Leo took the Wizard Ring and left. Using his mental perception, he sensed the shadow anchor point before the spatial passage. With a tap of his foot, he instantly traveled from the academy to the front of the spatial passage.
The Mountain Range Guardian left long ago after casting the seal, and the current spatial passage previously only contained the army of Gulu Beast that Leo had deployed.
Although the Wizard Will had clearly stated that sovereignty over this world belonged to Leo, in order to prevent any ill-intentioned individuals from entering, Leo still dispatched tens of thousands of Gulu Beast to protect the spatial passage.
He took out a reconnaissance robot from the wizard's ring. Although it was called a robot, it was actually very small and not humanoid.
Only the size of a normal human fingernail, like an ordinary flying insect, but their advanced manufacturing process allows them to transmit intelligence across the world.
Leo activated all one thousand reconnaissance robots and threw them into the space tunnel. He could then see the images transmitted back by the robots on the collector.
Leo returned to the academy and left the intelligence collector with Meng Jie, asking him to arrange for someone to conduct intelligence analysis.
He also kept one for himself, to observe it carefully while he had some free time. This world was related to his advancement to the Stigmata, so he couldn't be too careful.
The intelligence gatherer is essentially a large monitor that can capture images of the areas where reconnaissance robots fly over.
Because the mission sequence was pre-defined during the design phase, the reconnaissance robot's first task is to automatically search for areas with strong signs of life and fly there.
Generally, the location where the ruling race of such a local world resides allows wizards to better understand the world's situation.
After flying for ten days, the reconnaissance robot finally arrived at the first location where a large number of life signs had gathered.
The result showed a primitive tribe— Gnoll tribe!
It was a miniature version of the God of Jackals we saw in front of the spatial passage, averaging over two meters tall, with sharp fangs lined up in its protruding mouth, strong and powerful limbs, and hard, thick muscles.
This Gnoll has only a little over a thousand gnolls, but judging from their hierarchical system, housing, and the number of females they possess, there are more than ten level-one powerhouses.
Ten out of a thousand are at level one strength, meaning their advancement rate to level one is about 1%.
These Gnoll are somewhere between orcs and half-orcs, and are in a stage of evolution.
They walk upright, can use simple weapons, but have not yet reached the level of metal smelting.
Although they cannot hear each other, their lip movements and tongue actions indicate that they have their own language, although the language system is not very complex and is in its nascent stage.
In the center of the tribe stands a Gnoll statue, beneath which are some newly captured prey. This signifies that they have developed the most primitive form of worship and faith, and the God of Jackals is the deity they worship.
The reconnaissance robot didn't leave after filming; instead, it remained in a corner, motionless, filming the daily life of the entire tribe.
During the day, Gnoll go out to hunt, and at night, Gnoll also go out in shifts to hunt for food for the tribe, which means that they have a certain ability to fight at night.
They did not gather fruits or wild vegetables; their diet consisted entirely of carnivorous animals, ranging from creatures as small as rabbits to large herbivores resembling dinosaurs.
After observing for more than ten days, Leo had a thorough understanding of the tribe's situation and was also very familiar with the Gnoll's lifestyle.
This Gnoll World is one of the most common micro-worlds, suitable for life, and has given rise to a ruling race, though it is still in a primitive stage.
No wonder that God of Gnoll was so weak. His advancement must have taken very short time, and he might not have even advanced voluntarily, but rather been chosen by the World Will and forced to advance.
No wonder he came to check the spatial passage with food in his hands, because he hadn't yet adapted to his identity World Lord and still retained his old habits.
Cut the scene and look for different footage taken by other robots.
Before each expedition begins, the reconnaissance robots try to photograph the entire expedition world, but they almost never manage to do so.
For those with strength of level one or higher, the robot will sense the presence of the camera after just a few seconds of observation; any longer and it will detect the reconnaissance robot and destroy it.
Therefore, most of the robots deployed in the Wizard World are destroyed as soon as they gather intelligence, with only a small number managing to capture valuable footage.
As for the Gnoll World before him, it could be said that it was because of its weak strength. So far, despite the numerous reconnaissance robots taking pictures, only a few have been discovered, allowing Leo to gather a wealth of intelligence.
At the current pace, it will only take two years to film the entire world, presenting Leo with a perfect depiction of the Jackal World's terrain.
Time flew by amidst the intensive preparations; three years passed in a flash.
On the New Earth, under Leo's orders, all Wizard Apprentice are striving to become High-Rank Wizard Apprentice.
Vast resources from the Wizard World were continuously being sent to the New Earth to support the apprentices' breakthroughs.
For lower- and middle-level apprentices on the New Earth, only by becoming High-Rank Wizard Apprentice can they enjoy resources and go on to conquer other worlds.
Once they break through to become advanced apprentices, they will be transported to a wizarding academy, where Official Wizard will teach them about the intelligence of the Gnoll World and the skills of expeditionary warfare.
War is not a one-man show. For them, who are the weakest, forming battle formations and using weapons developed by New Earth is the best option.
The most important training is to get them to work well together with the Gulu Beast, ideally achieving perfect coordination. This will reduce a lot of wasted time in command and improve combat effectiveness.
The development of the weapon is also accelerating. According to Meng Jie's report, it is nearing completion and will be able to be transmitted to the Wizard World for Leo to see in a little while.
The Official Wizard who were away had long been recalled by the academy to teach these apprentices who knew nothing about expeditionary warfare how to fight, while also analyzing the situation in the Gnoll World based on footage taken by reconnaissance robots.
Three years ago, all the Gulu Beast were gathered together and, under the leadership of eighteen Level 3 Gulu Beast, underwent large-scale combat rehearsals as required by the wizard.
This was their first expedition, and as the main force, repeated practice on how to coordinate operations was an essential training subject.
At first, Gulu Beast didn't know how to fight according to orders, but as it gradually learned, it has mastered various combat commands and requirements.
Whether it's operations involving millions of units or small teams of dozens of Gulu Beast, it's all within their capabilities.
More and more good news is coming. First, there is the scientific research success on the New Earth. As required by Leo, a mobile high-power, high-rate-of-fire weapon has been developed.
It was still an improvement on the close-in weapon system. There wasn't enough time to research a completely new weapon, so the close-in weapon system that Leo had actually used in combat became the main research object.
By modifying some equipment to be driven by arrays, the size of the device was reduced from the original house size to the size of a small car, making it perfectly suitable for mounting on a Level 1 Gulu Beast in its true form.
The biggest improvement is on the bullets. Each bullet is engraved with a small Energy Absorption Magic Array. The bullet head is not the traditional pointed shape, but has a concave point. This concave point is exactly the center of the Energy Absorption Magic Array on the bullet body, where energy gathers. The energy compressed into the concave point will cause a small energy explosion when it hits the target, causing damage.
These are no longer ordinary metal bullets, but bullets that incorporate wizarding knowledge and deal elemental damage; they can be called elemental bullets.
Due to its metallic material and size, the Energy Absorption Magic Array can only absorb a very small amount of energy, with each bullet fired dealing between 600 and 650 damage.
While the drawback is that the attack power is not that strong, the advantage is that these bullets are easy to manufacture. They only need to be placed in the Wizard World for five days, and they can be naturally charged and used by relying on the Energy Absorption Magic Array on the bullet.
During the live-fire exercise, Leo went to observe. With the close-in weapon system firing at a terrifying rate of 10,000 rounds per minute, each bullet with an attack power of 600 to 650 points easily tore apart the live targets captured by the Gulu Beast.
These targets were captured based on the strength of the Gnoll, who were roughly at the level of a mid-to- High-Rank Wizard Apprentice.
As a result, they were torn apart by the terrifying attack of the close-in weapon system, not even lasting a second.
Running was useless; even though they were incredibly fast, they couldn't escape the terrifying barrage of bullets.
The indiscriminate firing of the ammunition belt pulverized the fleeing wild beasts.
The crossfire from multiple close-in weapon systems is particularly terrifying!
Finally, there were even level one wild beasts that had been captured and tied up at the shooting range. With the activation button pressed by the High-Rank Wizard Apprentice sitting on the back of the Gulu Beast...
The sound of tearing burlap echoed throughout the experimental area, and the level-one beast, which had been bound and unable to move, was instantly beaten and howled in pain.
Under the terrifying barrage of bullets from the modified close-in weapon system, it was riddled with bullets and mangled beyond recognition.
A bullet with only 600 attack power hits a level 1 beast and only causes a minor scratch; it can't even break through the defenses of some beasts with strong defenses.
However, when the attack frequency reaches a certain level, targeting a specific spot can turn a scratch into a minor injury, a minor injury into a serious injury, and a serious injury into death.
This level-one beast was hit in the belly by close-in weapon system for five seconds, which means it was hit by 833 bullets. Its entire belly was pierced through, leaving it near death and completely incapacitated!
Originally intended as a supplementary weapon to address insufficient firepower, its actual power is now enough to threaten even a level one Gnoll.
Everyone watching the exercise wore satisfied smiles; their war effort had gained another powerful force!
"We have two more years; let's go all out to manufacture it."