Reminded by Yaoyao, Leo immediately broke off his conversation with his clone Black Soluo, and his consciousness returned to his body. At the location pointed to by Yaoyao's little paw, he indeed saw the hidden figure of the Lord of Souls.
They were trailing behind the mothership and were rapidly approaching it.
The mothership had activated its camouflage, disguising itself as a massive, high-speed meteorite. However, this camouflage had no effect on the pursuing Lord of Souls. They showed no intention of pursuing any other moving celestial bodies and directly locked onto the star mothership, giving chase.
"They were ten higher beings who appeared outside the Green Shade World at that time."
Leo stood on the deck, his gaze fixed on the pursuing figures. Although they were still far away, he could already see them quite clearly.
The magic array that Leo set up in the Green Shade World only transmitted a blurry image, making it impossible to discern the level or specific appearance. It took Leo and Yaoyao a long time to analyze. Now, however, it has caught up directly.
"One Level-Six Lord of Souls, three Level-Five Lord of Souls, six Level 5... World Lord?"
Leo's gaze lingered on the ten Lord of Souls for a moment, then shifted away; these were the most normal Lord of Souls.
Most of the attention was focused on the six Level 5 beings, who were completely different from the Lord of Souls.
This was the hidden power that almost no Lord of Souls knew about, which Black Soluo had discovered. Their bodies showed no signs of patchwork; they possessed fully evolved bodies, strong physiques, and powerful auras—indeed, they were not Lord of Souls of the Returning Breath World.
The existence of six completely different life forms with distinct auras refuted Leo's previous idea that the Returning Breath World had found another World Cluster to help it.
These six Level 5 beings are more like World Lord, each managing their own world!
The Wizard World can recruit some powerful World Lord to join the Wizard Alliance, such as the God of Giants.
The Returning Breath World had never demonstrated this kind of power in previous wars. Their first instinct upon capturing a World Lord World Lord was to dismember them, selecting suitable body parts to piece together and increase their own physical strength.
The relationship between the Lord of Souls and the World Lord is more like that of the upper and lower ends of a food chain. I never thought I would see the two of them teaming up. This difference is like a cat and a mouse teaming up to fight a dog.
Such an absurd and illogical scene was actually unfolding right before Leo's eyes!
The four Lord of Souls hid behind the six World Lord, concealing their presence, so that on the surface it appeared that only the six World Lord were pursuing the mothership.
"The cooperation between the World Lord and the Lord of Souls is like seeking a tiger's skin! Aren't these World Lord afraid of being devoured alive by the Returning Breath World?"
Yaoyao was very puzzled by their combination, and couldn't understand what these World Lord were thinking, or how they could come together to cooperate with the Lord of Souls.
Nothing is absolute; anything is possible.
Leo was also confused about how they had gotten together; his immediate priority was to get rid of these pursuers.
They were pursuing at an extremely fast speed, constantly closing the distance to the mothership!
"Is the energy in the energy pool enough to initiate a Stellar Leap?" Leo asked the command center.
"Honorable Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard, the energy pool contains enough energy to initiate a Stellar Leap."
"Activate immediately. Teleport away from here. The interstellar direction is towards the War World, avoiding star locations. No specific direction is needed; teleportation will be random."
Hundreds of nuclear fusion generators continuously provided energy to the energy pool, and Leo also continuously transferred the nuclear fusion energy in his body into the energy pool. After more than half a year of accumulation, there was finally enough energy to activate one transmission.
Normal mothership teleportation uses stars as jump points, but this method is obviously not suitable for this interstellar region. It cannot be guaranteed that the Returning Breath World is monitoring every star, so we should avoid stars and teleport randomly.
"Yes."
A violent spatial fluctuation occurred, and the rapidly moving mothership vanished instantly.
When the Lord of Souls and the World Lord, who were pursuing them, reached the location where the mothership had disappeared, they all stopped in their tracks. The surrounding space was filled with violent spatial fluctuations. The mothership had teleported away, and they had lost all trace of it.
"This should be the Stellar Leap of the Wizard Starship, which jumps directly to the next star's location based on its position to continue absorbing energy," explained a Level-Five Lord of Souls.
Having fought for six hundred years, they have a very deep understanding of each other!
"Contact all star monitoring locations and inquire whether a mothership or a meteorite-like celestial body has suddenly appeared via teleportation."
The Level-Six Lord of Souls scanned the surrounding universe with multiple compound eyes, confirming from the residual spatial fluctuations that the mothership had teleported away, rather than using some means to deceive their senses.
"Yes." The Level-Five Lord of Souls had just spoken immediately made the contact.
"Captain, it's said that this Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard not only has the power to instantly kill opponents of the same level, but also has a record of killing Level-Six Lord of Souls. Should we apply for more...?"
While his companions went to check the mothership's teleportation location, a Level-Five Lord of Souls approached a Level-Six Lord of Souls. While transmitting information with his mental power, his eyes swept over the six Level-Five World Lord beside him.
As they stopped in their tracks, the six World Lord also halted, their gazes sweeping across their surroundings. Their cold faces showed no emotion whatsoever, as if they were merely mechanical beings clad in flesh and blood.
Even they didn't know the details of these Level-Five World Lord, and they didn't know where the Supreme Lord had found these helpers and reinforcements.
These helpers are very useful. Sometimes they behave like puppets controlled by the Lord of Souls, completely obeying their commands without resistance, while at the same time possessing their own independent thinking abilities.
This is exactly the ultimate puppet that their Lord of Souls has always pursued—not a dull, low-level puppet that can only execute simple commands, but a life form of level four or above that possesses independent consciousness and completely obeys commands.
With such helpers, they can definitely achieve a result greater than the sum of its parts.
If these World Lord had helped them in the previous war against the Wizard World, they would never have suffered such a great loss.
They only brought out such good stuff after they were practically at our doorstep.
The identities of these Level 5 beings are not hard to guess; they were probably World Lord of some world, who were controlled by someone and sent here to help them Returning Breath World.
Information about these World Lord remains top secret. Even in a war where they are being brought to our doorstep, they are only used in the most critical situations.
Just like this time when they captured or killed the Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard, it was because this wizard's combat power was too formidable that they sent six level-five combatants to help them.
Otherwise, they wouldn't know anything about the existence of these World Lord!
He wasn't complaining, he just... didn't understand why those Supreme Lord would save their trump cards for last. They could have used them earlier, and they wouldn't have been so passive on the battlefield.
They originally went to the Green Shade World to trap the Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard within its walls, but unexpectedly, the Stigmata Wizard escaped ahead of time, forcing them to chase him across the universe for more than half a year before finally catching up.
The Level-Six Lord of Souls glanced at his subordinate and knew what he meant. " Yemohua, just do your job properly. Sending us six is already the greatest support you can give us. There are indeed more helpers, but not one more can be sent to us. They should all be used to contain those fleeing Stigmata Wizard."
A sullen smile appeared on the stitched-up face of the Level-Five Lord of Souls named Yemohua. He was indeed unsure of himself in the face of fighting Stigmata Wizard like Atomic Control, who could instantly kill beings of the same level.
If he is the person in charge, then send more people, preferably more than twenty, and several at level six, to seize Atomic Control in one fell swoop with overwhelming force.
Although the simulation showed that the ten of them were capable enough to capture or kill the Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard, no one said that they would have to lose more than five Level 5 combatants to capture or kill the Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard. The worst simulation showed that eight Level 5 combatants would have to die to achieve the expected goal.
However, he also knew that the Returning Breath World had already deployed all the available troops, leaving no surplus combat power. Reinforcements were out of the question. Every step of the process had been simulated countless times, and it was all designed to be tailored to the available combat power.
If we don't defeat all the Stigmata Wizard in this army and drive the Wizard World to the point where they dare not attack again, they will face total annihilation, and even the existence of the Returning Breath World will be in question.
"Captain, there are no spatial fluctuations at any of the star observation locations, and no sudden appearances of celestial bodies such as motherships or meteorites."
"I also contacted command headquarters to request a relocation of the Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard's position."
"I just contacted the Level-Five Lord of Souls was observing the stars and reported back."
"Well done. As long as you capture the Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard this time, I will apply to headquarters for a merit award for you." The Level-Six Lord of Souls immediately praised you.
If Leo were here and overheard their conversation, he would be incredibly shocked, perhaps even breaking out in a cold sweat.
Because the Returning Breath World not only set up observation points at all star locations as he had guessed, but also possessed the ability to... pinpoint his location at any time.
"Reports from command center indicate that the location of the Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard has been re-established, and he is heading back towards the War World."
"The command center will assist us by transmitting accurate location information once a day."
"Chase."
At the command of the Level-Six Lord of Souls, ten figures vanished in an instant.
Just moments after Leo ordered the mothership to teleport to a distant location in space, the mothership, disguised as a meteorite, jumped out of space.
There were no stars around. Having just jumped out of the space teleportation, they immediately started escaping at top speed.
Leo stood on the deck, looking at the starlit universe with a furrowed brow. He couldn't understand how he had been targeted by these Lord of Souls.
Based on their pursuit capabilities, they clearly have a thorough understanding of their own whereabouts and can accurately pinpoint their location in the vast universe.
Leo recalled that from the moment he received the trap information from his clone Black Soluo, he only sent a message to the War Command about the change in spatial rules; he didn't send any other information.
The mothership has also completely severed all communication with the outside world; it should be in a state of being out of contact.
Even the War Command shouldn't know its own location, so why does the Returning Breath World know it so accurately?