Chapter 231 Internal Dispute among the Horned People
The Voodoo Doll effortlessly collected the sculpture and materials, then reburied the materials underground and repaired the severely damaged soundproofing array.
After finishing this, Fang Che emerged from underground and came before the room's owner.
The room's owner's eyes lit up when he saw the Voodoo Doll, and he excitedly asked, "What resources have you brought me this time?"
The Voodoo Doll directly teleported a pile of resources from the Real Domain, and the Horned People immediately squatted down, excitedly examining the materials.
Fang Che then manipulated the Voodoo Doll to drop a pile of tools for kidnapping Horned People, and wrote on the ground: "Continue to kill people with molten aluminum, and your benefits will not be less."
After writing this message, the Voodoo Doll burrowed underground, heading to other areas to collect sculptures and materials.
After collecting resources for a period of time, the Voodoo Doll arrived at the place where the Four-Order Horned People lived.
Fang Che discovered that the sentries here had increased, and the room where the Four-Order Horned People were killed last time had been completely sealed off.
Upon further Investigation, it was found that the two factions of Four-Order Horned People, who had different opinions, were now living together in groups, unlike their previous scattered residences.
In the area between the two factions of Horned People, the oldest, Niu Tian, lived alone.
Niu Tian never took a stance, always balancing the two factions of Horned People with different ideas in the middle.
Niu Tian's existence reduced the internal strife among the Horned People, but he couldn't resolve the conflict between the two factions, so he could only drag it out.
Niu Tian's existence gave Fang Che more time to process materials and obtain the Death Sculpture.
Fang Che did not harm Niu Tian; instead, he carefully observed the Horned People who were living together in groups. When he confirmed that a certain Horned People was alone in his room, Fang Che immediately used the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book to kill him and had the Voodoo Doll take away his body.
After doing this, the Voodoo Doll quickly left to collect resources elsewhere.
At this moment, in the rooms surrounding the deceased, the Four-Order Horned People sensed something unusual and came out one after another, gathering at the deceased's residence.
As the Horned People gathered, their courage rapidly increased.
Subsequently, the Horned People directly broke down the door, entered the room, and arrived at the spot where the Horned People had been killed by Fang Che.
Many Horned People carefully observed the surroundings, their hearts filled with rising anger.
One of the Horned People, emotionally agitated, shouted, "This must have been done by the other faction of Horned People! To start a war with the Intruder, they first hid someone, claiming we killed him, deliberately framing us, and using public opinion to attack us.
Now that public opinion has no effect, they've come and killed our people to weaken our strength and achieve their goals. We must seek justice from them!"
Upon hearing these words, the emotions of those around also became agitated.
Earlier, when they heard about the Horned People's death, everyone present signed contracts with various tools, swearing that the Horned People were not killed by them.
However, the other group of Horned People who wanted to go to war insisted that they had used tools to cover up their lies and had been slandering them all along.
They chose to exercise restraint and tolerance, hoping that the other faction of Horned People would admit their mistake as soon as possible, but they never expected such a thing to happen.
This made them unable to tolerate it any longer.
At this point, one of the Horned People shouted, "Those Horned People on the other side have been lying all along and will not admit to killing our people. We won't get justice, we must go to war with them!"
As soon as these words came out, many Horned People instantly hesitated.
"The other side is not weak; fighting them would result in too great a loss."
"Too great a loss is not good. If the Intruder really attacks us, we won't be able to hold them off by ourselves."
Everyone debated for a while, talking over each other, but still decided not to go to war and instead sought Niu Tian to mediate.
Not long after, the Horned People with different ideas gathered at Niu Tian's place to discuss.
Those Horned People who advocated for war were instantly enraged when they heard that a Horned People had died and that their side was being blamed.
"You dogs! You killed our people before, and now you're hiding your own and framing us. You have no shame!"
"You bastards! You're afraid to fight the Intruder, but you're so good at messing with your own people. Damn it..."
Subsequently, the Horned People who advocated for war began to curse wildly.
Those Horned People who did not want to go to war and wanted to deal with the internal the Criminal were also extremely aggrieved.
They hadn't done anything, so how could they be framed?
Subsequently, they also began to curse, and the two factions immediately started arguing.
Niu Tian, who had come to mediate, sat in the main seat, listening to the two factions exchanging insults, feeling immensely irritated.
As a hawkish faction, Niu Tian's thinking was the same as other hawkish factions; he believed that the other faction of Horned People deliberately undermined unity to avoid going to war.
However, Niu Tian had no evidence and did not want to express his stance, so he could only endure.
The Horned People argued for a long time, but still no one could out-argue the other.
However, they all shared the same thought: no more deaths!
If all the Four-Order Horned People died, with the current resource reserves, it would be impossible to cultivate new Four-Order Horned People, and they would no longer be able to resist the Intruder.
Therefore, these Horned People returned to their residences and began to set up defensive arrays to protect themselves from harm.
Niu Tian stood between the two factions, watching them set up defensive arrays and seeing the hatred in their eyes when they looked at each other, closing his eyes helplessly.
At this moment, the Voodoo Doll had already collected all the materials and emerged from underground, appearing before Niu Xuanhai.
Niu Xuanhai saw the Voodoo Doll, grinned, and said, "I heard that a Four-Order Horned People died, and the cause of death has not been announced yet. Was it you?"
Fang Che immediately manipulated the Voodoo Doll to write on the ground: "This is all thanks to the ritual you performed to capture the Horned People;
Without the ritual you performed, in my current Suppressed state, I wouldn't be able to kill a Fourth-Order Professional. Keep up the good work."
Subsequently, the Voodoo Doll threw out a pile of materials for capturing Horned People.
"Don't worry, I will eliminate more Horned People!" Niu Xuanhai promised, happily collecting the materials on the ground.
Subsequently, Niu Xuanhai took out a pile of materials from Other Planes, and then a list, placing them in front of the Voodoo Doll.
The Voodoo Doll collected the Other Planes materials, took out a pile of resources according to the list, and then burrowed underground.
Subsequently, Fang Che returned to the Real Domain and refined these processed materials into Concession Token.
After doing this, Fang Che checked the materials provided by Niu Xuanhai, but still found nothing from a new Plane.
Fang Che shook his head in disappointment and then headed to the Plane provided by the Bandit.
Upon entering the Plane, Fang Che found that the Plane Will had once again quieted down.
Fang Che threw out the Voodoo Doll, and after a moment of Observe through the Voodoo Doll, a happy smile appeared on his face.
After this period of development, the beasts in this Plane had gained higher intelligence and had cultivated their first Professional.
That was a tiger that had awakened the Sound Curse Master profession!
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Chapter 232: Civil War Breaks Out in the Horned Man Plane
A Sound Curse Master is a sound-type Professional.
This type of sound-based Professional possesses the terrifying skill of 'words becoming law,' and among the more powerful sound-type Professionals, some can even directly command enemies to commit suicide.
However, the Sound Curse Master is not outstanding among sound-type Professionals; the Sound Curse Master's 'words becoming law' attack direction is focused on curses.
But the Sound Curse Master's cursing ability is much weaker than that of a Curse Master.
Under normal circumstances, the first type of Professional created when a Plane is invaded should have a quality that meets at least the standard of a Curse Master, not be as weak as a Sound Curse Master.
The Creation of the Sound Curse Master Professional in this Plane was likely influenced by Fang Che.
And the fact that this Plane did not fully create the Curse Master Professional is likely because this Plane is not compatible with the Curse Master Professional.
Fang Che speculated that if he hadn't interfered, this Plane would have created other powerful sound-type Professionals.
Of course, no matter how strong the Professionals created by this Plane were, the difference in realm was evident, so they could not threaten Fang Che.
This time, Fang Che did not attack the Professionals of this Plane; instead, he used the Voodoo Doll to place some materials that Sound Curse Masters could use into this Plane.
Fang Che wanted to wait for this Plane to cultivate more powerful Professionals before hunting them, maximizing his profits.
After dropping a pile of resources, Fang Che activated the Plane coordinates and returned to the Emperor Plane.
Subsequently, Fang Che pulled out the gourd stopper again and absorbed souls.
In the time that followed, besides absorbing souls, Fang Che either traveled to the Niu Jiao Ren Plane to collect sculptures and materials or occasionally visited the Sound Curse Master's Plane to check on the situation.
Time flew, and soon half a year had passed.
On this day, when Fang Che returned to the Niu Jiao Ren Plane again, he found that the Horned People's defenses had suddenly acquired layers of smoke, obscuring all information.
Fang Che, somewhat curious, released a Voodoo Doll into the smoke-shrouded area and immediately heard earth-shattering shouts of battle.
Looking through the Voodoo Doll, Horned People from various legions were fighting each other!
Fang Che frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled.
These Horned People previously had a consensus: no war, no internal strife, to avoid being defeated by the Intruder after their strength was weakened.
Moreover, Fang Che hadn't killed many Fourth-Order Professionals during this period, and with Niu Tian constantly mediating, a war shouldn't have broken out now.
With a doubtful heart, Fang Che controlled the Voodoo Doll to quickly approach where the Horned People clan leaders lived.
As the Voodoo Doll traveled, Fang Che saw that the Horned People in various villages were already on full alert, all Horned People staying in their rooms and not going out.
Not long after, the Voodoo Doll arrived in the area where the Four-Order Horned People lived and discovered terrifying formation power.
Within the formation, all the Horned People who opposed attacking the Intruder and advocated eliminating the Criminal and distributing benefits were dead, their bodies scattered everywhere!
On the other side, more than half of the pro-war Horned People had also died, with the rest gathered around Niu Tian.
Their gazes towards Niu Tian also contained strong wariness.
At this moment, Niu Tian's face was filled with grief as he gazed at a coffin, muttering, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, it's all my fault..."
Niu Tian spoke for a long time, and the surrounding Horned People listened for a long time until one Horned People, growing impatient, spoke up to persuade him:
"Clan Leader Niu Tian, your grandson's death was caused by those who opposed us. Now that they are dead, it can be considered revenge for your grandson. You don't have to be too sad."
At this point, the Horned People's gaze turned to the coffin, and a hint of relief appeared in his eyes.
The deceased, as Niu Tian's grandson, had always insisted on resisting the Intruder. Some time ago, he had gone alone to persuade those Horned People who were unwilling to fight, but a conflict arose when they disagreed, and he was killed.
Afterward, Niu Tian went completely mad, activating a formation that no one had ever noticed, binding the other group of Horned People.
After sacrificing about half of the Fourth-Order Professionals, he successfully eliminated the other group of people.
No one knew what other powerful forces Niu Tian controlled, and at this moment, everyone was very obedient.
And Niu Tian, hearing the Horned People's words, shook his head remorsefully and said, "No, I have always advocated for war, but I was worried about disrupting internal stability and had not expressed my stance sooner;
If I had expressed my stance earlier and stood with you all, my grandson would not have died, and those Fourth-Order Professionals might not have died either!"
The Horned People did not believe these words in their hearts.
Everyone felt that Niu Tian had gone mad because of his grandson's death. If Niu Tian's grandson had been killed by the pro-war faction, the pro-war faction would now be corpses.
Everyone felt that Niu Tian was saying these things now simply to gain their support.
No one was clear about Niu Tian's abilities at this moment, nor did they dare to express their thoughts, so they could only choose to remain silent.
And Niu Tian, seeing the expressions of the Horned People present, immediately understood their thoughts and felt even more remorseful.
If he had revealed his hand earlier, it wouldn't have come to this.
Unfortunately, it was too late to regret now.
Niu Tian tried hard to adjust his emotions and said, "Next, we will handle the affairs of the border legions and then take over the villages managed by the deceased."
A Horned People spoke up, "I discussed this with your nephew before. Now, all the villages are on high alert, and the legions on the border have already started fighting."
Niu Tian was startled and said, "The various legions are close to the Intruder's defense line. Have you taken precautions?"
The Horned People replied, "Don't worry, we have used various tools and have already covered the entire area. It will be restored once the battle ends;
Additionally, we have been keeping an eye on the Intruder's defense line and haven't found any movement. They seem completely unconcerned about our actions."
Niu Tian felt slightly relieved and said, "That's good."
No sooner had he spoken than a hole appeared in Niu Tian's chest, and he died instantly!
The surrounding Horned People looked terrified and quickly activated defensive skills, but after observing their surroundings, they became confused again.
There were no enemies present here at all.
Just then, another Four-Order Horned People died.
The surrounding Horned People became even more panicked.
After several more Horned People died, one Horned People shouted in terror, "Could the Horned People who died in our faction earlier have died this way too? The Horned People from the other faction probably weren't lying!"
"We've been tricked! Someone is deliberately making us fight each other!"
"Who is the enemy?"
The Four-Order Horned People realized, but unfortunately, it was too late. Not long after, all the Four-Order Horned People clan leaders died!
Not long after, the Voodoo Doll emerged from underground, collected the bodies and resources, and then burrowed back underground.
On the other side, Fang Che sighed softly after eliminating these Four-Order Horned People clan leaders.
Now that the Horned People's Fourth-Order management had been eliminated by Fang Che, the remaining Horned People, without unified management, were bound to fall into chaos.
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Chapter 233: Destroy all fourth-order bull-horned people
Under the chaotic state, the speed at which the Horned People cultivate powerhouses will slow down, and the quality of the sculptures Fang Che can obtain in the future will definitely be lower than it is now.
However, a decrease in sculpture quality is better than the Horned People uniting and breaking through the Iron Hand Group's defense line.
If the Horned People truly unite and break through the defense line, they would be able to rescue the suppressed Plane Will, and the Plane Will would be able to create even stronger individuals.
To avoid losing control, Fang Che would then have no choice but to eliminate all the Horned People, and would no longer be able to harvest any resources in the future.
Letting the Horned People fall into chaos now will at least allow Fang Che to gain some benefits.
Afterward, Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to go to the defense line area and began eliminating the Fourth-Order Horned People in the various legions along the defense line.
At this time, in the defense line area, the Fourth-Order Horned People were fighting in the sky, while other Horned People were protected by defensive formations underground, continuously releasing skills to strike at the opposing side.
Just then, a Horned People fighting in a mist-like body in the sky suddenly gathered his mist-like body.
After his body was completely mist-like, he fell towards the ground, and there was a constantly bleeding hole in his chest.
The Horned People fighting him watched the deceased fall from the sky, feeling utterly bewildered, and froze in place for a moment!
"Good!" On the ground, a group of Horned People from the north cheered excitedly upon seeing the deceased's appearance.
Meanwhile, a group of Horned People from the south, seeing their leader's corpse falling from the sky, turned pale with fright and forgot to retaliate for a moment, quickly being shot down by the northern Horned People's skills, killing dozens.
Subsequently, the morale of the southern Horned People instantly collapsed, and they turned and fled.
The northern group of Horned People was about to pursue when a new corpse fell from the sky; upon closer inspection, it was their own leader!
These northern Horned People instantly stopped cheering and no longer dared to pursue the fleeing Horned People, only looking up at the sky in terror.
However, there was nothing in the sky except a few white clouds.
The southern Horned People noticed that the skills behind them had stopped, but dared not look back, only continuing to flee.
In other places, the Fourth-Order Horned People died one after another, and the Horned People fighting on the ground all stopped, their faces filled with terror.
After a long time, these Horned People fled the front lines in groups, running towards the interior of the Horned People's tribes.
After Fang Che confirmed this information through the Voodoo Doll, he immediately went to the homes of the Horned People he had bewitched to collect the sculptures and materials from under their houses.
Then, the Voodoo Doll reburied the materials, repaired the damaged formations, gave these Horned People some resources, and without much conversation with them, went to the next location.
However, Fang Che soon discovered that many of the Horned People he had bewitched had been exposed!
Many Professionals were ambushing outside these people's homes, but these Horned People, bewitched by Fang Che, were completely unaware.
For such situations, Fang Che directly took away the underground resources, reburied them, and then left directly, leaving them no resources at all.
Since they had already been exposed, there was no point in keeping them; it was better to use them to attract attention, allowing other undiscovered Horned People to perform their rituals more safely!
After collecting resources for some time, Fang Che also discovered that many villages were investigating missing person cases, which made some Horned People afraid to act, and thus they had not created sculptures.
Fang Che ignored these Horned People and continued to the next location.
Finally, the Voodoo Doll arrived at Niu Xuanhai's place.
Niu Xuanhai had successfully created a sculpture here, helping Fang Che process many resources.
After the Voodoo Doll collected the underground sculpture and materials, reburied the materials, and repaired the formation, the Voodoo Doll appeared before Niu Xuanhai.
As soon as Niu Xuanhai saw the Voodoo Doll, a neurotic smile appeared on his face:
"I heard that many Fourth-Order clan leaders have died, and now there's a sudden curfew; it's definitely going to be chaos!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to write on the ground: "All Fourth-Order Horned People have been killed by me!"
"That's great, hahahaha!" Niu Xuanhai burst into ecstatic laughter upon seeing the words written by the Voodoo Doll.
Fang Che felt complex emotions upon hearing Niu Xuanhai's neurotic laughter.
After steadying his emotions, Fang Che continued to manipulate the Voodoo Doll to write information:
"Without management constraints, various villages will go to war over competing interests. Additionally, those Fourth-Order Professionals at the border are dead, and the remaining warriors will return. The future situation is bound to be extremely chaotic.
You are weak, only at the Second-Order strength, so you must act carefully. When capturing people to hold rituals, be sure to investigate their backgrounds before acting. Never be impulsive."
After writing this, the Voodoo Doll threw out a pile of items that Niu Xuanhai could use.
Niu Xuanhai also quickly took out a list and said, "This is a material list drafted by my father's comrades for selling materials from Other Planes. Please help me gather them.
However, I cannot give you the materials from Other Planes now. There is a curfew, and I cannot go out. I have no excuse to sell Plane materials.
If they suddenly demand the materials from Other Planes back, and I cannot produce them, that would be quite troublesome."
"Then give me the Plane materials next time," the Voodoo Doll wrote these words, then took out resources according to the list and placed them in front of Niu Xuanhai.
Subsequently, the Voodoo Doll re-entered the underground.
Fang Che activated his Domain power and instantly returned to the Real Domain.
Fang Che walked to the corpses of the Fourth-Order Horned People clan leaders and checked the resources on them.
Not long after, Fang Che took out a pile of materials from Other Planes.
This pile of materials was several times more than all the materials Niu Xuanhai had given Fang Che combined before!
Fang Che quickly mistified his body, merged into the Plane, and observed these materials.
A moment later, Fang Che successfully found a Plane aura he had never felt before.
This represented a completely new Plane!
Fang Che immediately gathered his body, took out the Revenge Evil Mirror, placed the materials on it, and injected energy.
The Revenge Evil Mirror was quickly activated, but no information was displayed on the Revenge Evil Mirror.
Fang Che had used the Revenge Evil Mirror to search for many Planes before, so the Revenge Evil Mirror could not be wrong.
This situation could only mean one thing: that this Plane had already been devoured by Other Planes!
Although Fang Che also could not view Plane information when a Plane was invaded.
However, after a Plane was invaded, the Revenge Evil Mirror would show tangled different Plane auras, unlike the empty state it was in now.
The only possibility was that the Plane had already been devoured.
Fang Che closed his eyes in disappointment, adapting to his weakened body.
After a long time, Fang Che's body returned to normal. Fang Che quickly refined the Concession Token, and then, using the Plane coordinates, arrived at the Sound Curse Master Plane.
After Observe through the Voodoo Doll, Fang Che discovered that the beasts of the Sound Curse Master Plane had found the resources Fang Che had left before and had cultivated more First-Order Sound Curse Masters.
However, the number of Professionals was still too small.
So, Fang Che threw down another pile of materials, then returned to the Emperor Plane to continue collecting souls and reading formation books.
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Chapter 234 The News Brought by Gu Ning
Fang Che returned to the Emperor Plane and continued to collect soul fragments and read array formation books.
Ten days later, the gourd once again stopped absorbing souls and emitted an aura that Fang Che found unfamiliar.
Fang Che glanced at the gourd tool and found that the aura at the entrance of the gourd tool was chaotic.
This meant that the gourd tool was blocked by foreign matter, which was different from the previous situation.
This time, Fang Che did not need to set up an array to attract soul fragments; he only needed to clear the foreign matter.
The so-called foreign matter was soul fragments unrelated to Fang Che.
Soul fragments were scattered throughout the Emperor Plane, often coming into contact with other soul fragments, which easily led to the intermingling and indistinguishability of different soul fragment auras.
When the gourd tool absorbed souls, soul fragments with similar auras would be absorbed.
However, because these soul fragments were not Fang Che's, they could not enter the gourd but were instead blocked at the gourd's entrance, thus forming a blockage.
Solving this problem was not difficult; he just needed to release the collected soul fragments.
During the release of the soul fragments, they would flush out the soul fragments blocking the entrance and clear the similar aura on these soul fragments, ensuring that these blocking soul fragments would not be absorbed again in the future.
As for the released soul fragments, they could be quickly reabsorbed in a short time, not wasting much time.
Fang Che held the bottom of the gourd and slowly injected energy, and the array patterns inside the gourd lit up in sequence.
When the array was fully lit, a puff of air suddenly came from the mouth of the gourd.
The exhaling sound lasted for three seconds and then disappeared, indicating that the soul fragments blocking the gourd's mouth had been cleared.
At this moment, soul fragments were still being released outwards, but Fang Che could not hear any sound or see any traces.
Fang Che quickly withdrew his energy, and the gourd tool once again made Fang Che feel a sense of intimacy, and this intimacy was far greater than before.
At this point, the gourd's blockage problem had been resolved, and it was rapidly collecting the recently released soul fragments.
A few seconds later, the intimacy returned to its previous state, meaning that all the soul fragments just released had been reabsorbed, and the gourd was now absorbing the soul fragments that had not been collected before.
Fang Che checked the gourd again, and after confirming there were no issues, he took out materials from Other Planes, injected energy, diffused the material's aura, and expelled the soul fragments from this area.
After doing all this, Fang Che activated the Transformation Array, changed his appearance, and then headed to the Mission Hall to accept an assassination mission.
Now that Fang Che no longer had the Concession Token from the Emperor Plane, the Iron Hand Group would no longer help him gather materials, so Fang Che could only rely on himself to collect materials.
It had been a long time since the Seven Stars Group was annihilated, and most people no longer paid attention to the wanted Criminals.
Fang Che going to claim the bounties for these annihilated Criminals would not attract too much attention.
Fang Che wandered around the Mission Hall for a while and soon found a mission to hunt down a fourth-tier wanted Criminal.
Just as he was about to accept the mission, the mission token suddenly merged into the wall, and a few seconds later, the mission token re-emerged from the wall.
the Criminal's appearance and life remained the same as before, but at this moment, the Criminal's realm had changed from fourth-tier to fifth-tier, and the bounty amount had also increased.
At the same time, the token information recorded that the mission had already been claimed.
This meant that the Criminal had just advanced to the fifth-tier, was locked onto by the Emperor Plane, and the information was given to a suitable candidate to execute the mission.
Fang Che averted his gaze, re-selected a suitable mission, registered, and then left.
Arriving at a secluded area outside, Fang Che took out the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, bowed once, and successfully eliminated the Criminal.
Just as he was about to hand in the mission, Fang Che felt a terrifying yet familiar power rapidly approaching.
The next second, Fang Che saw an acquaintance; this person was none other than the Soul Master: Gu Ning.
At this time, Gu Ning had already advanced to the fifth-tier!
To think, Fang Che had advanced to the third-tier earlier than Gu Ning, yet now, Gu Ning had already advanced to the fifth-tier, while Fang Che still needed to collect souls for a long time to reach the advancement standard.
Fang Che was not surprised by Gu Ning's rapid advancement speed; he was a Soul Master, a Child of the Plane, and favored by the Plane.
Even if Fang Che had the cheat of his eyes, he couldn't compare to Gu Ning.
Fang Che immediately cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations on your advancement to the fifth-tier, Your Excellency. What brings you here?"
Gu Ning glanced at Fang Che and found that the threat Fang Che once posed to him had completely disappeared.
Fang Che's Nailhead Seven Arrows Book could no longer harm Gu Ning.
Gu Ning smiled slightly, feeling a bit more relaxed, and replied:
"A Criminal advanced to the fifth-tier, was discovered by the Plane Will, and I was informed. I came to eliminate him, and I happened to sense your aura, so I came to take a look."
Fang Che was slightly stunned, not expecting things to be so coincidental.
Fang Che smiled and did not dwell too much on the Criminal issue, speaking directly:
"Recently, my soul collection speed has been quite slow, and I haven't been able to send them to you. I apologize."
Gu Ning waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about these things; the souls can be collected slowly. I came here today to tell you a piece of news: the hidden time for your Curse Tools is about to end."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che instantly remembered that Gu Ning had given him a tool that could hide the Curse Tools he refined.
He didn't expect the time to be up so soon.
Regarding these Curse Tools, Fang Che had always wanted to keep them secret, not wanting others to target him.
If the fact that Fang Che refined the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book were exposed, many past deaths could likely be linked to Fang Che.
Fang Che immediately asked, "Can you give me another material for a hiding tool?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Ning shook his head with a serious expression and said, "I'm afraid not. A Plane that is evenly matched with the Emperor Plane has already locked onto the Emperor Plane;
It's estimated that a large-scale war will break out soon, and your Nailhead Seven Arrows Book possesses the power to change the tide of war, so it cannot remain hidden any longer."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che felt a little worried.
Since other powerful Planes had already targeted the Emperor Plane, it meant that there were very few weak Planes left, unable to bring much improvement to the Plane.
The scarcity of weak Planes also meant that the difficulty for Fang Che to expand his Real Domain would increase exponentially.
Fang Che did not want to see such things happen, but unfortunately, Fang Che could not decide these matters and could only manage himself.
Fang Che said, "If I can't continue to hide the Curse Tools I refine, can the Plane Will find a new owner for the Curse Tools? I've offended too many people and don't want to expose these abilities."
Upon hearing this, Gu Ning said, "Please wait a moment; I will communicate with the Plane Will."
Subsequently, Gu Ning closed his eyes, and a vast and ethereal aura belonging to the Plane Will emanated from him.
Fang Che stood by, waiting anxiously.
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Chapter 235 New Cursed Item: Cursed Flag
A moment later, Gu Ning opened his eyes and smiled, "If anyone asks the Emperor Plane Will about the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, the Emperor Plane Will tell them that the Professional who created the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book has already died.
Even if other Soul Masters ask this question, the Emperor Plane Will answer the same way.
Only you and I know the creator of the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book!"
Fang Che instantly relaxed and cupped his hands, "Thank you, Your Excellency, and thank you, Emperor Plane Will."
Gu Ning waved his hand, "You're welcome.
The Emperor Plane values your abilities greatly and hopes you can create more powerful Curse Tools!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Che replied with a helpless expression, "Curse Tools aren't that easy to create."
Fang Che had already created the Creation Coffin, which could revive people.
However, Fang Che now also controlled a Plane, putting him in a competitive relationship with the Emperor Plane.
If the Emperor Plane understood the information about the Creation Coffin, Fang Che would be unable to compete with it.
Some trump cards had to be hidden.
In the future, Fang Che also did not plan to let the Emperor Plane know about the tools he created.
Gu Ning looked at Fang Che's helpless expression, unaware of Fang Che's thoughts, and merely comforted him, "Don't be too anxious.
We all know that Curse Tools are difficult to create.
You can take your time to research them."
Then, Gu Ning took out a storage ring and handed it to Fang Che, smiling, "I have some materials here that Curse Masters can use.
I'll give them all to you.
You can slowly research Curse Tools."
Fang Che's eyes lit up, and he reached out to take the storage ring, a lie spilling from his lips, "I will definitely work hard to create the Curse Tools the Emperor Plane needs!"
Gu Ning smiled, "Once you research new tools, I'll give you another batch of resources for your research."
Fang Che nodded, "Okay, is there anything else you need my help with?"
Gu Ning shook his head, "There's nothing else.
I'll take my leave now.
You can contact me if you need anything in the future."
Fang Che nodded, "Okay, Your Excellency, take care."
Afterward, Gu Ning turned and left.
Once Gu Ning was far away, Fang Che touched the gourd tool at his waist that absorbed soul fragments, a hint of joy appearing in his eyes.
Gu Ning's arrival was so sudden that Fang Che didn't have time to close the gourd tool.
Therefore, during their previous conversation, the gourd tool had been continuously absorbing soul fragments.
However, Gu Ning, as a Soul Master who played with souls, did not detect the process of soul fragment gathering!
This meant that Fang Che's gourd tool possessed the ability to deceive Soul Masters at close range.
And this tool was created by Fang Che using his eye ability.
The eye ability could even deceive Soul Masters, which made Fang Che extremely optimistic about his future development.
Then, Fang Che picked up the storage ring left by Gu Ning and examined it carefully.
After a brief examination, a bright smile appeared on Fang Che's face.
Most of the materials here could be used to enhance the tools Fang Che already possessed.
The remaining materials that could not enhance tools could be refined into a new tool: the Curse Flag!
Fang Che hurried to the Mission Hall to submit the mission, then plugged the gourd tool to stop it from absorbing soul fragments, and returned to the Real Domain.
Immediately after, among a pile of items, Fang Che found the refinement methods for those Curse Tools he had created with his eye ability before he awakened.
After searching for a moment, Fang Che found the inconspicuous Curse Flag Creation method among a pile of Curse Tool Creation methods.
The effect of the Curse Flag was simple: to artificially create an area with only curse energy and no other energy.
Curse Masters entering this area would receive assistance from the Curse Flag, increasing the destructive power of their skills.
Other Professionals entering this area would be targeted by the flag, reducing the destructive power of their skills.
This flag was the earliest tool Fang Che researched, originally intended to slowly improve his own strength and gain an advantage in battles of the same realm.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Fang Che advanced to the first rank, he received a reward from the Plane Will and refined the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, which he was originally supposed to acquire later.
Using the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, Fang Che could instantly kill all enemies of the same realm, which significantly reduced the role of the Curse Flag, so Fang Che had never refined it, nor had he even collected the refinement materials.
However, ever since Fang Che gained control of a Plane, his Curse Tools underwent a special change.
After being enhanced, they all acquired Plane-type abilities.
Plane abilities were powerful and could greatly enhance Curse Tools.
In this situation, no tool should be underestimated.
After examining the refinement method for the Curse Flag, Fang Che used his eye ability to look for Improvements (improvement) methods.
The Creation Coffin, before its refinement, had been successfully improved by Fang Che, and upon its Creation, it immediately gained Plane ability.
Fang Che wanted to try to improve the Curse Flag so that it would also acquire Plane-related abilities upon successful refinement.
After the Observe of his eyes, the information for refining the Curse Flag quickly changed.
The materials required for refining the Curse Flag remained unchanged; however, during the refinement process, it was necessary to mobilize the energy of the Real Domain and use the energy of the Real Domain to replace Fang Che's energy.
After Fang Che confirmed all the refinement information, he immediately atomized his body and mobilized the energy of the entire Plane.
Then, Fang Che gathered these energies onto the materials, grinding the energy into powder, melting it into liquid, or making it into fluff.
Next, Fang Che, following a fixed sequence, mixed all the powder, a large amount of liquid, and a small portion of fluff together to create a two-meter-long jet-black flagpole.
On the surface of the flagpole, there were also raised patterns of painful human faces.
Immediately after, Fang Che used the remaining large amount of fluff, mixed with a small amount of liquid, to create a square, bright red flag.
In the center of the flag, there was a triangular symbol composed of gray lines.
This triangular symbol represented the Curse Master profession.
Then, Fang Che re-condensed his body and cast the Spiritual Flash skill.
The next second, the Curse Flag released energy outward, which indicated that the Curse Flag had been successfully refined!
[Curse Flag: Automatically gathers curse energy and repels other energies in its vicinity, forming a Curse Domain.
This Domain can strengthen Curse Master skills and weaken other Professional skills.
The Domain can continuously expand.
Actively injecting energy into the Curse Flag allows one to choose to influence the Plane Will, forcibly making a portion of the Plane pay a price to create the Curse Master profession and the materials required by this Curse Master.
If the Plane where the Curse Flag is located has the Curse Master profession as its core, actively injecting energy can forcibly make the Plane Will pay a price, permanently increasing the overall aptitudes of Curse Masters in this Plane.]
Fang Che examined the information of the Curse Flag and laughed happily.
Fang Che's Real Domain was affected by the Concession Token and the sculpture, so its core profession in the future would definitely be the Curse Master.
Placing the Curse Flag within the Real Domain could allow the Real Domain to grow faster.
As for those costs, Fang Che believed that they could all be resolved once the Curse Flag was strengthened in the future.