"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. I love you and you don't need to worry about what other people think. How can they compare to our friendship?"
"The battlefield is just like that, you know that, wizard. I'll wait for you to come back and celebrate your victory."
Leo looked at the depressed Benji and kept comforting him. From Benji's perspective, the pressure he was under was indeed too great.
He had to work for the benefit of his race among more than ten thousand World Lord. If it weren't for Leo, his race's resources might have been taken away by other World Lord.
If a ranking of the more than 10,000 World Lord were to be created, Benji would rank within the bottom 1,000...
Leo knew that it wasn't that the Gulu Beast Clan was weak, but rather that they had only been around for a short time. Their race had only existed for a little over two thousand years, and in that short time, how could a race possibly produce enough World Lord?
That's unrealistic.
However, other races will not give the Gulu Beast time to grow. They will only see the Gulu Beast Clan occupying a huge share of resources, but without any decent display of strength.
Benji left with fighting spirit; this was his best chance to prove himself. If he couldn't demonstrate his abilities by taking the lead on the battlefield, he would really have to consider rallying his tribe and reducing resource consumption.
Allocate more resources to other races.
Leo could favor him because of their past relationship and use a lot of resources to cultivate them.
However, if they cannot demonstrate sufficient value, then he must consider saving resources for his master and nurture more worthy lives.
This was a consideration of loyalty, both as a fighting partner and as a pledge of allegiance to his race.
He cannot focus solely on his own race; he must consider the development of Leo's power.
If the Gulu Beast Clan is not worth training, or if there are better training goals, then resources should naturally be reduced.
Leo rubbed his head, trying to lessen the damage from the soul loss. Baturu's self-destruction was part of his plan, but the pain of this soul-tearing pain was truly... awful!!
"It works! It really works!"
Yaoyao's voice shouted in his mind, making the veins on Leo's forehead throb as he had just experienced his soul being torn apart.
What effect?
Self-harm can cause changes in the black slabs in the Shadow World. Leo guessed that the self-destruction of the clone should also cause changes, since self-destruction is also a form of self-harm.
So, Baturu's initiative to seek out the Cosmic Wanderer was either to declare war or to find an opportunity to self-destruct.
If we could kill a Supreme Lord, that would be the best outcome.
Even without any results, it would be good to test whether it could cause changes in the black tectonic plates of the Shadow World.
As Leo had predicted, it did indeed cause changes in the black metal sector.
"That protrusion has turned into a statue. Come and see for yourself."
Yaoyao didn't explain much to Leo, letting Leo come in and see for himself.
Leo immediately understood; it must be that Yaoyao was difficult to describe, otherwise she wouldn't have allowed him to enter the Shadow World in his current state to observe.
Sure enough, when Leo entered the Shadow World, he saw the black plates bulging and changing... and frowned.
Looking at the changes before you, you could say he's a statue, but you could also say he's not.
It's just a small bump with a dent.
You can call him whatever you want.
It can be associated with almost any shape, yet it doesn't have much of a connection to any particular shape.
There's a reason Yaoyao calls it a statue: the shadow rope that was originally tied to their soul statue is now tied to this strange, protruding little bump.
"So the wounds I sustained, reflected on the black plate, are meant to recreate the soul statue?"
Leo reached out to touch it, but it was hard and he couldn't feel anything.
If it were truly a statue of his soul, there should be some kind of spiritual connection between them.
"You didn't hurt yourself enough before, which is why the statue didn't look good. It's not much better now than before."
Yaoyao was quite optimistic. The changes now were indeed much better than before; at least it had some shape, whereas before it had nothing at all.
"I think you should find time to die once. Maybe if you die, our statues will grow out of the black plaque, and then we'll know everything."
Ever since Leo's suicide attempt was interrupted, Yaoyao has always felt it was a regret and wanted Leo to die again soon.
Leo rubbed his still throbbing head. "The war has only just begun. Let's wait and see. We can continue our experiments once the situation stabilizes. Right now, I just want to rest for a while and wait for Baturu to revive and heal my injuries."
"It's alright if you're busy. Anyway, the two clones don't care. Let them have some self-sacrifice. Hurry up and go find the Supreme Lord of the Wizard World to self-destruct. Maybe you won't have to kill yourself; a few more self-destructions from them will be enough."
When Black Soluo and Baturu self-destructed, Yaoyao felt nothing, so when he told them to self-destruct, he felt no remorse whatsoever.
He just wanted to finish his experiment. The results were so close that he even considered stopping the war and starting again once the experiment was complete.
That's what he thought, but the Wizard World would never agree, and neither would Leo!
"Okay, I promise you, I'll make them self-destruct whenever I get the chance."
Leo rubbed his head and returned to the Shadow Plane, persevering through the intense pain as he reviewed the battle reports.
Baturu will be resurrected in just half a month; he only needs to hold on for half a month.
Leo glanced at the battle report briefly and quickly skimmed over it, finding nothing of interest. The war had only been going on for a year, and they held an absolute advantage.
If he hadn't been restraining the forces he deployed, the first wave of Stigmata Wizard, World Lord, and slave armies that had come from the Wizard World would have been wiped out long ago.
They have no right to ask for help in silence!!
If Leo wanted to, they wouldn't even have time to eat or defecate.
However, when Leo picked up the Fate Wizard Book and saw the message it contained, a smile appeared on his pale face, which was still contorted with grief.
Having witnessed Baturu's madness, the five Supreme Lord could not accept the fact that they had been declared war on to their faces, and have sent the news back to the Wizard World.
While they accurately described the process of Baturu's declaration of war, they also incorporated their personal feelings.
That is war.
We must fight to the very end.
Upon receiving the news, the Wizard World also felt deeply humiliated and decided to wage all-out war.
They have begun to deploy Stigmata Wizard and World Lord, and have requested that those World Lord bring one-third of their troops.
Since things didn't go smoothly in the early stages of the war, they wanted to use overwhelming force to regain control of the battlefield.
There was no need to use a mothership to transport troops. Leo was no longer in the Returning Breath World as before. He directly opened the spatial channel of the War World, and the first batch of reinforcements had already appeared on the battlefield.
More and more troops will continue to arrive; the Wizard World fears no challenge!
"They're really quick."
"Since you're sending reinforcements, then we'll send reinforcements too."
Leo tapped his fingers on the table, and an invisible sound traveled through it.
The Purple-Gold Vine appeared instantly in front of Leo, bowing respectfully with a blank expression.
"Grown ups."
While other World Lord others as "Master," some World Lord and Stigmata Wizard cannot bring themselves to use such a shameful name; addressing them as "Master" is already their limit.
Leo didn't correct them; it was unnecessary.
It doesn't matter what it's called; it's just a code name.
"Open the spatial portals to War World 1, 14, 45, 47, and 85, and begin dispatching reinforcements based on the battlefield situation."
"Our reinforcements should be limited to the same strength as those from the Wizard World."
"Yes, sir."
Before leaving, the Purple-Gold Vine bowed its head, but its eyes swept over the Fate Wizard Book in Leo's hand.
Although she pretended not to see it, how could she really not have seen it?
He's Level-Six Stigmata Great Wizard, not blind.
Every Stigmata Wizard possesses a Fate Wizard Book, a manifestation of a cosmic treasure passed down through the Wizard World.
All wizards with the Stigmata or higher are accustomed to communicating and exchanging information using the Fate Wizard Book, and also to request the knowledge they need.
However, after their death or capture, the Fate Wizard Book will automatically disappear. This is a preventative measure to avoid the Fate Wizard Book falling into the hands of other civilizations and the theft of the wizarding civilization's knowledge.
But he didn't understand why Leo, who had been declared a traitor to the Wizard World, still possessed the Fate Wizard Book.
Shouldn't it have been canceled when he betrayed the Wizard World?
Even if it weren't canceled, with Leo away from the Wizard World, the Fate Wizard Book should be in a state where most of its abilities are disabled.
But when he glanced at it, he clearly saw that it was covered with dense information.
Considering the situation he encountered after being controlled, and the large amount of Wizard System knowledge constantly emerging under Leo's command, all point to a most terrifying conclusion:
That is, the Fate Wizard Book betrayed the Wizard World, and it also fell into Leo's hands.
No one knows when this started, let alone how Leo did it, but just thinking about it sends chills down your spine.
With the help of the Fate Wizard Book, Leo essentially has complete control over the Wizard World.
No movement in the Wizard World escapes his notice.
That's terrifying.
The Fate Wizard Book contains all the information about wizarding civilization and is also used for daily communication.
With the Fate Wizard Book in hand, Leo had no secrets or privacy whatsoever from the entire wizarding civilization.
Even the Fate Wizard Book betrayed wizarding civilization, yet not a single wizard knew it.
In other words, Leo's strength wasn't that great; otherwise, he could have brought the wizarding civilization to its knees!
However, the situation is already quite bad. As one of the war's overall commanders, Purple-Gold Vine, like Leo, fully understands the war's strength on both sides.
Even without considering the power of the Supreme Lord, the Wizard World's chances of winning are very slim.