"It was him."
Upon hearing Leo say that the one chasing them was the Black Skull Stigmata Great Wizard, these Body Refinement Stigmata Wizard' expressions turned murderous. The Black Skull was the one who wanted to completely control them; they would never forget this grudge for the rest of their lives.
"This isn't the time to talk about that. I've received intelligence that the Indestructible Body Stigmata Great Wizard, wielding the Sword of Winter, has broken through the encirclement of the Lord of Souls. There are still about four thousand Lord of Souls left, and they're about to teleport back through the black vortex to deal with us," Leo said.
"Don't worry, with the Bloodline Controller Supreme Lord and the World Breaker Supreme Lord here, even if they had four thousand, or even forty thousand Lord of Souls, they wouldn't be a match for us. The defeat of the Returning Breath World is just around the corner."
The Body Refinement Stigmata Wizard revealed the names of the two Supreme Lord within the Returning Breath World, both of whom Leo had heard of before.
The Bloodline Controller was the first to create the true form of the Body Refinement Wizard Bloodline True Body, and his strength ranks among the top of the Supreme Lord.
As for the second World Breaker Supreme Lord Leo had only heard of him once from the Golden Eye Piercing Illusions. This person was the backer of the Blue Dragon Bloodline Stigmata Wizard.
The Blue Dragon Bloodline Stigmata Wizard died at the hands of Black Soluo. Although Leo had never met or interacted with this Supreme Lord, their relationship was naturally unfriendly.
"Do you know how the other Stigmata Wizard and other Supreme Lord would react if they knew the current situation?" Leo pointed to the Returning Breath World, his eyes revealing a hint of inquiry.
These Body Refinement Stigmata Wizard understood what Leo meant. Leo wasn't asking about the reactions of the other Supreme Lord; he wanted to know if the Elemental Wizard School knew about their attack on the Returning Breath World's homeland, and what their reaction would be.
"We reported the situation through the Fate Wizard Book, but we don't know any further details."
Although the Body Refinement Stigmata Wizard's words were somewhat cryptic, Leo understood. Contacting them through the Fate Wizard Book meant that the Elemental Wizard School knew about their affairs. Because their level was too low, they didn't know how the Supreme Lord would react.
"We're small and weak, but we've done all we can. The rest is up to the adults." Leo chuckled self-deprecatingly.
" Atomic Control, you mustn't say such things. Those wizards don't recognize you, but we do. Anyone who dares to harm you will be an enemy of ours. After the war, we'll fight them all back."
These Stigmata Wizard thought that Leo was afraid of retaliation from the Elemental Wizard School later on. After all, Leo had single-handedly ruined the Elemental Wizard School that had been in the works for countless years. It wouldn't be surprising if they wanted to devour Leo alive.
For the Elemental Wizard School, Leo thwarted their millennia-old schemes, but for the Body Refinement Wizard School, Leo's actions directly saved their entire sect. Protecting Leo was a matter of course, and something they were obligated to do.
If they can't even protect the person who saved their own life, who would want to join them in the future?
"With the Wizard Will them, they wouldn't dare to openly do anything to me,"
"Let's put that aside for now and deal with these teleported Lord of Souls. This is a golden opportunity."
Judging from the expressions and killing intent of these Body Refinement Wizard, Leo could confirm that the war between the two major factions was not far off. Even though the Body Refinement Wizard had suffered heavy losses this time, the number of fallen Stigmata Wizard was far less than previously imagined; the majority of the dead were low-level wizards and slaves.
For a sect with such a deep foundation as the Body Refinement Wizard School, these low-level wizards can fully recover in no more than two thousand years.
Paying a slightly higher price wouldn't be too difficult to compensate for the loss of the hundreds of Stigmata Wizard.
The two factions, which have long been at odds, are now facing this situation again, making it impossible not to determine a leader and a second leader.
Black spots have already appeared outside the world barrier, which are the initial forms before the black vortex takes shape. It seems that these Lord of Souls have spent a lot of resources to return to the Returning Breath World, and the black vortex has opened even faster than Black Soluo estimated.
"Hmph, let them experience what despair truly means."
In order to teleport back quickly, the four thousand Lord of Souls opened forty black vortexes in one go.
However, the black vortex used by the Lord of Souls for teleportation has a drawback: a single black vortex can only teleport a maximum of two Lord of Souls at a time.
In other words, even if they open forty black vortexes, they can only teleport eighty Lord of Souls at a time.
However, there are more than 600 Stigmata Wizard here. On average, there are 15 Stigmata Wizard standing outside each black vortex, which means that the Lord of Souls is teleported here will have to face 7 Stigmata Wizard.
Leo felt a pang of sympathy for those Lord of Souls. They didn't have many Level-Six Lord of Souls left, less than twenty. Even if the first batch of Level-Six Lord of Souls were all teleported over, it would be difficult to control the situation. More than one hundred Level-Five Stigmata Wizard were enough to restrain twenty Level-Six Lord of Souls.
However, Leo still asked the Body Refinement Stigmata Wizard, "Didn't you apply for some Level-Six Stigmata Great Wizard to come over?"
"Hmph, those guys..."
Before the Stigmata Wizard could finish his resentful sentence, Leo understood: all the Level-Six Stigmata Great Wizard on the Body Refinement Wizard side were on the battlefield. Anyone wanting to apply for Level-Six Stigmata Great Wizard would inevitably be from the Elemental School or other schools.
The situation is so clear, would they really send Level-Six Stigmata Great Wizard to help their enemy fight against their own people?!
The opponent was referring to Body Refinement Wizard, while their own side was Lord of Souls!
The Elemental Wizard School must be trying everything they can to salvage the situation, or at least figuring out how to kill these Body Refinement Stigmata Wizard again.
"I understand. I'll see if I can think of a way. It's already so difficult for us to survive; there's no need for us to perish at the last moment of victory."
As Leo spoke, he closed his eyes. The Body Refinement Stigmata Wizard was deeply moved. Leo had never seen such a good wizard before. This wizard was even better to them than the wizards in their own school.
Thinking of this, all of these Body Refinement Wizard secretly cursed the Stigmata Wizard who had recruited Leo. How could they not have recruited such a good Stigmata Wizard? What a waste.
Leo disregarded the emotions of these Body Refinement Wizard -Body Refinement Wizard; he was genuinely afraid that too many of them would die, disrupting the balance of power between the two major factions. If the World Cluster War ended and they started fighting again, Leo would have no time to properly develop his own power.
Protecting these Body Refinement Wizard first means preserving the Body Refinement Wizard School. Maintaining a balance of power between the two schools will benefit neutral wizards like him.
As for where to find help, of course it's the World Tree, who once expressed a desire to cooperate with him and offered to provide assistance. This is a level seven Supreme Lord combat power, and he controls many worlds, which contain many World Lord.
In the sea of consciousness, Leo looked at the branches of the World Tree in the sky and said, " World Tree, now there's an opportunity to reap benefits, would you like it?"
The World Tree branch had never left the ocean of consciousness. Leo knew what it wanted to do, but the World Tree had its own plans, and so did Leo.
What are the benefits?
After a long silence, the voice of the World Tree echoed in the ocean of consciousness.
"Our Wizard World is about to achieve final victory in the World Cluster War. We only need one last battle against four thousand Lord of Souls. We only have six hundred Stigmata Wizard. If you send troops to help us win this battle, I can request a world from our Supreme Lord as a reward."
"By the way, my requirement for troops is just to hold back twenty Level-Six Lord of Souls; no other troops are needed," Leo said casually.
"You want me to send troops to help you restrain twenty Level-Six Lord of Souls? Then I would need to send at least thirty Level-Six World Lord. Don't tell me I don't have that many troops; even if I did, I wouldn't dare to send them out."
"Your two World Cluster wars involve thousands of Lord of Souls and hundreds of Stigmata Wizard. With my meager forces, I wouldn't even make a dent before being wiped out. I can't handle this job."
If the World Tree were in human form, it would be shaking its head like a rattle drum right now. Leo isn't trying to give it any benefits; he's making it lose all its wealth.
There are over four thousand people at level four or above. Unless Supreme Lord, who would dare to step onto such a battlefield? They would simply think they've lived too long.
"Since you don't have that many soldiers under your command, why don't you come yourself? I don't need you to kill enemies, I just need you to help restrain the Level-Six Lord of Souls." Leo seemed not to hear the World Tree's complaints. Lacking troops, he directly invited the World Tree itself.
"It's not that I can't go, but the reward for one world is too little. I want five," the World Tree said after a long pause.
"Two," Leo added one more to the original reward of one world.
"Four worlds. Your Wizard World has gained at least a thousand worlds in this battle. As a Supreme Lord, it would be unreasonable for me to gain less than four worlds by personally taking action." The World Tree also took a step back.
"I can't agree to four seats, so three is the highest number I can request from the Supreme Lord," Leo said reluctantly.
"Deal. I'll only help you restrain the Level-Six Lord of Souls; I won't concern myself with anything else."
"We'll handle the rest," Leo smiled.
I'll go there based on the location of your staff.
"We eagerly await your arrival, Lord World Tree."
Leo smiled as he exited the sea of consciousness. When he opened his eyes, he saw a spatial rift being opened next to the Godslaying Staff.
Under the watchful eyes of all the Stigmata Body Refinement Wizard, a tender green branch exuding a terrifying aura slowly emerged.