Chapter 638

Chapter 638: Authorizing the Shadow Clan for Large Scale Advancement

Having finalized the plan, Yi Chen no longer hesitated.

His divine consciousness immediately enveloped the entire flying treasure, but it did not spread outward.

Among those of the same level, his divine consciousness was hundreds or even thousands of times stronger.

However, compared to those powerful fighters above level 200, he still fell short.

If his divine consciousness continued to spread, it would be easily sensed and detected by the strong fighters on Soul-Loss Star.

Without expanding his divine consciousness and confirming the teleportation destination, he used the Teleportation Technique directly.

At the second level of the Tao Immortal Stage, his divine consciousness had a coverage range of up to 200 million kilometers.

This time, he used the Teleportation Technique to teleport to the farthest distance directly.

In the next second, the flying treasure passed through the defensive barriers and appeared 200 million kilometers away.

With just one teleport, the closest star to Soul-Loss Star was left behind in the wake of the flying treasure.

Yi Chen still did not spread his divine consciousness outward but instead controlled the flying treasure to teleport again.

In the next second, he teleported another 200 million kilometers away.

In this manner, he repeated the process over a hundred times, confirming that even the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s strong fighters at level 230 wouldn’t have a sensing ability to detect him at such distances. Only then did he notify the Shadow King.

The Shadow King, who had remained in hiding state, then wrapped the flying treasure in his stealth techniques, continuing to move away from Soul-Loss Star.

After five or six minutes without any incidents occurring, Yi Chen finally relaxed.

He was almost certain that he had successfully escaped from Soul-Loss Star.

This was the greatest risk of participating in Death Duels.

In the coliseum, even if the opponent possessed a treasure, he could still defeat them.

The most troublesome aspect was that after earning vast amounts of resources and treasures through Death Duels, he needed to leave without drawing attention.

The more resources and treasures gained, the greater the disturbance created, increasing the chances of being targeted by even stronger fighters.

Since the Shadow King’s current stealth techniques could barely ensure that even level 220 fighters could not sense him at close range, only after passing this phase could he truly consider himself safe.

Next, the most important task was to gather the resource materials needed for the Fourth Generation Cave Paradise.

Yi Chen’s gaze turned to Mares as he communicated, “It’s no longer suitable for Thomasen to remain in the Tree Star Cluster. Check the storage ring to see if there are any suitable resources or treasures for him. Give them to him as a reward for this operation. After that, let him follow us to the star cluster and temporarily stay with you.”

“Understood!”

Mares quickly nodded.

“Thank you, Your Majesty!”

Thomasen exclaimed in joy, quickly bowing to express his gratitude.

“Next, I need to trade resources and treasures for the materials I require.”

Yi Chen asked, “Do you have any subordinates who won’t be linked back to you?”

“Yes!”

Mares nodded affirmatively.

As a strong fighter, it is essential to train some lesser-known, absolutely loyal subordinates.

He was no exception.

Thomasen was simply the strongest among his many subordinates.

Yi Chen took out a huge Space Stone containing resources and treasures worth one trillion and tossed it to Mares: “Inside is a treasure worth one trillion Low-grade Immortal Stones. Take it and distribute it among those subordinates, so they can buy the materials I need at high prices in the Tree Star Cluster. Even if it costs ten or twenty times the price, it doesn’t matter. Make it quick.”

“At the same time, try to find another group of agents to make purchases. If they can hide their identities, they should do so; we will need them in the future.”

“Understood!”

Mares showed a look of joy.

This was undoubtedly a major breakthrough for him.

A treasure worth one trillion Low-grade Immortal Stones was unimaginable wealth that ordinary strong fighters could hardly attain or hope for.

By directly handing it to him, Yi Chen was clearly showing that his trust in Mares had significantly increased over this time.

Most importantly, this task had bypassed the Shadow King, being assigned directly to him.

This gave him hope of becoming a direct subordinate of Yi Chen, surpassing the Shadow King.

Yi Chen smiled faintly, unaware whether Mares’ visible joy was due to uncontrollable emotions or a feigned display.

But it didn’t matter.

During this time, Mares had performed very well and made significant contributions, which was enough for Yi Chen.

Because of this, he had indeed raised his expectations of Mares.

As long as Mares remained loyal and efficient, Yi Chen didn’t mind letting him become his agent in the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

His gaze then shifted to the Shadow King, and he tossed another Space Stone: “Inside is the remaining nine trillion Low-grade Immortal Stones, consider it a reward for your Shadow Clan.”

“Your Majesty, is this too much?”

The Shadow King and the five Shadow Kings were a bit surprised.

They knew Yi Chen was generous, and that humanity currently had little demand for resources at the Low-grade Immortal Stone level, but they didn’t expect him to be so generous as to give away ninety percent of this profit directly to the Shadow Clan.

If it were really like this, they wouldn’t even have to waste time participating in the fifth duel.

“Is it a lot?”

Yi Chen waved his hand dismissively: “The Shadow Clan’s average strength is already catching up to the Great Flame Empire.”

“If resource materials are sufficient, I will try to refine a larger Third Generation Cave Paradise. With this batch of resources in the hands of the Shadow Clan, we can arrange for more people to enter for training.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty!”

The Shadow King and the five Shadow Kings were filled with ecstasy.

They understood the reason Yi Chen directly gifted this batch of resources to the Shadow Clan.

This reason was a thousand times more important to them than resources and treasures worth nine trillion Low-grade Immortal Stones.

Because Yi Chen planned to allow the Shadow Clan to keep pace with the Great Flame Empire and accelerate the growth of their average cultivation level.

According to Yi Chen’s rules, various tribes could only enter the Cave Paradise for training by spending contribution value.

Moreover, they must pay high amounts of resources as training fees while spending contribution value.

The Shadow Clan lacked nothing in terms of contribution value.

They also didn’t lack the necessary resources to pay.

Entering the Third Generation Cave Paradise only required them to pay some spirit stones.

One Low-grade Immortal Stone was equivalent to ten thousand high-grade spirit stones.

Even if the Shadow Clan was reduced to ruins, and the resources they possessed compared to other tribes were negligible, the thin dead camel still outweighed the horse and they could easily cover all fees required for the low-level tribe members to train in the Cave Paradise.

Despite this, from the announcement of the First Generation Cave Paradise until the Third Generation Cave Paradise, the Shadow Clan had only sent their geniuses inside to train, quickly enhancing their realms using the effects of the Cave Paradise.

They did not spend contribution value and resources to let low-level tribe members enter.

The reason wasn’t that the space of these three generations of Cave Paradises couldn’t accommodate the large population of the Shadow Clan, nor that the High-ranking Leaders of the Shadow Clan were unwilling to pay the high contribution value and fees.

What they lacked was Yi Chen’s attitude.

Yi Chen’s attitude toward allowing the Shadow Clan to significantly enhance their strength realm.

After all, although the citizens of the Great Flame Empire had been rapidly increasing in average strength, the strength of the Shadow Clan still far surpassed that of the Great Flame Empire.

The High-ranking Leaders of the Shadow Clan knew that Yi Chen, with his generosity, could not possibly grow suspicious of the Shadow Clan just because they significantly entered the Cave Paradise to enhance their strength realm.

But they had to be cautious against the High-ranking Leaders of the Great Flame Empire, who might develop such suspicions.

With the power of public opinion, such suspicions could inevitably affect Yi Chen’s attitude in the future.

Therefore, even though the Shadow Clan’s large-scale entrance into the Cave Paradise didn’t violate any rules of the Great Flame Empire, they had never done so.

What truly thrilled the Shadow King and the five Shadow Kings was that Yi Chen’s words were equivalent to personally authorizing the Shadow Clan to follow the steps of the citizens of the Great Flame Empire, obtaining the qualification to significantly enhance their strength realm.

The resources worth nine trillion Low-grade Immortal Stones, completely rewarding the Shadow Clan, were just an assurance that the Shadow Clan would have enough resources to pay for large-scale entry into the Fourth Generation Cave Paradise.

Because the Fourth Generation Cave Paradise would require payment in Low-grade Immortal Stones as fees.