154: The God Behind the Scenes

In the Void Realm.

Three fist-sized frogs were struggling to jump forward. Each step was forceful, but they only managed to cover a little over three meters.

There was no gravity in the Void Realm, but there were also no footholds.

The last frog said in a cold voice, "Heavenly Leader Star, are we still looking? It's been over two months. A normal person would have been suffocated to death here long ago, just like your first batch of Puppets."

The lead frog looked at the frog beside it. "Heavenly Secret Star, calculate again. Is Xu Le still alive? What is his location?"

All three frogs were Puppets refined by Heavenly Leader Star, each injected with a wisp of Divine Soul from Heavenly Leader Star, Heavenly Secret Star, and Heavenly Solitary Spirit Tang Yunjing respectively. They were searching for Xu Le to recruit him into the organization.

Over these past few days, Heavenly Secret Star had been the most frustrated, frequently losing track of Xu Le's location.

If not for the certainty that he was still alive, the three of them would have returned long ago.

Heavenly Secret Star was about to use a Skill to investigate when it suddenly heard a violent explosion, followed by a buzzing sound.

"Not good, it's the void wind again! Isn't this thing supposed to happen once a year?"

Heavenly Secret Star hurriedly tore open a gap in the Void Realm, and the three frogs scrambled inside.

Before long, a fierce astral wind swept past, carrying countless dust and stone debris as it spread in all directions.

Sensing that the aftermath of the explosion had passed, the three frogs hopped back out.

Heavenly Secret Star continued to use its Skill and suddenly jumped up in excitement. "Found him, found him! He's just ahead, not far away!"

Heavenly Leader Star hurriedly interrupted. "Silence! Don't make noise. Be careful not to attract Void Creatures. Those things will eat anything—don't make us go back to square one."

...

Xu Le was fast, but the aftermath of the explosion was faster.

He had barely rushed forward less than three kilometers when the astral wind caused by the collapse of the Void Emperor's tomb blew over.

Countless rocks smashed into him. He felt as if his body had been hit by a tanker truck driving at full speed; he almost stopped breathing on the spot.

A string of blood-red numbers floated above his head.

-168690. -15680. -16190.

A single contact had almost emptied his health bar, triggering his passive and the Divine Artifact a little more.

Xu Le immediately cast the Life Recovery Skill on himself, then used the "Destiny Link" Skill to share the Little Black Snake's attributes and Skills.

The health bar, which had just grown by a large chunk, was once again reduced to the red line.

"Void Armor!"

"Life Recovery!"

A light screen that reduced damage by 50% appeared, and then his health bar recovered by another chunk.

Only then did Xu Le breathe a sigh of relief and hurriedly took out the clothes he had secretly plucked from the Great Teacher of Supreme Goodness.

[Equipment] Void Cloud-Sheltering Robe

[Grade] mythic-grade

[Usage Conditions] Divinity ≥ 100

[Equipment Properties] Defense +800, Health +12000, mana recovery speed increased by 200%, includes Skill [mana Source].

[mana Source] After activation, it can instantly restore full mana. Cooldown: 24 hours.

It didn't have any additional Skills, but the added attributes were quite good.

Without the slightest hesitation, he put it on and immediately felt less pain.

There was almost no friction in the Void Realm, and this astral wind would continue blowing until it left the galaxy.

If it were before, this would have been a troublesome matter.

But now that he had mastered Space Lock, he could easily stabilize his body and sit and wait for the astral wind to pass.

He pointed at the void, and the mana in his body surged, quickly condensing into the shape of an invisible lounge chair.

Just as he sat on the lounge chair, he saw a Goat Person with "T"-shaped pupils crashing towards him.

"Chain Lightning!"

"spirit Dash!"

Before he could use his third Skill, the Goat Person, which was already at low health, had its health bar completely emptied.

[Experience + 99,990,000]

Swish!

A white light rose, and Xu Le leveled up to 74.

The speed was so fast that he was left stunned on the spot.

However, considering that his "Innate Divinity" talent alone could immunize him against 50% of damage reaching Divine-Grade, and his other Physique and Defense attributes were not inferior to these Void Creatures.

He was miserable, but these Void Creatures were even more miserable.

It seemed normal that they were all at low health.

After leveling up to 74, to level up again, he would need a full 180 million experience points; the difficulty of leveling up was immense.

But thinking that there were still 71 Void Creatures left, his eyes immediately lit up.

Those were 71 whole experience gift packages!

Charging on the second line were an Ox Person, three Horse People, and a Dog Person.

Seeing that his own health bar was also extremely unhealthy, the Dog Person hurriedly suggested, "How about we also use Void Lock, restore some health on the spot, and then charge up to kill that thief?"

"Good!" the three Horse People said, their speed increasing instead of decreasing as they charged toward Xu Le.

Earth Spike!

A massive Earth Spike intercepted the three Horse People. Xu Le rushed against the current and slashed at the foremost Horse Person.

The Horse Person was knocked into the air by the Earth Spike, its horse eyes filled with horror.

It struggled to turn its head, but it couldn't control its body at all, and could only watch helplessly as the pitch-black yanyue saber traced a graceful arc.

"One Cut, Two Halves"!

A large horse head flew off.

"No!"

"You brat, how dare you kill my brother! I'm going to kill you!"

The remaining Void Creatures roared in anger, their eyes blood-red.

Xu Le's heart was colder than his blade. He cast a "Hurricane Howl" Skill at the four monsters that had gathered together for mutual defense.

The Dog Person reacted the fastest, kicking off the Ox Person to dodge the tornado.

Before it could feel lucky, the swift yanyue saber slashed across its neck.

In less than a minute, Xu Le had killed the five Void Creatures, earned another sum of experience points, and leveled up to 76.

He continued to wait.

He only saw a lone Rabbit Person; the rest of the Void Creatures had either gone in other directions or failed to withstand the first wave of impact and were torn into fragments.

Three days later.

Xu Le had already leveled up to 78.

It must be said that this wave had been very satisfying for him.

The only regret was that the wind was too brutal; the drops and corpses of those Void Creatures were sent directly to some unknown place.

On this day.

Three frogs appeared before him.

Xu Le raised his hand and cast "Chain Lightning".

Golden lightning leaped across the three frogs, leaving them completely numb.

Heavenly Leader Star hurriedly spoke up. "Stop! Do you want to return to Blue Star?"

Xu Le pondered. "The last time I heard this question was the last time, and then he died."

Heavenly Leader Star breathed a sigh of relief. Being able to communicate meant half the battle was won; it was afraid that Xu Le wouldn't be willing to talk.

Heavenly Leader Star raised its head, trying its best to make its image appear more majestic and domineering. It even used a bit of acting, channeling the aura of a feudal emperor.

Xu Le: "..."

A frog having any damn majesty!

Heavenly Leader Star unabashedly described the platform and strength of the Savior Society.

The members were all SSS-rank Professionals.

Among them were 3 at the Demigod Rank and 25 at level 99.

Each member secretly controlled power not inferior to the Aristocratic Families.

"We are the invisible gods of Blue Star; a single sneeze from us can make the entire Blue Star tremble."

"Furthermore, we have already discovered three paths to godhood. As long as you join us, you can share in our glory."

Xu Le suddenly realized. "So, the monsters on Blue Star were created by you?"