Shadow Plane,
Like a lackey, the little red snake Tortai carefully arranged the tea and snacks, then retreated to the position of the 4750th shadow at Yaoyao's signal, continuing its 24/7 workday without holidays.
There were more than a dozen pulsating shadows there, each shadow representing a connection to a world. When Leo was at level four, it took thousands of years to connect to a world, but now, because the number of shadows has increased dozens of times, the probability of connecting to a world has also greatly increased, and on average, it takes about ten years to connect to a previous world.
The increase in the number of connected worlds has brought about two obvious changes: one is that the little red snake Tortai is busier, and the other is that Leo no longer has much enthusiasm for connecting worlds.
As he accumulated more worlds, his attitude towards these shadow-connected worlds began to become more indifferent; once he obtained their world coordinates, he was unwilling to put in any more effort.
As a result, he basically only dealt with the most difficult parts, leaving the rest to the little red snake Tortai.
Yaoyao savored the tea brewed with spring water from the Shadow Plane, a spring that had long since vanished from the outside world, and ate a pastry worth ten energy crystals. She and Leo watched Baturu Shadow Plane as if they were watching a movie.
Today is an important day for Baturu, and it is also an important day for Leo.
"Click"
A slight spatial tearing sound rang out, and Black Soluo controlled the Black Metal Module to shrink his body, transforming into Leo's appearance as he entered.
Tortai, the little red snake, already knew that this was an avatar of the Lord of the Universe. The moment he saw Black Soluo enter, he immediately brought over a chair and respectfully invited Black Soluo to sit down.
"You have good eyesight."
Black Soluo casually tossed a white fruit to the little red snake Tortai, who swallowed it with great gratitude.
"I'm fine here, why are you here?" Leo asked Black Soluo beside him, puzzled.
"Recently, for some reason, the guarding forces around the Returning Breath World have decreased significantly, and some level five and six Lord of Souls have also disappeared."
"Since I have nothing else to do, I might as well check on Baturu's advancement to level four."
Black Soluo looked at Baturu, Shadow Plane, and said to Leo.
At this time, Baturu had already built three huge altars in the Barbarian World, corresponding to three connected worlds. As long as Baturu advanced to the Level-Four World Lord, he could tear open the spatial rift and command the barbarian army to begin an inter-world expedition.
The clone Baturu was very confident of advancing, and as long as no accidents occurred, he would definitely advance smoothly. However, Leo was still somewhat worried, so he simply chose to hide in the Shadow Plane when Baturu was advancing. If any problems arose with Baturu, he would help immediately.
With his current strength, he has no equal in the entire Barbarian World, including the Barbarian God.
Black Soluo's purpose in coming was the same. Now that they had both reached a certain level of cultivation, they simply could not afford the unexpected situation of a part of their souls being damaged, so they also came to protect them.
Level three is not like level four. Level three strength is still a bit weak. If Baturu were level four, they wouldn't be so worried.
"The guarding force has weakened? And the high-ranking Lord of Souls have disappeared? Is there some secret operation going on in the Wizard World?"
Leo tapped his fingers on the Godslaying Staff. Because of his absolute neutrality, much high-level intelligence in the Wizard World was completely bypassed by him, which was perfectly understandable. Any benefits were kept within their own factions, and no one would be so saintly as to distribute the profits to outsiders.
Especially as the level increases, the types of resources needed become increasingly scarce, leading to frequent scenes of too many monks and too little porridge.
A low-level wizard is satisfied with a few energy crystals. At his current level, he discusses resources in terms of the quantity of the world. At higher levels, he pursues not superficial resources, but the World Will and its rules.
The Wizard World has mobilized the power of the Returning Breath World as well, which clearly indicates some secret operation, but he is completely unaware of it.
He wanted to take out the Fate Wizard Book to inquire, but he didn't know who to contact. All the Advanced Wizard he knew were from various schools of wizardry. Even the neutral Beast Blood Boiling had formed their own school.
As long as these high-ranking wizards want to block intelligence information, a neutral wizard like him is blind!
"Let him carry out whatever secret operations he wants, as long as our own strength improves rapidly, that's enough." Black Soluo was very optimistic. As long as Baturu advanced to level four and the Power of Laws descended, their overall strength would take another big step forward.
No one needs to be promoted to the Supreme Lord; all three of them need to be promoted to level six to face any predicament.
"You're right, but we still have to prepare in advance. I'll inquire about it after Baturu's promotion is complete."
Leo was still uneasy. For the Wizard World to transfer all the forces guarding the Returning Breath World, it must mean that a significant amount of forces from the Wizard World itself had also been mobilized. It was definitely not a small matter. He could choose not to participate, but he needed to be aware of the situation.
"It's good to be prepared. Recently, two worlds connected to the Shadow have expressed their desire to be summoned. Should we proceed with the original plan?"
Black Soluo's gaze swept over the little red snake Tortai, who was busy replying to messages. Compared to Leo's Buddhist attitude, he was very envious of these worlds, as his strength improvement still depended on these worlds.
The souls of all the demons in the Black Domain World alone were not enough to satisfy his ever-growing appetite.
"Alright, keep the high-quality seeds. You can absorb the souls of the others to increase your strength." Leo's casual decision sealed the fate of countless worlds and countless lives.
Lower life forms cannot comprehend that their life and death are in the hands of a higher life form in a distant location.
Black Soluo's power increase will inevitably be accompanied by the deaths of countless lives.
The Lord of Souls increases his strength by absorbing the primal power within souls; the more he kills, the faster his strength increases.
Absorbing the primordial power of the souls of the entire world is what the Lord of Souls loves to do most.
As for the empty worlds, they won't be left idle; new life will migrate there, and when there are enough, Black Soluo will continue to harvest them.
In the Black Domain World, many new lives are now multiplying, and when their numbers are sufficient, Black Soluo, wielding the Endless Pot, will descend once more.
"Stop chatting, Baturu's promotion has begun."
Yaoyao, with a straw in his mouth, looked excitedly at Baturu in the Barbarian World. He had been waiting for this scene for three whole years, and he couldn't let the two people who kept talking distract him.
Leo and Black Soluo stopped talking and both looked at Baturu.
Barbarian World
Baturu naturally sensed the protection from both his main body Leo, and his clone Black Soluo, who were worried that something might happen to him.
Standing atop the altar, shirtless and revealing his strong muscles, Baturu grinned as he looked down at the endless, anxiously waiting barbarian army below.
There are a total of 500 million barbarians, all of whom are at least level 2, with not a single one at level 1. Among them, 3 million have been granted Intelligent Soul. These barbarians are the most elite part of the entire Barbarian World.
Once he advances to level four and opens the spatial rift, an army of five hundred million barbarians will crush the other world.
Not only did he sense the 500 million barbarian army below the altar, but he also felt the excited gazes from above.
Those were a thousand Barbarian God, who were even more eager for Baturu's ascension than the ordinary barbarian army below.
In fact, what Baturu wanted to tell his original self and Black Soluo was that even without the two of them, his advancement this time would have been perfectly safe.
Five hundred million level two or higher barbarians, and a thousand level four or higher Barbarian God —unless the one who comes is Supreme Lord, no one can interfere with his advancement.
He was safer now than ever before; anyone who dared to interfere with his promotion would die!
"I'm going to begin."
Baturu spoke in a low voice, inaudible to the barbarians below, and he wasn't speaking to them, but to himself.
"Open!"
With a roar, all the energy crystals embedded in the altar beneath his feet instantly erupted into a terrifying energy storm.
Seeing this, all the barbarians beneath the altar released their own energy, increasing the concentration of energy in the air to ensure the energy intensity required for Baturu's ascension.
The entire altar was instantly enveloped in a dazzling light, because the energy concentration was so high that the light underwent diffuse reflection.
This wasn't the end. Suddenly, a fierce wind arose, as if an invisible force was pulling all the energy towards Baturu, who was frantically absorbing energy on the altar.
In the blink of an eye, Baturu's figure was engulfed by an extremely high concentration of energy. Even though Baturu absorbed energy frantically during his advancement, he couldn't reduce the surrounding energy concentration at all.
This pulling force not only forcibly trapped the energy of five hundred million barbarians around Baturu's body, but also, fearing that this energy would not be enough for Baturu, continued to draw all the energy of the entire world towards him.
Within the Barbarian World, a tempest of energy swept through every corner, and every tribe and every barbarian could personally feel the urgent atmosphere emanating from the air.
There was so much energy that, under the influence of absolute power, the energy on the altar liquefied into a liquid, engulfing the entire Baturu.
"Isn't that outrageous? Using the power of an entire world to support the advancement of a level three barbarian?"
Black Soluo, watching Baturu's advancement from the Shadow Plane, expressed his shock and admiration to Leo.
The ritual absorbed and transformed energy; five hundred million barbarians provided the energy, and one thousand barbarians of level four or higher offered assistance.
They almost gathered all the energy of the entire Barbarian World; it seemed they were about to drown Baturu in energy.
"The hope for saving the Barbarian World lies with Baturu; it's understandable that they would lend a hand."
Leo's lips twitched as he spoke words that went against his true feelings. He was also envious. In this situation, Baturu didn't need their protection at all. At this moment, he was the Child of the Plane of the Barbarian World, a being favored and protected by all the gods.
Such a smooth progression clearly indicates that the Barbarian World Will is secretly protecting Baturu's advancement.
This was an experience he had never had before. He always had to be extremely careful when he was promoted, because no one could be as extravagant as Baturu. It would be an injustice if he didn't get promoted!