945: aware

Is Hainan Rui still in the middle of his breakthrough?" Bors asked with a frown.

"Yes, Bors. You seem very anxious. Is there some urgent intelligence?" the guard inquired.

Bors was one of the individuals in charge of the external exploration. The team he was responsible for had indeed discovered some unusual occurrences, which was why he wanted to return and report.

"Hmm." Bors nodded, his expression serious: "Can I go in for a moment? There's truly something very important that the adult needs to decide on."

"I apologize, but please wait here. Perhaps Hainan Rui will come out very soon." The guard shook his head, firmly performing his duty.

Bors grew anxious upon hearing this, and his tone became unfriendly: "I said I discovered urgent intelligence. If there's a delay because of you, can you bear the responsibility?"

"I apologize, but my current responsibility is to prevent you from going in and disturbing Hainan Rui!" As the guard spoke, he directly drew the saber from his waist, looking as if he would send Bors to meet his great-grandmother if he dared to utter another word.

When Bors saw the gleaming saber, his heart sank. Although his strength was already at Divine Platform Realm First Layer, compared to the guard, it truly wasn't enough to withstand a single strike from him. After all, how could one become Hainan Rui's guard without some strength?

"Alright, alright, but I still have to say one more thing: I've discovered a large number of Netherworld creatures, suspected advance troops from the Death Empire appearing nearby." Bors finally relented and spoke of his discovery.

"Hmph." However, the guard paid no attention to Bors's warning, merely snorting coldly and saying: "What Death Empire? There are only the Three Kingdoms now. They're just some cannon fodder. Even if their gods descend, they wouldn't dare do anything to us."

"Yes, yes..." Bors no longer wanted to say anything, because the mere phrase 'even if their gods descend, they wouldn't dare do anything to them' already showed that this was a brainless fellow.

Even if they were powerful Sea Race members, gods were still gods and could not be blasphemed. Unless they were descendants of gods, or mortals holding important positions within the Sea Race, who would dare to go against a god?

Gods are not to be blasphemed—this is a rule tacitly agreed upon by every race. Even if two sides are enemies, they will still acknowledge this rule. So, if a god from the Three Kingdoms were truly to arrive, even Hainan Rui would have to respectfully address them as 'Adult' or 'Your Highness'.

Of course, these unwritten rules do not apply to the Human Race. They are a peculiar race; gods do not act like gods, and mortals do not revere gods, which is truly frustrating.

It is said that once, gods from super-powers like the Dragon Race and Phoenix Race met with Human Race gods in the High Dimension, implying that they should maintain a certain distance from their own people, showing the inscrutability of gods, and making their people feel fear and worship towards their own gods.

As a result of that secret meeting, the powerful races like the Dragon Race left in a huff, cursing the Human Race gods as unreasonable. However, the Human Race gods were not to be outdone. They broadcasted the meeting directly on Blue Star as if it were a news program. In an instant, the gods of many powerful races became a laughingstock for human mortals during their leisure time.

Bors glanced at the depths of the ocean again, then sighed and said, "Then please inform Hainan Rui that I will lead my people to confront those Netherworld creatures first and find their leader. If possible, both sides can demarcate a sea area for themselves and avoid mutual slaughter here."

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On the other side, Wei Xiaosu once again summoned over a hundred million Skeleton Warriors. Although each Skeleton Warrior was only at Tier 4, their characteristic of not fearing water made them extremely useful for scouting and hunting ordinary fish creatures in the sea.

At this moment, Wei Xiaosu had also completely grasped the situation of the Sea Race in the nearby sea area. There were not too many members of the Sea Race in this sea area, with less than 200,000 remaining. It was foreseeable that this number would continue to decrease over time.

However, what surprised Wei Xiaosu was that even the lowest-level cannon fodder members of these Sea Race members had reached Tier 7, which was somewhat incredible.

Although Wei Xiaosu looked down on these advance troops of the Sea Race, he was not foolish. This was the Ancient Battlefield, a treasure trove that could drive even gods crazy. What if someone was lucky enough to find some treasure that could drastically increase their strength in a short period? Therefore, a certain degree of caution was still necessary.

Of course, at first, Wei Xiaosu did not have this awareness. It was entirely because after he hunted down two Sea Race squads, he and Asi concealed themselves, and even all the Dragon Devouring Antss were recalled. In this sea area, only the Skeleton Warriors remained.

"Asi, the Sea Race squad we just annihilated had a full 80 Tier 7s, 19 Tier 8s, and one Tier 9. I now highly doubt the truthfulness of the Queen's stated time and realm restrictions," Wei Xiaosu said with a frown.

Asi trusted the Queen unconditionally, but Wei Xiaosu was now also her master, so she couldn't show favoritism. She could only express her truest thoughts.

"Master, Queen's prophecy will not be wrong. According to her prediction, the highest tier that can enter the battlefield now is only Tier 7, so I am more inclined to believe that these Sea Race members have found a way to quickly improve their strength," Asi said.

"I believe that methods for rapidly increasing strength exist, and there might be many such methods throughout the battlefield, but this number is simply too terrifying." Wei Xiaosu's brows remained tightly furrowed. A moment later, he made a decision: "We'll capture a prisoner later and ask about the situation."

Asi's mouth twitched imperceptibly upon hearing this. She had previously suggested whether they should capture one or two prisoners to ask about the situation, but Wei Xiaosu had directly said there was no need, and that they should just sweep through.

Capturing them now, although not too late, would certainly have alerted the enemy. Perhaps their high-ranking officials already knew their location.

However, Wei Xiaosu's previous decision was still quite good, which was to have Asi recall all the Dragon Devouring Antss and only send out Skeleton Warriors. This way, it would give the other side the impression that they had encountered the advance troops of the Skeleton Kingdom, one of the three Netherworld Kingdoms.

"Three o'clock direction, about 10,000 kilometers away, a large number of Skeleton Warriors have died. Let's go take a look!" After Wei Xiaosu detected the casualties of the Skeleton Warriors, he immediately changed direction.

Wei Xiaosu could not share the "vision" of the Skeleton Warriors with himself, so he could not determine whether it was the Sea Race or monsters in this sea area that were slaughtering the Skeleton Warriors. He could only personally go and investigate.