Only the commanding wizards knew what the fifth position meant. The first four missions were either related to the main world of the Returning Breath World or to the Level-Six Lord of Souls, making them the top-tier missions in the World Cluster War.
It can be said that in their task ranking, none of the top ten tasks are below level five in terms of life.
The Purple-Gold Vine Level-Four Lord of Souls Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard has elevated the quest to fifth place, far exceeding its original ranking, and the related rewards will increase more than tenfold.
With such a rewarding task, I'm sure those wizards will put in a lot of effort to find it!
[ Gran World: Level-Four Lord of Souls Found, Location 258:149:058.]
"Is the Lord of Souls in a hurry, or is the army of wizards focusing their search on finding the Lord of Souls?"
Leo had only had a few hours to spare when the position of the third Level-Four Lord of Souls immediately appeared on the Fate Wizard Book.
When Leo was searching for the first Lord of Souls, it took him almost four days, and for the second it took about three days.
But now, a third Lord of Souls position has appeared in just one day, which is clearly a bit unreasonable.
"You're overthinking it. It's better to get it sorted out sooner rather than later. If you ask me, I'd give you all ten Lord of Souls positions; just resolve everything then."
Yaoyao patted Leo's earlobe, suspecting that Leo had developed paranoia, and had to doubt everything.
Leo nodded. Perhaps Yaoyao was right; he had been overthinking things.
With a light tap of the foot, they disappeared into the shadows.
"Boom boom boom"
A dozen or so domains were enveloped, followed by an inexplicable barrage of thunderous magic that utterly shattered the Lord of Souls, leaving not a single speck of dust behind.
The assassination was completed, and he immediately left and disappeared.
Unlike the World Lord of other worlds, the Lord of Souls have bodies that they themselves have modified and assembled; only their souls are their own.
The soul contains the primordial power of the Returning Breath World, but once they die, the soul will completely perish.
Unable to be captured by Leo and sent into the Shadow Space, thus promoting the evolution of the Shadow Space.
Furthermore, because Leo needed to eliminate them quickly, without giving them any chance to breathe, the moment he struck was with utter annihilation, leaving not even a trace of their physical bodies.
Therefore, even though their physical bodies were cut from other World Lord, Leo did not have time to destroy their souls while preserving their bodies.
The Soul Splitting Technique is somewhat possible, but it can only be used once every fifty years, and Leo will never use it unless it's a critical moment.
The instant Leo finished dealing with the third Lord of Souls, another gasp rang out from the mothership far behind the battlefield.
" The Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard has once again instantly killed Level-Four Lord of Souls, and has now taken care of three."
"That's amazing!"
"As long as the Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard continue to maintain their position, and as long as the number of Level-Four Lord of Souls can be reduced to below five, the battlefield can be stabilized by more than 20%, and the war can end three years earlier."
"Accelerate the progress in finding the Level-Four Lord of Souls and double the reward."
Amidst the whispers of the commanding wizards, the cold voice of the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard rang out, startling all the commanding wizards instantly.
Because the current rewards are already incredibly generous, ten times greater than before, and now they're going to double again...
This means that a wizard who discovers Level-Four Lord of Souls can earn a reward of over 10,000 energy crystals in a single mission!
This reward made even some of the wizards green with envy, let alone the wizards themselves.
Some wizards wanted to speak up and remind the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard that what he was doing was wrong, but after sensing the icy aura emanating from the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard, they swallowed all their words.
[ Gran World: Level-Four Lord of Souls discovered, location 785:199:745.]
"The delivery speed is indeed quite fast."
When the Fate Wizard Book showed the fourth position of Level-Four Lord of Souls in less than an hour, even Yaoyao noticed something was wrong.
The search speed is indeed a bit too fast.
This is getting a little too fast!
Previously, it would take several days to find a location for a Lord of Souls, but now, a location is provided every hour.
Leo did not set off immediately, but stared at the Fate Wizard Book with a frown and remained silent.
Although he possessed the strength to instantly kill Level-Four Lord of Souls, there were only 17 Lord of Souls on the entire battlefield, ten of whom were Level-Four Lord of Souls.
Although the number of Level-Four Lord of Souls may seem large, in the context of a battlefield with hundreds of billions of lives, this number is incredibly prestigious.
Yet this very same esteemed Lord of Souls managed to kill three of them within a few days. What must the opposing Lord of Souls have to think?
Putting ourselves in their shoes, if there were a Lord of Souls who could relentlessly hunt down their World Lord, then what they would face next would undoubtedly be the most terrifying retaliation and unimaginable traps.
Leo hadn't thought of all this before, but now that the speed at which intelligence was being provided was getting faster and faster, something felt off.
He doesn't yet possess the strength to look down on everyone. If he were ambushed by the Lord of Souls, he wouldn't have absolute confidence in his safety.
Each time he killed Lord of Souls, he left behind a strong energy fluctuation; anyone with eyes could tell that the sneak attack came from the same person.
"Could it be that you're supposed to lure out the opponent's high-level Lord of Souls?"
Yaoyao tentatively guessed.
"That's possible; in any case, it's never too much to be cautious."
Leo put away the Fate Wizard Book and walked towards the location where the information was provided.
This time, after Leo arrived at the confirmed location, he did not take action immediately. Instead, he carefully observed the surrounding situation from the shadows, even thoroughly checking the area within a radius of tens of kilometers around the Level-Four Lord of Souls.
After confirming that it was safe, he emerged from the shadows and struck instantly.
A dozen or so domains opened up a path, unleashing a fierce barrage of thunderous magic.
Leo showed no intention of holding back, circulating all his magical power at top speed to unleash his strongest attack.
In the instant it shattered the Level-Four Lord of Souls before he could even react, it vanished instantly.
The entire process was several times faster than when they ambushed the first three Lord of Souls; the battle ended in just three seconds.
Just as Leo disappeared, a strange figure several tens of meters tall suddenly appeared and descended upon the position of the Lord of Souls, who had been completely destroyed in the explosion.
A skeletal hand emerged from the body, grasping the lingering aura of lightning in the air and vanishing.
The instant the eerie Lord of Souls vanished, a Stigmata Wizard dressed in a robe adorned with countless stars appeared.
Carefully searching for any lingering traces in the air, they too vanished quickly, disappearing in the exact same direction as the Lord of Souls had just disappeared dozens of meters away.
If Leo hadn't disappeared from the shadows in time, he would have been discovered by the later Lord of Souls, and would have also seen the next Stigmata Wizard, who was none other than the Interstellar Wanderer Level-Five Stigmata Wizard!
"Was there Level-Five Lord of Souls just appeared?"
In the shadows, Yao Yao asked Leo with Yaoyao fear.
Leo nodded with a grim expression. When he instantly killed that Level-Four Lord of Souls, he instinctively sensed danger, so he fled from the shadows without even confirming whether the Level-Four Lord of Souls was dead.
They even managed to escape hundreds of kilometers away in the shadows in an instant.
Although he didn't see the Lord of Souls who instilled fear in him, Leo was certain that he had been targeted by a high-level Lord of Souls.
He killed four of the opponent's Lord of Souls; with such a huge loss, it would be abnormal if the opponent didn't make a move.
Upon realizing he was being watched, Leo immediately took out the Fate Wizard Book and reported the information to the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard.
A moment later, Leo received a reply.
[You did a great job, greatly reducing the burden of this war.]
[Regarding your question, this is part of the plan. You just need to focus on dealing with the Level-Four Lord of Souls; don't worry about the others, they will be handled by other Stigmata Wizard. Your battle merits will be calculated at 1.5 times the normal rate; the Wizard Will will not fail to reward anyone who has contributed.]
The Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard's reply clearly stated that the plan was to use Leo's ability to instantly kill Level-Four Lord of Souls to lure out higher-level Lord of Souls and eliminate them one by one, without mentioning any of the dangers involved.
The visible strength of the wizard army, whether low-level or above, is no match for the Lord of Souls and their puppet army.
But in actual warfare, if victory or defeat could be determined solely by apparent strength, then no one would die.
It's clear that the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Wizard, knowing that his strength was inferior to his opponent's, had already adopted certain strategies.
The strategy was to lure out an even stronger Lord of Souls when Leo killed Level-Four Lord of Souls.
There are four Level-Five Lord of Souls and three Level-Six Lord of Souls here, making them far more dangerous than Level-Four Lord of Souls.
Starting with Level-Four Lord of Souls is the most suitable choice!!
The only problem is...
"Wow, this is another extremely dangerous mission."
Leo's expression wasn't good. Knowing he was being used as bait, it would be strange if Leo looked well.
"Judging from what just happened, you've already been targeted by Level-Five Lord of Souls. You'll likely encounter him next time you make a move," Yaoyao warned.
Leo nodded. He had already killed four Level-Four Lord of Souls, leaving six more. If he were the Lord of Souls of the other side, it would be very easy to lure him out.
As long as you deliberately let a Level-Four Lord of Souls discover you, you will inevitably appear, and then you will become prey that walks into a trap!
[ Gran World: A Level-Four Lord of Souls has been discovered, location 458:775:125.]
While Leo was still pondering how to ensure his safety while completing the mission, the Fate Wizard Book had already transmitted the location information of the fifth Lord of Souls.
Leo did not move, but instead calculated the location of the fifth Lord of Souls based on the positioning.
"They actually set up this trap here, as if they were afraid I wouldn't fall for it."