Chapter 21 Master Translator Occupation
The Voodoo Doll continued its slaughter, and the tribes near the Plane Passage disappeared one after another.
Afterward, the Voodoo Doll advanced further, eliminating weaker tribes.
Time flew by, and soon two days had passed.
At this moment, the square white stone was already half-submerged in the ground.
Ling Jie, standing at the very front, looked at Fang Che in disbelief and exclaimed, "Two days!"
Everyone else also looked at Fang Che in surprise, unable to imagine what was happening.
According to what everyone understood, after a high-level Plane connects to a low-level Plane, it would use powerful energy to conceal the Plane Passage.
For the first two days after the Plane Passage opened, the low-level Plane Will could not detect the existence of the Plane Passage at all, and could only rely on the Observe and reports of intelligent beings near the Plane Passage.
And the Professionals of the high-level Plane did not dare to go and eliminate the intelligent beings near the Plane Passage, because doing so would definitely expose the Plane Passage prematurely.
Therefore, everyone would use various tools to eliminate intelligent beings.
Such tools were expensive and could only eliminate some ordinary intelligent beings, making it difficult to harm Professionals.
In most cases, the tools would be destroyed by Professionals within one hour, followed by a brutal Plane battle.
Now, Fang Che's tool had allowed everyone to safely pass two days, which was something they had never dared to imagine.
Ling Jie quickly withdrew her disbelieving gaze and sternly reminded everyone, "Two days have passed, the Plane Will on the other side will discover us, everyone get ready for battle!"
Everyone perked up, vigilantly watching the curtain-like Plane Passage.
At this time, in the Plane on the other side, in the Huanghu Clan's palace, the third-tier Yellow Tiger Great King was resting.
In this war against the Blue Tiger Clan, the Yellow Tiger Great King had not closed his eyes for several days to prepare for the battle, and only now had some free time to rest for a moment.
Suddenly, the Yellow Tiger Great King opened his eyes, quickly got out of bed, and knelt on the ground.
The next second, a giant illusory eye appeared in front of the Yellow Tiger Great King.
A jade slip with text written on it flew out of the eye and landed in front of the Yellow Tiger Great King, after which the eye disappeared.
Only then did the Yellow Tiger Great King pick up the jade slip and examine the text on it.
Immediately after, the Yellow Tiger Great King's emotions became agitated, and he quickly ran outside, shouting, "Squad Three, follow me!"
In the houses outside, many Tiger-men walked out in confusion, looking at the Yellow Tiger Great King.
And Squad Three, whose names were called, quickly followed in the Yellow Tiger Great King's footsteps.
The Yellow Tiger Great King led Squad Three, rushing towards the Plane Passage, and soon discovered the destroyed tribes.
The Tiger-men's eyes were solemn, but they did not stop, continuing forward.
Not long after, the curtain-like Plane Passage appeared in front of the Tiger-men.
"It's the Plane Passage!"
"Great, let's rush over and eat all the creatures on the other side!"
The Tiger-men of Squad Three shouted excitedly.
A long time ago, this Plane only had some ordinary tigers.
Later, a group of tigers discovered a Plane Passage, and the tigers passed through the Plane Passage, entered Other Planes, ate all the humanoid creatures in those Other Planes, and annexed the Planes.
Afterward, the tigers received a reward from the Plane Will, broke their genetic shackles, transformed into Tiger-men, and became Professionals!
Now, the Huanghu Clan and the Blue Tiger Clan were at war because the Huanghu Clan had heard about the discovery of a Plane Passage.
As it turned out, the Plane Passage actually appeared within the Huanghu Clan's dominion!
This made the Tiger-men extremely excited.
The Yellow Tiger Great King was initially quite happy, but when he thought of the Tiger-man tribes that had been wiped out earlier, he couldn't be happy anymore.
Seeing the Yellow Tiger Great King's serious expression, the surrounding Tiger-men also stopped shouting and waited for the Yellow Tiger Great King to give orders.
The Yellow Tiger Great King stared at the Plane Passage in the distance and commanded, "Go see what's on the other side?"
Two second-tier scout Tiger-men immediately crouched down and approached the Plane Passage.
A moment later, the two Tiger-men returned to the Yellow Tiger Great King, somewhat excitedly, and reported:
"Great King, there are about a hundred first-tier Professionals guarding the other side. I suspect this Plane doesn't have many strong individuals, otherwise, it wouldn't be possible for first-tier Professionals to guard it!"
Upon hearing this, the Yellow Tiger Great King relaxed slightly and sneered, "Let's go, we're going to eat people!"
Subsequently, the Yellow Tiger Great King quickly ran towards the Plane Passage, the strong wind generated by his body flattening the surrounding vegetation.
The Tiger-men of Squad Three followed closely, running towards the Plane Passage.
A moment later, the group approached the Plane Passage and directly crashed into the curtain.
The next second, this group of Tiger-men was bounced back, completely unable to pass through this Plane Passage.
Yellow Tiger Great King sneered, "They even set up a defensive measure. All together, let's break this defensive barrier!"
The Tiger-men immediately stepped forward, punching the curtain, but the curtain remained motionless, easily blocking all attacks.
On the other side of the curtain, everyone saw the Tiger-men's actions and instantly relaxed a lot.
These Tiger-men couldn't even recognize basic strength-limiting tools, so they probably hadn't experienced too many Plane wars.
Such enemies were relatively easy to deal with.
Subsequently, everyone carefully observed the Tiger-men's situation to understand their fighting style.
Fang Che, hiding behind the crowd, was slightly curious after seeing these Tiger-men.
Although Fang Che had used the Voodoo Doll to eliminate many tribes earlier, the Voodoo Doll could not share vision with Fang Che and could only vaguely sense the location of the tribal leaders.
Therefore, Fang Che did not know much about this Plane, and this was his first time seeing Tiger-men.
A moment later, the Tiger-men chattered amongst themselves.
Ye Ling, who had awakened the Translation Master profession, had red ears and quickly translated:
"That third-tier Tiger-man sent his subordinates to get reinforcements; they are preparing to forcibly break through the curtain."
Upon hearing this, everyone silently prayed, hoping that the reinforcements the opponent brought would be strong, so they wouldn't discover the Plane Passage's limitations on strength.
Next, Ye Ling continuously translated the Tiger-men's language.
The Tiger-men's language mixed with Ye Ling's language, sounding quite painful to the ears.
This was a problem that even a first-tier Translation Master could not solve, but it was not a problem that needed too much attention.
When Ye Ling's strength improved, she could directly change the language rules of an area, making communication barrier-free.
If Ye Ling were even stronger, she could even directly destroy the enemy's communication ability, preventing orders from being conveyed and destroying the enemy's organizational capability.
By virtue of language control ability, the Translation Master also became an important strategic profession.
Every group would hire some Translation Masters to destroy the enemy's language rules and protect their own language rules from being destroyed.
However, the current number of Translation Master Professionals was too large, and all Translation Masters balanced each other, so they did not show much effect.
Additionally, the more languages a Translation Master mastered, the stronger their empathy for others became, often playing a negative role in Plane wars.
Therefore, Translation Masters were often assigned to the rear for logistical tasks, their reputation not prominent, and outsiders knew little about them.
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Chapter 22 Casualties
The Tiger-man quickly stopped communicating and focused on attacking the curtain, and Ye Ling also stopped translating.
After some more time passed, a group of Tiger-men armed with hunting bows arrived from a distance.
Most of the Tiger-men possessed first-tier strength, which invigorated the Blue Sky Group members.
Yellow Tiger Great King paused his attack on the curtain, walked to the side, and waved his hand vigorously.
Those Tiger-men holding hunting bows immediately aimed at the curtain, drew their bows, and shot arrows.
The arrows shot by the Second-Order Tiger-man were the first to hit the curtain and were immediately bounced aside.
However, the arrows of the first-tier Tiger-man easily passed through the curtain, directly turning Ling Jie into a porcupine.
A large number of arrows also flew past Ling Jie and headed towards the Professionals behind her.
The Professionals in the front row raised their shields to block the arrows.
The shields easily blocked the arrows and bounced them away, leaving no scratches.
However, the immense power contained within the arrows still caused the Professionals holding the shields to lean backward.
Everyone quickly stabilized themselves and looked at Ling Jie.
They saw Ling Jie calmly pull out the arrows, and the next second, the wounds pierced by the arrows instantly healed automatically.
As the most difficult healing Professional to kill in the Emperor Plane, the Fleshly Body Bodhisattva's self-recovery ability was terrifying.
Even if a Fleshly Body Bodhisattva's heart was dug out, as long as she still had energy in her body, she could regrow a new heart!
These arrow injuries were completely child's play.
The Tiger-men did not understand the Flesh Bodhisattva profession; seeing Ling Jie's terrifying recovery power, they were all shocked and instinctively stopped shooting arrows.
After a brief moment of shock, Yellow Tiger Great King shouted, "First-tier Tiger-men, shoot arrows! Other Tiger-men, stop attacking."
The first-tier Tiger-men all drew their bows and shot arrows; the arrows passed through the curtain, hitting Ling Jie or being blocked by shields.
Yellow Tiger Great King grinned and said, "It seems this Plane Passage can't stop first-tier Tiger-men. First-tier Tiger-men, go over and see if you can pass through the Plane Passage."
Some first-tier Tiger-men clad in iron armor immediately walked towards the Plane Passage.
Not long after, the first-tier Tiger-men easily passed through the Plane Passage.
As soon as the Tiger-man came over, a Fire Manipulator Professional in the crowd conjured a fire snake out of thin air, coiling around the Tiger-man's body.
The Tiger-man didn't even have time to scream before turning into charcoal, and the iron armor on his body showed signs of melting.
Yellow Tiger Great King didn't care about the Tiger-man's death; he just grinned and said, "Arrow cover, first-tier Tiger-men, charge!"
"Swish swish~" Countless arrows shot towards the heads of the Blue Sky Group members.
And countless first-tier Tiger-men bent low, rapidly approaching the Plane Passage.
In just a moment, these Tiger-men passed through the Plane Passage and arrived in front of the Blue Sky Group members.
Ling Jie, with arrows sticking out of her head, blocked the fastest Tiger-man, offering no defense, swinging her blade to chop, easily suppressing the Tiger-man.
When the Tiger-men behind came out of the passage, the Crusher Professionals hiding on both sides of the passage swung their long staffs, striking the Tiger-men at the back.
The iron armor on the Tiger-men's bodies instantly turned to dust, and their bodies became minced meat.
The Professionals guarding the four-sided white stone, hiding behind shields, released attacks like flames and ice spikes in batches, eliminating the Tiger-men in fixed positions.
These Tiger-men had no resistance against the Professionals' attacks and were instantly killed.
The Blue Sky Group members, having the same realm as the Tiger-men, possessed such powerful destructive force entirely due to amplification items.
Without amplification items, they could only laboriously intercept the Tiger-men like Ling Jie.
Fang Che hid behind the crowd, occasionally shooting a few arrows to attack the Tiger-men running in front.
Although he couldn't kill the Tiger-men, he could slow them down.
After attacking for a while, Fang Che felt that his arrows weren't having much effect, so he put all his attention on the Voodoo Doll, looking for groups that could be hunted.
As long as a group related to these Tiger-men had problems, it would definitely affect this side.
In the time that followed, arrows continued to rain down, and countless Tiger-men crawled over, bent at the waist, to join the battle.
Not long after, the corpses of the Tiger-men blocked the Plane Passage.
The Blue Sky Group members seized this opportunity to quickly consume various elixirs to restore their depleted energy.
A few seconds later, the Tiger-man corpses on the ground suddenly moved towards the crowd, like a wall of flesh and blood, protecting the Tiger-men behind them.
The Blue Sky Group members were not alarmed; once the wall of flesh and blood approached, three Earth Venerables simultaneously exerted their power, turning the surrounding soil into mud, instantly engulfing the wall of flesh and blood and the Tiger-men behind it.
Immediately after, the ground re-hardened, as if nothing had happened.
In another Plane, the Tiger-men watched their kin being swallowed by the ground through the transparent curtain, their eyes filled with terror, not daring to advance.
Yellow Tiger Great King frowned and roared, "Their methods definitely can't last long, otherwise they would keep the ground in a muddy state. Attack quickly!"
The Tiger-men in the front hesitated, but they were quickly pushed forward by the Tiger-men behind them, unable to stop at all.
These involuntary Tiger-men could only forcefully suppress the fear in their hearts and advance, bending at the waist.
Arrows rained down on the Tiger-men's heads, shooting rapidly towards the Blue Sky Group members.
The battle returned to its previous state.
A moment later, Tiger-man corpses once again blocked the passage.
This time, the Tiger-men did not push the corpses; instead, they quickly carried them back, clearing a passage.
After that, Tiger-man arrows came again, and the first-tier Tiger-men continued to advance, bent at the waist.
After repeating these steps several times, the Blue Sky Group Professionals, who had no time to rest, showed signs of fatigue, and their condition was not as good as before.
The shields, after enduring countless arrow attacks, also showed cracks, as if they could collapse at any moment.
So, the Blue Sky Group's front-row Professionals, while the Tiger-men were clearing the corpses, quickly replaced their shields and continued to endure the attacks.
After several more hours of fighting, a Professional holding a shield lost his strength, and the shield fell to the ground.
The next second, arrows shot through the gap, severely wounding several Professionals.
Ling Jie quickly ran to the area where the shield had fallen, using her body to replace the shield, enduring the arrow attacks, and roared, "Quickly rebuild the defense!"
A Professional quickly picked up the shield from the ground and re-stabilized the defense.
The Professionals severely wounded by arrows took healing elixirs and continued to fight.
However, more Professionals soon became exhausted, unable to hold their shields, and were severely wounded by arrows.
Not long after, when a shield fell to the ground again, an arrow flew in, instantly piercing a Professional's head.
The Professional died on the spot, and those nearby didn't even have time to rescue him.
After a brief moment of panic, the surrounding people scavenged various items from the deceased and threw themselves into the battle.
Some Professionals further away were not affected at all.
Such calm and rational fighting style, and unyielding fighting will, were also blessings left by the Life Witch when she created life!
However, the quality of people varied; there were always some special individuals.
After witnessing the Professional's death, although Fang Che felt no fear, he did not fight fearlessly like the others; instead, he hid more carefully and reduced his attack frequency.
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Chapter 23: The Voodoo Dolls Destroy Patrolling Tigers
Fang Che infused more energy into the Voodoo Doll pattern on the curse master gem.
Subsequently, this energy was directly absorbed by the Voodoo Doll, with the pattern acting as a transfer station.
With the acquired energy, the Voodoo Doll's digging speed underground suddenly accelerated.
Every time the Voodoo Doll advanced a certain distance, it would transmit the Professional's aura to Fang Che.
However, these Professionals were currently under the jurisdiction of the Yellow Tiger Great King, belonging to the same group.
But Fang Che's strength was too low to control the Voodoo Doll to influence the Third-Order Yellow Tiger Great King.
Additionally, the Voodoo Doll could currently only deal with a group of fifty people, while the Yellow Tiger Great King had tens of thousands of Tiger-men under him; even if Fang Che was strong enough, the Voodoo Doll would be ineffective.
Fang Che could only control the Voodoo Doll to continue moving forward.
After moving away from this area, the Voodoo Doll quickly discovered a new tribe.
However, the Tiger-man Professionals in these tribes had all been conscripted by the Yellow Tiger Great King, leaving behind only ordinary Tiger-men who had not advanced to Professionals.
These Tiger-men had little say; even if they were all killed and other Tiger-men reported it to the Yellow Tiger Great King, the Yellow Tiger Great King might conceal this information for the sake of maintaining morale.
The best way was to find the Yellow Tiger Great King's home and cause a major incident there.
The Voodoo Doll continued forward and soon discovered a small team composed of ten First-tier Tiger-men.
At this moment, they were resting and chatting in a forest.
After sensing that it could control the Tiger-men here, the Voodoo Doll immediately stopped moving and instantly released energy, influencing the highest-ranking person among the ten.
"I wonder what the Yellow Tiger Great King found that he transferred most of the clansmen away."
"The Blue Tiger Clan already knows about the war, and if they discover that the Yellow Tiger Great King has taken most of his clansmen away, they will definitely launch an attack in advance. I wonder if the Yellow Tiger Great King can make it back."
"Who knows? Let's not talk about that anymore, Captain, let's go on patrol."
The highest-ranking Tiger People Captain frowned upon hearing this and said, "How long have we rested? Wait a bit."
The Tiger-man frowned and advised, "Captain, the Blue Tiger Clan could attack at any moment now. Let's work a little harder. It's not too late to rest after the Yellow Tiger Great King returns."
Upon hearing this, the Tiger People Captain became even more irritated and shouted angrily, "I am the Captain! When we are on patrol, you are all under my command! Are you trying to defy orders now?"
The Tiger-men were puzzled to see the Captain inexplicably angry, but there was still a Tiger-man who acted as a peacemaker and advised:
"Captain, don't be angry. Old Third didn't mean that. None of us will disobey your orders. If you say rest, we rest."
However, the Tiger People Captain became even angrier upon hearing this, roaring, "What kind of attitude is this? Are you ganging up to fool me? When we go back, are you going to complain about me?"
"We never thought that." Everyone immediately explained, looking at the Captain in confusion, wondering what had gotten into him.
And the Tiger People Captain, looking at everyone's eyes, became even more irritable. He directly waved his hand, killing two unsuspecting Tiger-men, and then attacked the others.
The rest, after a brief moment of horror, quickly fought back.
The Tiger-men in the small team were all First-tier Professionals and not relatives from the same tribe.
Therefore, under the Tiger-men's encirclement, the Tiger People Captain was quickly knocked unconscious and tied up.
Everyone looked at the unconscious Captain, then at the two corpses nearby, feeling somewhat at a loss.
A moment later, a Tiger-man spoke, "Given this situation, I think we should stop patrolling and take them back."
The other Tiger-men nodded in agreement, and the Tiger-man who suggested returning temporarily became the leader of the team.
And the Tiger People Captain consequently lost his leadership qualifications.
Subsequently, the Tiger-men carried the unconscious Captain and the two bodies, leaving the place.
Not long after they started walking, the eyes of the Tiger-man who had suggested returning suddenly flashed with a red light.
Then, this Tiger-man suddenly stopped, turned around, and swung a fist, directly killing two Tiger-men.
The remaining Tiger-men quickly put down the bound Tiger People Captain and the Tiger-man corpses, and together attacked the temporary leader.
A moment later, the leader was also severely injured and tied up.
The surviving Tiger-men scattered, their eyes vigilantly observing the other Tiger-men, guarding against sudden attacks from them.
At this moment, the small team had entered a leaderless state, and the Voodoo Doll could not exert its power.
Therefore, the Voodoo Doll quickly dug through the soil and went to other places.
Next, the Voodoo Doll encountered many patrol teams, quickly eliminating a large number of Tiger-men.
Near the Huanghu Clan palace, many First-tier Tiger-men stood guard.
There were also many Second-Order Tiger-men hidden in the shadows, quietly observing their surroundings.
At this moment, a survivor from a team attacked by the Voodoo Doll was frantically running towards the palace.
Twenty meters outside the palace, a Second-Order Tiger-man suddenly appeared and nervously asked, "What happened?"
The survivor from the patrol team answered in horror, "Our Captain and others went crazy and killed people in the team. Three are still alive, and I came back to report."
Upon receiving this news, the Second-Order Tiger-man asked in confusion, "Why would they go crazy for no reason? Take me there."
Upon hearing this, the first-tier Tiger-man's eyes grew even more terrified, and his face showed an expression of resistance.
Seeing this, the Second-Order Tiger-man commanded loudly, "Hurry and take me!"
The first-tier Tiger-man hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, sir."
The two had just turned around and walked not far when they saw more patrolling First-tier Tiger-men running back, their faces all showing panic.
The Second-Order Tiger-man sensed that something was seriously wrong and rushed over to ask, "What did you encounter?"
"Our Captain and others went crazy!"
"Many clansmen died…"
The Tiger-men, their faces full of horror, recounted what they had encountered, various voices mixing together, making it very noisy.
However, the Second-Order Tiger-man still understood one common thing from the chaotic voices: people in various patrol teams were going crazy and killing indiscriminately.
If such incidents only happened once or twice, they could be classified as accidental and ignored.
But if every patrol team encountered such a thing, then it could only be the enemy causing destruction!
So, the Second-Order Tiger-man said, "You all go home and rest. This must not be spread outside."
After giving these instructions, the Second-Order Tiger-man rushed into the palace and met the Yellow Tiger Great King's son.
The Second-Order Tiger-man knelt on the ground and reported, "Little Great King, many people in the patrol teams suddenly went crazy and killed others. It is very likely that the Blue Tiger Clan has developed a special attack method. Please, Little Great King, make a decision."
The Little Great King's face changed dramatically, and he hurriedly asked, "Are any Second-Order Tiger-men dead?"
The Second-Order Tiger-man replied, "Those who died were all First-tier Tiger-men. None of the Second-Order patrol teams have returned yet, so your subordinate does not know the specific situation."
The Little Great King commanded, "Go and investigate quickly. If Second-Order Tiger-men go crazy and kill, notify me immediately; if Second-Order Tiger-men do not go crazy and kill, then replace all patrol teams with Second-Order Tiger-men, and you don't need to notify me."
"Yes, sir!"
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Chapter 24 Discovering the Blue Tiger Clan
The Huanghu Clan's first-tier Tiger-man patrol squad was quickly recalled and replaced with a Second-Order patrol squad, preventing the Voodoo Doll from continuing its killing spree.
At this moment, in the Emperor Plane, Fang Che also sensed the Voodoo Doll's current predicament.
Through the Voodoo Doll's perception of the situation there, Fang Che believed that the area was closest to the Yellow Tiger Great King and had no ability to stop him, so it must be the location of the Yellow Tiger Great King's Main Camp.
Eliminating the Professionals in that area would allow them to summon the Yellow Tiger Great King back.
Unfortunately, both the Voodoo Doll and Fang Che were too weak; even if others casually dispatched some Second-Order Professionals, Fang Che couldn't solve the problem.
Moreover, the people there didn't panic when they encountered danger, so it seemed impossible to use them to distract the Yellow Tiger Great King.
However, Fang Che believed he could definitely lure away the Yellow Tiger Great King.
Having previously learned through Ye Ling's translation that this Plane was not unified, the Yellow Tiger Great King had an opposing force called the Blue Tiger Clan, which was currently in a state of war mobilization.
Once the Blue Tiger Clan completed its war mobilization, it would definitely launch a war.
As long as Fang Che could make the Blue Tiger Clan terminate its war mobilization in advance and attract the Blue Tiger Clan to the Yellow Tiger Great King's Main Camp, he could definitely restrain the Yellow Tiger Great King.
Thus, Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll, moving it in the direction where the Blue Tiger Clan might reside.
At this moment, Ye Ling, who was hiding nearby, leaned closer to Fang Che and asked with some impatience, "Were the tools you just threw out destroyed? I hope you use the tools to kill ordinary Tiger-man and distract the Yellow Tiger Great King!"
Before Fang Che could answer, Yun Tian, who was hiding nearby, spoke up, "I think even if all the ordinary Tiger-man are killed, it will be difficult to distract the Yellow Tiger Great King;
Moreover, you just translated that the Tiger-man of this Plane exist in the form of large and small tribes, constantly fighting among themselves, so there will definitely be some Professionals left around ordinary Tiger-man."
Ye Ling retorted with some reluctance, "Previously, we were lucky that no one discovered the Plane Passage for two days; perhaps Fang Che can still rely on luck to attract the Yellow Tiger Great King."
Fang Che then spoke, "I have tried my best to control the tools to find targets for killing."
Upon hearing this, Ye Ling and Yun Tian subconsciously assumed that Fang Che couldn't find a target, both sighed, and said no more.
Without the two talking beside him, Fang Che felt much quieter and continued to control the Voodoo Doll's movement.
Fang Che quickly discovered that the environment around the Voodoo Doll became quiet, with no Professionals or ordinary intelligent creatures.
Fang Che guessed that this was very likely one of the combat zones between the Huanghu Clan and the Blue Tiger Clan, and the Tiger-man living there had all moved away to avoid being harmed.
Confirming this, Fang Che continued to control the Voodoo Doll forward.
More than an hour passed, and after one-eighth of the Blue Sky Group members were killed or injured, the Voodoo Doll finally discovered a new group of cultivators.
These groups moved in ten-person teams, similar to those the Voodoo Doll had eliminated before, and should also be patrol squads.
Fang Che did not rush into battle but continued to control the Voodoo Doll forward.
Before long, tens of thousands of Professionals were sensed by the Voodoo Doll.
Upon discovering these Professionals, Fang Che breathed a sigh of relief.
Fang Che had previously learned through Ye Ling's translation that the Yellow Tiger Great King usually did not raise too many Tiger-man warriors but rather granted them Tiger-man territory, allowing the Tiger-man warriors to live in their territory.
Only during battle would the Yellow Tiger Great King gather the Tiger-man warriors.
Since the Yellow Tiger Great King chose this farming-and-fighting mode, his enemies must have also chosen this farming-and-fighting mode.
Now, the Yellow Tiger Great King's army had already gathered in front of the Plane Passage.
The army that the Voodoo Doll had now discovered must belong to other forces.
Fang Che couldn't be sure if it was the Blue Tiger Clan, but as long as they could deal with the Huanghu Clan, that was enough.
Thus, Fang Che once again controlled the Voodoo Doll to search for patrol squads and began the hunt!
At this time, in the Blue Tiger Clan, countless blue Tiger-man Professionals came from all directions, were organized into teams, and assigned tasks.
Just as a group of Second-Order blue Tiger-man were collectively learning about the team situation, a first-tier Tiger-man rushed over, leaned close to the leading Second-Order Tiger-man, and whispered in his ear, "Something unexpected has happened."
The leading Second-Order Tiger-man's expression remained unchanged; he turned to look at the other Second-Order Tiger-man and said,
"I have something to attend to here; I'll leave for a moment. You all continue to understand the team situation."
The Second-Order Tiger-man nodded in agreement, saying, "Understood."
Afterward, the leading Second-Order Tiger-man, led by the first-tier Tiger-man, left unhurriedly.
Once they were out of sight, the Second-Order Tiger-man eagerly asked, "Tell me, what happened?"
The first-tier Tiger-man replied, "All the patrol squad leaders have gone mad and started killing indiscriminately. Your subordinate has already gathered them in the border area!"
The Second-Order Tiger-man's face changed drastically, and he asked in disbelief, "Are all the patrol squads like this?"
The first-tier Tiger-man nodded and said, "They are all like this."
The Second-Order Tiger-man pondered for a moment, took out a token, and said, "Order the living patrol squad members to gather;
Also, notify Team Two to send out a patrol squad, increasing the number of patrollers and expanding the patrol range."
The first-tier Tiger-man took the token and responded, "Yes, sir."
Afterward, the two Tiger-man separated, and the Second-Order Tiger-man hurried to a wooden house, respectfully saying, "Great King, your subordinate has something to report."
A slightly anxious voice quickly came from inside the wooden house, "Come in."
Upon hearing the displeasure in the voice, the Second-Order Tiger-man pushed open the door even more respectfully, knelt before a Third-Order blue Tiger-man, and reported:
"Reporting, Great King, members of various patrol squads have suddenly gone mad, wantonly killing people within their squads. Your subordinate has already gathered them, and has also arranged for Team Two to dispatch a patrol squad."
The Third-Order Blue Tiger Great King frowned upon hearing the report.
Previously, the Blue Tiger Great King had sensed the Plane Will, but he had not found any information transmitted by the Plane Will.
The Blue Tiger Great King, feeling agitated, was preparing to inspect the front lines earlier than planned.
As a result, the Blue Tiger Great King discovered that the closer he got to the Huanghu Clan, the stronger the Plane Will's sensation became.
Therefore, the Blue Tiger Great King decided to stay there.
These days, the Blue Tiger Great King actively communicated with the Plane Will, but he could only vaguely sense the Plane Will and received no information.
The Blue Tiger Great King consulted ancient texts and always felt that the Plane Will favored the Huanghu Clan and had abandoned the Blue Tiger Clan.
Hence, the Blue Tiger Great King had been very agitated these past few days.
Now, upon learning that the patrol squad members had inexplicably gone mad, the Blue Tiger Great King was completely certain that the Plane Will had abandoned the Blue Tiger Clan.
The Blue Tiger Great King lowered his head with some sadness, and the arduous past of his ancestors striving to develop the Blue Tiger Clan flashed through his mind.
Seeing that the Blue Tiger Great King had not given any instructions, the Second-Order Tiger-man did not dare to urge him, only respectfully knelt on the ground, avoiding provoking the Blue Tiger Great King.
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Chapter 25: One-third of professionals died
The Blue Tiger Great King kept recalling the past, his eyes growing redder and his expression becoming more ferocious.
A moment later, a thought burst forth in the Blue Tiger Great King's mind: even if the Plane Will abandoned the Blue Tiger Clan, the Blue Tiger Clan could not just sit and wait to be captured!
As long as they eliminated the Huanghu Clan, they would surely gain the favor of the Plane Will!
The Blue Tiger Great King stood up and declared, "Order all warriors to immediately attack the Huanghu Clan!"
A Second-Order Tiger-man heard this and immediately reminded him, "Great King, there are still many first-tier Tiger-men who haven't arrived. Should we wait a few more days?"
The Blue Tiger Great King shook his head and said, "The combat power of first-tier Tiger-men is generally not very effective. We won't wait for them. Go give the order; we depart in half an hour!"
The Second-Order Tiger-man looked up at the Blue Tiger Great King. Seeing his resolute attitude, he dared not offer any more opinions and simply replied, "As you command!"
Not long after, the warriors of the Blue Tiger Clan advanced towards the Huanghu Clan's direction.
In the Emperor Plane, Fang Che sensed through his Voodoo Doll that a large number of first- and Second-Order Professionals were moving towards the Huanghu Clan's direction.
Fang Che immediately made the Voodoo Doll stop moving, hide obediently underground, and sense the surrounding situation.
Not long after, Fang Che detected the aura of a Third-Order Professional through his Voodoo Doll.
Fang Che was delighted. These Professionals were approaching the Huanghu Clan. Even if they had no ill intentions, the Huanghu Clan would not easily trust them and would surely report to the Yellow Tiger Great King.
Fang Che only needed to wait.
On the other side of the Plane Passage, the Yellow Tiger Great King watched the continuous deaths of the first-tier Tiger-men, his mood extremely excited.
At the start of the battle, hundreds of Tiger-men died without killing a single enemy.
But now, the death ratio between Tiger-men and enemies had reached seventy to one.
The Yellow Tiger Great King believed that as the enemies continued to die, the Tiger-men's mortality rate would further decrease.
Moreover, the enemies on the other side had not received any reinforcements for a long time.
The Yellow Tiger Great King felt that the number of strong individuals in this Plane was certainly not large.
The thought of occupying a new Plane after eliminating these enemies made the Yellow Tiger Great King extremely excited.
Just as the Yellow Tiger Great King was celebrating, a Second-Order Tiger-man rushed to his side and whispered a report:
"Great King, we just received news that the Blue Tiger Clan is rapidly marching towards our Main Camp. By now, fighting should have already broken out."
There was no tension on the Yellow Tiger Great King's face; instead, he smiled and excitedly said:
"This is truly a double blessing! With the Main Camp's defenses, it can hold out for several days.
I will now take people back to outflank and eliminate the Blue Tiger Clan from behind. You stay here and continue to urge the warriors to eliminate the enemy."
The Second-Order Tiger-man bowed and said, "As you command."
The Yellow Tiger Great King, leading a group of Second-Order Tiger-men, quickly left the Plane Passage to outflank the Blue Tiger Clan.
Their departure was observed by the first-tier Tiger-man warriors.
Without the Yellow Tiger Great King's supervision, the first-tier Tiger-men instantly relaxed, and their offensive enthusiasm weakened considerably.
After the Second-Order Tiger-man watched the Yellow Tiger Great King leave, he quickly went to his own squad and quietly ordered, "Leave the Plane Passage in batches, and don't make a sound!"
The first-tier Tiger-men nodded excitedly upon hearing this and quietly departed.
Although these first-tier Tiger-men acted cautiously, the reduction in their numbers could not be concealed from others.
Consequently, the combat will of the other Tiger-men further weakened, and their attacks became less aggressive.
The Second-Order Tiger-man also knew the reason for the weakening combat will but did not care.
After all, there were only so many enemies; there was no need to recklessly charge. All they needed to do was contain the enemy.
Therefore, the Second-Order Tiger-man did not issue a forceful command, merely saying casually, "Continue the attack."
The surrounding Tiger-men relaxed even more upon hearing this, and their attack frequency decreased again.
In the cave of the Emperor Plane, the Blue Sky Group noticed that as time passed, fewer and fewer Tiger-men charged in to attack.
Eventually, there were only arrow attacks, and no Tiger-men entered the Passage to their deaths.
Ling Jie immediately asked, "Ye Ling, do you know what happened?"
Ye Ling shook her head and said, "Those Tiger-men spoke too softly, I couldn't hear them clearly. However, many of the surrounding Second-Order Tiger-men have decreased, so they must have been involved in something and transferred to another place."
At this point, Ye Ling looked at Fang Che and asked, "Fang Che, can you use your item to sense the situation outside?"
Fang Che shook his head and said, "The item is elsewhere, and I'm not clear about the situation outside. In any case, the reduced attacks are a good thing."
Fang Che sensed through his Voodoo Doll that the decrease in Second-Order Tiger-men outside was due to the appearance of a large Professional team near the Huanghu Clan's Main Camp.
This was somewhat related to the Voodoo Doll's deliberate killings.
However, Fang Che was not prepared to boast about the Voodoo Doll's achievements.
Since the reward was already fixed, continued boasting might not bring more benefits and could even lead to being assigned more tasks.
Silence was best for now.
The Blue Sky Group members nodded in agreement with Fang Che's words.
Reduced attacks were indeed a good thing; there was no need to dwell on it too much.
Afterward, the Blue Sky Group members took turns holding shields to block arrows and resting.
At the same time, some Professionals also moved corpses to pile them into a wall of flesh, protecting the square white stone.
Ling Jie looked at these corpses with some regret in her heart.
Not only was it because one-third of the Professionals had lost their lives, but another reason was the regret of not being able to make better use of these corpses.
If the Blue Sky Group had a Corpse Controller Professional, they could control the corpses to fight, reducing the probability of other members dying.
This was far more practical than simply protecting the white stone.
Unfortunately, Corpse Controllers were too sought after; it was impossible for one to join the newly formed Blue Sky Group.
Ling Jie sighed, then stopped thinking too much and calmly adjusted her own state.
Fang Che sat in the corner, feeling very relaxed.
Now that most of the Huanghu Clan's strong individuals were contained and the remaining Tiger-men had no strong desire to attack, the success of the mission was almost guaranteed.
Next, Fang Che would be able to receive the reward bestowed by the Plane Will and break through to Second-Order.
Fang Che's attention instantly focused on the curse master gem, checking the method for promotion and breakthrough.
To break through to a Second-Order Curse Master, the first step was to fully convert the second-level altar into a true state.
The second step was to gather various materials, refine them into a special advancement potion, and sprinkle the potion onto the Curse Master Professional gem.
The final step was to prepare a promotion ritual, absorb the potion's energy, and advance to a Second-Order Curse Master.
The Curse Master's promotion ritual was similar to the awakening ritual, both involving absorbing energy generated from others' curses.
The only difference was that the cursing energy required for promotion had to be released by a First-Order Professional; the cursing energy of ordinary people was ineffective.
The promotion ritual did not specify the amount of cursing energy required, so it was likely that obtaining some cursing energy would be enough to complete the promotion.
When Fang Che awakened his Curse Master profession, he had previously looked into improved methods for breaking through to a Second-Order Curse Master, but unfortunately, it ended in failure.
He wondered if he could see the improved methods now.
Thinking of this, Fang Che silently chanted in his mind: Observe.
The next second, Fang Che's illusory eyes appeared out of thin air in his Niwan Palace, carefully observing the curse master gem.