"That's true. If I were to appear too strong, I'm afraid they'd send too many reinforcements, putting too much pressure on us. So, I always keep myself only slightly stronger than them, making them think that they could defeat me if they were just a little stronger." Leo had no reason to hide this from the Lord of Souls, who already knew and had directly told the Boiling Blood Tyrant Body.
"I see."
Boiling Blood Tyrant Body left with a resigned expression, which puzzled Leo. "Just because I asked a question, does he become so pessimistic?"
" The Boiling Blood Tyrant Body Stigmata Wizard must be in despair. He definitely will never catch up with you in this lifetime," Yaoyao said with a smile.
In the eyes of the Boiling Blood Tyrant Body Stigmata Wizard, Leo was the target he had always been chasing. However, he discovered that the target he was chasing was only visible to him because Leo was suppressing his strength. His true strength was at the bottom of the abyss, which he could not see. The fact that he did not vomit blood on the spot showed how strong his heart was.
"Don't worry about him. Take advantage of this free time and get some rest," Leo said.
"Then I'll go back to mining. I haven't even mined a tenth of the rich ore I found last time. I'll finish mining it during this time."
Yaoyao, who was very career-oriented, left. She had hundreds of thousands of puppets under her complete control, Heavenly Capital.
With no reinforcements Returning Breath World, the Lord of Souls remained utterly silent, and Leo showed no intention of making a move. The Manluo World once again fell into an eerie period of quiet.
However, this period of peace did not last long, only a year, before the Level Three Great Wizard delivered their orders, or rather, requests, to Leo.
As previously agreed, a war of one million units will be launched once a year, using the energy tide of the war to cover up the fluctuations in messages transmitted back from the Returning Breath World.
Because the Lord of Souls have been slow to launch a war, they hope that Leo will take the initiative to start one.
They felt helpless when they talked about this. They never had to worry about such things before; the Lord of Souls would launch wars without waiting for a year.
But ever since Leo visited the Lord of Souls Lord of Souls ' territory, they have become completely silent. Not to mention launching a war, they haven't even sent out a single puppet, for fear that being separated by a third of the Manluo World would be seen as a provocation by Leo and result in a devastating attack.
It was almost too quiet.
The silence was making the Level Three Great Wizard, who were waiting for the intelligence to be relayed back, increasingly anxious.
Without war, how do they receive intelligence?
"This is easy to handle."
With a light tap of his feet, Leo appeared above the Lord of Souls's residence.
A terrifying pressure was released, and the five Lord of Souls looked at Leo in the sky with trepidation, their expressions of despair as if they were welcoming their own death.
"Has this day finally come?" the Lord of Souls murmured in despair.
No wolf ever lets its prey escape. In the face of the evil Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard, they are like Xiao Bai facing wolves!
Leo stared at the five Lord of Souls with cold, murderous eyes. "According to the rules of the Wizard World, I must kill you all."
Upon hearing Leo's words, the five Lord of Souls ' anxieties vanished completely.
The evil Stigmata Wizard has come; he's really here to kill them.
"However, we've fought so many times, we've developed some feelings for each other, so it's not like I can't let you go."
"Alright, I'll offer two conditions: as long as we still have control of the situation, I will absolutely not make things difficult for you, nor will I kill any of you. What do you say?"
Leo's murderous intent subsided, and he even put on a smiling face. However, his aura did not weaken at all, as if any of these Lord of Souls who disagreed would be immediately subjected to his frenzied attack and absolutely killed.
"You say."
The pain in the hearts of the Lord of Souls is indescribable; for their own survival, they actually had to negotiate with their enemies.
Now it depends on what conditions the evil wizard proposes. If the conditions are too harsh, they will absolutely not agree.
We must try to persuade the evil Stigmata Wizard to change his mind.
"I see that you puppet soldiers have nothing to do all day. My first condition is that you puppet soldiers get moving and start mining. We'll split the mined resources 80/20, with me getting 80% and you getting 20%. My second condition is that every six months you must send a million puppet soldiers to attack our defenses, so that I can explain this to the higher-ups."
"So, what do you think? My conditions aren't unreasonable, are they?"
The Lord of Souls exchanged shocked glances; this condition was not just reasonable, it was absolutely reasonable.
Meeting these conditions would allow them to avoid being killed; it's indeed not difficult.
The evil Stigmata Wizard isn't actually that evil!
"Wizard, we agree," the Lord of Souls said immediately, fearing that if he hesitated even a second longer, Leo would change his mind.
"Great! Then in ten days I'll see your million-strong puppet army appear on the wizard's defenses."
Leo's feet touched the ground, and he completely disappeared, returning to the wizard's defensive line.
The five Lord of Souls looked at each other, their minds filled with a sense of unreality. They had actually formed an alliance with their opponent?
"Don't let the main body know about this. First, send one million puppets to attack the wizard's defenses, then send the rest to mine."
In their desperate search for survival, these Lord of Souls wouldn't care about cooperating with their rival Leo; their only concern would be avoiding detection by the local population.
If they are discovered by the mainland, even if Leo doesn't kill them, they will still die from the mainland's punishment.
No faction would allow traitors to exist; they are now traitors to the Returning Breath World.
Returning to the Wizard's Line, they received no news of an impending puppet army attack. A million puppets were nothing to warrant a major mobilization from the Wizard's Line; they could be easily dealt with.
Leo praised himself for his cleverness; he had actually come up with the idea of making these terrified Lord of Souls work for him.
How many resources can a wizard with so few people mine? Yaoyao busy every day, but how much has she actually mined?
The greatest power in the Manluo World is not them, but the Lord of Souls; they have the most puppets.
Two hundred million—the results of one day are equivalent to the results of a wizarding army in a year!
Ten days later, the million-strong puppet army, marching at breakneck speed, arrived at the wizard's defenses, only to be swiftly annihilated before it could reach them.
Seeing this, Leo smiled, not because he was happy to have easily annihilated the million-strong puppet army, but because the five Lord of Souls were doing exactly as he asked. This meant that they would be firmly under his control during the period before the great battle broke out.
He is the absolute commander among the wizards, and now even the Lord of Souls obeys his command, which means that the entire Manluo World is in his hands.
What else is there to say? The most important thing is to make money into your own pocket.
When the puppet army was being developed on a large scale, Leo directly increased the wizard limit for resource mining from 40% to 70%, leaving only more than six million wizards to defend the wizard defense line, and sending the rest to mine resources.
Although the Boiling Blood Tyrant Body Boiling Blood Tyrant Body vehemently opposed it, it had no choice but to obey under Leo's cold gaze.
The Manluo World has officially entered a phase of destructive development, and 70% of the resources developed have ended up in Leo's pocket.
He grew up in poverty and didn't earn much money even after advancing to the Stigmata level.
The poor academy's warehouse was never full; seeing an opportunity to make money, Leo had no chance of letting it slip by.
When Boiling Blood Tyrant Body's defensive capabilities were too weak, it worried for quite some time, fearing that the puppet army would take advantage of the situation to attack.
Suddenly, it was discovered that the puppet army was even more thorough, leaving not a single puppet soldier behind, and instead, they were all extensively developed.
This action left the Boiling Blood Tyrant Body in shock for a long time, because the development of the Returning Breath World was different from that of the Wizard World.
They rely more on life force to control the number of puppets and absorb soul power, and have very little dependence on natural resources. In the long period of war between the two World Cluster, the puppet army has never been seen actively mining resources.
Wizards are known to be highly dependent on natural resources, so the actions of the puppet army are completely abnormal and should not be happening.
But when his gaze fell upon the army of wizards busily mining resources, combined with Leo's orders, he seemed to have discovered something.
Every six months, the puppet army sends a million puppet soldiers to attack the wizard's defenses, which is just a pointless act of suicide. Now there is even more abnormal mining activity. The Boiling Blood Tyrant Body Stigmata Wizard can only connect all of this with Leo.
Leo didn't say a word. As long as he didn't admit it, the Lord of Souls wouldn't admit it either, so no one could do anything to him.
This went on for fifty years.
In fifty years, the surface resources of the Manluo World have been basically exhausted. If more resources are to be extracted, the only option is to dig deeper into the earth.
For fifty years, the five Lord of Souls, following Leo's instructions, maintained an army of two million puppets each year. In total, one hundred million puppets perished before the wizard's defenses.
They increased the number of puppets slightly along the way, and fifty years later, they still maintained a number of around 200 million puppets.
However, the number of Lord of Souls remains at five and has not increased. It seems that the native Returning Breath World has decided that a small increase would be of no use, and without additional abilities, it will maintain this state.
However, fifty years later, all the peace was shattered when massive reinforcements arrived from the Returning Breath World.
The Great Counterattack Prepared by the Returning Breath World has begun!