Chapter 396: The upper limit of the plane level is raised to level 8
Fang Che's decision to prevent the Plane's level advancement was not to deliberately suppress its development, but to gather enough resources to directly raise the Plane's level cap to Eight-rank!
If the Plane's level cap were simply raised to Seven-rank, Tribal Professionals would continue to create Skills and demand power from Fang Che, and he would be unable to refuse.
By directly raising the level cap to Eight-rank, he could prevent Tribal Professionals from demanding power and select Skills suitable for the Plane's development.
Additionally, there were increasing numbers of patrol personnel in the Flame Sea Plane, and Fang Che needed to devour the Plane as quickly as possible. If he delayed, he would have to pay a greater price for disguise.
Thinking of this, Fang Che altered the Plane's rules to prevent its level from automatically advancing to Seven-rank. He then repaired his disguise, set up a teleportation array, and once again headed to the Flame Sea Plane.
Upon arriving at the Flame Sea Plane, Fang Che once again utilized the hidden methods of the Emperor Plane.
Using such methods was normal, as the Flame Sea Plane was now under full alert, provided these areas remained undiscovered.
After Fang Che teleported over, he quickly fled.
The next second, the Emperor Plane's aura in the teleportation area transformed into a python, chasing Fang Che.
Fang Che was not surprised by this situation.
As early as Fang Che's fifth use of the Emperor Plane's hidden teleportation method, the Emperor Plane's aura here had already targeted him.
Each time Fang Che teleported over, the Emperor Plane's aura would transform into various animals to pursue him.
However, such a pursuit method was insignificant in Fang Che's eyes.
Fang Che hid behind a giant tree, directly gathering energy in his chest. The next second, red mist emerged from his body.
This mist enveloped an area, triggering the Flame Sea Plane's rules.
The next second, the Yan Hai world Will instantly descended.
The moment it descended, the Yan Hai world Will locked onto the giant python, rapidly gathered energy, and launched an attack on the python.
Fang Che, meanwhile, quickly fled the area, drawing a disguise array on his body as he ran.
Not long after, Fang Che's disguise changed. Although he still appeared as a Flame Sea Plane Professional, certain details were completely different from before.
At this point, even if the Yan Hai world Will and the Emperor Plane Will found Fang Che, they wouldn't recognize him for a while.
Fang Che did not stop, continuing forward.
Along the way, Fang Che did not encounter any patrolling Professionals.
Such conflicts between Plane Wills do not attract the attention of Professionals.
Only after territory is plundered are Seven-rank Professionals assigned to various locations.
This was also thanks to the powerhouses of the Emperor Plane, who tied down most of the Flame Sea Plane's powerhouses, leading to a shortage of personnel in the Flame Sea Plane.
If there were sufficient personnel, even without the Plane Will's command, many powerhouses would likely investigate the surroundings out of curiosity.
After leaving the area where the two Plane Wills were battling, Fang Che arrived near a town.
Fang Che hid outside the town, manipulating a Voodoo Doll to enter the town. After finding a Professional living alone, Fang Che directly eliminated him using the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book.
The Voodoo Doll brought the corpse to Fang Che. With the help of the Muttering Wind Chime, Fang Che once again mastered the language of the Flame Sea Plane.
Afterward, Fang Che confidently began to understand the situation in the Flame Sea Plane.
Compared to his first visit, the Flame Sea Plane's rules were more complex. Fang Che could no longer return to his own Plane simply by relying on the teleportation array in his abdomen.
Fang Che took out various resources and first set up a formation on the ground to shield against Plane rules.
As energy was injected, the rule-shielding formation was activated, and a red energy was released by the formation, enveloping Fang Che's body.
Fang Che seized this opportunity to draw a teleportation array on his abdomen.
The teleportation array automatically absorbed the red energy. Only after the teleportation array had completely absorbed the red energy did it condense into an effective teleportation array to return to Fang Che Plane.
Afterward, Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to search for suitable territories to devour.
After the Flame Sea Plane had been plundered multiple times, its attention to various areas increased.
However, the problem of personnel shortage could not be resolved, making it difficult to monitor all areas.
Currently, the Flame Sea Plane had only set up fixed outposts in remote areas of various regions.
The strongest of these fixed outpost leaders were merely Six-rank in strength.
As for Seven-rank powerhouses, most were fighting on the front lines, while a small number were gathered in the core areas of family forces.
Compared to territory, these family forces preferred to preserve their own strength.
After wandering for a while, Fang Che easily found suitable areas to plunder.
Fang Che first determined the location of the fixed outposts, then set up a shielding formation outside the outpost's monitoring range.
The leaders of these fixed outposts were weak, and Fang Che could completely eliminate them before they activated any alarm devices.
However, doing so was not foolproof.
The outposts were personally set up by the Yan Hai world Will. If an outpost leader died in the outpost or was away from it for too long, it was possible for the Yan Hai world Will to discover it.
To ensure safety, Fang Che needed to set up formations to shield the perception abilities of these outpost leaders.
Not long after, Fang Che had set up shielding formations around the outposts.
Subsequently, Fang Che went to the next outpost location and continued to set up shielding formations.
After some time, Fang Che had shielded all the outposts near the territory he intended to plunder.
Immediately after, Fang Che began to set up formations to conceal the traces of the Plane being plundered.
With the formations set up, Fang Che cast out his fishhook, effortlessly plundering the Plane.
After taking the Plane, Fang Che turned and left, activating the formation to escape back to his own Plane.
Ten-odd seconds later, the Plane Will descended. The Professionals in the outpost respectfully saluted, then they were severely injured and knocked unconscious by the energy leaked by the Plane Will.
Immediately after, the Plane Will opened a spatial passage, teleported over Seven-rank Professionals, and then left the area.
On the other side, after Fang Che returned to his Plane, he continued to devour the Flame Sea Plane's territory and continued to create new Skills.
Of course, the Plane's level advancement ability was still restrained by Fang Che.
After dealing with this territory, Fang Che once again went to the Flame Sea Plane, continuing to plunder Planes.
After plundering the Plane eight more times, Fang Che discovered that the Plane's level rules had reached a perfect state. As long as Fang Che lifted the restrictions, the level cap could immediately be raised to Seven-rank.
If Fang Che were to borrow some items and squeeze some of the Plane's potential, he could raise the level cap to Eight-rank!
Fang Che immediately used Illusory Eyes to determine the specific plan, then took out various materials and threw them into different positions in the Plane.
Immediately after, Fang Che integrated his body into the Plane, replacing the soul fragments to control the Plane, and altered the Plane's terrain.
As the terrain changed, the direction of the Plane's energy movement shifted. The energy in the Plane rapidly converged towards the materials, and the entire Plane showed slight signs of weakening.
Fang Che seized this opportunity to release the Plane's restrictions.
The Plane's level cap instantly advanced to Seven-rank.
Immediately after, the materials collapsed, and the energy absorbed by the materials impacted the Plane's rules, instantly raising the level cap to Eight-rank!
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Chapter 397: The Last Territory Plunder of the Seventh Order
The moment the Plane's level cap was raised to Eighth-Order, Fang Che's control over the Plane instantly increased hundreds of times.
Seeing this, Fang Che completely lifted the restrictions on Tribal Professionals' advancement and canceled the penalties for Tribal Professionals' Skills Creation.
At the same time, Fang Che canceled the task for Six-Order Professionals to invade Planes individually.
After completing these tasks, Fang Che handed over the management authority for Skills Creation to his soul fragment, allowing the soul fragment to handle the Professionals' advancement issues.
Although the soul fragment had no way to distinguish the good or bad influence of new skills on the Plane.
However, after the Plane's level advanced to Eighth-Order, Tribal Professionals could no longer arbitrarily demand power from the Plane; Tribal Professionals who wished to create skills had to use various materials.
And those skills that hindered the Plane's development required many precious materials.
Based on the materials held by various tribes, Tribal Professionals could not create too many skills that would hinder the Plane's development; most of the skills they created were beneficial to the Plane.
Even if some skills appeared that were detrimental to the Plane's development, they would not have too much impact on the Plane.
Afterward, Fang Che would head to the Flame Sea Plane to continue plundering the Plane.
After Fang Che left, the Professionals of various tribes noticed the disappearance of the advancement restrictions.
Among the Triangular Human Race, the Manager was distributing notebooks to the Fifth-Order Professionals and said:
"Now the Plane Will has lifted the advancement restrictions, but it's uncertain when the advancement channels might close again;
Everyone, quickly follow the information recorded in the notebook and create new skills."
The Professionals waiting for the notebook heard this, quickly checked the information in the notebook, then connected their will to the Plane, informing the Plane Will of the new skill's information.
Immediately after, these Professionals patiently waited for the Plane to create new skills.
Before this, the tribal chief had created skills in this manner, so everyone was already very familiar with the process.
However, a moment later, the first Fifth-Order Professional who tried to create a skill said, "Skills Creation failed; materials are needed for assistance."
The Manager distributing the notebook asked with a confused expression, "How could that be?"
Before he finished speaking, other Fifth-Order Professionals who were creating skills also spoke up, "I also failed to create a skill."
"I failed too."
Everyone looked bewildered and completely at a loss.
Just then, a wave of spatial fluctuations condensed around them, and the Triangle Human Clan Leader returned to this place.
Seeing this, everyone quickly ran to the Leader's side and recounted what had just happened.
The Leader was originally happy about not having to invade Planes alone, but upon hearing everyone's words, he instantly frowned.
"Don't worry, I understand some of the situation." The Leader closed his eyes and sensed the Plane's condition.
Everyone around immediately quieted down, fearing they might disturb the Leader.
A moment later, the Leader opened his eyes and said, "This is not deliberately targeting the Triangular Human Race; it's because the Plane's strength has increased, and many loopholes have been fixed;
In the future, to create skills, materials must be provided, and this is the case for every tribe;
The good news is that using materials to create skills will not weaken the Plane; as long as we have materials, we can continuously create brand new skills!"
A Fifth-Order Professional said, "Leader, the skills you summarized require many materials to create, and some materials we've never even heard of;
I think that if we use the materials we possess to create skills, the skill's strength probably won't be too high."
The Leader heard this, pondered for a moment, and said, "We can communicate with the Plane Will and trade for precious resources; for now, everyone should first collect some common materials."
Everyone nodded and said, "Understood."
On the other side, after a period of hard work, Fang Che once again plundered a Plane.
Because the Fang Che Plane's level cap had advanced to Eighth-Order, its ability to restrain the Flame Sea Plane's aura was enhanced, so there was no need to worry about the Flame Sea Plane's aura damaging the Plane.
Therefore, Fang Che did not rush to obliterate the Flame Sea Plane's aura as he did before, but instead went to the Flame Sea Plane again to plunder more territory.
In this state, Fang Che successfully plundered eleven Flame Sea Plane territories in a very short time.
And Fang Che's rapid actions also stimulated the Yan Hai world Will.
The Yan Hai world Will's requirements for spatial teleportation rules became increasingly stringent.
By the time Fang Che plundered fourteen territories, Fang Che discovered that the Flame Sea Plane's rules were almost reaching the limit of Fang Che's teleportation.
Fang Che estimated that by his next visit, he would need to possess Eighth-Order strength to be able to teleport away from this place.
Fang Che was slightly disappointed but quickly adjusted his mood, set up a formation to shield Plane rules, and used the power of the formation to draw a method to return to his Plane on his abdomen.
Immediately after, Fang Che hunted Flame Sea Plane Professionals, mastered the Flame Sea Plane's language, and then continued to search for suitable territories to plunder.
Not long after, a suitable area for plundering was discovered by Fang Che.
After Fang Che understood the outpost locations, he immediately set up a formation.
The formation set up this time had a much smaller range than before, but it used more materials than before.
In addition to the influence of the Flame Sea Plane's rules, there was another important reason: Fang Che was preparing to use the items provided by the Emperor Plane to plunder the territory.
This was Fang Che's last time plundering territory at Seventh-Order strength, and Fang Che wanted to use this opportunity to complete the task assigned by the Emperor Plane.
Only then could Fang Che return to the Emperor Plane and exchange for various resources to advance to Eighth-Order.
A long time later, the formation was completed, and Fang Che looked at the resources consumed to set up the formation, feeling a bit regretful.
The Yan Hai world Will strictly guarded against the Emperor Plane's items; the cost of using the Emperor Plane's items to plunder a Plane far exceeded that of the Plunder Fishing Rod.
However, in order to successfully exchange for advancement resources from the Emperor Plane, these were all necessary investments.
Fang Che checked the formation, confirmed there were no omissions, then took out the fishing rod item provided by the Emperor Plane and directly cast the hook.
The hook, carrying the fishing line, drilled into the ground until the float touched the ground, and only then did the hook stop moving.
Not long after, the float drilled into the ground, and the surrounding land instantly collapsed and contracted, transforming into a carp hanging on the fish hook.
The original ground became a gaping hole, with terrifying spatial energy raging within the hole.
The Six-Order Professional in the outpost there came into contact with the spatial energy and was instantly torn to shreds.
Fortunately, the Plane's gas barrier enveloped the edge of the hole, preventing the chaotic spatial energy from expanding its influence.
At the same time, the formation set up by Fang Che also released energy, concealing the situation here.
Fang Che quickly reeled in the fishing line; the carp, transformed from the Plane, moved rapidly towards Fang Che and soon passed through the gas barrier, landing in Fang Che's hand.
In an instant, the fishing hook item in Fang Che's hand shattered, transforming into a stream of energy that enveloped the carp, concealing the aura it emitted.
Fang Che put the carp into his storage ring and turned to run towards the interior of the Flame Sea Plane, but he did not activate the teleportation formation in his abdomen to return to his own Plane.
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Chapter 398 Groups in Special Areas
If Fang Che were to use the abdominal teleportation array to return to his Plane, he would be unable to provide an escape record when he next traveled to the Emperor Plane, which would make the Emperor Plane suspicious.
As a result, Fang Che would not be able to obtain various materials from the Emperor Plane.
Therefore, the abdominal teleportation array must never be used unless absolutely necessary.
Not long after Fang Che left, the Plane Will descended around the plundered territory, quickly mobilizing territories from other places to fill the void.
Immediately after, the Plane Will teleported countless Seven-rank Professionals to investigate the surrounding situation.
These Seven-rank Professionals left only a small portion to investigate the surroundings, while most of them went directly to the front line.
Previously, after the Professionals from the Emperor Plane plundered a territory, they would quickly return to the Emperor Plane.
The Professionals from the Yan Hai Plane only needed to guard the inevitable path back to the Emperor Plane to capture the Professionals from the Emperor Plane.
This method had spread throughout the entire Yan Hai Plane, and Fang Che was also aware of it.
At this moment, Fang Che did not directly return to the Emperor Plane; instead, he moved towards the interior of the Yan Hai Plane, getting further and further away from the front line.
After some time, Fang Che arrived at the edge of a special area.
This area was discovered by chance by Fang Che when he was looking for a suitable territory to plunder some time ago.
The most special thing about this area was that the family forces here were relatively weak, and other Professionals formed a force similar to the Emperor Plane's organizations.
The two sides did not have major conflicts; instead, they cooperated to drive away many families who tried to occupy this area.
This place was a very suitable area for Professionals without family backgrounds to live.
When Fang Che came here some time ago, he learned that the resources here could no longer accommodate too many Professionals.
Therefore, the organizations and family forces set up many tests for Professionals who wanted to join.
One of these tests was to go to the front line and participate in combat.
Fang Che planned to accept the test mission here and go to the front line with the team.
This would save a lot of unnecessary trouble.
Fang Che disguised his profession, turning himself into an assassin, before walking into the special area.
Not long after walking in the special area, Fang Che saw countless Professionals wandering around.
The liveliness here far exceeded that of areas controlled by family forces.
Just by walking around here for a while, one could encounter some Seven-rank Professionals.
In a place like this, no Professionals from the Emperor Plane dared to come and plunder territory.
Because of this, there were no patrol teams here, and no one asked to verify Fang Che's identity.
Fang Che easily arrived at a towering pavilion.
Upon entering the pavilion, Fang Che directly found a Seven-rank Professional responsible for guarding, cupped his hands, and said, "Friend, I wish to join this area; could you make it convenient?"
The Seven-rank guard immediately asked, "Do you understand the rules?"
Fang Che nodded and said, "I understand. I am willing to go to the front line to participate in the combat test mission."
The guard nodded slightly, took out paper and pen, and said, "Recently, enemies from the Emperor Plane are rampant everywhere. To prevent them from causing damage, we need to investigate your identity."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che looked around and whispered, "My name is Zhang Yue. I am a Professional from the Chen Family territory seven hundred miles to the east.
Two months ago, I took advantage of the Emperor Plane's enemies plundering the territory and attacked the Chen Family members.
I heard that this place has a grudge with the Chen Family, so I found a way to escape here. Please give me a chance, sir."
What Fang Che said was all true, without any falsehood.
Because a month ago, Fang Che had already learned this news near the Chen Family through the Voodoo Doll.
Later, Fang Che found Zhang Yue's hiding place, killed him, and remembered Zhang Yue's situation.
The guard heard Fang Che's words and asked curiously, "Is that how you look?"
Fang Che shook his head, condensed a portrait in his hand, displayed it in front of the guard, and then quickly put it away.
The guard continued to ask, "What did you steal?"
Fang Che immediately took out a storage ring and handed it to the guard.
After inspecting it, the guard said, "There are indeed items from the Chen Family's wanted list, but the items are incomplete, and there are some other things as well."
Fang Che replied, "Some things were used by me, and some were that unfortunate fellow's personal belongings, as well as some of my intentions.
I am willing to give all these things to you, sir. Please give me a chance."
The guard smiled slightly, put away the storage ring, and said:
"We are very happy to accommodate friends who have a grudge with our enemies. Please wait for a while, sir. Once the personnel are gathered, we will take you to the front line to carry out the mission!"
Fang Che, with an excited expression, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, sir."
"You're welcome." The guard waved his hand, took out a token, handed it to Fang Che, and said, "Sir, please stay in room seventeen on the third floor for now. You will be notified when it's time to depart."
"Okay." Fang Che took the token and turned to leave.
After watching Fang Che leave, the guard immediately walked to a corner and handed the storage ring Fang Che gave him to a Six-Order Professional, instructing:
"Send the contents to the vicinity of the Chen Family and see their reaction. Also, follow the old method and proceed with the operation."
The Six-Order Professional nodded slightly and turned to leave.
Time flew by, and three days passed quickly.
On this day, Fang Che was resting in his room when he heard a knock on the door.
When Fang Che opened the door, he saw the Seven-rank guard standing at the entrance.
Fang Che immediately asked, "Are the personnel gathered and ready to act?"
The guard nodded and said, "The personnel are gathered. Come with me."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che excitedly followed behind the guard.
Next, the guard walked to a room ten meters away and gently knocked on the door. The door opened, and a Seven-rank Professional opened it.
The guard said, "You can depart now."
Then, the guard pointed at Fang Che and introduced, "This is the person going to the front line to perform the test mission with you. You two will need to cooperate with each other from now on."
Fang Che and the Seven-rank Professional looked at each other, nodded, and greeted each other.
Subsequently, the two followed the guard to knock on other doors.
After a long while, the guard was surrounded by fifteen Seven-rank Professionals.
The guard said, "Alright, everyone is here. I will take you to the front line."
Everyone nodded silently and followed the guard out of the pavilion, walking into the distance.
After walking for a moment, a Professional curiously asked, "This doesn't seem to be the way to the front line."
The guard replied, "Our organization is an anomaly, and we have offended quite a few families. To avoid attacks from family forces, we need to take a detour and borrow paths from some families with whom we have good relations."
Everyone nodded reassuringly and continued to follow behind the guard.
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Chapter 399 Passing the Group Test
Fang Che silently followed behind the guard. After walking for a distance, he suddenly discovered a group of Professionals appearing ahead.
Fang Che was very familiar with these people; they were the Chen Family Professionals who were hunting Zhang Yue.
When eliminating Zhang Yue, Fang Che had specifically learned about the Chen Family's situation and memorized how these people looked.
Currently, Fang Che had not fully disguised himself as Zhang Yue, so logically, he didn't need to pay attention to the Chen Family members.
However, Fang Che still needed to put on a show to deceive the guards beside him.
Because the Chen Family members were brought by the guards!
Not long ago, in order to safely return to the Emperor Plane, Fang Che had specifically learned about the group the guard belonged to.
According to what Fang Che understood, this group, to prevent infiltration by other family forces, liked to use various methods to verify others' identities. If an identity was problematic, the group would directly eliminate them.
The dozen or so people currently with Fang Che were not people undergoing a test mission at all; they were with the guard!
As long as Fang Che had a problem, they would eliminate him without hesitation.
Following the information he had previously investigated, Fang Che moved forward expressionlessly, only quickening his steps slightly, hiding behind a tall Professional, and silently lowering his head.
At the same time, Fang Che mobilized energy, gathered it in his palm, and relaxed his hand muscles.
The Zhang Yue that Fang Che was impersonating was an assassin, and relaxing hand muscles was one of an assassin's pre-battle preparations.
When Fang Che made these movements, the several Professionals following him slightly relaxed. However, they still stared at Fang Che, observing his every move.
Just then, the Chen Family members walked towards Fang Che and his group.
The leading Six-Order Professional, facing a group of Seven-rank Professionals, showed no fear. He directly raised his hand to stop everyone and questioned, "Who are you people? Where are you going?"
The guard stepped forward two steps and smiled, "We've accepted a mission from the Zhao Family in the west and are preparing to go to the front lines to fight. Please make way."
The Chen Family's Six-Order Professional frowned and said, "A mission issued by the Zhao Family? Why isn't anyone from the Zhao Family accompanying you? I happen to know someone from the Zhao Family; I'll ask!"
At this point, the Six-Order Professional took out a communication token, preparing to send a message.
The guard's face darkened, and he raised his hand to strike at the Six-Order Professional's chest.
Unexpectedly, a light flashed on that person's chest, easily blocking the attack, and then he quickly retreated.
At the same time, the other Seven-rank Professionals of the Chen Family quickly released skills, smashing them towards the guard and Fang Che's group.
Seeing this, Fang Che quickly pulled out a dagger from his storage ring, then activated the item on his body, simulated an assassin skill, and quickly dodged to the side.
At the same time, the others also quickly dodged.
Having just dodged one attack, everyone unleashed their skills, smashing them towards the Chen Family's Professionals. At the same time, the three melee Professionals, including the guard, also quickly approached the Chen Family's Professionals.
Seeing this, Fang Che immediately accelerated, came behind the Six-Order Professional who had just blocked the guard's attack, and stabbed with his dagger.
The dagger made contact with the Six-Order Professional's defensive measure. In an instant, the Super Immunity skill took effect, directly destroying the Six-Order Professional's defensive measure and plunging the dagger into the Six-Order Professional's body.
The Six-Order Professional died instantly!
In the distance, the several people monitoring Fang Che saw him kill the Chen Family's Six-Order Professional, and immediately unleashed their skills with full power, attacking the other Professionals of the Chen Family.
A moment later, all of the Chen Family members were killed, while only three melee Professionals on Fang Che's side were injured.
After Fang Che collected the Six-Order Professional's belongings he had killed, he stood quietly to the side, waiting for the others to clean up the battlefield.
A moment later, the battlefield was cleaned up, and the three injured guards had also finished their treatment.
The guard spoke, "This battle will definitely be discovered. We cannot act together anymore."
A Seven-rank Professional nearby immediately asked, "Only you know the correct path to the front lines. If we split up, who will take us there?"
At this moment, these people were still acting, still pretending not to know each other.
Fang Che was too lazy to expose them and quietly listened to their conversation.
The guard continued, "Everyone, don't worry. To ensure safety, we have prepared many plans; encountering battles along the way is also within our consideration. I'll take everyone to a safe stronghold, re-form teams, let's go."
Afterward, the guard led everyone and continued to walk forward.
Not long after, the group arrived in a forest.
The guard injected a burst of energy into the ground, and the ground instantly collapsed. Over twenty Professionals emerged from underground.
The guard spoke, "It seems many people have encountered trouble. According to the plan, I can take four people with me. Zhang Yue, you'll come with me, and then choose three others to come with me."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che walked to the guard's side and waited quietly.
Immediately after, a Professional from the underground passage pointed at three people and said, "You, you, and you, follow the group."
The three people whose names were called immediately stepped out of the crowd and came to Fang Che's side.
The guard spoke, "I'll take these four from Route One. You all will depart a little later. Farewell."
"Go safely."
After that, Fang Che followed the guard and left the place.
After Fang Che and the others had gone far, the people remaining at the original spot began to communicate familiarly.
"How many people passed the test this batch?"
"Including the one who just arrived, a total of seventeen people."
"Not bad. I remember in the past, only six to seven people per batch could pass the test."
"That's normal too. Now, the family forces don't have the leisure to deal with us, and Seven-rank Professionals without background are afraid of being used as cannon fodder by family forces, so they definitely choose to join our group."
"I think if the battle continues, more people will definitely join us. The resources in our area are too scarce to sustain too many people's cultivation."
"It doesn't matter. Most people will die in the test missions. The resources we earn from the tests are enough for the group to develop steadily."
"As long as there are people, there's no need to worry about resource shortages. Just seize another territory!"
"That's right. During wartime, too many families have been destroyed..."
After these people exchanged a few more words, they quickly dispersed and returned to the area where their group was located.
At the same time, Fang Che and his group were moving towards the front lines.
Along the way, Fang Che encountered many patrol teams.
However, after these patrol teams communicated briefly with the guard, they directly let them pass, without even verifying Fang Che's identity.
If Fang Che were to move towards the front lines alone, even with a Voodoo Doll scouting the route beforehand, he might still encounter patrol teams.
Fang Che might be able to evade one patrol team, but he might not be able to evade all of them.
As long as the patrol teams couldn't find Fang Che's movement route, Fang Che would still be in trouble.
Now, moving with the guard was much easier.
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Chapter 400 Leaving Alone
Fang Che continued forward with the guard.
After some time, Fang Che detected terrifying battle fluctuations, smelled the scent of blood mixed in the breeze, and noticed layers of formations set up underground.
Fang Che made an Observe of the formations and moved a bit further, where the battle fluctuations became even more pronounced and the scent of blood grew thicker.
Now, besides the smell of blood, Fang Che couldn't smell anything else, as if his whole body was enveloped by it.
At the same time, Fang Che saw countless Professionals below the six-rank gathered ahead, setting up defensive lines.
Many Seven-rank Professionals and above passed through this area, continuing to move towards the battlefield.
Upon arriving here, Fang Che, out of the corner of his eye, saw that three other individuals participating in the trial were trembling all over, their eyes filled with fear.
The guard, however, was quite calm.
Seeing this, Fang Che immediately stopped, his face full of terror, and said with a trembling voice, "It's too terrifying ahead; I want to stop for a moment to adjust my mindset."
Fang Che could not continue forward; if he did, his disguise might be seen through by stronger individuals, and he needed to seize this opportunity to escape quickly.
The guard glanced at Fang Che, then at the three other trembling Professionals, and instead of mocking them, he gently comforted them:
"Don't worry, our group won't make you directly participate in the battle.
Instead, you will go to the edge of the battlefield to eliminate Seven-rank enemies from the Emperor Plane.
As long as you kill ten enemies, you can pass the trial and leave the battlefield.
Now, come with me to register."
At these words, the other three sighed in relief, their fear slowly diminishing, and their bodies stopped trembling.
However, Fang Che remained fearful, and his voice still trembled as he said, "Your Excellency, in my current state, if I go to register, I will be ridiculed.
Moreover, if Your Excellency takes me to register, it might be perceived as our group having no one available, which would not be beneficial for the group's development either."
The guard looked at Fang Che and found that his state had worsened.
Seeing this, the guard felt some dissatisfaction.
Although the people he had brought before would also be afraid, once they understood the specific task, they would quickly adjust their state and avoid making a fool of themselves.
Only Fang Che was an exception; the guard had never seen anyone like him before.
The guard said unhappily, "Then stop and rest for a while."
Hearing this, Fang Che pointed to the path they had come from and pleaded, "I want to go out and relax for a bit, may I?"
The guard frowned and said, "I must warn you, those who come here cannot leave until they complete their mission.
Don't go too far, or the defending army here will not show mercy."
Fang Che's face was full of regret, and he said helplessly, "I understand, I'll be back soon."
Then, Fang Che turned and left the area.
The guard shook his head with some distaste, looked at the other three, and said, "You all rest for a bit too; I'll tell you about the situation here..."
On the other side, after Fang Che had moved a distance underground, he immediately went into a forest, closed his eyes, and in his Niwan Palace, condensed the information of the surrounding formations, silently muttering: Observe.
Illusory eyes instantly appeared, thoroughly studying the formations here and finding a way to exploit their loopholes.
Fang Che immediately took out various materials, mixed them into ink, and drew formations on his clothes.
Once the formations were complete, Fang Che quickly injected energy to activate them.
The next second, a special aura emanated from Fang Che, perfectly blending with the surroundings.
Fang Che took out an item, activated it, and his body directly burrowed underground.
Then, Fang Che moved quickly underground along the weaknesses of the formations, approaching the edge of the battlefield.
At the same time, the guard had already informed the other three about the situation he understood.
The guard glanced at the forest where Fang Che was hiding and said to the people beside him, "Zhang Yue should be calm now; let's go call him back."
The three nodded and followed the guard to the vicinity of the forest.
Upon finding the forest empty, the guard immediately asked, "Did any of you see Zhang Yue leave the forest?"
The three shook their heads in unison, and one of them said, "This is the only suitable hiding place nearby.
If he went anywhere else, the Plane would see him.
He must have escaped underground."
"This useless fellow!" the guard cursed, then said, "I'll take you three to register!"
One person nearby immediately asked, "Not looking for Zhang Yue anymore?"
The guard shook his head and said, "No, I'll report this directly during registration later.
The defending army here will deal with him! Follow me!"
Afterward, the guard led the three individuals directly to the registration area, where they saw the Ninth-Order Professional in charge of registration, as well as other families registering to participate in the battle.
The guard led the few people from behind, and once there were no Professionals from family forces around, the guard approached the Ninth-Order Professional, cupped his hands in greeting, and said:
"Junior, I brought four Seven-rank Professionals on this trip, one of whom, named Zhang Yue, is very timid and quietly escaped a while ago."
The Ninth-Order Professional heard this news and calmly said, "Don't worry about him.
After a while, I will use an inspiring skill to make those who are hiding go to the front lines to fight."
After saying this, the Ninth-Order Professional took out three tokens and handed them to the people beside the guard, saying:
"You take these tokens; they will make you immune to the effects of the inspiring skill.
Go and carry out your mission.
After completing the mission, you can come find me, and I will send you away."
"As you command."
The three took the tokens and turned to leave.
After the three left, the Ninth-Order Professional took out a storage ring and handed it to the guard, saying:
"This is the reward for the four people you brought.
Three of them can leave after killing ten Seven-rank enemies, as for the one who ran away, he will remain on the battlefield forever."
Upon hearing this, the guard felt even more that the escaping Zhang Yue was despicable, but the guard dared not show emotion in front of the Ninth-Order Professional, only respectfully saying:
"Junior understands.
Junior will bring the next batch of people as soon as possible.
If there is nothing else, Junior will take his leave."
The Ninth-Order Professional gently waved his hand and said, "Go."
At this time, on the other side, after Fang Che had moved a distance underground, he detected the aura belonging to the Emperor Plane.
This aura was completely integrated with the earth, and the surrounding formations, upon contact with these auras, became hazy and illusory.
This was clearly a measure specially arranged by the Emperor Plane to ensure the safe return of those who plundered territory.
Fang Che unhesitatingly destroyed the disguise of a Flame Sea Plane Professional on his body and put on the cloak item issued by the Emperor Plane.
In an instant, the aura of the Emperor Plane actively sought out Fang Che, enveloping his body, and Fang Che's stealth ability instantly increased several hundredfold.
Fang Che relaxed and continued to move along the weak points of the formations in this area, heading towards the edge of the battlefield.
Not long after, Fang Che arrived at the defensive line at the edge of the battlefield.