A World Worth Protecting

Wang Baole’s words caused him to be looked upon highly. So the group of people searched thoroughly in the surroundings. Although they didn’t obtain much, Wang Baole’s conscientiousness still made the subordinate team leader nod his head.

Searches like this were being carried out within the entire army camp. There were even some perfected stage Soul Conduit cultivators who appeared and increased the comprehensiveness of the search. In fact, the consciousness of the perfected stage Spirit Immortal was there all along. It swept through the entire army camp again and again as it tried to find traces of the invader!

However, not only were Wang Baole’s attacks rapid, but he also had the transformation of his essence technique. Although he couldn’t help but leave behind a few clues, it was almost impossible to find him in a short period of time.

Wang Baole was also not worried about this. Before he went to the army camp, he already thought about that. He believed that even if the army camp was sent into lockdown, it would definitely not be for long. Because… there would be other things that would catch the Never-Ending Clan’s attention. Then, it would disperse their attention and even cause them to change their target.

It was indeed like that. One hour after the army camp was sent into lockdown, as information was sent from the outside world into the army camp, the Spirit Immortal mighty figure guarding the place and all of the leaders of the branch teams knew one thing!

There was an intruder from the outside world who descended upon this planet and had shocking power. This wasn’t the first time similar events had happened. But the group of Descenders described in the information sent, coupled with the fact that they were all wearing masks, immediately made many Never-Ending Clan mighty figures think off… the Flame Patriarch!

“All wearing masks, and descending in waves…”

“That’s the Flame Patriarch!”

“D*mn it, why has the Flame Patriarch chosen to attack here of all places this time!”

As the information spread, it immediately caused a lot of commotion within the Never-Ending Clan. They weren’t really scared of this attack, but the fact that it involved the Flame Patriarch made many think of some rumors from before.

Wang Baole pricked up his ears and asked around. After getting an answer, he also expressed shock and shouted angrily with the people around him.

Since the entire army camp was in an uproar because of the attack, the Spirit Immortal from the ninth army sphere finally showed himself. He looked old and skinny, but the light in his eyes was chilly, and his body was somewhat shrunken, giving people the feeling that the stench of death was dispersing from his body. But if one looked closely, they could vaguely sense that there seemed to be a horrifying disturbance in his body that, once unleashed, could suppress and kill everyone in the surroundings.

His voice was also full of maliciousness as it echoed everywhere.

“Since some Descenders are already here, we’ll keep them here. Mobilize all branch teams to search the whole planet. For every invader you kill, I will personally note down your contributions and ask the army commander to give you great rewards!”

While speaking, the late-stage Spirit Immortal elder flew far away with a flick of his body. It seemed as though he was getting involved in the search personally. Meanwhile, the commanders on every army sphere passed down orders as well. They divided up the entire planet and assigned all branch teams to start searching.

Wang Baole was among them as well. He followed a branch team as they left the army camp and all unleashed their speed in midair to rush towards a specified position.

As all of the branch teams spread out, the army camp became quiet. No one noticed that there was a shining disturbance in midair. The Spirit Immortal realm cultivator that seemed to be leaving transmogrified his silhouette again. With a dark expression, he carefully searched the empty army camp again. In the end, doubt and confusion appeared deep in his eyes.

I can confirm that the one who performed the assassinations in the army camp was one of the Descenders. I can also confirm that there was a very small number of them… It’s extremely possible that there was only one person!

However… has this person already left, or… does he have a special way to hide his aura? The Spirit Immortal Never-Ending Clan member sighed and furrowed the eyebrows on all three of his heads. Looking at the land, he wanted to speak but stopped, then shook his head.

If I bother the army commander, who’s at a crucial period in his cultivation, because of this… I’ll definitely cause him to be extremely unhappy. And normally speaking, the Descenders arranged by the Flame Patriarch only attack for 24 hours… The Spirit Immortal elder became silent. Others thought their army commander, who was at the Planet realm, had already left. But actually, the elder was clear that the army commander didn’t leave. He was actually doing something extremely important.

So after thinking deeply, the elder retracted his gaze and decided not to bother the army commander. After all, 24 hours… would pass by very quickly. Thinking to that point, the elder truly left with a flick of his body and joined the search.

Even though he felt that the incident would end in 24 hours at most, the elder naturally had no liking for the Descenders who dared to provoke them. If they didn’t provoke them with the assassinations, it would have been fine, and he wouldn’t have cared. But the Descenders killed someone in his own army camp. So if he could find and kill them, not only would it relieve his anger, it would also be a huge contribution to the Never-Ending Clan.

Thinking in that manner, the elder accelerated. Meanwhile, the Descenders, who didn’t know that someone had poked a hornet’s nest, were all spreading out and starting to look for targets to various degrees. But very quickly, someone discovered something amiss.

That’s odd, this planet has been mostly executed. Using common sense, there shouldn’t be so many of them being mobilized.

Or maybe, there exists a strong local resistance force here?

Some hidden Descenders were hunting for the individual Never-Ending Clan members scattered around. They all looked at the sky, where waves of Never-Ending Clan members were flying past, with fear. Their scalps went numb, and they were all shocked.

While these Descenders were all nervous, Wang Baole was following a branch team of the third army. He was sashaying about and engaging in small talk with a Never-Ending Clan member beside him.

He spoke the Dark Sect’s language very fluently, and other Never-Ending Clan members didn’t suspect anything when they heard him speak. But through this small talk, the strict ranking system of the Never-Ending Clan showed itself. Towards Wang Baole, who had the lowest cultivation level in the team, others seemed to be communicating with him, but the coldness deep in their eyes wasn’t hidden at all.

It was like an instinct. If one’s cultivation level wasn’t enough, one’s status wouldn’t make the cut. This was expressed more obviously via the branch team leader’s behavior. He didn’t care about his subordinates. Wang Baole also naturally wouldn’t care about this. They had been flying for some time, and he felt that the time was right. After looking at his surroundings, Wang Baole’s body suddenly exploded without warning!

It became a cloud of mist and engulfed everyone with astonishing speed, not giving the surrounding Never-Ending Clan members a chance to react. There were no shrill cries of pain or struggle. The entire process was over in a few breath’s time. In the next moment… when the mist gathered again, one couldn’t see the corpses of the other Never-Ending Clan members. But after gathering, Wang Baole transformed to look like another Never-Ending Clan cultivator.

Feeling that the will of the Demonic Eye Art was getting increasingly active in his body and was about to scream, Wang Baole narrowed his eyes, and his body changed after that. He had one less head, and he broke off an arm, making himself look like a wretched mess. He then sped off towards the distance while continuously looking back with an expression that showed both anger and fear, as though someone wanted to murder him.

As he put on this show for a very long time, Wang Baole was so used to it that it was incredibly realistic. He didn’t care that there wasn’t a single person beside him and even spat out blood from time to time. Alas, he still felt that it was a little fake, so he used a portion of his essence to transmogrify into a silhouette behind him.

This silhouette had a bull mask. It was the arrogant man from before. Just like that… as he chased himself, Wang Baole kept trying to escape. After 20 minutes, he finally saw another branch team at another coordinate.

“Be careful, everyone, we’ve been ambushed by a group of Descenders. Our team leader died in battle, and the others either escaped safely or died trying. The Descender wearing a bull mask that’s behind me has been chasing me for a long time!” Wang Baole spoke pitifully and spat blood again while rapidly nearing the branch team.

Meanwhile, as the members of the branch team all looked over coldly, the bull-masked man that Wang Baole transmogrified had a change in expression and stopped giving chase. Instead, he turned around and tried to escape.

It would be fine if he didn’t try to escape. That way, the group of Never-Ending Clan cultivators would definitely have some suspicion. But, upon seeing the bull-masked man try to escape, those Never-Ending Clan cultivators’ eyes flashed. Their leader didn’t even look at Wang Baole as he led people to give chase.

And just as they neared Wang Baole and gathered, Wang Baole’s body exploded again. His body turned into mist and spread rapidly, engulfing everyone in an instant as though he wished to absorb them.

In the next moment, Wang Baole, who had a different look, licked his lips, let out a shrill cry, spat blood, and continued escaping.

“Help! Someone help me…”

Behind him, the bull-masked man let out villainous laughter and kept giving chase under Wang Baole’s control…