Chapter 28: Five Hundred Years
On the desolate wilderness, Linley and Lei Si Jing, one tall and one short, were walking side by side.
"How did it come to this? Can't even see a few people anymore." Lei Si Jing couldn't help cursing under his breath, his eyes filled with anger as he looked around. "Those weaker commanders hiding away is one thing, but what about the strong ones? When I was with Lei Hong before, we ran into quite a few. Now I can't see a single one."
Linley beside him remained silent.
Linley was also feeling somewhat anxious. He couldn't help but look around the planar battlefield, but it was empty and vast, with no figures in sight. "The planar battlefield seems to have become desolate all of a sudden. Can't see many people. When I was with Bebe before, using the Death God puppet to lure people, we still found quite a few." Linley couldn't understand it either. It had been three years since they killed that Elf man, O'Carol Will.
For three whole years, Linley and his group hadn't obtained a second golden badge!
It wasn't that Linley and the others were soft-hearted, but they simply couldn't find any targets they could take down!
During these three years, Linley and his group had encountered people, but they were either Death God puppets or truly supreme powerhouses that their group of four couldn't handle. Of course, there was one time they ran into a group team. That time, Linley and the others were about to make a move because the other side only had two people.
But just as they were about to strike, they summoned Bebe to come over, only to find... that the other side also had three helpers rushing over.
That team turned out to be a five-person team! And in terms of strength, two of them were on the same level as Lei Si Jing. If a big battle broke out, they might be able to kill one or two of the enemy. But their own side would probably also lose one or two people, which wasn't worth it.
"Linley." Lei Si Jing suddenly teased. "If we don't get any more commander badges during this planar war, me and Lei Hong will be at a big loss, you know! After all, we gave you a commander badge first."
Linley was stunned and could only smile awkwardly.
"Just kidding." Lei Si Jing pulled out a purple fruit and started eating it. "How could we possibly not get any more commander badges? Hmph... At worst, we wait until the final stage of this planar war, the decisive battle, and the four of us join forces. Then we kill a few more commanders. With our strength, the four of us working together in the chaos, it won't be hard to snatch some advantages." Lei Si Jing seemed very confident.
Linley nodded slightly.
Although they had obtained two commander badges now, compared to his goal, it was still not enough.
"Boss, I've got a target!" Bebe's voice suddenly rang out in Linley's mind. Linley's eyes lit up, and excitement surged within him.
"Lei Si Jing, there's a target." Linley immediately flew towards Bebe's location.
"Oh!" Lei Si Jing quickly followed.
When Linley and Lei Si Jing arrived, they found Bebe and Lei Hong standing in front of a black-robed figure. The black-robed man's shoulder was broken, revealing a metallic material at the broken joint. Seeing Linley and the others arrive, Bebe turned back and said helplessly, "Boss, it's a Death God puppet."
Although Linley and Lei Si Jing were a bit disappointed, they were mentally prepared.
After all, in the past three years, this was the kind of thing they encountered most often.
"This Death God puppet isn't even trying to run." Linley laughed.
"Run? What's the point of running? Can't escape anyway. It's just losing one Death God puppet. I have plenty of these. And I'm very curious about the second Godeater Rat among the countless planes." The metal puppet spoke, then looked at Bebe with interest. "May I ask, what is your relationship with Beirut?"
Linley was startled.
How did someone else know that Bebe was a Godeater Rat?
"How do you know?" Bebe asked in surprise.
The Death God puppet said, "Of course I know. You've used your divine ability several times, and the phantom of the Godeater Rat has appeared. Many people have seen it. At first, everyone thought it was Beirut. Later, they found out it was a young man wearing a straw hat. Seeing you with a straw hat, I naturally recognized you at a glance."
"Ah." Bebe was a bit stunned. It was his straw hat that had revealed his identity.
"I see. No wonder everyone is hiding and doesn't dare to show themselves." Lei Si Jing said angrily.
"Of course they don't dare to show themselves. Everyone knows Beirut's temper. Even if they knew he had entered, they wouldn't be too worried. But this unknown young man can also use that move. No one dares to gamble with their own future." The Death God puppet said casually.
If they got hit and were done for, even if those people had avatars outside, they would still fall from their peak positions.
"Get lost quickly. I won't bother destroying this Death God puppet of yours." Lei Si Jing said impatiently. "It's really annoying. I want to find those people and cause trouble, but they've all hidden away. What a bunch of cowards!"
It wasn't cowardice; it was caution.
Those commanders had expended countless efforts to achieve their current status. In a planar war, even if they didn't gain any military merits this time, they could participate in the next planar battlefield. After all, it happened once every trillion years, and each time there were five planar wars. For them, military merits were secondary; life was the most important!
If their strongest avatar died, that was the end.
"What do we do now?" The usually silent Lei Hong also sensed the bad situation.
"What can we do?" Lei Si Jing bit his lip. "I finally got Bebe's help, wanting to torment those people. But they've all hidden away. Hmph... Fine, let's find a place to rest first. After we've rested well, when the final decisive battle comes and everyone shows up, we'll hit them hard. Get more military merits."
"That's the only option." Bebe said helplessly.
Linley frowned slightly. Other commanders might not care too much about how many military merits they got. If they didn't get any in this planar war, they could participate in the next one. But Linley couldn't afford to waste time. Linley needed to gain enough military merits in this planar war.
But if many people were hiding, what could he do?
"I think, while we find a place to rest, we can also use the Death God puppet to lure people nearby. If we can lure one or two commanders, that would be a good thing." Linley spoke up.
"Hmm, that's right. There are still about eight hundred years left until this planar war ends. In eight hundred years, we might actually attract someone." Lei Si Jing nodded in agreement.
"Alright, stop thinking about it here. Let's go find a place to rest." Bebe was the first to stride forward.
Linley and the others casually found a high mountain. Using Lei Hong's special technique, they built a cave dwelling. Linley and the other three all lived inside, beginning a peaceful life. As for controlling the Death God puppet to lure outsiders, that task was given to Bebe and Lei Hong, while Lei Si Jing devoted himself fully to training.
As for Linley, he naturally took the opportunity to train hard.
The planar battlefield became eerily quiet. Except for a few powerful small teams, many solo travelers had gone into hiding. Everyone was waiting for the decisive battle! Some were waiting for the decisive battle to end so they could leave, others were waiting to participate in it. Although the decisive battle was dangerous, as long as the commanders were careful and alert, their chances of survival were much higher than those of ordinary soldiers.
In this tranquility, five hundred years passed silently!
Inside a desolate high mountain, in the quiet cave dwelling.
Lei Si Jing, Bebe, and Lei Hong were sitting together, drinking wine, eating various fruits, and chatting casually.
"This Linley trains way too hard." Lei Si Jing glanced at the courtyard in the distance, where Linley was sitting cross-legged. "It's fine to train hard, but you need to rest too." As he spoke, Lei Si Jing took a big bite of his fruit.
"My boss trains hard, of course. That's why his training speed is so fast." Bebe said proudly.
The usually silent Lei Hong nodded rarely. "This Linley's training speed is astonishing."
"Astonishing enough. Nearly four hundred years ago, Linley woke up once. He said that he had started the complete fusion of the four profound mysteries of the Laws of the Earth. How many years has he been training? Just over two thousand years? I've been training for how many years? I've only fused five." Lei Si Jing said with a pout.
Bebe rubbed his nose and said nothing.
Among the four members of this hunting squad, when it came to fusing profound mysteries, he had the least say.
Lei Si Jing and Lei Hong had both fused five profound mysteries. Of course, that was also related to their extremely long training time. Linley had trained for over two thousand years and was about to fuse four.
What about him?
He hadn't fused a single one! "Hmph, but my divine ability is strong." Bebe comforted himself in his heart.
Just then—
A powerful divine sense swept directly through the cave dwelling. Lei Si Jing, Lei Hong, and Bebe all changed expression. Even Linley, who was training, opened his eyes and looked outside in surprise.
"Whoosh!" Lei Si Jing and the others directly dashed into the courtyard outside.
"Someone actually used divine sense to probe in here. That's terrifying." Lei Si Jing said in a low voice.
"It's either a soul mutation powerhouse or a Paragon Highgod." Lei Hong also spoke.
Linley was also very shocked. They had to know that this cave dwelling was inside the mountain belly. Even the corridor leading from the courtyard entrance to the outside was nearly a hundred meters long. For someone to cover the entire cave dwelling with divine sense meant their divine sense range had to be several hundred meters. Linley had refined a large amount of amethyst, but his divine sense range was only about a hundred meters.
A range like that...
There were only two possibilities: a soul mutation powerhouse or a Paragon Highgod. Of course, a Sovereign could also probe, but if a Sovereign probed, Linley and the others wouldn't be able to detect it.
"Hmm!" Linley and the other three all looked towards the corridor leading outside from the courtyard.
In the empty corridor, a figure was walking in. This person was wearing a white robe, with white hair and white eyebrows. The white eyebrows were bristling upwards, and his eyes were very narrow, seeming to shoot out cold light when they blinked. Even as he walked, this white-robed, white-browed man made people involuntarily look up to him.
"It's him!" Linley's face turned ugly.
This person had once roamed the Infernal Realm and was known by the title "Demon Wind Blood." It meant that when the wind rose, blood would also fly, and the person would be killed.
"Bayer! What are you doing here?" Lei Si Jing frowned. A purple halo began to emanate from his body surface.
"Oh, Lei Si Jing." The white-robed, white-browed man said indifferently with a faint smile.
Bayer, although he had roamed the Infernal Realm, was widely considered by many powerhouses to have originated from the Wind Plane, a peak king-like figure of the Wind Plane. This was because this man had already reached the Paragon level!
"A Paragon Highgod is here. What for?" Linley felt a bit uneasy in his heart.
A Paragon Highgod was truly terrifying.
"I didn't expect you to come to the planar battlefield too, Bayer." Lei Si Jing said with a faint smile.
"I originally didn't plan to come to the planar battlefield. This planar battlefield is meaningless to me. But... I owe O'Carol Will a favor." Bayer said coldly. "O'Carol Will's strongest Life Sovereign avatar was killed by your people. He asked me to help him take revenge!"
Bayer said coldly: "I don't like owing favors! So... I came to the planar battlefield!"
Linley and the other three's expressions changed drastically.
This Bayer had actually come because of O'Carol Will's request.
"You owe him a favor?" Lei Si Jing frowned. For Paragon Highgods who had reached the peak, they rarely owed favors. Once they owed one, they would definitely find a way to repay it.
"Forget about the three of you. I only need to kill one person." Bayer raised his right hand indifferently, his crystal-clear index finger pointing at Bebe. "Him! He killed O'Carol Will. I only need to kill him."
Linley immediately became anxious.
Lei Si Jing, however, sneered: "Bayer, do you know what his relationship with Beirut is?"
"Beirut?" Bayer said indifferently. "He's troublesome, but if I kill this kid, what can Beirut do to me?"