"The entire army of two hundred million puppets has been recalled and is now in a defensive formation against us." Boiling Blood Tyrant Body approached Leo with the latest intelligence.
Fifty years of uneventful life did not lower their guard, and they were the first to be discovered after the Lord of Souls began to act strangely.
The entire Manluo World has long been completely controlled by the wizard army, with countless surveillance facilities hidden in the shadows. The slightest movement will be tracked and studied by the wizards.
"Order all wizarding armies stationed outside to return. This time, the Returning Breath World will be launching a large-scale reinforcement and counterattack. This applies not only to our world but also to other worlds. Everyone must be on high alert."
Leo had long known that the Returning Breath World was about to make a big move; his clone, Black Soluo, had provided the information fifty years ago. However, he hadn't expected that the Returning Breath World would take fifty years to accumulate the power needed for this counterattack.
It's hard to imagine how much military strength the Returning Breath World has accumulated over the past fifty years for this counterattack.
The Boiling Blood Tyrant Body Stigmata Wizard immediately went to arrange the defense mission. Just after he left, news of the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard came from the Fate Wizard Book.
" The Returning Breath World is about to make a major move, which will put immense pressure on the Manluo World. I'm dispatching two World Lord, a Stigmata Wizard, and a contingent of wizards to reinforce it."
"Don't complain about the small number of reinforcements; this is the maximum reinforcement I can provide within my capabilities."
"Thank you, Captain."
Reinforcements are a good thing; they can help relieve a lot of his pressure. Leo immediately expressed his gratitude.
"Your mission is also very important. You must do your utmost to weaken the remaining forces in the Returning Breath World. This is the most important task for our team, and it's all up to you."
"There's some information I can't tell you, but what I can tell you is that the higher your battle record here, the more Lord of Souls you kill, the more you can reduce the risks in other worlds," said the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard.
"I understand, Captain, I will do my best," Leo said with utmost seriousness.
"Okay, I'll wait for you to come back and celebrate with you."
The Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard must be very busy, so he hurriedly hung up after speaking with Leo.
"Are you really going to fight those Lord of Souls to the death?" Yaoyao asked Leo, who was pledging his loyalty, with surprise.
This is one of the springboard worlds of the Returning Breath World, a logistical supply route for the Returning Breath World, and the most dangerous place during wartime. Yaoyao dares not imagine how many Lord of Souls will pass through here.
Although they are all level four, their sheer number will exceed Leo's ability to handle them.
Leo's way of making this statement is like a brainwashed, impulsive young man who rushes to the battlefield the moment the war drums sound.
"If I don't fight them to the death, do you think they'll let me go?"
Leo chuckled self-deprecatingly. If the Returning Breath World were to compile a kill list for Stigmata Wizard, Leo believed he would be in a very high position.
Given the number of Lord of Souls he had killed—more than twenty— the Returning Breath World had long wanted to kill him.
The first step in this large-scale counterattack by the Returning Breath World is to kill him.
His danger wouldn't change based on his stance towards the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard. Fortunately, the upper limit of the Manluo World prevented the arrival of life forms above level four, giving him a higher chance of survival.
In fact, Leo preferred to stay in the small world of Manluo World rather than a large world like Gran World.
In a small world, at most a dozen or so Lord of Souls would gang up on him, but in a large world, those ganging up on him wouldn't be Lord of Souls of the same level.
A level 5 or even Level-Six Lord of Souls might come out to hunt him down.
To avoid being in a passive situation later, Leo stepped forward and appeared on the Lord of Souls's residence.
It was still those five Lord of Souls; for the past fifty years, they had been so obedient that no one could find fault with them, doing whatever Leo said.
Leo ordered all the puppet armies to mine, and they did so meticulously. He told them to hand over 80% of their profits, but the five Lord of Souls handed over 90%.
Over the years, they have made outstanding contributions to Leo, contributing more than 70% of the increase in Leo's assets, and earning Leo at least 50 million energy crystals.
If the two sides weren't enemies, Leo really wouldn't want to fight them. It's a pity that they have so many good laborers.
"Wizard, we have already submitted our share of resource extraction for this year. What brings you here today?"
When the Lord of Souls saw Leo appear in the sky, his heart felt like it was being gripped by a hand, and his breathing slowed down. He tried to speak in his usual gentle tone to suppress the tension in his heart.
Reinforcements from the home world are about to arrive, and Leo's arrival at this crucial moment is definitely not a good thing.
"There is something I'd like to discuss with you," Leo said with a smile.
"What is it? We can agree to anything as long as it's not too outrageous." The Lord of Souls pretended to be willing to sell everything for their lives, showing no resistance whatsoever, as if they would agree to any request Leo made.
For them, as long as they could hold out until the main force from the homeland arrived, all the humiliations they had suffered would be washed away.
"It's simple, I need your lives to complete my mission."
Leo wore a smile, but his words were icy cold, and his piercing gaze had transformed into the scythe of death.
" Stigmata True Body, Earth Giant Bloodline, Activate!"
With a low growl, his Bloodline surged, instantly unleashing the Bloodline Power the Earth Giant bloodline. A 280-meter-tall, earth-yellow giant appeared, releasing its aura without concealment. A terrifying pressure surged forth, and waves of energy roared in the high sky, changing the color of the heavens and earth.
The expressions on the faces of the Lord of Souls changed drastically in an instant. They never expected that the evil wizard would make a move at this crucial moment. Their previous forbearance had not allowed them to wait for the arrival of the native army.
"Let's do it."
At this moment, words are powerless, because the aura emanating from Leo has already indicated that their period of entanglement has ended, and they have returned to a life-or-death confrontation.
The five Lord of Souls charged toward the Earth Giant. Since they were no match for the Earth Giant, only by cooperating with each other could they possibly hold out until reinforcements from the Returning Breath World arrived.
However, the five Lord of Souls were pessimistic about this idea, as the evil wizard's strength made it difficult for them to hold out until reinforcements arrived.
" Gravity, friction, high temperature, lightning, fire, slowing, slumber, spatial distortion, soul imprisonment, blood explosion, energy absorption, Energy Disorder, activate!"
The Earth Giant flicked his finger, and twelve domains shot out, instantly enveloping the first Lord of Souls rushed towards him.
The powerful combination of negative effects nearly caused him to fall from a great height, and terror gripped his entire body.
With his strength reduced by 40%, how is he supposed to fight the evil wizard?
Is this the work of an evil wizard?
Is this what other Lord of Souls suffered before their deaths?
No wonder he could be instantly killed; this kind of ability is truly despair-inducing!
A thunderous roar echoed through the sky, and in the despairing eyes of the Lord of Souls, countless bolts of lightning completely enveloped him.
"Thunderous Destruction Great Spell"
The evil wizard's words were the whisper of death. The first Lord of Souls shrouded in the power of the domain was utterly destroyed by the dense power of lightning before he could wait for the help of his companions.
"One!"
The Earth Giant seemed to be counting the amount of trash it had collected, its cold gaze already fixed on the next Lord of Souls.
With a slight twitch of his fingers, twelve overlapping domain powers appeared beneath the feet of the second Lord of Souls.
Along with the power of the domain, terrifying lightning also descended!!
Looking at the sky filled with lightning and his companions being killed one by one in an instant, the remaining Lord of Souls once again recalled the horror of fifty years ago.
It was an absolutely overwhelming power that would cause them to suffer merciless destruction even before they had a chance to fight the evil wizard.
Compared to the battle fifty years ago, this scene now feels like a series of mocking words, relentlessly ridiculing them.
They didn't even have the strength to withstand an evil wizard for a moment; all their previous ideas and confident promises were utterly laughable.
Now we don't need to laugh anymore, and we don't need to worry about how to explain this to the locals.
Because they were completely dead, their souls destroyed along with them, there was no trace of their existence in this world, and all the problems that troubled them vanished with them.
As the Earth Giant held the last Lord of Souls's soul in his hand and began erasing his consciousness, all five Lord of Souls had confronted Leo for fifty years were killed.
Fearing that one might escape, Leo captured only the last Lord of Souls's soul, while the rest were all destroyed.
Minutes later, his Level 4 soul was erased of consciousness, becoming a blank soul, and was directly transported to the Shadow Space, where he would be left to enjoy an endless wandering existence within the Soul Tower.
The five Lord of Souls were completely killed, and there were still two hundred million puppets. Leo had no intention of letting them go.
" Gravity, Blood Explosion, Soul Imprisonment, Soul Teleportation, activate!"
With the four domain powers activated to their fullest extent, Leo frantically reaped the souls of the puppet army. He might never find such an easy opportunity to collect souls again, so he seized every moment to accumulate souls for himself.
" Atomic Control, reinforcements have arrived: two Level-Four World Lord, Flame Condensation Stigmata Wizard, and an army of fifty million wizards."
Just as Leo was busy activating all of his Soul Tower, the Boiling Blood Tyrant Body Stigmata Wizard sent a message through the crystal ball.
The Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard acted very quickly; he had only been in contact with Leo for a short time when he sent reinforcements over.
A level four Elemental Stigmata Wizard, two Level-Four World Lord, and a wizard army of fifty million as reinforcements.
If Leo weren't present, this reinforcement would have been twice the size of the existing force.
"You must immediately arrange the defensive formation; the reinforcements from the Returning Breath World are not expected to arrive at any time," Leo said.