Furthermore, the mothership was destroyed—a loss unprecedented in countless expeditions. The value of a single mothership was greater than that of an entire world.
The losses from just these two items alone could bankrupt this Stigmata Wizard, not to mention the potential accountability for any subsequent defeats in the war...
Just thinking about the consequences sends chills down my spine and makes my scalp tingle.
While the other Stigmata Wizard wielding the Fate Wizard Book were still reeling from the loss, a series of chilling red SOS messages appeared behind them.
Raging Sea Waves Stigmata Wizard: [My world was also detonated by the Lord of Souls, igniting its World Will. The world was destroyed, the entire wizard army perished, the mothership was shattered, and I am also severely wounded. I am currently escaping in my warship and request rescue.]
This Stigmata Wizard also marked his spatial coordinates after his information, wanting other Stigmata Wizard to come and rescue him.
Iron Fist Warhammer Stigmata Wizard: [The same is true for the undefended world I conquered. The World Will self-destructed, the wizard army, mothership, and warships were all destroyed. I can still hold on in space for three hundred breaths. Urgent request for rescue!!]
The Fate Wizard Book kept updating with blood-red distress messages; only distress messages from those who had completely lost all ability to cope with their current environment at the highest level would appear red.
I haven't seen this kind of information for a long time, but I didn't expect to see more than a hundred blood-red messages today.
Without Stigmata Wizard speaking, it seemed they were unwilling to believe what was happening before their eyes. Out of a total of 521 worlds without any ability to resist or defend themselves, how could it be that in the blink of an eye, news of the destruction of more than a hundred worlds and the Stigmata Wizard ' urgent appeals for help had arrived?
Yaoyao stood on Leo's shoulder, equally shocked by the information in the Fate Wizard Book. Although she and Leo had received the information in advance from Black Soluo, they still refused to believe it when it actually happened.
The decisiveness and speed with which Returning Breath World acted left the Stigmata Wizard with no chance to react.
More than a hundred distress messages were sent out. This is not Returning Breath World only attacked these hundred-odd worlds, but because only these hundred-odd Stigmata Wizard survived this sudden self-destruction of the World Will.
As for the remaining three hundred-odd Stigmata Wizard, they didn't even have the ability to send out a distress signal; there was a greater than 90% chance they would all perish when the world was destroyed...
More than three hundred Stigmata Wizard
This is an enormous number that wasn't lost even after a six-hundred-year war with the Returning Breath World!!
A thorough search of the History of Wizard Civilization reveals that wars with such heavy casualties are extremely rare.
The sheer number of Stigmata Wizard perished in this battle was enough to set back wizarding civilization by tens of thousands of years...
But Leo knew that this was only the beginning of the attack by the Returning Breath World, and many more Stigmata Wizard would fall in the future.
A Stigmata Wizard started replying to messages below.
[The warship cannot travel in space for long. We'll find a suitable location to land and stay. I'll deal with the Lord of Souls here and then go rescue the people.]
War Command: [Rescue request received. The nearest mothership will be dispatched immediately.]
Under the arrangement of the War Command, the various Stigmata Wizard methodically contacted the nearest Stigmata Wizard who had requested assistance. They would go to the rescue as soon as they dealt with the Lord of Souls in the conquered world.
Level-Five Stigmata Wizard can survive in space for extended periods. While Level 4 Wizards cannot sustain themselves for very long, most still possess several small starships and can hold out until reinforcements arrive.
Under normal circumstances, there would be absolutely no problem with them doing this; those Stigmata Wizard can survive in the universe for a very long time.
However, the Lord of Souls of the Returning Breath World clearly had a meticulous plan. First, they sealed off the spatial teleportation capabilities of all worlds, and then they began the self-destruction of the World Will. Therefore, they would absolutely not give those Stigmata Wizard a chance to be rescued.
Sure enough, not long after the plan was finalized, the Furious Lion Stigmata Wizard had first sent out a distress signal, sent another message.
The Furious Lion Stigmata Wizard: [More than four times the number of Lord of Souls have locked onto my location; I am powerless to resist.]
After the other Stigmata Wizard saw this message and urgently contacted the Furious Lion Stigmata Wizard Furious Lion Stigmata Wizard, they could no longer see any reply from him.
The same hundred or so Stigmata Wizard who survived the shattering of the world all sent out messages about encountering more than four times the number of Lord of Souls, and then, like them, sent out no more messages.
They had already suffered varying degrees of injury in the self-destruction of the World Will, and now they had to face more than four times their number of Lord of Souls. Their hope of victory was extremely slim. Perhaps some Stigmata Wizard would escape, but their numbers would not be many.
"That's terrible. More than five hundred Stigmata Wizard have died this time, which is equivalent to one-eighth of the Stigmata Wizard in the Wizard World perishing." Yaoyao sighed as she looked at the Fate Wizard Book.
"Have you noticed anything amiss?" Leo frowned deeply, Fate Wizard Book brows furrowed so deeply they could trap several flies.
"What's the problem?" Yaoyao asked, puzzled.
"Don't you think these Lord of Souls found their targets too quickly and accurately?"
Leo pointed to the Stigmata Wizard who survived the self-destruction of the World Will and sent their last messages. The last messages sent by these Stigmata Wizard were sent within ten minutes of each other, and they were almost simultaneously besieged by the Lord of Souls.
"Their location was only released a short time ago, but it was immediately found by the Lord of Souls, even though they were hiding in very good positions."
"You mean their information was leaked, right?" Yaoyao followed Leo's finger, looking down from the very beginning of the information.
Sure enough, not long after these Stigmata Wizard told the Stigmata Wizard who were coming to their rescue their location, the Lord of Souls immediately came knocking on their door.
What's even more coincidental is that all the Lord of Souls who came knocking on my door possessed power more than four times that of others of the same level.
It was as if these Lord of Souls possessed the ability to see through everything, not only knowing the exact location of these Stigmata Wizard but also their specific strength, allowing them to precisely kill these Stigmata Wizard after being teleported there.
Leo repeatedly reviewed all the information, searching for any hidden intelligence he had overlooked.
"It's certain that information was leaked. After all, if the Wizard World can hide spies in the Returning Breath World, it wouldn't be surprising if the Returning Breath World also planted a few hidden agents in the Wizard World. They even managed to turn the Black Skull Stigmata Great Wizard against them back then."
"The only question now is, what rank are their undercover agents? Who are they? And what are their positions?"
The fact that he could accurately report the location and strength of over a hundred Stigmata Wizard meant that the undercover agent was definitely not low-level, and he was almost certainly among the Stigmata Wizard, probably currently holding the Fate Wizard Book and going through all the information just like him.
With the war reaching this point, this undercover agent hadn't revealed any secrets until now. If it weren't for everything that was happening before his eyes, Leo wouldn't have believed that the Returning Breath World could have planted such a high-level undercover agent in the Wizard World.
It was this undercover agent's sudden intervention that completely changed the course of the battle!
"Damn, if you put it that way, does that mean you Stigmata Wizard have no secrets in the eyes of the Returning Breath World?" Yaoyao seemed to be frightened by the truth, looking at the Fate Wizard Book with unease.
"Didn't you notice that no Stigmata Wizard has sent any messages in a long time? You guessed it all."
"Until the identity of the undercover agent is confirmed, and the situation regarding the counterattack from the Returning Breath World is clear, everyone is trying their best to protect themselves."
After these Stigmata Wizard died, the other Stigmata Wizard, who should have reacted strongly, were unusually quiet; no one spoke.
"Why isn't the War Command saying anything? It's their command errors that have led to this situation," Yaoyao angrily rebuked.
"We'd better pray this mole isn't inside the War Command, otherwise it'll be really dangerous."
Leo lightly tapped the Fate Wizard Book. Now, relying on others was useless; he could only rely on himself. All plans had to be overturned, and all orders had to be met with skepticism.
After much deliberation, Leo immediately issued an order to the mothership's command center, "Activate the mothership's camouflage and return to the Thousand Pools World under conventional power. Sever all contact with other wizarding worlds, Wizard World, and Stigmata Wizard. Any information regarding other motherships, wizarding realms, or worlds must be reported to me first before I can decide whether to respond."
"Yes, esteemed Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard."
The command center was absolutely certain that something major was happening; otherwise, they wouldn't have issued such a cautious order.
"If you want to return to the Thousand Pools World at the normal speed, it will take at least a thousand years," Yaoyao warned.
The mothership operates by absorbing the energy of stars and rapidly jumping between them for ultra-long-distance teleportation.
The normal operation is simply flying through space at the fastest speed possible. Although the speed is fast, it is definitely not as fast as direct jump teleportation.
Using the Stellar Leap teleportation method, returning to the Thousand Pools World would take ten years; under normal circumstances, even a thousand years would be considered fast.
"Let's assess the situation first. Right now, the priority isn't a quick return, but rather carefully concealing ourselves."
" The Returning Breath World certainly understands how the mothership operates. According to the intelligence provided by Black Soluo, they have already set up a defensive line at the edge of the Returning Breath World Will radiation range, so it can only be near the star."
"We can avoid them by simply avoiding the location of the stars."
The mothership's advantage is also its disadvantage; it relies too much on the star, making it easy for the Returning Breath World to determine the mothership's trajectory.
It's okay to go slower; wasting a little time is fine in order to avoid danger and get back alive.
However, we can't be completely unprepared.
Leo lightly touched the ground, bringing Yaoyao to the mothership's energy pool.
The enormous energy pool, like a clear spring, continuously absorbs cosmic energy and transfers it to the mothership, supporting its operation.
Tearing open the Shadow Plane, Leo took out the nuclear fusion generator from the Shadow Plane and placed it next to the energy pool according to the orientation of the magic array.