Chapter 216 Hong Yi and the Criminal
Behind the list of these the Criminals, the bounty amount from the Emperor Plane was also recorded.
However, to claim the bounty, one must first accept the mission at the Mission Hall; otherwise, even if one kills the Criminal, they will not receive anything.
Of course, if a mission is accepted and the Criminal is killed by someone else, the reward still belongs to the person who accepted the mission.
Fang Che checked the bounty status of these targets and quickly found some materials that were more urgently needed.
Fang Che walked out of the Iron Hand Group, activated the Transformation Array in a hidden, unpopulated corner, and then headed to the nearby Mission Hall.
After searching for a moment on the wall in the Mission Hall where mission tokens were placed, Fang Che found the mission to eliminate the Criminal.
Since each person can only accept one mission at a time, and each mission has a time limit for completion.
Therefore, people would not casually accept missions without knowing the Criminal's location.
Fang Che, however, did not need to worry about these issues; as long as the target information was accurate, he could eliminate him using the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
Fang Che quickly accepted a mission to eliminate a fourth-tier the Criminal and registered it.
Afterward, Fang Che paid to rent a cultivation room.
As soon as he entered the cultivation room, smoke rose from Fang Che's body and was absorbed by the walls.
This indicated that someone had left a tracking signal on Fang Che.
Fang Che was not surprised by this situation.
When faced with profit, most Professionals would have the idea of snatching it.
The profit from this the Criminal was not small; if others could keep up with Fang Che and delay until the mission expired, they could snatch the mission.
However, their methods were useless to Fang Che, because even Fang Che did not know where the Criminal was.
Fang Che chose to enter the cultivation room to clear the marks on him, just to avoid some trouble.
A moment later, the marks on Fang Che were cleared, and Fang Che activated the Transformation Array, transforming into another appearance, before walking out of the cultivation room.
Leaving the cultivation room, Fang Che found an unpopulated corner, recorded the target information, took out the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, and began to bow.
This time, Fang Che did not use the energy of other Professions to Create wounds, but instead adopted the most basic method, allowing the target to die without leaving a trace.
Choosing this method of death for the target was out of concern that the target might still be in a confined state.
In a confined state, outsiders cannot enter; if the target's death was too obvious, Hong Yi might release all the prisoners.
Allowing the target to die without leaving a trace would instead make it easier for Hong Yi to feel lucky and continue to confine other the Criminals, without expanding the impact.
A moment later, the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book took effect, and the white paper with the target's information turned into powder.
Fang Che immediately set off for the Mission Hall to collect his reward.
At this moment, in a certain Plane, Hong Yi, who had just eliminated a group of Plane natives, noticed a problem with an item in his Niwan Palace, and his expression instantly became serious.
Hong Yi instructed the people beside him: "You all continue to reinforce the defenses to prevent the enemies of this Plane from counterattacking."
Everyone shouted in unison: "Yes, sir!"
Hong Yi turned and left, arriving at a hidden place, and took out a black spherical object from his Niwan Palace, injecting energy into it.
The next second, the black spherical object gradually became transparent, and inside the sphere, a woman was lying motionless on the ground.
Hong Yi asked: "Are you alright?"
The woman in the sphere remained motionless.
Hong Yi continued: "I told you long ago that I would release you when I had the chance; don't pretend to be dead to deceive me."
The woman remained motionless.
Seeing this, Hong Yi frowned and said: "Excuse me."
Then, Hong Yi injected you into the sphere, condensing a special symbol on the surface of the sphere.
The next second, electric light flashed on the woman in the sphere.
But the woman remained motionless.
After the electric light flashed continuously for fifteen minutes, Hong Yi directly smashed the sphere, and the woman appeared outside.
Hong Yi went forward to check, and said in disbelief: "How could she be dead? Why did she die?"
Hong Yi was somewhat unable to comprehend.
However, the woman's corpse was laid out there, so Hong Yi's incomprehension was useless.
Hong Yi sighed, carefully checking the items on the corpse.
After plundering all the resources, Hong Yi sighed again, muttering to himself: "It's truly a pity about the things she hid; I wonder who will benefit from them?"
Then, Hong Yi took out a dose of medicine, sprinkled it on the woman's corpse, melting the corpse.
Although this woman was a the Criminal, her corpse could be exchanged for a reward, but Hong Yi had obtained this the Criminal through improper means and had also released many the Criminals.
If this corpse were handed over, it would very likely lead to an investigation into the the Criminals Hong Yi had released before.
Hong Yi did not want to expose these secrets, so he could only give up that reward.
After completely clearing the woman's corpse, Hong Yi's body stiffened, and he again took out a spherical object from his Niwan Palace, injecting energy into it.
The spherical object slowly became transparent, again displaying a the Criminal lying motionless on the ground.
Hong Yi quickly condensed a symbol and stimulated the man with electricity.
Fifteen minutes later, Hong Yi smashed the sphere, looking at the body on the ground, and said in disbelief: "What is going on?"
Then, Hong Yi quickly took out seventy-seven black spherical objects from his Niwan Palace, injected energy, and made the spheres transparent.
Inside each sphere, a the Criminal was confined.
Hong Yi hurriedly said: "Just now, two of the seniors who were confined died inexplicably, without any wounds on their bodies. Do you know what caused this?"
The the Criminals confined in the spheres instantly became nervous upon hearing these words.
All the the Criminals were confined by the same Black Prison Overlord, and someone dying inexplicably made the other the Criminals feel a strong sense of crisis.
However, no matter how much everyone thought, they could not figure out the reason.
Just then, a the Criminal confined in a sphere suddenly fell to the ground without warning, no longer moving.
Seeing this, Hong Yi cried out in horror: "Someone else died!"
The the Criminals' nervous emotions turned into terror upon hearing these words.
At this moment, a the Criminal said: "The Black Prison Overlord who captured me is skilled in array formations. When he confines others, he sets up self-destructing array formations, and after a certain time, he will kill the person. The people who died should have been eliminated by the self-destructing array formations."
Upon hearing this, Hong Yi pondered for a moment, put away the sphere containing the speaking the Criminal, and then put away the spheres of the other the Criminals, keeping only one.
Then, Hong Yi asked: "Can you tell me in detail about the Black Prison Overlord who captured you?"
The the Criminal in the sphere could only hear Hong Yi's words; he could not hear the voices of the the Criminals in the other spheres at all.
Therefore, Hong Yi planned to learn about the Black Prison Overlord from others, to see if there was such a thing as self-destructing array formations.
He did this also because he had been scammed too many times.
When Hong Yi first obtained these the Criminals, he was often deceived by them.
Therefore, every time Hong Yi received information from a the Criminal, he would verify it.
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Chapter 217 The Confrontation between the Criminals and Hong Yi
the Criminal in the sphere quickly recalled Hong Yi's words after hearing him speak.
the Criminal remembered that after Hong Yi mentioned the issue of the Criminals dying, he asked if they knew the reason.
This meant Hong Yi had asked all the Criminals at once, not just him individually.
Now that Hong Yi suddenly brought up this question, it was highly likely that other criminals had said something that made Hong Yi unable to determine the truth.
What would the other criminals say?
It must be something beneficial to the Criminals!
What is the biggest benefit the Criminal wants now?
The answer must be to escape this prison and gain freedom!
How can Hong Yi release the Criminal?
The answer is to give Hong Yi benefits, or help Hong Yi reduce losses.
Hong Yi needed to gain many benefits from the Criminal, and if the Criminal died, Hong Yi's benefits would surely decrease.
Therefore, to escape, one must focus on the dead criminals and expand the death issue to every criminal.
However, every criminal has a long lifespan, and without being attacked, it is difficult for them to die on the same day.
To expand the death issue, the cause must be attributed to the Black Prison Overlord.
Thus, it seems the uncertain information Hong Yi received should be that criminals would be killed by the Black Prison Overlord after being imprisoned for a period!
The Black Prison Overlord has been dead for a long time, so the means of killing must have been left behind long ago, such as poisons, items, and formations!
The toxicity of poisons would diminish over time, suitable for short-term use but not for long-term imprisonment of criminals.
Items are valuable and easily damaged, so they also cannot be used for a long time.
Only formations can be preserved for a long time; the spherical dungeons that trap criminals are filled with many formations.
However, the Criminal was somewhat worried that other criminals might not consider this point, and it would be troublesome if they spilled the beans.
To be safe, he couldn't speak too definitively.
Thinking of this, the Criminal spoke smugly, "I'm not familiar with the Black Prison Overlord; I was captured by him shortly after meeting him.
I remember he once asked me for an item, promising to let me go if I gave it to him. I didn't believe him and even mocked him multiple times.
He became enraged and threatened that if I couldn't produce resources, I would die, and told me to think it over carefully.
At first, I was quite scared, wondering whether to give him resources and gamble on him letting me go. But what happened? Heh heh, he died early, and I'm still alive!"
Hong Yi frowned upon hearing these words.
Judging from this Criminal's answer, the Black Prison Overlord indeed might have set up self-destructing formations to threaten criminals for resources.
However, this Criminal's words were too vague.
Additionally, Hong Yi was also worried about being prejudiced and misled by the self-destructing formation information.
Therefore, Hong Yi did not rush to make a decision but continued to question other criminals.
As Hong Yi continued to ask, he received two types of answers: either they did not understand the Black Prison Overlord who captured them, or the Black Prison Overlord had indeed spoken words about killing criminals.
Hong Yi kept summarizing and thinking, and the more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong.
And just as Hong Yi was about to touch upon the answer, another Criminal died in the spherical prison without any warning or trace!
Hong Yi's thoughts were instantly interrupted.
Hong Yi adjusted his state and continued to ask, but every time he had an idea, his thoughts would be interrupted by the death of a criminal.
After being interrupted several times like this, Hong Yi patted his forehead, took out some spheres, and said:
"Just now, many criminals died inexplicably. They all had one common characteristic: they all had Fourth-Order strength.
You also have Fourth-Order strength, and you might be the next to die. I hope you show some sincerity; I can release you and let you regain your freedom."
the Criminals remained calm upon hearing these words.
the Criminals had long wanted to get out, but Hong Yi had always focused on maximizing profits and had not immediately demanded benefits.
Additionally, the Criminals were also worried that actively revealing the location of hidden resources would lead to continued imprisonment, so they had said nothing.
Now, regarding Hong Yi's words, everyone was skeptical. Unless they truly gained freedom, they would say nothing.
Hong Yi felt annoyed seeing these criminals remain silent.
Currently, Hong Yi had not encountered any troubles, so releasing the Criminals directly would be too much of a loss.
However, if he didn't release the Criminals now and they died, he would get nothing, which would be an even greater loss.
Hong Yi now only hoped that these criminals would reveal some of the hidden resources.
As long as the Criminals were willing to reveal some resources, there would be a basis for mutual trust, and Hong Yi could release them, with other resources to be discussed later.
Unfortunately, the two sides had been in opposition for too long, and there was no trust left.
At this moment, another Criminal died, making Hong Yi even more agitated.
Hong Yi took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, pondered for a moment, and then spoke:
"It's fine if you don't speak. You all carry quite a few resources. When you die, I'll just search your corpses directly."
Some criminals who did not carry valuable resources showed no change in emotion upon hearing these words; their mood was very calm.
the Criminals had been verbally sparring with Hong Yi for a long time and could tell that Hong Yi was not lying about the Criminals dying.
Now, Hong Yi must be trying to prevent further losses and would definitely let the Criminals out; they just needed to wait for Hong Yi to give in.
However, those criminals carrying valuable resources remained outwardly calm but were inwardly anxious.
These criminals carrying treasures had never been qualified to negotiate with Hong Yi.
As long as Hong Yi became ruthless and killed, all resources would be his.
To survive, the Criminals carrying treasures would all pretend to have hidden their treasures elsewhere, using non-existent benefits to prevent Hong Yi from killing them.
All along, this pretense had been very effective.
However, when facing a threat to their own lives, the Criminals became somewhat impatient.
All pretenses were useless and powerless in the face of an inevitable reality.
A moment later, a Criminal carrying a treasure lowered his head, concealing his darting eyes as he concocted a lie, and said:
"In the southeastern direction of the Emperor Plane, in the deep mountains east of Dragon Sea Academy, a batch of resources is buried.
However, I cannot confirm if these resources are still there. After I get out, I will give you other resources."
In reality, there were no resources in that place; it was just a test for Hong Yi.
If Hong Yi truly wanted to release people, he would release them regardless of whether there were resources or not.
If Hong Yi did not want to release people, these pretenses could also mislead Hong Yi, making him think that the Criminal still had other hidden resources, and thus might continue to live.
In short, under no circumstances could he expose the resources on his person; exposing them would mean certain death!
And when Hong Yi heard the Criminal's reply, he unhesitatingly smashed the sphere onto the ground, releasing the Criminal!
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Chapter 218 Hong Yi's Contract with the Fourth-Level Criminal
the Criminal escaped from the spherical prison, feeling the cool breeze outside, and tears of excitement instantly flowed from his eyes as he realized he wouldn't inexplicably die in the spherical prison.
Hong Yi, standing nearby, looked at the Criminal, temporarily put away the other spherical prisons, and said, "I don't want the thing you mentioned just now. I need other good things now."
the Criminal looked at Hong Yi, feeling the terrifying power emanating from him, and immediately abandoned the idea of deceiving Hong Yi. He took out a pile of items from his Niwan Palace and said, "These are my most important treasures. If you think their value is too low, we can sign a contract, and in the future, I can kill some people you find inconvenient to deal with for you!"
Hong Yi put away the items on the ground and said, "You draft the contract, and remember to keep it a secret. Don't leak any information about me."
Then, Hong Yi's gaze shifted back to the spherical prisons, observing the Criminals imprisoned within.
A moment later, the Criminal finished writing the contract and handed it to Hong Yi. Hong Yi accepted the contract and then allowed the Criminal to leave.
Afterward, Hong Yi continued to monitor the Criminal's situation.
In the time that followed, more and more criminals couldn't bear the pressure and voluntarily revealed some hidden treasure locations.
At the same time, many criminals also died in the spherical prisons.
Since none of the released criminals had died and all had left the place alive, this reinforced Hong Yi's belief that the Black Prison Overlord had indeed left behind a self-destruct formation for killing people.
Hong Yi looked at the fourth-tier criminals in the spherical prisons, wondering whether to release criminals of other tiers.
Although the Criminals of other tiers hadn't died yet, it was uncertain when their turn to die would come.
However, for now, only the weaker criminals could be released. The powerful criminals would have to wait a while longer before being released.
Because Hong Yi was not confident in restraining powerful criminals. If those powerful criminals were to stab him, he would surely die.
While pondering, Hong Yi received the contract written by the sixth criminal to regain freedom.
After signing the contract, Hong Yi said, "If anything comes up in the future, I will find you. You may go."
the Criminal grinned, turned, and flew into the sky. However, he only flew three meters high before all his energy dissipated, and he fell straight to the ground, creating a large crater.
Hong Yi's expression changed, and he quickly went forward to check.
After examining the body, Hong Yi looked bewildered and murmured to himself, "How did he die after being released? Was it not the Black Prison Overlord who left a timed self-destruct formation for killing people? Is someone else killing them? No, they were imprisoned before and had no communication with the outside world. It's impossible for outsiders to kill them!"
No matter how Hong Yi thought about it, he couldn't understand how the completely confined criminals died, nor did he know how they died after being released.
Just then, Hong Yi discovered that the contract he had previously signed with the Criminal suddenly became invalid, which also meant that the Criminal had died!
Hong Yi quickly released energy, connected to the inside of the spherical prisons, and said to the Criminals, "Now more criminals are dying. Think carefully: will you die in frustration, or will you give me some resources and let me release you!"
Hong Yi felt that no matter who killed the Criminals, they were already dead.
It was better to let the Criminals die outside than to let them die in the prison.
If they died outside, at least he could still get some resources.
If criminals died inside the spherical prisons, except for those who liked to carry resources with them, other criminals would only be left with a corpse, which would be a waste of time to deal with.
Inside the spherical prisons, the Criminals carrying resources with them became more impatient and began to offer resources.
Those criminals who had hidden their resources outside, however, were calmer.
They couldn't see the situation outside and only knew that they hadn't died yet.
At this moment, these criminals even suspected that their judgment of Hong Yi was wrong, believing that Hong Yi's acting skills had improved and he was better at deceiving people.
After some time, all fourth-tier criminals who carried resources on them gave up struggling, paid resources, and escaped from the spherical prisons.
Hong Yi looked at the remaining extremely calm criminals and finally couldn't bear it anymore, releasing one of them.
As soon as that Criminal left the sphere, the corners of his mouth curved slightly upwards. Then, he respectfully bowed to Hong Yi and said, "Thank you for releasing me, esteemed sir. I have some resources hidden in the Emperor Plane, three hundred meters outside the main gate of Tiande Academy, twenty-nine meters underground. You can send someone to follow me, and I will retrieve the items."
Hong Yi expressionlessly took out a pen and paper, and then took out a wristband-like restraint tool, saying, "I released you without gaining anything. You could casually fabricate a location and escape when retrieving the resources.
If you can't escape, and there are no resources in that place, you could also say the resources were taken by someone else, continuing to play me for a fool.
To avoid these problems, you must wear a restraint tool and sign a contract with me.
If the place you mentioned has no resources, you must serve the Seven Stars Group for life, and die within the Seven Stars Group!"
the Criminal's expression changed slightly upon hearing this. Then, feeling the terrifying power emanating from Hong Yi, he immediately said, "The resource location I just mentioned is too close to the academy and might be found earlier. How about this: I'll tell you a new location and then sign a contract with you? What do you think?"
Hong Yi nodded expressionlessly, "Put on the restraint tool, and write all the resource information on the contract."
the Criminal obediently nodded, took the wristband and put it on, then wrote the information on the paper, left his energy, and signed the contract.
Hong Yi took the contract, also injected energy, and signed the contract.
As the contract was completed, the wristband turned into a tattoo and merged into the Criminal's body, and only then did Hong Yi relax.
Now that the Criminal had signed the contract, he certainly wouldn't casually fool anyone; it was guaranteed to be genuine.
Even if the Criminal died now, Hong Yi wouldn't suffer a loss; he would at least get some resources.
Hong Yi said, "You go rest somewhere else for a while. I'll find you later."
the Criminal nodded, turned, and left, pondering how to take revenge on the Seven Stars Group after fulfilling the contract in the future.
As a criminal wanted by the Emperor Plane, he could be forced to sign a contract now, but he must retaliate in the future.
And Hong Yi also knew that forcing the Criminal now would certainly lead to retaliation from the Criminal. However, these criminals were targeted by an unknown entity, and it was uncertain if they would even survive today, so Hong Yi had no need to fear him.
Subsequently, Hong Yi continued to release other fourth-tier criminals, using his fifth-tier strength to force them to wear restraint-type tools, and demanding resources and the signing of contracts.
These criminals were weak and had no tools on them, so they couldn't escape and could only obediently put on the restraint-type tools.
Before long, Hong Yi had forced all living fourth-tier criminals to sign contracts, and then he checked the situation of criminals of other tiers.
After confirming that criminals of other tiers were still alive, Hong Yi relaxed slightly and stopped releasing them.
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Chapter 219 Hong Yi uses criminals for revenge
At this moment, on the Emperor Plane, Fang Che, using a Transformation Array to change his appearance, was in a Mission Hall far from Iron Hand Academy, receiving a new assassination mission.
Previously, Fang Che had been targeted after submitting two missions to the Iron Hand Group.
Fang Che could only transfer to other academies and receive missions in their Mission Halls.
Moving forward, to avoid being targeted, Fang Che would immediately leave the academy area after completing each mission, never staying too long.
This allowed Fang Che to safely complete various missions and receive numerous rewards.
However, constantly changing locations also consumed much of Fang Che's patience.
Therefore, after eliminating a quarter of the Fourth-Order the Criminals recorded in his notebook, Fang Che, feeling irritable, stopped assassinating and returned to the Real Domain to cultivate and change his mood.
Time flew by, and soon a month had passed.
On this day, Fang Che temporarily stopped his assassination missions and hurried back to the Real Domain to begin cultivating.
During this month, Fang Che spent most of his time traveling, occasionally cultivating for a period.
Although each cultivation session was not long, these cultivation times, when added together, amounted to a considerable duration.
Now, Fang Che was on the verge of fully controlling his Domain.
Fang Che decided to pause his assassination missions for the next few days, cultivate properly, and quickly reach the promotion standard.
If he could achieve promotion, he could kill more Seven Stars Group members and Fifth-Order the Criminals!
At this moment, on a Plane occupied by the Seven Stars Group, a group of Fourth-Order the Criminals gathered in a cave, their eyes scarlet, warily engaged in Observe of their surroundings.
"Thump-thump~"
Footsteps echoed from the cave entrance, and the Criminals collectively turned their heads, seeing Hong Yi walk in.
the Criminals' gazes instantly turned cold and violent.
Ever since the Criminals left the spherical prison, they discovered that other the Criminals had died without leaving any trace of death.
Later investigations revealed that most of the Criminals released from prison earlier had died mysteriously.
the Criminals believed that Hong Yi could not have done this, as the Criminals still hid many resources and had inherent value, so Hong Yi would not casually kill them.
What angered the Criminals was that Hong Yi had not mentioned the issue of dying after leaving the spherical prison, deceiving them of their resources.
the Criminals wanted to live, but under the certainty of death, they wanted even more to go on a killing spree before dying, to vent the anger of years of confinement.
Especially to vent their anger at Hong Yi for being deceived.
Unfortunately, the Criminals discovered too late that they would die upon leaving, and before they could rampage, they were all driven into this cave.
At this moment, the Criminals had no other ability than to vent their anger with their eyes.
Hong Yi looked at the living the Criminals, then at the bodies of the Criminals on the ground, and said:
"I've been thinking about their mysterious deaths during this time, and then I thought, there's an assassin organization that's very good at killing people!"
As Hong Yi said this, he thought of his son, Hong Fei, and his emotions became somewhat agitated.
Hong Yi said, "I don't know the name of this assassin organization, I only know that they like to send Curse Masters to accept missions;
I can send you to where that Curse Master last appeared; if you can find this assassin organization, you can get your revenge."
Upon hearing these words, the Criminals instantly regained their composure.
But in the next second, a Criminal roared:
"Damn assassin organization, these bastards dare to kill anyone, they are always under the Emperor Plane's close scrutiny, and are destroyed by Soul Masters every now and then;
I didn't expect them to stop killing Soul Masters and instead come to kill us, who are wanted by the Emperor Plane. I must kill them!"
The other the Criminals were slightly stunned, and also shouted, "Kill the assassin organization!"
Hong Yi watched the Criminals' performance, a cold sneer in his heart.
Hong Yi was very clear about the Criminals' thoughts.
These Criminals could not possibly believe Hong Yi's words; they merely wanted to use the pretext of eliminating the assassin organization to escape this place.
Once the Criminals escaped, the Seven Stars Group members would surely be the ones to suffer.
Hong Yi did not care why these Criminals would die, nor when they would die; Hong Yi only wanted to use the Criminals for revenge and did not want to destroy the Seven Stars Group.
So, Hong Yi took out a pile of vest-like restraint tools and a huge contract, and said:
"You will put on the vest tools and then go search for the assassin organization for two months;
After two months, if you can't find the assassin, you will harm Professionals outside the Seven Stars Group and frame that assassin organization for three months;
In short, after five months, you will truly gain freedom, and my restraint tools will also become ineffective. The only secret you need to keep is all information about me!"
the Criminals' eyes twitched with anger when they heard the five-month deadline.
Not long after leaving the spherical prison, a large number of people had already died; it was unlikely that anyone present would survive five months.
Furthermore, searching for the assassin organization would surely offend them, and their future days would certainly be difficult.
If they pretended to be the assassin organization and caused destruction everywhere, the assassin would surely take their lives.
the Criminals, living as wanted individuals on the Emperor Plane, often relied on the protection of underground organizations like assassins.
If they signed a contract with Hong Yi, it would be the end of their lives!
Seeing the Criminals' grim expressions, Hong Yi instantly released the powerful force of a Fifth-Order Professional, and smilingly persuaded them:
"I just said that the assassin organization is eliminating you; if you want to live, you must continue to fight against the assassin organization;
Moreover, I didn't ask you to openly deal with the assassin; you can disguise yourselves. Five months will pass very quickly!"
Feeling the terrifying aura emanating from Hong Yi, the Criminals instantly calmed down.
the Criminals realized that without signing the contract, they would absolutely not be able to leave and would surely die here.
After signing the contract, if they could luckily survive five months, they would gain freedom and could continue to take revenge on Hong Yi and the Seven Stars Group.
Thinking this, the Criminals all put on the restraint tools, then left their energy imprints on the huge contract, completing the agreement.
Immediately after, the vest-like restraint tools integrated into the Criminals' bodies, transforming into tattoos.
When all the Criminals had signed the contract, Hong Yi took out a pile of tools and teleportation tokens, and, controlling them with energy, sent them in front of all the Criminals.
Hong Yi smiled and said, "Crush the tools, and you will go to the last known location of the assassin organization's Curse Master. You can go there after disguising yourselves with the tools."
the Criminals immediately took the tools, activated them, and in the next second, all the Criminals' appearances and auras underwent significant changes.
Immediately after, the Criminals impatiently crushed the tokens and teleported away.
After the Criminals left, Hong Yi muttered to himself, "Xiao Fei, your father is incompetent and can only use this method to help you get revenge. I hope you don't blame me."
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Chapter 220 Fifth Level Promotion Method
Hong Yi put away the contract on the ground and called out, "Someone!"
Immediately, two Fifth-Order Vice Leaders walked into the cave.
Hong Yi instructed, "the Criminals have already returned to the Emperor Plane to find the assassin organization.
You will monitor these Criminals. Five months from now, if any of them are still alive, send them on their way!"
The two Fifth-Order Professionals nodded slightly, crushed the pre-prepared teleportation tokens, and instantly left the area.
At this moment, Fang Che was still cultivating in the Real Domain.
After cultivating silently for several days, Fang Che's control over the Real Domain suddenly increased severalfold, touching upon its core.
The core of the Real Domain is also the core of a Plane. Although the core is formless, it contains various abilities, such as the powerful abilities of Creation of Professions and cultivation of Professionals!
As Fang Che touched the core, the entire Real Domain 'opened its embrace' to Fang Che, accommodating his mist-transformed body.
At this moment, Fang Che had a feeling that as long as he completely integrated his body into the Plane, he could ignore the promotion conditions recorded on the Professional Gem, instantly break through to Fifth-Order, and awaken the Create skill.
However, Fang Che did not choose to break through. Instead, he reassembled his mist-transformed body, then closed his eyes, gazed at the curse master gem in his Niwan Palace, and silently uttered: Observe.
Illusory eyes appeared out of thin air, carefully observing the information recorded on the Professional Gem.
Before long, the improved information appeared in his Niwan Palace.
After reading the improved information, Fang Che instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
The original promotion information recorded the methods for most Professionals to advance to Six-Order.
Since Fang Che had already mastered the [Domain Power] skill, which only Fifth-Order Professionals possess, while still at Fourth-Order, he needed to use the method for advancing to Six-Order to promote to Fifth-Order and master the Create skill, which only Six-Order Professionals possess.
During the promotion process, one needs to unfold a Domain in the Emperor Plane, then sprinkle blood at the boundary between the Domain and the Emperor Plane, seeking balance among oneself, the Domain, and the Emperor Plane.
After achieving balance, one can strip away a portion of the Emperor Plane's power, complete the promotion, and master the Create skill.
Upon acquiring the Create skill, one can research their own promotion methods in the future, and after promotion, they can create their own desired skills, completely breaking free from the influence of the Emperor Plane.
However, through the improved method, Fang Che saw some unrecorded information.
The improved information recorded that after obtaining the Create skill from the Emperor Plane, one's own will would connect with the Emperor Plane Will.
The Plane Will is the collective will of all living beings. When the Emperor Plane needs it, it can use the will of all living beings to suppress the consciousness of a Professional, turning the Professional into a puppet!
Once controlled by the Plane Will, a puppet can exert its full abilities without restraint, unleashing power far beyond its previous capabilities.
After the Emperor Plane has used a puppet and if the puppet has not died, the Emperor Plane can create a new memory for the puppet and repair its heavily scarred body, allowing the puppet to move freely as before!
And the puppet is unable to perceive any of these issues!
As for abandoning the promotion method provided by the Plane Will and choosing Other Planes methods, the Plane Will will detect it the moment the promotion is completed.
The cause of all this is the Emperor Plane's unique method of procreation!
When ordinary people in the Emperor Plane awaken their professions, they leave behind reproductive genes, which are then used by Life Witches to create life.
Immediately after life is created, the Plane Will will strip away a portion of the life's soul, scattering it and integrating it into the entire Plane.
As long as the soul's owner obtains the Create skill, the scattered soul will gather and be detected by the Plane Will.
If the Create skill is bestowed by the Plane Will, the Plane Will will ignore the gathered soul.
If the Create skill is not bestowed by the Plane Will, the Plane Will can still use the soul to pinpoint the Professional's location, making escape impossible!
At this moment, Fang Che was both incredibly fearful and incredibly fortunate.
If Fang Che had not thought of improving the promotion method earlier and had directly promoted to Fifth-Order, the Real Domain would have already been discovered by the Emperor Plane!
Fang Che's face showed a smile of one who had escaped a great calamity, and then he continued to observe the improved promotion methods.
There were three improved promotion methods.
The first method was to refine a special tool, collect the scattered parts of one's soul, refine them into the curse master gem, then return to the Real Domain, mist-transform and disperse the body, and integrate into the Real Domain.
However, there was a drawback to doing this: one would permanently lose their human body and become a part of the Plane Will. The future development of the Plane would then depend solely on the Professionals created by the Plane.
Currently, Fang Che possessed Fourth-Order strength, and after promotion, he would have Fifth-Order strength, allowing him to quickly gather resources and help the Plane develop.
If he gave up his human body and created Professionals from scratch, it was unknown when these Professionals would be able to promote to Fifth-Order.
Even if they did promote to Fifth-Order, they would be Professionals from a remote Plane, unable to gather resources from the Emperor Plane, and their development speed would inevitably be limited.
Furthermore, abandoning his human body would also prevent him from using Curse Tools, which would reduce Fang Che's combat effectiveness.
Therefore, Fang Che directly abandoned the first option and examined the second option.
The second improved promotion method still required refining tools and collecting souls.
However, the collected souls did not need to be integrated into the curse master gem. Instead, they would be combined with special materials to refine a new body.
This body would possess all of the original power and could use all tools, but it would not be able to continuously grow stronger.
Additionally, this refined body would gradually be affected by the Real Domain's aura.
In the future, when the body traveled to Other Planes, those Other Planes could use the body to pinpoint the location of the Real Domain.
Fang Che directly abandoned this method and examined the third promotion method.
The third promotion method still required collecting souls.
After collecting the souls, this portion of the soul would replace Fang Che and integrate into the Real Domain.
The soul was originally one with Fang Che. When the soul integrated into the Real Domain, Fang Che would be able to control the Plane and perceive the core of the Real Domain through the soul, completing the promotion.
Fang Che himself would not be constrained by the Real Domain, nor would he be detected by the Emperor Plane.
The only flaw was that the incomplete soul would be unable to pursue its instincts.
The development of a Plane relies on the instinct from the Plane Will. This instinct allows the Plane Will to find the optimal direction for development.
Even if there are some accidental deviations along the way, the power of instinct can correct them.
With the power of instinct, every Plane possesses infinite potential.
If a Plane loses its instinct, it must rely on Fang Che's choices. Correct choices can lead to rapid development, while incorrect choices will delay development time or even lead to the Plane's collapse.
If it were anyone else, they might be reluctant to give up the power of instinct.
But Fang Che, with the Observe ability of his eyes, would not make any mistakes!
Fang Che immediately made a decision and chose the third promotion method!