"That's right. Sending such a large army of wizards and slaves is partly to swiftly eliminate enemies who dare to resist wizard civilization, and partly to quickly gather the planet's resources in preparation for its eventual destruction."
Leo suppressed his heart pounding with excitement; he realized that destroying a planet could be so easy.
It could even be said that if he wanted to destroy a planet one day, he could simply use his status First-Class Wizard Medal holder to issue the order. Although he might not be able to bear the consequences, it cannot be said that he lacked the power to destroy a planet.
"Commander Vasily, please continue."
"We have received information on 373 surviving wizards so far. According to our calculations, no more than 500 wizards survived the last failed expedition."
Although Leo was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help but feel a little sad when he heard that fewer than 500 wizards had survived. Hundreds of thousands of wizards had died just like that.
"Understood. Now, please bring up the footage of the battle between the various Stigmata Great Wizard. I want to see how this arrogant life that defied the Wizard Will was destroyed."
"No problem."
The battle between the four Level-Six Stigmata Great Wizard and the tree creature, whose lowest level was also level six, had rendered Leo's observation methods completely ineffective; he could only see things clearly through the surveillance on the starship.
Although Leo has figured out some of the issues, there are still many that he doesn't understand, and he wants to gain some information through this battle.
Of course, it would be best to figure it out, but if not, we'll find another way.
Vasily quickly projected the battle scene into the air, using a 3D effect to give Leo an immersive feeling.
Benji and Leo watched intently, while Yaoyao on the other side also put down her food and turned her gaze to the battle.
Two Body Refinement Wizard true forms exceeded a thousand meters in length, and one wielding a cyan staff even taller than his original form—this must be the Heaven-Supporting Pillar Stigmata Great Wizard Leo had never seen before.
Meanwhile, the Indestructible Body Stigmata Great Wizard stood to the side with a sword hanging at his waist, but his hands were empty.
Leo's gaze lingered for a moment on the sword at the waist of the Indestructible Body Stigmata Great Wizard. When did the Indestructible Body Stigmata Great Wizard become rich?
They've actually managed to acquire weapons?
Not far behind them, the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard whom Leo recognized unleashed his true form, releasing countless vines that spread and coiled towards the large tree.
Although Leo wasn't there in person, he could see through the live broadcast that wherever the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard were bound by the massive tree, which was thicker than the mountain itself, there were constant cracking sounds.
Leo couldn't see the energy fluctuations or the internal battle; he could only roughly guess that the large tree was being relentlessly strangled.
Those thumping sounds were the sounds of the fibers in his body constantly breaking.
As for the fourth one, the Soul-Devouring Seal Stigmata Great Wizard, whom Leo also didn't recognize, he didn't make any moves. Instead, it seemed as if the staff in his hand was constantly writing something in the air.
Faced with four Level-Six Stigmata Great Wizard, the tree remained unusually quiet, allowing the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard to attack without putting up any resistance.
It's like being asleep.
"Master Leo, the strength of Level-Six Stigmata Great Wizard far surpasses ours. Even with the equipment of the Starship, we cannot see the entire battle process; we can only see about 10% at most. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the many parts of the battle that we cannot see."
Vasily could tell what was troubling Leo from Leo furrowed brows, and immediately offered a reminder.
Leo naturally knew that the difference in life levels would prevent them from seeing the entire battle process, but the live broadcast was still giving Leo a headache.
How can he get the information he wants if he can't see anything?
In Leo's view, of the four Stigmata Great Wizard, only one, the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard, was fighting, while the other three seemed to be spectators standing by, having nothing to do with them.
But is that actually the case?
The fact that the large tree remained unmoved despite being attacked proves that the other three Stigmata Great Wizard had definitely made their move; it's just that Leo couldn't understand it.
Just when Leo thought that with four Level-Six Stigmata Great Wizard taking action, they would surely capture the tree easily and kill it outright,
Suddenly, something changed on this planet in the Homo Sapiens World, and alarms blared throughout the space mothership.
"Vice Commander, all the plants on the planet have suddenly gained active energy, transforming from a plant state into an aggressive life form. Furthermore, a large amount of energy flow has been detected underground, initially suspected to be the root system activity of that large tree."
The wizards in command center reported the situation to Vasily immediately.
"Notify all combat wizards to be careful and avoid the plants on the planet. It seems that the large tree senses the threat and is preparing for a desperate attack."
Vasily turned to Leo urgently and said, "Master, please proceed as planned. I will go and give instructions first. Please contact me if anything happens."
"Go ahead, don't worry about me."
Leo rubbed his head. He had just felt another surge of energy coming from that tree branch, but unfortunately Leo didn't have a channel to receive it, causing all the energy to be wasted again.
Leo estimated that if that big tree hadn't been busy dealing with the four Stigmata Great Wizard, it would have definitely contacted him and strangled him.
"Since all those big trees down there have rioted, let's go and bring back my Life-Bound Tree."
Leo said to Benji and Yaoyao.
What are you doing?
"Do you really want to have any connection with that big tree in the future?" Yaoyao asked, puzzled.
With four Level-Six Stigmata Great Wizard taking action, that tree had no chance of survival. What difference did it make whether Leo wanted his Life-Bound Tree or not?
Furthermore, the so-called Life-Bound Tree is a central connection; as long as the Life-Bound Tree is killed, Leo will lose contact with that terrifying tree.
While others are trying to avoid him, Leo actually wants to preserve the communication center. Does he have a death wish?
"I have a feeling this won't end so easily; that Life-Bound Tree might come in handy."
As Leo spoke, he had already reached the deck. Sensing the direction of his Life-Bound Tree, he quickly flew in that direction.
The location where Leo planted his Life-Bound Tree is outside the city, and it's easy to find.
However, the once lush forest has now turned into a sea of rage. Trees have uprooted themselves and are walking like people, charging towards the wizards and slave army in the city.
This scene is very similar to the plant slaves under the command of the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard during the expedition to the Giant World, both of which primarily consist of living plants.
The intelligence from the command center had already been transmitted to every wizard, who, along with their slave armies, launched a crushing attack on the resurrected trees.
They resembled a group of raging trees, each at least ten meters tall, and seemed to possess considerable fighting power.
The result was a complete and utter massacre against the wizard army.
The Life-Bound Tree planted by these Homo sapiens did not possess the strength commensurate with their robust physiques.
"They're all at pseudo-level strength. No matter how many come, they'll all die. I don't know why that big tree, which is so powerful, controls its puppets so weakly. Is it just for them to die?" Yaoyao looked at the trees that had come back to life. Their strength was almost the same as that of the Homo sapiens and mutants, all at pseudo-level.
Even if the wizards were only suppressed to 80% of their strength, or even just 50%, they would still be able to completely overwhelm them.
"My lord, something seems amiss. They don't appear to be attacking other wizards; they seem to be searching for something."
Benji seemed to have discovered something in his single eye: these revitalized trees hadn't actually attacked the wizard; they had been running towards the city.
Leo looked into the city, where the mutants were no longer attacking the wizards, but instead running towards the outside of the city.
"Are they going to merge, two pseudo-level beings combining into a completely new species?" Yaoyao pointed to a mutant who was the first to find his Life-Bound Tree Life-Bound Tree and then directly merged into it.
Under Leo's gaze, the tree, which had originally only exuded a pseudo-level aura, suddenly had its aura strengthened several times over.
Furthermore, all the green leaves on the tree fell off, and the thin branches withered and fell away. In just a few breaths, he stood up like a tall, vegetative person.
The four thickest branches became arms, the extensive root system formed four short legs, and a face on the trunk resembled the mutant face that had just merged with him.
Although the original Life-Bound Tree was ten meters tall, it was reduced to only six meters after fusion, but its aura did become stronger.
"Roar"
An angry roar came from the vegetative state patients. This time, they didn't run away; instead, they fixed their gazes on the wizard.
"They can actually merge! This kind of life form is quite interesting." Yaoyao clapped her hands as if praising the fusion of the mutant and the tree.
Seeing this, Leo recalled the fibers he had extracted from the mutant's nerves; that complete fiber structure completely controlled the mutant.
Or perhaps that set of fibers not only controls the mutants, but also serves as the connecting tissue structure during fusion.
With the first fusion completed, the remaining mutants quickly found their own Life-Bound Tree and completed their fusions.
Once they merge into vegetative beings several meters or even tens of meters tall, their strength has increased threefold when they fight wizards again.
" Leo, you also have Life-Bound Tree, so can you combine and transform?" Yaoyao asked Leo curiously, looking at the group of burly, plant-like people.
"No, I wasn't controlled."
Seeing the sudden increase in strength of these mutants, Leo became interested; this was the first time Leo had ever seen such a way of increasing strength.
"Let's go find my Life-Bound Tree first, and then study their fusion properly."
When Leo landed at the spot where he had once planted his Life-Bound Tree, thankfully, his Life-Bound Tree had not been destroyed by other wizards.
However, Leo looked at this Life-Bound Tree, which was clearly twice as tall as other natal Life-Bound Tree planted at the same time, and was almost thirty meters tall.
Compared to this tree, those large trees struggling to pull themselves out of the ground looked like a dwarf donkey standing next to a magnificent horse.
Standing under the tree and gazing up at it, Leo asked in bewilderment, "Did my Life-Bound Tree eat some kind of magic fertilizer?"