Chapter 191 Controlling the Third-Level Snake Man
Fang Che held the loudspeaker with the translated voice and announced expressionlessly: "My name is Fang Che. I'm here today to help your Chieftain ascend to the 3rd Rank. The method of ascension is for your Chieftain to eliminate all of you. Feel free to curse me and the Chieftain!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Snake-people Chieftain took out a bell-shaped Curse Tool and began to shake it.
The bell-shaped tool, combined with Fang Che's formation, instantly caused the surrounding snake-people to collapse to the ground, unable to move.
Then, the Snake-people Chieftain swung his tail, eliminating the other snake-people.
"Chieftain, are you insane?"
"Crack!" The snake-person who spoke instantly had his head smashed by the Snake-people Chieftain's tail.
The other snake-people around were terrified and dared not speak.
"Crack! Crack!"
After a few more snake-people died, the remaining snake-people had distorted expressions, with anger taking over.
Just as everyone was about to start cursing, a snake-person suddenly spoke up: "Everyone, don't speak! The Curse Master needs to collect the energy from others' curses. If we don't curse them, they won't be able to ascend!"
Upon hearing this, the other snake-people swallowed their words, closed their eyes, and awaited death.
Fang Che, outside the cave, did not get agitated by this situation.
Even if these people didn't curse out loud, they were still hating Fang Che and the Snake-people Chieftain in their hearts. The cursing energy had already been generated; it was just temporarily trapped within their bodies.
And Fang Che had a way to collect this cursing energy.
Fang Che directly took out a tool and threw it into the cave. Countless cursing energies were released from these snake-people, empowering the Snake-people Chieftain.
Not long after, the Snake-people Chieftain eliminated all of his tribesmen, and Fang Che released his control over the Snake-people Chieftain.
The Snake-people Chieftain looked up at Fang Che, blood tears flowing from his eyes.
Fang Che's emotions remained completely undisturbed as he quietly watched the Snake-people Chieftain.
Once the Snake-people Chieftain's cursing energy reached the standard, Fang Che directly eliminated him, poured in aluminum liquid, and created a sculpture.
As Fang Che inscribed the words 'Creation Coffin' onto the aluminum liquid he had condensed at the cave entrance, the sculpture resonated strongly with the materials previously buried there.
Fang Che turned and left, continuing to deal with more snake-people.
As more snake-people were eliminated, Fang Che had more Substitute Talismans free.
So, Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll to move quickly, placing Substitute Talismans in other tribes and controlling other Snake-people Chieftains to restrain their tribesmen.
After some more time passed, Fang Che studied the surrounding terrain and found that he was not far from the 3rd Rank Snake-man Curse Master's tribe.
Therefore, Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll and went directly to find that 3rd Rank Snake-man Curse Master.
At this moment, in the 3rd Rank Snake-man tribe, the Third Order Chieftain was reviewing the intelligence information from the past few days.
After reviewing a piece of intelligence, the Third Order Chieftain asked, "When did we learn about the various snake-people tribes being on high alert?"
The attendant beside him replied, "It was discovered accidentally three days ago. You told us not to disturb the normal lives of other tribes, so we didn't investigate thoroughly; in fact, in my subordinate's opinion, since you are a 3rd Rank powerhouse, you should exert your power and order other tribes to pay tribute; this way, other tribes won't have the chance to cultivate 3rd Rank powerhouses, and we can also use these resources to strengthen our own power and solidify our position."
The Third Order Chieftain shook his head and said, "We cannot only consider ourselves; we must contribute to the overall strength improvement of the entire Plane; only when the overall strength increases can we resist the fierce enemies outside. Moreover, all the various tribes are currently trying to curry favor with us, and they have all sent gifts to celebrate my ascension to the 3rd Rank, so there's no need to demand tributes from them anymore."
"As you command." The attendant, seeing that the Chieftain still held his old ideas, could only nod helplessly.
However, the attendant still felt that by gathering all resources into the tribe and enhancing the strength of the entire tribe, they could still resist the Intruder.
Even if others were dissatisfied, what did it matter? With enough strength, they could easily suppress them.
The Third Order Chieftain glanced at the attendant, discerning from his expression that he did not agree with his words.
In fact, why wouldn't the Third Order Chieftain want to gather all the resources?
However, when the Third Order Chieftain ascended to the 3rd Rank, he received a warning from the Plane Will that he could only cultivate overall strength and not exploit other tribes.
If he wanted to concentrate the resources of other tribes to cultivate his own tribe, he would definitely be abandoned by the Plane Will.
Therefore, the Third Order Chieftain could only feign magnanimity and allow the various tribes to develop freely.
However, now that the various tribes were inexplicably on high alert, the Third Order Chieftain felt that this was a good opportunity.
Next, he could send tribesmen into these alerted tribes under the guise of protection.
Even if the tribesmen did not actively demand resources, it was likely that these 'protected' tribes would voluntarily offer some resources to thank the tribesmen for their protection.
This should not be considered exploiting other tribes.
Thinking of this, the Third Order Chieftain was about to issue an order when he suddenly felt his body lose control and he commanded uncontrollably: "Notify the tribesmen outside to all return and be on high alert. Do not research the affairs of other tribes anymore. I need to communicate with the Plane Will to find the path for the tribe's development."
The attendant beside him, hearing this, excitedly replied:
"Your subordinate will go notify them now, Chieftain. You must persuade the Plane Will to focus on cultivating our tribe; if we become stronger, we can better protect the Plane. Other tribes are like scattered sand; it's difficult for them to gather when danger strikes, and letting them become strong would be a disaster..."
The attendant prattled on endlessly, while the Third Order Chieftain's heart was filled with extreme terror.
The Third Order Chieftain felt that as soon as he had the thought of exploiting other tribes, his body lost control. It must be a punishment from the Plane Will.
"Great Plane Will, please forgive me; I only thought about it in my heart..." The Third Order Chieftain quickly begged for mercy in his mind.
But after begging for a moment, the Third Order Chieftain heard the attendant still speaking ill of other tribes and wished he could slap the attendant to death.
Unfortunately, the Third Order Chieftain could not utter a single word right now.
A moment later, the attendant finally finished his badmouthing and left the area.
The Third Order Chieftain was filled with despair and continued to beg for mercy in his heart: "Great Plane Will, please forgive me. Most people in our tribe love peace..."
The Third Order Chieftain continuously begged for mercy, but Fang Che was unaware of this.
After controlling the Third Order Chieftain to issue the command, Fang Che continued his slaughter.
Time flew by, and soon another half a year passed.
On this day, Fang Che successfully eliminated most of the tribes, with only the 3rd Rank Snake-man's tribe remaining.
However, there were still five sets of materials buried by the Voodoo Doll that had not completed the sculpture resonance.
Fang Che needed to split the last tribe into five parts and bury them in five different locations.
Therefore, Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll, carrying the Substitute Talismans, to the 3rd Rank Snake-man's tribe, and quickly controlled the four 2nd Rank Snake-men who held higher positions.
Then, Fang Che controlled the 3rd Rank Snake-man to come before the many snake-people and commanded: "Snake Rain, take one-fifth of the people and go east to complete my mission."
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Chapter 192 The Good Fortune Coffin is Successfully Refined
Upon hearing their Chieftain's command, the numerous Snake-people chorused, "Understood."
Subsequently, Snake Yu, controlled by Fang Che, selected one-fifth of the Snake-people, who then walked towards the east.
Heading eastward, they quickly arrived at the pit Fang Che had dug.
Fang Che, controlling Snake Yu, issued a command: "All of you, go in."
The Snake-people were puzzled, not understanding what this task had to do with the pit.
However, the Snake-people did not ask further and quickly entered the pit.
When all the Snake-people had entered the pit, the slaughter erupted once more.
After Fang Che poured aluminum liquid over the area and the materials resonated with the sculptures, Fang Che immediately controlled the 3rd Rank Snake-man Chieftain to arrange for another one-fifth of the Snake-people to proceed to the next pit.
Not long after, four-fifths of the Snake-people in the 3rd Rank Snake-man tribe were eliminated, leaving only the last one-fifth.
The location of the final pit was within this 3rd Rank Snake-man tribe's territory.
Fang Che, controlling the Voodoo Doll, dug a pit in a certain room and immediately controlled the 3rd Rank Snake-man to go to where the Snake-people were gathered.
Fang Che controlled the 3rd Rank Snake-man to issue a command: "All Snake-people gather and follow me!"
A Snake-person immediately asked, "Chieftain, where are we going? Where did those tribesmen who left earlier go?"
This question was also what the Snake-people Chieftain most wanted to know; the Snake-people Chieftain continuously questioned in his heart, but received no response.
Fang Che controlled the Snake-people Chieftain to reply, "We are going to stay in the pit in the room ahead. As for the Professionals who left, they are resolving a disturbance."
Someone nearby asked, "What disturbance? Have those Horned People appeared again?"
At these words, fear appeared on everyone's faces.
Fang Che controlled the Snake-people Chieftain to reply, "Do not ask further, just follow me."
The Snake-people nodded one after another and quickly followed the Snake-people Chieftain.
Not long after, the Snake-people arrived in the room and entered the pit in a line.
When all the Snake-people had entered the pit, Fang Che immediately activated the array, appearing above the pit, and announced through a loudspeaker with translation function:
"Today, I will unite with the Chieftain to eliminate all of you Snake-people. Prepare to die."
After saying this, Fang Che controlled the Snake-people Chieftain to take out a bell-shaped Curse Tool and gently shake it.
The bell sound merged with the array's power, releasing a formidable force that instantly paralyzed many Snake-people on the ground, rendering them unable to move.
Subsequently, the Snake-people Chieftain swung his tail, smashing the heads of the immobile Snake-people.
As the slaughter began, the controlled Snake-people Chieftain finally understood that it was not the Plane Will that had been controlling his body all along, but an unknown enemy.
This plunged the Snake-people Chieftain into deep despair.
Just then, the Snake-people Chieftain heard the cursing voices of his tribesmen, and he struggled desperately, trying to regain control of his body.
After a long time, the cursing stopped, and the Snake-people Chieftain regained partial control of his body.
Before he could rejoice, the Snake-people Chieftain saw that all of his tribesmen were already dead.
The Snake-people Chieftain's expression instantly twisted, his eyes filled with venomous hatred, and he looked up to glare at Fang Che, cursing, "You son of a bitch…"
Fang Che stood expressionlessly at the entrance of the pit, and once the cursing energy reached the standard, he used the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to kill him and pour in aluminum liquid.
With the death of the 3rd Rank Snake-man Chieftain, there was no longer a single living Professional in this Plane, only some ordinary life forms remained.
The Plane Will is an amalgamation of the will of all living beings, with the will of Professionals making up the majority.
As all Professionals died, Fang Che noticed that the Plane Will of this Plane rapidly weakened.
Such weakening was temporary; as long as there were living creatures, the Plane Will would quickly recover its previous strength.
However, Fang Che would not give the Plane Will this opportunity.
When the last material and sculpture completed their resonance, Fang Che immediately released the power of the Real Domain, spreading its power.
This Plane instantly established a spatial connection with the Real Domain, and then, the Real Domain began to devour the Plane.
However, at the moment the devouring power appeared, the resonating materials and sculptures transformed the devouring power into gentle energy, dispersing it into specific areas of the Plane.
Next, Fang Che raised his hand and cast the Spiritual Flash skill.
The skill spread throughout the entire Plane, and the transformed devouring energy gradually evolved into individual characters.
All the characters, when combined, formed the basic abilities of the Creation Coffin:
[After a Professional is injured, if they lie in the Creation Coffin, the Creation Coffin can absorb external curse energy to heal their injuries;
If a Professional dies, the teleportation function will automatically activate, teleporting the corpse into the coffin, restoring the Professional's life state to a youthful state, allowing them to live another life;
After resurrection, the Professional becomes an unawakened ordinary person, and all tools are shattered;
If the Creation Coffin is placed in a Plane controlled by a Professional, it can enhance the Plane's recovery ability; if the Plane is damaged, it can be restored through the Creation Coffin]
After all the text information condensed, the entire Plane began to compress towards the center, and the text information also gradually shrank.
Seeing this, Fang Che directly dug a square pit in the ground and lay down in it.
Subsequently, Fang Che mobilized his energy, gathering a portion of the soil outside the pit to form a lid, blocking the pit.
Next, Fang Che released his energy to maintain the pit's shape.
Outside now, the Plane continuously contracted, and during the contraction process, the resonating materials and sculptures converted many substances into energy, integrating them into the remaining soil.
The soil absorbed this energy, coalescing into a whole, and its material also changed, becoming increasingly hard.
After a long time, the entire Plane was compressed into a gray coffin, with grotesque, tormented Snake-people stone statues carved on its surface, appearing lifelike.
On the coffin's surface, there was also a layer of gas barrier protecting the coffin.
At this moment, the Real Domain released teleportation power, directly teleporting the coffin into the Real Domain.
Upon entering the Real Domain, the gas barrier on the coffin's surface did not merge into the Real Domain; instead, it integrated into the coffin, giving the entire coffin a mysterious aura.
At this moment, the Creation Coffin had been successfully refined!
The next second, the Creation Coffin opened, and Fang Che rose and walked out of the Creation Coffin.
In the place where Fang Che had lain, countless characters were recorded, which were the shrunken Creation Coffin ability information.
Fang Che did not bind the Curse Tool as usual; instead, he placed the Creation Coffin at the center of the Real Domain and no longer bothered with it.
Because, after Fang Che used the curse master gem to bind the Creation Coffin, as soon as Fang Che returned to the Emperor Plane, he would be perceived by the Plane Will and given rewards.
This Creation Coffin could allow the dead to revive, and the Plane Will would certainly bestow many things and strengthen its surveillance over Fang Che, which would be disadvantageous to Fang Che.
Moreover, refining the Creation Coffin required using a Plane, which would increase the Curse Master's greed for Planes, making it more likely for Fang Che's Plane to be discovered.
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Chapter 193 Suspicion of the Seven Stars
For safety, the Creation Coffin cannot be bound to the curse master gem, nor can it be discovered by the Emperor Plane Will.
Although not binding the Creation Coffin would lead to the problem of loss, Fang Che decided to leave the Creation Coffin untouched in the Real Domain.
As long as the Real Domain remains under Fang Che's control, the Creation Coffin will never be lost.
After dealing with the Creation Coffin's issue, Fang Che immediately returned to the Emperor Plane.
He stood in the Mission Hall for a while, but the Plane Will did not appear and did not reward Fang Che for refining the Creation Coffin.
Fang Che was slightly relieved and returned to the Iron Hand Group's residence, retrieving the storage ring from the mailbox.
Back in his room, Fang Che checked the resources in the storage ring and found that all the resources he had previously requested from the Iron Hand Group had been gathered.
However, now that Fang Che had a new Plane, he needed even more materials.
Fang Che recorded the additional materials required to refine the Concession Token, as well as materials for strengthening the Creation Coffin, then went to Li Xing's room and knocked on the door.
When the door opened, Fang Che handed the new material information to Li Xing and said, "Junior, I'm troubling you again to help me gather some resources."
Li Xing took the material information and flipped through it, then said, "I will help you collect the materials and send them to your mailbox by the door;"
"There's also another matter: our various groups have investigated recently and discovered information about the Bandit who caused the Bandit Creation;"
"The Bandit's name is Chen Heng, and the confessions from the other Bandits have no issues."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che asked, "Has he been caught?"
Li Xing gently shook his head, and Fang Che instantly relaxed.
As long as the Bandit Chen Heng wasn't caught, once Fang Che's strength improved in the future, he could personally eliminate Chen Heng and collect the resources he possessed.
Li Xing spoke with concern, "This Chen Heng is a Professional from a long time ago. He was sealed by a Black Prison Overlord Professional because of his evil deeds;"
"However, before Chen Heng could be dealt with, the Black Prison Overlord was attacked by an opposing force and died on the spot;"
"The item that sealed Chen Heng, as well as most of the items that sealed other evildoers, were lost and their whereabouts unknown;"
"Because these evildoers had not committed any evil deeds, they gradually gave up searching for them. Now that the Bandit Chen Heng has appeared, it's likely that other evildoers sealed by the Black Prison Overlord will also appear."
Hearing this, Fang Che wasn't too nervous. Now Fang Che possessed a Substitute Puppet, which could allow others to bear damage on his behalf.
Even if the Substitute Puppet couldn't block it, there was still the Creation Coffin to help Fang Che revive, so there was nothing to worry about.
However, Li Xing was very worried at the moment, and Fang Che didn't want to appear too indifferent, so Fang Che suggested:
"Junior believes it might be worth investigating the place where the Black Prison Overlord died; there might be some discoveries."
Li Xing still replied with a worried tone, "The Black Prison Overlord's death location is near Fire Play Academy. We've already sent people to look, but unfortunately, we found nothing."
When Fang Che heard the words "Fire Play Academy," he instantly remembered that when he was in the Blue Sky Group, he had once gone to Fire Play Academy to help members gather promotion materials.
At Fire Play Academy, Fang Che encountered members of the Seven Stars Group and learned that Hong Fei possessed a Plane coordinate!
With this thought, Fang Che didn't immediately jump to conclusions but instead asked, "There are many Fire Play Academies. Which one are you referring to, Junior?"
Li Xing replied, "Didn't you join Ling Jie's Blue Sky Group before? That Blue Sky Group is within the Slaughter Saber Academy region;"
"The strongest region around Slaughter Saber Academy is the Fire Play Academy region, and there's also a group there called the Seven Stars Group!"
Upon receiving this information, Fang Che immediately confirmed that Chen Heng was released by the Seven Stars Group!
When Fang Che eliminated Hong Fei and obtained Hong Fei's Plane coordinate, he noticed that the Seven Stars Group had left many tracking marks on the Plane coordinate.
Fang Che had relied on the Temporary Child of the Plane Token to resolve those tracking marks.
Later, when Fang Che was assassinating a Professional, monitoring members of the Seven Stars Group also appeared nearby.
Later, Fang Che voluntarily jumped into the Seven Stars Group's trap and used the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to eliminate the assassination target specifically arranged by the Seven Stars Group, only then did the Seven Stars Group stop monitoring.
After the Seven Stars Group members left, Fang Che went out to negotiate with General Gao Ping for a period, and the Bandit Creation then erupted in that area.
Originally, Fang Che hadn't connected this matter to the Seven Stars Group.
Now, hearing Li Xing's words, Fang Che felt that while he was negotiating with General Gao Ping, the Bandit Chen Heng was likely using the [Bandit Creation] skill to cultivate Bandits and create the Bandit Creation!
Thinking of this, Fang Che asked, "Is it possible that the Seven Stars Group took the Black Prison Overlord's Relics and released the Bandit Chen Heng a while ago?"
Although everything was Fang Che's speculation, the conflict between Fang Che and the Seven Stars Group was real.
Since there was an opportunity to strike them while they were down, he might as well eliminate the Seven Stars Group.
Even if the Seven Stars Group had no connection to the Bandit Chen Heng, it would still help Fang Che eliminate an enemy.
Li Xing heard Fang Che's words and shook his head, "That's unlikely. The Seven Stars Group hadn't been established when the Black Prison Overlord died."
Fang Che reminded him, "If the Seven Stars Group's people obtained the Black Prison Overlord's Relics, the chance of them overthrowing the previous group and establishing the Seven Stars Group would increase significantly!"
Li Xing frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said:
"What you said makes sense, but without concrete evidence, we cannot openly investigate the Seven Stars Group;"
"Competition between the various Academies is fierce, and if we suddenly investigate a group from another Academy, it could easily cause fear among the other Academies;"
"If they think we want to annex other Academies and unite against us, we might not be able to contend with them."
Fang Che said, "Then we can investigate secretly, or use some special methods to make them feel pressure and force them to release other imprisoned evildoers."
Li Xing nodded gently and said, "I will arrange this matter."
Fang Che said, "When there's a result, please let Junior know. I want to inform Slaughter Saber Academy and the Blue Sky Group;"
"Slaughter Saber Academy did cultivate me, and the Blue Sky Group also helped me, so I want them to benefit a little."
Fang Che had some thoughts of letting Slaughter Saber Academy and the Blue Sky Group benefit, but what Fang Che cared more about was the demise of the Seven Stars Group, to prevent the Seven Stars Group from escaping in other directions.
As long as the Blue Sky Group was involved, the Blue Sky Group would certainly mobilize and be discovered by other surrounding groups!
By then, the groups around the Seven Stars Group would definitely receive the news and would try every possible way to get involved, completely blocking the Seven Stars Group's escape routes!
Only by making the Seven Stars Group completely disappear could Fang Che feel at ease.
Li Xing heard this, pondered for a moment, and then said, "The Blue Sky Group is our best partner in that region. If possible, I will inform you and let the Blue Sky Group benefit."
Fang Che cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Junior. Do you have any other instructions?"
Li Xing said, "I only have two matters here: one is the Concession Token, and the other is to quickly collect the souls from the Niu Jiao Ren Plane so that the Soul Master can give us the materials we purchased. Besides these, there are no other matters."
Fang Che couldn't solve these problems in a short time, so he could only perfunctorily say, "Junior will resolve these two matters as soon as possible. Junior takes his leave."
Li Xing waved his hand and said, "Go."
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Chapter 194: Centaurs and Mermen
After Fang Che left Li Xing's office, he activated the Transformation Array outside, disguised himself as someone else, and then teleported to the Niu Jiao Ren Plane.
Upon arriving at the Niu Jiao Ren Plane, Fang Che immediately noticed that all the tunnels he had dug before had been filled with sculptures.
The materials buried in the tunnels had absorbed enough curse energy and could be used to refine Concession Tokens.
In addition, the Iron Hand Group's defense line remained stable, and the Horned People had still not launched an attack.
Fang Che immediately threw out a Voodoo Doll to collect the sculptures and materials.
After collecting all the materials and sculptures, the Voodoo Doll re-dug the tunnels and placed new materials.
Then, Fang Che sensed Niu Xuanhai's location and controlled the Voodoo Doll to search for Niu Xuanhai.
Fang Che observed through the Voodoo Doll that the number of Professionals in the Niu Jiao Ren Plane had increased significantly compared to before, and many Horned People had improved their strength.
Compared to Fang Che's first visit, the overall strength of the Horned People had greatly improved.
This made Fang Che somewhat worried.
As their strength increases, their consumption of resources will increase, and their ambition will also grow; they will need larger territories.
It won't be long before the Horned People expand outwards; Fang Che only hoped that the impression the Iron Hand Group left on the Horned People was deep enough, as only then could they be suppressed.
Afterward, Fang Che stopped thinking about these issues and focused on controlling the Voodoo Doll to search for Niu Xuanhai.
Not long after, Fang Che arrived at Niu Xuanhai's location and found that the patrolling Niu Xuanhai had already advanced to Second-Order Professionals!
Fang Che was slightly pleased; now that Niu Xuanhai had advanced, he could use stronger Professionals to refine sculptures, which would make Fang Che's Real Domain even more powerful.
Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll to wait for a moment at Niu Xuanhai's residence, and then Niu Xuanhai finished his patrol and returned to his room.
As soon as Niu Xuanhai closed the door, he saw the Voodoo Doll emerge from underground.
Niu Xuanhai's face instantly showed an excited smile: "Excellent, you're finally back!"
Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll to take out a pile of materials and tools needed by a Second-Order Curse Master from the Real Domain, as well as tools needed to capture Other Professionals, and then wrote on the ground:
"I'll tell you the locations of a few new tunnels; you capture First-Order and Second-Order Professionals to go there and complete the ritual..."
Niu Xuanhai put away the materials on the ground, checked the information written by the Voodoo Doll, and then said:
"I will take care of these issues. Also, I managed to exchange the materials you left for me before into materials from Other Planes."
At this point, Niu Xuanhai took out a storage ring and poured out a pile of materials from Other Planes.
Then, Niu Xuanhai continued: "Recently, the higher-ups are very short on resources, and my father's comrade-in-arms has been looking for me, wanting me to sell more useless resources from Other Planes; but you haven't contacted me for a long time, and I can only make excuses that I can't find a buyer for the resources I have; he's getting a bit anxious; I'm worried he might one day revoke my token for free movement. Could you buy some more materials from Other Planes?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll to write: "Give me the list of materials your father's comrade-in-arms needs."
Niu Xuanhai quickly took out a crumpled piece of paper from his Arms, placed it in front of the Voodoo Doll, and looked at the Voodoo Doll with some anticipation.
After Fang Che understood the content of the list through the Voodoo Doll, he quickly took out resources from the Real Domain.
Niu Xuanhai looked at the resources on the ground, a brilliant smile on his face.
With these resources, he could continue to hunt Professionals outside and also receive some extra rewards from his father's comrade-in-arms; his future would surely be prosperous.
A moment later, the Voodoo Doll stopped taking out new materials and began writing text messages on the ground:
"The Plane materials that were traded over, just keep them for now. I'll dig a few more pits for you, in case you don't have enough in the future. The locations are at..."
After writing this information, Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll to burrow underground, heading to the addresses just written, digging tunnels, and burying materials.
After dealing with these tunnels, Fang Che directly left the Niu Jiao Ren Plane and returned to the Real Domain.
The Voodoo Doll, which had just finished digging the tunnels, also automatically teleported to Fang Che's Niwan Palace.
Fang Che diffused his body into mist and spread it throughout the domain, then observed the materials provided by Niu Xuanhai, finding that these materials, like the previous batch, all came from three Planes.
One of these Planes was attacked by Other Planes, one was refined by Fang Che into a Creation Coffin, leaving only one Plane.
At this moment, Fang Che decided to go to this third Plane to investigate the situation and then integrate the Plane into the Real Domain.
Fang Che re-gathered his misty body, then took out the Plane coordinates he had specifically refined for that Plane before, and injected energy into them.
Before long, Fang Che teleported into the sea.
Fang Che mobilized energy to protect his entire body, quickly descended to the seabed, and then threw out a Voodoo Doll, controlling it to burrow into the seabed rocks and move quickly.
As the Voodoo Doll moved, Fang Che gradually understood the situation of this Plane.
Half of this Plane was sea, and half was land, but the land was divided into thirteen pieces by the seawater.
In the sea lived a group of humanoid creatures with bare torsos and gills on their cheeks, necks, and ribs; Fang Che referred to them as merfolk.
The strongest merfolk possessed Fourth-Order Professional strength, which Fang Che was capable of dealing with.
On land lived a group of short, horse-headed humanoid creatures; Fang Che referred to them as Centaurs, and the strongest Centaurs were also Fourth-Order Professional.
The two ethnic groups fought each other, feeding on each other's people.
During the time the Voodoo Doll traveled underground, it often encountered merfolk dragging Centaurs into the sea.
These Centaurs were not good swimmers and often choked on water, but they were eaten alive by the merfolk before they could drown.
The Voodoo Doll also often saw Centaurs using the corpses of their own people to fish.
After catching merfolk, the Centaurs did not like to eat them raw and often processed them using methods such as grilling or boiling.
After determining the strength of the two ethnic groups, Fang Che also discovered that the Plane Will of this Plane was in a weakened state.
At the same time, the aura of the Plane Will was connected to all Fourth-Order Professionals.
This meant that the strength of the Fourth-Order Professionals was temporarily boosted.
Of course, these Fourth-Order Professionals had been boosted for a relatively long time, likely forcibly elevated during the Horned People's Invasion.
Such a boosting method by the Plane Will could indeed cope with the Intruder of the Horned People, but against Fang Che, the effect was not as good.
Fang Che directly took out paper and pen and recorded the information of all Fourth-Order Professionals.
Then, Fang Che placed the Ten Thousand Soul Banner aside and began to eliminate the Fourth-Order Professionals.
During Fang Che's prostrations, the slips of paper recording the information of the Centaurs and merfolk turned into shredded paper.
As all the slips of paper turned into shredded paper, Fang Che immediately relaxed.
Now that all Fourth-Order Professionals were dead, even if the Plane Will of this Plane wanted to deal with Fang Che, it could only raise the strength of Third-Order Professionals to Fourth-Order Professional, not raise the strength of Fourth-Order Professionals to Fifth-Order Professional.
As long as there were no Fifth-Order Professionals, this Plane would not pose a threat to Fang Che.
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Chapter 195: Another Trade with Gu Ning
As Fang Che eliminated all Fourth-Order Professionals, the aura of the Plane Will suddenly strengthened, as if a long-term bedridden patient had suddenly jumped up.
Fang Che ignored the strengthened Plane Will and controlled the Voodoo Doll to continue observing the surroundings.
At this moment, somewhere on the seabed, a group of Third-Order merfolk gathered together, protecting their bodies with various defensive measures, and fearfully checking their surroundings.
Not far from them lay the corpse of a Fourth-Order merfolk with a hole in its chest.
The Third-Order merfolk meticulously observed their surroundings but found no trace of any Fourth-Order Professional, which made them even more terrified.
Just then, a vast and ethereal aura suddenly emanated from one of the Third-Order merfolk.
This Third-Order merfolk was slightly stunned, then joyfully shouted, "Everyone, don't worry! The Plane Will is about to help me advance to Fourth-Order. Protect me!"
After saying this, the Third-Order merfolk knelt on the ground, used a knife to cut open its skin, then took out a pile of materials and stuffed them into the wound.
The other merfolk around, seeing this situation, showed emotions such as envy and jealousy in their eyes. However, all the merfolk still obediently guarded the merfolk in the process of advancing.
This was because the original Fourth-Order leader of their tribe had died mysteriously, and no one even knew where the enemy was, so they urgently needed a new Fourth-Order merfolk to protect everyone.
Under the protection of many merfolk, the advancing merfolk successfully stuffed various materials into its wound.
A moment later, the merfolk's wound healed, and its strength instantly advanced to Fourth-Order.
Before the surrounding merfolk could rejoice, they saw that the newly advanced Fourth-Order merfolk had a hole in its chest.
The merfolk were filled with terror and immediately scattered and fled.
During one merfolk's escape, a vast and ethereal energy suddenly emanated from its body, and the path to advancement opened up within the merfolk.
However, this merfolk had no intention of advancing; instead, it looked terrified and fled even faster.
A moment later, the Plane Will locked onto other merfolk, granting them the qualification for advancement.
The other merfolk likewise dared not advance and ran even faster.
Seeing that no one dared to advance to Fourth-Order, Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll underground to quickly leave and go to other places.
Not long after, the Voodoo Doll arrived at a new merfolk gathering place.
At this time, a new Fourth-Order merfolk had already appeared here. The Fourth-Order merfolk led the other Third-Order merfolk, carefully observing the emotions of the deceased.
Fang Che once again used the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book and directly killed it.
The surrounding Third-Order merfolk were extremely terrified and gathered together once again.
Immediately after, another Third-Order merfolk received the attention of the Plane Will and obtained the qualification for advancement.
This merfolk chose to advance without hesitation.
The moment it advanced, Fang Che instantly eliminated it and collected its soul into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
The surrounding merfolk no longer gathered; like the previous merfolk, they scattered and fled, completely ignoring the opportunity for advancement bestowed by the Plane Will.
Seeing this, Fang Che once again controlled the Voodoo Doll to leave.
Next, the Voodoo Doll moved to various places, understanding the situation of the Fourth-Order Professionals and eliminating them.
The Plane Will of this Plane, facing Fang Che's slaughter, showed no intention of stopping and continued to create Fourth-Order Professionals incessantly.
After Fang Che effortlessly eliminated thousands of Fourth-Order Professionals in this manner, the Voodoo Doll arrived at a sea area and instantly discovered a ground full of merfolk corpses.
Every corpse possessed Fourth-Order strength.
At this time, two living Fourth-Order merfolk were gnawing on them.
With each portion of flesh and blood gnawed, a part of the living merfolk's body would become misty.
They were rapidly accumulating strength by devouring their own kind!
Seeing this, Fang Che quickly eliminated them with the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, then controlled the Voodoo Doll to move quickly.
Not long after, the Voodoo Doll discovered merfolk in the process of advancing again.
Fang Che noted down the information of this merfolk and then directly controlled the Voodoo Doll to move to the next merfolk gathering point, unlike before, waiting for other Third-Order Professionals to advance.
The Professionals of this Plane could become stronger by devouring each other. If Fang Che waited, he would definitely encounter a powerful Fifth-Order Enemies.
Now, the correct method was to eliminate Fourth-Order Professionals as much as possible, making other Professionals dare not advance.
Next, the Voodoo Doll would encounter Centaurs or Horned People devouring their own kind every certain area.
Sometimes, it could even see a group of Fourth-Order Professionals fighting among themselves, competing for the opportunity to devour their kin.
Fang Che directly eliminated all of them.
Unbeknownst to him, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner had accumulated ten thousand souls.
Fang Che took out the communication token to contact Gu Ning, and after a moment of thought, decided to return to the Emperor Plane.
The Plane of the Centaurs and Horned People had not yet been discovered by the Emperor Plane. Fang Che was worried that contacting Gu Ning might expose the Plane's information.
As for the method of locking onto a Plane through souls after trading them, Fang Che was not worried.
These Horned People and Centaurs were not rare races, and the professions they awakened were not that precious, so they would not make Gu Ning greedy.
Additionally, the souls were personally collected by Fang Che, and the energy mixed within them was relatively complex, making it impossible to lock onto the Plane through the souls.
In short, trading with Gu Ning after leaving this Plane made the possibility of exposing the Plane relatively low.
After returning to the Emperor Plane, Fang Che found a place to hide, activated the communication token to contact Gu Ning, and said:
"I have gathered ten thousand souls and need to exchange for some materials."
Gu Ning's voice quickly came from the token: "Touch the token with the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and the list of materials you need."
Fang Che immediately took out a notebook and, along with the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, touched the token.
The information recorded in this notebook was the materials needed by the Iron Hand Group.
When the Iron Hand Group handed over the Niu Jiao Ren Plane to Fang Che, they proposed selling souls to exchange for these resources.
However, Fang Che had not been hunting strong Horned People but had been using them to process materials.
Therefore, the materials needed by the Iron Hand Group had not yet been fully gathered.
Now that Fang Che had enough souls, he could conveniently trade for these materials.
At this moment, a beam of light was released from the communication token, directly engulfing the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and the notebook.
A moment later, Gu Ning's voice came from the communication token: "You don't need many materials. I can give you some extra things. Do you want me to give you some random things, or more of the materials from the notebook?"
Fang Che replied, "Just give me some random things. Also, I can continue to help you collect Fourth-Order souls."
Not long after the reply, a beam of light shot out from the token, cutting open the space in front, and a storage ring was sent over.
Fang Che opened the storage ring and saw the materials needed by the Iron Hand Group, a brand new Ten Thousand Soul Banner, and some materials to help a Curse Master advance to Sixth-Order.
Due to Fang Che's special breakthrough circumstances, he could use these Sixth-Order materials in advance.
However, Fang Che's current domain was different from a normal domain; it had deceived the Plane Will, causing the Plane Will to bestow a method of advancement related to an excellent domain.
Fang Che was not sure if these materials would be useful.
Fang Che would need to explore the advancement method himself in the future.