Chapter 546

Chapter 546: Tracking Mares

As the High-ranking Leaders of the Federal Parliament and the Military reached consensus and began to take action, the Shadow King, responsible for monitoring the activities of the parliamentary and military Giants, sent the relevant information to the Shadow Emperor through a communication stone.

"Your Majesty, Morris has notified the Federation to begin a large-scale search of the galaxy and surrounding space. If Mares’s whereabouts are not found within two to three months, the search area will expand to the entire star cluster and its surrounding regions."

The Shadow Emperor conveyed the results to Yi Chen.

Yi Chen raised his eyebrows in response.

This outcome pleased him greatly.

Because, as a result, as long as Mares remained unfound, they could at least delay time for another two to three months.

Once the search expanded to the entire star cluster and its surrounding areas without finding Mares, having no results for two or three years would be quite normal, allowing for even more extended delays.

The only issue was that with the expanded search area, the human federation’s battleships might very well discover traces of the Great Flame Empire in the Tianling Star Cluster.

However, compared to the benefits, this trouble was negligible.

What Yi Chen desired most was to delay time, the longer the better.

The more time they had, the less he would fear the threat from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

"What should we do next?" the Shadow Emperor asked.

"Find Mares and see if we can control him," Yi Chen calculated for a moment and decided to take the risk.

If they could gain control over Mares, the benefits would be unimaginable.

First, they could completely eliminate this threat.

Furthermore, he could use Mares to keep Morris hanging, ensuring that Morris would not fall into despair, always seeing a glimmer of hope, thereby buying more time.

Lastly, controlling Mares would also benefit him in advancing his strength realm in the super star cluster.

"Should we seek the Soul Emperor’s help?" the Shadow Emperor hesitated, "Even if Mares is heavily injured, he is still a powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, and his strength realm is a whole major realm above mine."

"No need! I can spend some of my luck later to help you boost yours; it should be fine. If it doesn’t work out, we can find the Soul Emperor afterward. Besides, since Mares is still in the fleeing phase, let’s gather the Shadow Kings."

Yi Chen raised his hand dismissively; Mares’s situation was critical, and if they succeeded, the benefits would be substantial.

This must-know information should be kept from outsiders as much as possible.

In comparison, even if there were any mishaps that led to news of the Shadow King appearing in the star cluster leaking out, it would be far better than the news of him controlling Mares getting out.

"Understood!"

The Shadow Emperor no longer hesitated; he immediately ended the hiding state and began searching for Mares’s location.

Once he confirmed Mares’s location, he took out the communication stone to notify the stationed Shadow Kings to assemble.

Then, he took Yi Chen and headed toward the exile planet.

Upon reaching the exile planet, Yi Chen would lead the Shadow Emperor back to the blood-colored planet.

The entire Shadow Clan has more than thirty Shadow Kings at level 180.

Among them, more than ten remain in the Tree Star Cluster, while the remaining twenty have migrated with the entire Shadow Clan to the star cluster.

To set up an intelligence network for monitoring the entire star cluster, over half of the Shadow Kings personally headed to various star systems to monitor the strongest members of various tribes.

Only seven Shadow Kings stayed at the Shadow Clan’s base on the blood-colored planet.

When Yi Chen and the Shadow Emperor arrived at the blood-colored planet, the seven Shadow Kings were already waiting at the Great Flame Empire’s headquarters.

Yi Chen took out a mini Space Vessel and entered it.

The Shadow Emperor and the seven Shadow Kings followed closely behind and also entered the mini Space Vessel.

Yi Chen then controlled the mini Space Vessel to return to the exile planet through the teleportation array.

Once the Shadow Emperor took the mini Space Vessel through the cosmic storm zone, he set the navigation route according to the coordinates of Mares provided by the Shadow Emperor, and then focused on his training without distraction.

The Shadow Emperor and the seven Shadow Kings spread out their perceptions, ensuring the safety of the mini Space Vessel.

Everyone was not in a hurry.

According to the tracking methods of the Shadow Emperor, Mares’s location was continuously changing, swiftly leaving the galaxy and heading towards other star systems.

From what they could deduce about the route, it seemed Mares planned to quickly escape beyond the star cluster.

They could take their time to pursue.

One day, two days, three days…

Both Yi Chen and Morris deduced correctly.

Although Mares was heavily injured and needed to find a place to hide and recover, he still endured the worsening condition and even risked exacerbating his injuries to forcibly tear through space, rapidly escaping further away from the star cluster.

By escaping quickly, although it would worsen his injuries and make recovery more troublesome, he realized that failing to escape quickly could lead to discovery by the Federation Military’s battleships, completely losing his chance at escape.

Comparing the two options, it was better to put distance between himself and the danger.

It was not until he reached the nearby Angelic Galaxy and confirmed he could temporarily evade the Federation’s search that Mares began to slow down, no longer forcibly tearing through space and rushing.

Instead, he continued towards the edge of the star cluster in his flying treasure while taking various healing materials to recover from his injuries.

After a month of travel, with constant adjustments to the route, Yi Chen’s mini Space Vessel slowly caught up with Mares at the edge of the Angelic Galaxy.

During that month, Yi Chen successfully advanced from Heaven Fairy Stage One to Heaven Fairy Stage Three, utilizing a vast amount of Low-grade Immortal Stones.

Such a terrifying training speed caused the Shadow Emperor and the seven Shadow Kings to feel envious and astonished, and they were ecstatic.

For them, Yi Chen’s ability to maintain such an incredible training speed after breaking through to level 140 was undoubtedly a sign that his talent limit far exceeded theirs.

As Yi Chen’s talent limit rose, so would the limits of the Great Flame Empire and the Shadow Clan’s development potential.

In just a few years, Yi Chen had already led them to see the dawn of the Shadow Clan’s revival and potential ascent to new heights.

After successfully catching up to the slowing Mares, Yi Chen did not rush to confront him but instead found a deserted star at the edge of the Angelic Galaxy.

Inside the deserted star, he set up a defensive formation and then placed a teleportation array within that formation.

This way, when the Great Flame Empire expanded into the Angelic Galaxy in the future, they could directly use the teleportation array to drop troops in, significantly shortening the time needed to transport forces.

After completing the teleportation array, Yi Chen then reset the navigation route for the mini Space Vessel using the new coordinates provided by the Shadow Emperor.

Once the mini Space Vessel reached the coordinates through the Space Jump System, Yi Chen retracted it and took out the flying treasure.

The Shadow Emperor then entered the hiding state and sped towards Mares’s new coordinates with the flying treasure.

The Shadow Emperor’s speed was much faster than the heavily injured Mares.

As the two sides continued to draw closer in a cyclical manner, within just a day, the Shadow Emperor’s perception ability successfully located Mares.

"Your Majesty, we have found Mares!"

The Shadow Emperor immediately informed Yi Chen.

Inside the flying treasure, Yi Chen stopped his training.

Without any hesitation, he transferred all the luck he had accumulated over the past two years through the Luck Technique to the Shadow Emperor and the seven Shadow Kings.