father of the nuclear bomb, the hydrogen bomb!!"
Leo suppressed his breathing. His hungry eyes were like those of a wild wolf in the forest. He looked at the rising fireball as if it were his most beloved lover, and he longed to hold it in his arms.
The temperature is too high; I'm afraid I'll burn myself to death.
The hydrogen bomb, an advanced version of the nuclear bomb, uses the principle of nuclear fusion to explode and can unleash more than 100 times the power of nuclear fission.
This is a power that Leo must master in the future!