He dashed into the distant pine forest as if leaving no trace in the snow, and before long, dozens of creatures resembling snow bears lay dead at his feet.
Under the watchful gaze of the Snow Elf, all his blood flowed into the shadow beneath his feet. When the blood dried up, a powerful energy entered his body through the shadow.
Their strength, which hadn't improved in a long time, seemed to sprout wings and rapidly increased with the help of this energy.
His strength increased too quickly, causing an unnatural transparency to appear on his snow-white face.
Just as the Snow Elf man was enjoying the thrill of his increased power, the energy transfer suddenly stopped.
As the Snow Elf remained puzzled, Leo's voice rang out, "Poor child, this is energy obtained through an equivalent exchange; the blood you provided will only yield this much energy."
"I understand, I'll go hunt more now."
Once you've experienced the thrill of increased power, no life can resist that feeling.
Normally, it would take an unknown amount of time to cultivate and gain power, but now all it takes is a little blood.
Soon, a large number of creatures in the forest were killed, and all of them were drained of their blood!
However, just as the Snow Elf man was enjoying the thrill of his increased power, the energy transmitted from the shadow ended almost instantly.
"Great Lord of the Universe, why is there no energy?" the Snow Elf asked, puzzled.
"Child, your strength has increased too rapidly, requiring more and more energy. This blood can no longer exchange enough energy equally."
"Then what should I do?"
"You need to provide higher-level resources."
The Snow Elf stared blankly at himself; apart from the sword in his hand, he had no other valuable resources.
"Child, the value of things cannot be measured by your eyes. You can put anything you see into the shadow. With the rules of equal exchange, you will naturally gain different energy." Leo continued to guide the Snow Elf.
Okay, I'll do it now.
The Snow Elf tried putting different things in the shadows.
Under his gaze, his shadow suddenly changed shape, like a constantly spinning vortex swallowing whatever he had put into it.
However, the amount of energy transmitted back was negligible, less than the energy gained from the blood of the prey that had just been killed and transmitted.
"Child, don't rush, try slowly. In every world, the majority of things are of little value. I believe you will find the path that suits you best."
In the Shadow Plane, Leo continued to send seductive and soothing messages into the Snow Elf's mind through his shadow.
Meanwhile, Yaoyao was already picking and choosing among the items the Snow Elf had sent. What was being sent were mostly plants and animals from their forest, which weren't of much value. Just as Leo had said, the Snow Elf were trying to see how much energy they could exchange for different items.
The little red snake Tortai witnessed the entire process of how the great Lord of the Universe connected with the life form opposite him, exactly as he had done before.
Even the blood flowing from the shadows was the same. Looking at this scene, he seemed to recall how he used to hunt his prey and obtain their blood.
The Snow Elf in Leo's mind is searching for other valuable resources and will not contact Leo frequently in the short term.
Leo looked at the worthless items that had been teleported back; all of these items combined were worth less than a single energy crystal.
But what Leo valued more was his ability to teleport the other party's shadow along with their body without their consent or intervention.
This was an ability he didn't have before; it was the feedback from the Shadow Plane when he saw that the Snow Elf's teardrop was Ice Essence essence and a desire for it arose in his mind.
After evolving from the Shadow Space, the Shadow Plane has a complete set of rules. It can completely drive the Power of Laws by consuming energy, and connect to the other world through shadows. Without the other party's knowledge, the shadow can be turned into a portal entrance.
This is equivalent to Leo opening a door in the other person's house that only he has the key to, allowing him to open and close it whenever he wants!
Originally, Leo wanted to obtain information about the other party's world by collecting blood, so he had the Snow Elf hunt prey and transmit the blood over from the beginning.
However, after confirming that the Shadow Plane's method of opening shadow teleportation was effective, Leo immediately stopped the trade of exchanging blood for energy and changed it to requiring more resources to exchange for energy.
Having already experienced the thrill of a surge in power, the Snow Elf had no doubts whatsoever. In fact, during his power increase, he subjectively suppressed any suspicion he might have about the Lord of the Universe.
This was the only lifeline he could grasp at during the crisis, even if it was a thorny, barbed straw.
Things are constantly being transmitted through the shadows, and the energy consumed in these transmissions is entirely absorbed by the Shadow Plane.
Of course, we still need to nurture this Snow Elf properly, making him completely addicted to the feeling of increasing his strength.
Once he can no longer escape the shortcuts to increase his strength, he will be firmly in Leo's grasp, completely at Leo's mercy. Whatever ratio Leo adjusts the energy-to-resource conversion rate, he will accept it.
At that point, Leo might not even need to launch a campaign to easily take control of his world.
After trying to teleport thousands of different kinds of items, the Snow Elf finally teleported his tear, Ice Essence.
An extremely dense energy flowed into his body through the shadow.
"The Great Lord of the Universe..."
The Snow Elf was so shocked she couldn't speak; she never imagined her tears could be exchanged for so much energy.
"Child, the value of things is not what you see. Try more; perhaps the most ordinary things in your world are actually resources that are unattainable in the universe."
Leo's words were like a reassurance to the Snow Elf, Snow Elf immediately squatted down and burst into tears.
Each Ice Essence fell from his eyes into the shadows, exchanging for powerful energies that rapidly enhanced his strength.
"We're rich! We're rich! There's really money in this world!"
Yaoyao couldn't stop laughing as she watched the Ice Essence being teleported over. They had just spent resources worth as much as 50 million energy crystals in order to lure out the Golden Eye Piercing Illusions Stigmata Wizard's ultimate goal.
The Ice Essence before me is just the right amount to replenish my depleted wallet.
" Leo, we must conquer this world! Capture these Snow Elf and make them cry every day! They are living energy crystal mines, money-printing machines, and inexhaustible resources!" Yaoyao clutched the teleported Ice Essence in her little paws, as excited as if she had just received her salary.
"I'd like to too, but I can't leave. I can only focus on improving his strength as much as possible to stabilize the situation in their world and prevent it from being overrun by the so-called Black Domain World."
The Snowfield World where the Snow Elf is wonderful in every way, except that it has connected with another world and has been attacked.
According to the Snow Elf man, their world has gods, though their level is currently unknown. However, based on the information he provided, it's highly unlikely they are of a very high level.
Furthermore, judging from the energy concentration of the things he transmitted, there is an over 80% probability that their world is a small world, just like the world of the little red snake Tortai.
The Black Domain World had fought with them for over a thousand years, yet it only managed to occupy one-third of their world's area. Their levels were roughly the same, so the Dark Domain was probably slightly stronger in terms of individual strength.
If it's just a small world, then it's not too difficult to handle. As long as the Snow Elf ' strength is raised to the high end of level three, or forcibly raised to the limit of level three, then most of the difficulties their world faces can be resolved.
Now it remains to be seen whether the Snow Elf can seize this opportunity and provide more valuable resources in exchange for energy.
As for how to deal with these two worlds in the future, Leo hasn't decided yet. The battle with the Returning Breath World Cluster has really affected his time; otherwise, he could start the expedition right now.
Two worlds
There's no time to pretend to be the Lord of the Universe and deceive people; the simplest and most direct approach is to just go to their door and rob them all.
Furthermore, judging from the appearance of the Snow Elf, although we haven't seen their female forms yet, they are likely to be very beautiful.
Such high-quality females would be very popular when sold on the market!
Of course, given that the tears they shed were of Ice Essence, Leo wanted to control them all.
With no females leaving the region, other wizards would be unable to reproduce and obtain a continuous supply of Ice Essence.
This behavior is very common in the Wizard World. When a race is itself a valuable resource, it will keep it all in its own hands and not let it flow into the market.
Monopoly,
These are twin brothers who are openly robbing people!
The Snow Elf were still weeping, and Ice Essence fell from the shadows and teleported over.
Leo pointed at the shadow connecting to the Snow Elf.
"In my name, I hereby decree the rule of equal exchange: resources transmitted here must be returned in equal amounts of energy."
At the same time, Leo pointed his finger at Tortai's head, "In my name, I bestow upon you the ability of the Shadow Talent."
In the bewildered eyes of the little red snake Tortai, he felt a power descend upon him from the Shadow Plane. He didn't know what this power was, but after it entered his body, he gained a different understanding of the shadow than before.
It was as if the shadow was his closest confidant; he seemed to have a sense of being able to merge into it.
" Tortai, I'm leaving things here to you. I've granted you the Shadow Talent; you can contact him, but don't reveal your identity. Communicate with him as me. If you encounter any problems you can't solve, then come to me," Leo said to the little red snake Tortai.
"Yes, Great Lord of the Universe."
The little red snake Tortai excitedly prostrated himself in reverence. Sensing his newly acquired talent and gazing at the shadow cast by the Lord of the Universe, a long-dormant idea resurfaced in his mind.
That was the luckiest thing that ever happened to me—being able to connect with the great Lord of the Universe so soon after my birth!
As for his own world...