With everything arranged, Leo then controlled half of his mental energy to stimulate the evolution of his Bloodline. The only requirement for this method of gradual cultivation was perseverance.
Half a month later, Mahad delivered the captured queen ant to the mothership, earning a considerable record of merit. He then held a very solemn banquet inside the mothership.
The attendees were his bodyguard team, more than a thousand wizards. At the moment the Pseudo-Level Four male ants launched their attack, three First-Level Wizard failed to dodge and died. This was the first time there had been any casualties so far.
Yaoyao privately remarked to Leo with regret that Troy's name wasn't among the three First-Level Wizard who died.
All the wizards were looking forward to this banquet. After all, Mahad had already made a name for himself, and they were all like ordinary working people, curious about what the upper class ate and whether they ate lavish meals Heavenly Capital.
When the banquet began, the ingredients that Mahad brought out truly refreshed the worldview of these wizards, because there were none of the good things they had in mind; almost all of them were things that were on the verge of extinction or had already been declared extinct.
This is no longer a question of whether it's expensive or not; it's a question of whether it's priceless and unavailable.
Not to mention these ordinary wizards, even Level Three Great Wizard like Lokas were amazed that many of the dishes on the table were things they had only heard of but had never actually seen.
As for Leo, his knowledge of food was inferior to that of those low-level wizards; the best food he had ever eaten was when Alice treated him.
There was nothing he could do; he was constantly on the verge of bankruptcy, so he didn't have the time or energy to be picky about food.
" Leo Xi, let's do the same thing from now on. Let's set aside a few small worlds to raise some delicious food, the more precious the better," Yaoyao said enviously after eating her fill.
"Yes, no problem."
At the start of the party, Mahad explained to Leo why he had so many things that were supposedly extinct.
That's because the Stigmata Wizard kept all sorts of precious things in their own world, waiting for them to become extinct outside before slowly selling them off to earn high amounts of energy crystals.
Level Three Great Wizard have a lifespan of up to 5,000 years, while Stigmata Wizard have a lifespan of over 10,000 years. Their long lifespans allow them to make many long-term plans.
Therefore, things that seem extinct to outsiders are commonplace in Mahad's community.
Mahad finished explaining, Leo gained a new understanding of the money-making methods of these Stigmata Wizard —they actually played the monopoly game like this.
Leo slowly sipped the flaming liquor in his cup. It was said to be a liquor that only appeared in the world of fire, containing concentrated fire elemental energy that could alter one's affinity for fire elements and enhance the attack power of fire elemental magic.
Even First-Level Wizard cannot enjoy this; only second-level wizards and above can barely afford a cup. The market price is 500 energy crystals per liter, making it a standard expensive commodity.
Leo, who had never seen this kind of liquor before, drank it down one sip after another, one cup after another, leaving Mahad dumbfounded.
This wine contains a highly concentrated fire element, which means that the wine itself has a certain fire element attack power.
Attack power up to 3000 points
This is why First-Level Wizard enjoy it; they simply cannot withstand the potent effects of the alcohol.
But when it came to Leo, the 3000 points of attack power seemed to disappear completely; he didn't care at all.
Think about the scene when Leo was fighting the Pseudo-Level Four male ant. Leo could take a bath in 80,000 points of flame. It seems that this level of attack power of alcohol is indeed appropriate for Master Leo.
Mahad care about the cost of his liquor, because the world of fire that produced it happened to be one of the worlds under his father's control.
Regardless of how much Leo drank, even using it for bathing wouldn't have been a problem for Mahad.
That's how he grew up.
The party lasted for ten days. Mahad emptied a spatial ring. According to market value, these ingredients would be worth more than 100,000 energy crystals. In reality, these ingredients were all produced in his own world, so the cost was zero.
The lower-level wizards, unaware of the inside story, assumed that Mahad bought it all himself. Having consumed so many of Mahad's precious items, they all pledged to put in extra effort during the subsequent cleanup mission, ensuring that Mahad would not suffer any harm.
Just as everyone had finished eating and drinking and was about to continue the cleanup mission, the mothership's alarm sounded loudly.
"Attention all mothership wizards! Attention all mothership wizards! Attention all mothership wizards!"
" The Ant God World army has launched a surprise counterattack, and is only one thousand kilometers away from the mothership. All wizards must immediately cease all field missions, obey the orders of the command center, and organize a defense."
"To reiterate, all wizards must immediately cease all field missions, obey orders from the command center, and organize defenses."
All the wizards who had just finished their party were stunned. How come the army from the Ant God World had already advanced a thousand kilometers before the mothership even began issuing warnings?
Are all those reconnaissance wizards, all that magic and machinery on the mothership, asleep?
The main force of wizards is currently out on cleanup missions, and only a small group of commanding wizards and returning wizard squads are on the mothership. How can such a small number of people stop the counterattack from the Ant God World?
Leo arrived on the deck in an instant, his gaze fixed on the horizon. He could see the massive, dark army of ants at the edge of his vision, surrounding the mothership from all sides. At their current speed, they would arrive in just two to three hours.
The air was thick with the scent of impending battle. Elemental energy seemed to be flowing at its normal pace, just as usual, but this was more like the calm before the storm, a calm that could unleash the biggest wave at any moment.
Mahad and his group of bodyguard wizards then appeared behind Leo, all sensing the rapidly approaching army of the Ant God World.
Suppressed gasps rang out, unable to comprehend why the Ant God World's counterattack had come so suddenly.
"Master Loras, you protect Mahad, I'll go command the central command."
Leo quickly sorted through the intelligence he had gathered and concluded that it was extremely unfavorable. He needed to go to the command center to see how such a major oversight could have occurred.
"Alright, Master Leo, don't worry."
As a recipient of the First-Class Wizard Medal, Lokas and Leo shared the same intelligence. If the intelligence from the command center was accurate, then the current situation was extremely serious.
Shadow Walking
Leo quickly emerged from the command center on the second floor of the mothership and saw a chaotic scene. All the command wizards were frantically relaying return orders to the wizards outside, a stark contrast to their usual confident and leisurely demeanor.
They shouted at the top of their lungs, and no matter what the wizard on the other side said, they had no reason, no excuse, and had to start returning immediately.
"I am Leo, Level Three Wizard and holder of the Special-Class Wizard Medal. Where is your commander? Tell him to come see me."
Leo stood at the entrance of the command center, four medals on his chest, for a full five seconds, but not a single wizard saw him.
Leo's gaze swept over each wizard, but he couldn't find anyone who was the commander, so he loudly announced his own identity.
Upon hearing Leo's voice, all the wizards paused for a moment, then their gazes quickly swept over Leo's chest. After confirming his identity, they bowed as fast as they could and went back to their own business.
In this life-or-death moment, they disregarded etiquette and the appearance of the Legendary Great Wizard; they had to race against time to get all the orders out.
Once the great war begins, they must devote all their energy to commanding the battle and have no extra time to deal with these wizards outside.
After Leo shouted, a burly Level Three Wizard wielding an iron rod appeared before Leo. "Master Leo, I am Luolin, the commander of this expedition."
Leo stared at the burly man before him, his pupils contracting slightly. Such formidable physical strength—he was actually Level Three Body Refinement Wizard!
This was the first time he had ever encountered Body Refinement Wizard as a commander; it was quite rare.
He had just seen the Body Refinement Wizard, but he hadn't expected him to be the commander.
"Wizard Luolin, explain the current situation."
Normally, Leo would chat with this rare Body Refinement Wizard about how he became a commander, but there was no time for that now; he needed to find out the situation as soon as possible.
"We can't contact the Star Gravity Stigmata Wizard and the Invincible Stigmata Wizard. This attack was a sneak attack by a World Lord the Ant God World, who moved long distances through underground caves. Their whereabouts were only exposed when a small team of wizards on a cleanup mission discovered them. The observed number of Ant God World's army exceeds one billion, and the subsequent number is expected to exceed three billion."
"Currently, the mothership houses 1.43 million wizards, of whom 100,000 are wounded, 10 million slaves, and 3,000 warships."
Leo glanced at the Body Refinement Wizard commander in surprise. He had thought that there wasn't much power on the mothership, but he didn't expect that the power it held was far beyond his imagination. It seemed that the commander in front of him had been on guard against the counterattack of the Ant God World all along.
"That's true. After the two Stigmata Wizard lost contact, I intended to preserve the mothership's power, but I didn't expect that the one launching the counterattack would be the World Lord." Luolin explained when she saw Leo's puzzled expression.
He had thought that his reserved strength was enough to deal with ordinary unexpected situations, but he did not expect that this World Lord would use the barrier of the earth's strata to make the mothership lose its monitoring of them.
If we had discovered it earlier and responded promptly, we would never have ended up in this passive situation.
"What's the plan?" Leo asked.
"Using the existing wizards to form Super Level-Surpassing Amplification Magic Array, in conjunction with the mothership to hold off the opposing World Lord, it has been confirmed that this is a level four World Lord, with a predicted attack power between 200,000 and 350,000."
"Use all remaining forces to hold off the ant army. If we can hold them off for ten days, our wizard troops will gradually return."
As Luolin spoke, she looked at Leo, a sudden glint in her eyes, "Of course, this was the plan before the master appeared here. After the master appeared, we hoped that he could cooperate with us to stop the other side's World Lord."
Leo was speechless. They really wanted him to go toe-to-toe with a World Lord? He wasn't that capable!