"He definitely recognized you, hurry and chase after him!" Yaoyao shouted.
Leo's body returned to the shadows, following the direction in which the Lord of Souls's soul had fled, and quickly chased after it in the shadows.
Leo witnessed the Lord of Souls abandoning his physical body and escaping with his soul once in the Manluo World.
The speed is extremely fast, much faster than when I had a physical body, and the decrease in strength is very limited.
He never expected that his first battle back on the Gran World battlefield would be against someone so ruthless.
Leo caught up with the fleeing soul from a thousand miles away. Without any exchange, lightning raged, instantly killing this decisive Lord of Souls.
But just as Leo was about to leave the shadows again, he discovered that the surrounding space had been frozen.
"Evil wizard, are you ready to die?"
Three Lord of Souls, emanating an aura that instilled fear in Leo, appeared around Leo, forming a triangular formation that surrounded Leo.
"What utterly unlucky! Three Level-Five Lord of Souls," Yaoyao sighed helplessly.
Leo's brows twitched. He really hadn't expected them to appear so quickly. It must have been that the Level-Four Lord of Souls had relayed the message to these Level-Five Lord of Souls the moment he attacked them.
The fact that they were able to get here so quickly clearly shows that they hate me to the core.
The three Level-Five Lord of Souls didn't seem to want to talk to Leo for long; the moment they appeared, they attacked Leo.
"Walk,"
The ring on Leo's finger flashed.
Immediately afterwards, Leo swiftly flicked his Godslaying Wizard Robe and vanished instantly amidst the encirclement of three Level-Five Lord of Souls.
"Boom"
The instant Leo disappeared, the space he was in was struck by an attack, completely shattering the space like a pane of glass struck by a hammer, revealing the dark, chaotic space behind it.
"There was no sign of death; they escaped."
"A Level-Five Lord of Souls said coldly."
"The space was sealed off, how did he escape?"
"He just emitted a spatial fluctuation; he must have used something to break through our spatial blockade."
"He killed another one of our Level-Four Lord of Souls. We finally located him, but he still managed to escape."
"A Level-Five Lord of Souls said angrily."
"Never mind him for now, we should leave."
As the three Level-Five Lord of Souls were about to leave, their bodies hadn't moved yet, but their gazes were already fixed on the side.
Three Level-Five Stigmata Wizard appeared around them!
"You've finally shown up. Let's see where you run now."
If Leo were still here, he would definitely recognize the speaker. It was the Interstellar Wanderer Stigmata Wizard, whom he hadn't seen for many years. Leo hadn't seen the other two Stigmata Wizard before; they were newly arrived Stigmata Wizard.
"Now that you're here, don't leave."
Amidst the Interstellar Wanderer's cold laughter, the six level-five combatants instantly clashed. The energy storms from their intertwined battle mercilessly ravaged the surrounding space, annihilating countless low-level life forms instantly.
Shadow World
Leo looked at the gemstone ring on her finger with heartache; a tiny crack had appeared on the gemstone.
This is a Space-Breaking Ring that cost 50 battle merits to exchange for. According to the description, the materials used to make this Space-Breaking Ring were taken from Level-Six World Lord, making it a rare space-related treasure.
Its function is very simple: to break the confinement of spatial sealing power. There are no uses. This ring will consume its own energy according to the strength of the spatial confinement. When cracks cover the entire gemstone ring, it will be the moment when the energy is exhausted and it loses its power.
Leo was very aware of his own abilities, and even more so of the countermeasures employed by the Lord of Souls and his allies.
When facing a wizard like him who is good at escaping, one must first imprison the space.
Leo spent all his battle merits to exchange for this ring, his purpose being to break through space and escape. He was not prepared to fight head-on, and a level five being was not something he could withstand. Escape was his only option.
"Given the current level of spatial confinement, it can still be used three to four more times," Leo said with a pained expression.
The moment the spatial confinement was broken, Leo activated the ability of the Godslaying Wizard Robe to traverse the Shadow World, and he and Yaoyao entered the Shadow World to hide.
He was unaware of the situation outside. Although the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard had told him via telepathy that a high-level Stigmata Wizard would be following him to deal with those high-level Lord of Souls, Leo would not entrust his life to anyone else.
You still need to take the initiative!
"Let's go somewhere else, somewhere farther away," Leo said to Yaoyao.
"No problem."
Yaoyao grabbed Leo's shoulder and darted to other parts of the Gran World. The moment Leo appeared, she disappeared into the shadows and hid herself.
This should be the edge of the battlefield, where the fighting is not intense. The puppet army numbers no more than ten million, and the wizard defense line is mainly composed of first and second-level wizards.
Leo also saw wizards from his academy, who led their army of Gulu Beast to kill wave after wave of puppet armies.
Seeing these wizards reminded Leo of the wizards and Gulu Beast from his academy in the Manluo World; they should all have returned safely.
At a time when everyone obeyed his commands, the wizards and Gulu Beast of the Atomic Control Academy had to be the first to pass through the spatial passage, and no one could utter a word of dissent.
As for the slaves of the other Stigmata Wizard, Leo didn't care at all. As long as his own people didn't die, he didn't care about the others.
"Think carefully before you act this time. We can't let the Lord of Souls escape like last time," Leo said.
Leo was still shocked by the decisiveness of that Lord of Souls. What impression had he left on these Lord of Souls that made them abandon their physical bodies and run away without hesitation?
That physical body was painstakingly pieced together over hundreds or even thousands of years, and they just threw it away like that.
"I think you should find out about the current situation in the Gran World first," Yaoyao. "We don't know how many troops the Returning Breath World has deployed here for this major counterattack."
Leo nodded in agreement. "You're right."
Everything happened so fast that he hadn't had time to catch up on the intelligence from the Gran World.
Quickly open the Fate Wizard Book and contact the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard. Although the information they can provide is limited, at least the information they provide is accurate.
"Four Level-Six Lord of Souls, eight Level-Five Lord of Souls, Level-Four Lord of Souls, and countless puppet armies."
As for the strength of the wizard army, there are three at level six, five at level five, and ten at level four. Among these ten are five who have just returned from the Manluo World.
"..."
Seeing the disparity in strength between the two sides, Leo felt he was in grave danger.
"Don't be too pessimistic, I have some good news for you,"
"You just killed a Level-Four Lord of Souls, leaving them with fourteen. One of the three Level-Five Lord of Souls who appeared was also successfully killed, leaving them with seven Level-Five Lord of Souls."
"..."
After reading the good news from the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard, Leo felt no joy. He had just walked on the edge of death and learned a lesson: the so-called protection of a high-level Stigmata Wizard was completely unreliable.
He would have died there if he hadn't run fast enough.
Moreover, the number of Lord of Souls far exceeds that of their wizards, so they simply don't have enough power to protect him.
"Don't worry, your safety will be protected. On the Level 4 battlefield, we still need you to instill fear in those Lord of Souls."
"Okay, Captain, I'll try my best."
"Since you're alright, let's speed things up. I forgot to tell you, those numbers I just mentioned were from previous intelligence reports. As they continue to reinforce, those numbers are constantly changing. The numbers I just mentioned are for reference only and have no practical significance, so please don't take them seriously."
"..."
Leo's half-dead spirit was completely broken. The reinforcement of troops in the Returning Breath World was still not over. Just how many more troops were they going to add?
No wonder the Purple-Gold Vine Stigmata Great Wizard urged them on; if the speed of killing them couldn't keep up with the speed of their reinforcements, the Lord of Souls would eventually kill them all with overwhelming power.
"Continue. This time, it must be a fatal blow; we can't give them time to relay information."
In the shadows, Leo continued to wander, Fate Wizard Book would continue to transmit information to him, just as it had when it first appeared.
Perhaps the Returning Breath World was also being urged quite urgently, as most of the Level-Four Lord of Souls were on the front lines of the war.
Within ten days, Leo received seven offers to become Level-Four Lord of Souls, but Leo didn't kill any of them.
He feared that these Lord of Souls had revealed his whereabouts were all bait set up by the Lord of Souls to lure him, the 'evil wizard'.
Leo could refrain from making a move, but the others couldn't.
On the fifteenth day, Leo had no choice but to take action, because more than one person had asked him for help, and even the Purple-Gold Vine, Level-Six Stigmata Great Wizard who rarely interfered with his actions, forcibly ordered him to take action.
Boiling Blood Tyrant Body and the three World Lord were all engaged in a fierce battle. The four of them were on four separate battlefields. The three World Lord were being suppressed by the three Lord of Souls. The battle lasted for several days, and the World Lord were completely on the defensive. The situation was extremely urgent. If no one came to their rescue, they would all perish within half a day at most.
Meanwhile, the Boiling Blood Tyrant Body was besieged by three Lord of Souls. In any case, the battle that Leo saw from the shadows beside the battlefield was quite fierce.
The Boiling Blood Tyrant Body was clearly no match for the three Lord of Souls, so he tried to command his slave army to hold off one of them. However, the slave army was overwhelmed by an even larger puppet army, and not even a single wizard could break through the encirclement.
The ostensible purpose was to have Leo rescue these individuals; in reality, it was to have Leo save the crumbling wizard defenses.
Once these World Lord and those with the Boiling Blood Tyrant Body are dead, the entire wizard defense line will be instantly breached, and the wizard army will face a very passive situation.