Faced with the questions from their own people, the Lord of Souls remained silent; they simply couldn't find a valid excuse.
They were prepared to face punishment.
"You..."
"You all stay put in the Manluo World for now. We'll deal with you after this period is over."
Their mistakes were so grave that even the local world was momentarily stunned and unsure how to handle them.
After all, the Manluo World is not like other worlds. Like the last time reinforcements were sent, they abandoned the power of an entire world and mobilized all their manpower to help them, only to be completely wiped out as soon as they arrived.
Such rapid death exceeded the limits of local imagination; it was the extreme distance that saved them.
The Returning Breath World would rather abandon other worlds than abandon this place, but the problem now is that Leo is too dominant here, suppressing all the Lord of Souls and preventing them from carrying out their actions.
This is no small matter. This is the route for deploying troops. If something goes wrong here, it will significantly scale back their subsequent counter-offensive plans, making it impossible for them to complete their intended strategic objectives.
It's so important, so important that the Returning Breath World doesn't know what to do!!
The five Lord of Souls watched as the black vortex closed and vanished, having received absolutely no punishment. Just like that?!
The local authorities said they would deal with them afterward, but they all knew that if they weren't punished this time, it would be difficult to punish them later.
It's not just a lack of manpower now, it's a genuine shortage.
Before the war, their numbers of level four and above exceeded those of the wizards. Even though the wizards summoned many World Lord, their casualty rate far exceeded that of the Stigmata Wizard.
More than a hundred years into the war, the once abundant manpower has become scarce.
It is difficult to allocate other resources locally to replace them.
"Our lord has instructed us to stabilize the situation here. I don't think the evil Stigmata Wizard intends to wipe us out completely. Let's hold our positions for now and await further orders from the homeland," suggested one of the Lord of Souls.
To put it bluntly, until they receive other reinforcements, they will act like cowards and absolutely avoid provoking Leo and his group, lest they get themselves caught up in the crossfire.
"Let's do it that way."
The five Lord of Souls no longer mentioned killing Leo, and unanimously chose to hide, avoiding any movement if possible.
When Leo returned to the wizard defense line, he saw all the wizards, giants, and slave armies busily preparing for the upcoming battle.
Leo originally wanted to have the Boiling Blood Tyrant Body stop, but after thinking about it, he decided against it. He didn't know when the Lord of Souls of the Manluo World would send reinforcements, so it was better for the wizard defenses to be on high alert.
Just as Leo was about to create the Soul Tower, news of the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard arrived from the Fate Wizard Book.
After each attack by the Lord of Souls, Leo would report the battle report according to procedure. Although the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard did not know his true thoughts, judging from Leo's battle report, Leo had won three victories against stronger opponents, and the number of Lord of Souls he killed was far ahead of other Stigmata Wizard of the same level.
The Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard had praised him more than once, even doubling his battle merits to the maximum allowed.
The battle merits that had been reset to zero are now back to 12 o'clock. The latest kill counts of the five Lord of Souls have not yet been reported. The 12 battle merits are from the previous three wars.
"Team leader,"
This time, Purple-Gold Vine chose to communicate directly with Leo via cross-world video.
" Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard, according to reliable sources, the Returning Breath World is about to launch a large-scale reinforcement and troop deployment against the Manluo World. You need to eliminate their forces as much as possible and stabilize the situation in the Manluo World," the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard said solemnly.
"Captain, I was just about to report to you that the reinforcements from the Returning Breath World arrived five hours ago. However, I intervened while they were arriving and dealt with five Lord of Souls and an army of fifty million puppets."
"Currently, there are only five Lord of Souls in the Manluo World, and the puppet army numbers around two hundred million, which is well within our control."
"What did you say?"
The Purple-Gold Vine was visibly startled; even its pupils in the video contracted slightly, unable to maintain their composure.
"Is everything you're saying true?"
Thinking he was hallucinating Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard asked again.
"That's right. The reinforcements from the Returning Breath World to the Manluo World have been completely eliminated. I will keep a close eye on their movements, and if reinforcements appear again, I will take immediate action to ensure that the Manluo World is completely under our control," Leo said solemnly.
"Ahem, don't kill too many, lest the counterattack from the Returning Breath World be too powerful." The Purple-Gold Vine were unaware that Leo knew the secrets of the Manluo World and were afraid that Leo would kill Lord of Souls of the Manluo World.
With Leo's method of killing, he could easily annihilate all of Returning Breath World's power in Manluo World.
If the Manluo World were to Returning Breath World forces, there would be no war, no energy tides to cover it, and how would it receive intelligence from the Returning Breath World?
Previously, the concern was that the forces here were too weak and would be easily wiped out by the Lord of Souls, which is why Leo was sent here to stabilize the battle.
As it turned out, Leo was too strong. In just a few years, he had already killed eleven Lord of Souls here.
The Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard was now somewhat afraid that Leo had terrified these Lord of Souls and would no longer send reinforcements. How would the wizards he had sent to infiltrate the Returning Breath World then transmit messages back through this line?!
"Ahem, for your safety and the safety of the Boiling Blood Tyrant Body Stigmata Wizard, there's no need to fight them to the death. Just keep the scale of the war within a certain range."
The Purple-Gold Vine were looking for various reasons to restrict Leo's actions. This time, they took the initiative to contact Leo to ask if Leo was under a lot of pressure. If the pressure from the Returning Breath World was too much, they could send a few World Lord to help.
Looking at it now, even without reinforcements, he's considering transferring Leo away from the Manluo World.
Even though Manluo World hadn't given up on this reinforcement route, they abandoned it first, letting Leo continue his rampage.
Those hidden wizards in the Returning Breath World would never choose a route that risks exposure to transmit messages.
Leo wasn't just killing the Lord of Souls; he was cutting off their own intelligence networks!
"Don't worry, Captain, I've considered this issue as well. I've limited the number of Lord of Souls to five and the puppet army to two hundred million. I'll only make a move once they exceed these limits; otherwise, I won't take the initiative," Leo said, brimming with fighting spirit.
The Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard's lips twitched slightly. Although he was forcibly suppressing it, Leo still noticed a very small curve.
Leo's strength is too great, which isn't necessarily a good thing!
I'm relieved that you've done that.
The Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard said he was at ease, but whether he was truly at ease, only he himself knew.
His current concern is whether or not to replace Leo, as his strength has exceeded the limits that the Manluo World can handle.
If Leo does as he says, then there's no problem. Leo can unleash his full power; he alone can stop the Returning Breath World from reinforcing this route.
However, if Leo uses too much force, he could easily disrupt the wizard's plans in the Returning Breath World.
The Purple-Gold Vine severed the connection. The news Leo reported was too shocking. He needed some time to think and process it. His mind was a jumble of thoughts, filled with the information Leo had just provided. He needed to handle things properly here.
This is exactly the same as the Returning Breath World's main body receiving reports of battle achievements from the five Lord of Souls.
The reason Returning Breath World was because their losses were too great, and the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard was because their achievements were too great.
Leo, as the person involved, didn't care about the reactions of either side, or whether or not he should be transferred away; at the very least, he had collected a great many souls.
First, three Soul Tower were created in the Shadow Space, which can hold 60 million souls.
The current number of souls has reached 90 million. If there were another 60 million, Leo believed that it would be more than enough.
After Leo left the Shadow Space and returned to the Wizard's Defense Line, as was customary, Leo inquired about the movements of the Lord of Souls from the Boiling Blood Tyrant Body.
Boiling Blood Tyrant Body looked at Leo with an expression of worship and madness, "Ever since you went there, they've been very well-behaved, without any unusual behavior."
The attitude of the Boiling Blood Tyrant Body clearly indicated that they knew what Leo had done last time he went there.
Leo nodded. Honesty meant that the reinforcements from the Returning Breath World had not yet arrived, and that the Returning Breath World was not yet ready.
Once reinforcements arrive, it won't be just a few Lord of Souls like before; it will instantly reach the saturation level of the Manluo World. This thorn in the side has hurt the Returning Breath World too much.
" Atomic Control, I have something I want to ask you." After hesitating for three seconds, the Boiling Blood Tyrant Body asked Leo with a sense of urgency, unwilling to leave without voicing his question.
"Go ahead and ask," Leo said calmly, looking at the Boiling Blood Tyrant Body, wanting to see what his question was.
"You were repeatedly suppressed by the Lord of Souls before, was that something you did on purpose?" Boiling Blood Tyrant Body met Leo's gaze, wanting a definite answer from Leo, not wanting Leo to deceive him.
After learning that Leo had easily killed five of the ten Lord of Souls he faced during his last outing, he was already pretty sure that Leo had been hiding his true strength in the previous battles. The fact that he was being suppressed by those Lord of Souls Lord of Souls more like he was just toying with them.
He wouldn't give up until he got a definite answer from Leo.