Chapter 662

Chapter 662: The Cunning Plan

"Right now, the most important thing is to avoid the attacks from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe forces and then find a way to assassinate those three members skilled in tracking and searching techniques," said the Shadow King. "Once you are ready on your end, contact and inform me."

"Okay!"

The Soul Emperor nodded emphatically.

The Shadow King then closed the communication and relayed to Yi Chen, "I have discussed with the Soul Emperor! From his attitude, your plan is making good progress."

"Very good!"

Yi Chen’s face lit up with joy.

Informing the Soul Emperor about the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s movements was a decision he made after thorough research.

The ultimate goal was to eliminate those three skilled in tracking and searching techniques from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

As for the Shadow King’s mention of attacking the two hundred and ten level strong fighters, that was simply nonsense.

The strongest among the Tree-Dwelling Tribe were not the three two hundred and ten level fighters, but rather two two hundred and twenty level fighters.

With the Shadow King’s stealth techniques and skills, he could get close to these two two hundred and twenty level fighters. However, with just the strength of the Soul Emperor and the Soul Kings, attacking a two hundred and twenty level fighter would simply be seeking death.

All the Shadow King’s various doubts and cautious remarks were merely a tactic to lower the Soul Emperor’s guard, slowly guiding him to commit to a bold move, treating the Tree-Dwelling Tribe forces as an immense opportunity.

Yi Chen’s true target was merely those three skilled in tracking and searching techniques from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

He had absolute confidence in his ability to eliminate the two two hundred and twenty level fighters.

But doing so did not align with his current interests.

On the other side, immediately after the Shadow King ended the call, the Soul Emperor took out the communication stone and began to contact the Shadow Kings.

The Shadow Kings, upon learning the specifics, were just as excited as the Soul Emperor, showing no signs of panic.

Their thoughts aligned with the Soul Emperor’s: the Tree-Dwelling Tribe forces were delivering a grand opportunity.

Three two hundred and ten level strong fighters, twenty two hundred level fighters, and over two thousand one hundred eighty and one hundred ninety level high-end combatants from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

If they could manage to seriously injure and capture them all, integrating them as hosts would elevate the top-tier combat power of the Soul Clan to unimaginable levels.

Surpassing the Soul Clan’s former dominance over the entire galaxy would become effortless, uniting the entire star cluster would be a given.

Under the command of over one hundred Soul Kings, the Soul Clan sprang into action.

One billion Soul Clan members quickly spread out towards the nearby life planets, using the spatial rifts constructed on each life planet.

Then, they retreated in all directions, invading other life planets of the Fog Cloud Clan.

This was part of the Soul Emperor’s plan.

The Soul Clan possessed a massive treasure capable of accommodating living beings within it.

The one billion Soul Clan members had slept within this treasure for two hundred million years, waiting for the galaxy to emerge from the age of decline and experience the resurgence of spirit energy.

Under normal circumstances, upon learning of the impending attack from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe forces, the best approach would be to have all the Soul Clan members re-enter this treasure. Then, a Soul King could lead the treasure away.

The farther the better, perhaps even escaping the entire star cluster.

Even if the Tree-Dwelling Tribe had personnel skilled in tracking and searching techniques, as long as the Soul Clan controlled the Large Battleship and kept using it to escape quickly, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe would not continue the pursuit indefinitely.

In this way, the safety of the Soul Clan could be ensured.

The Soul Emperor did not take this route because he was preparing for his plan.

He could sacrifice himself for the benefit of the entire Soul Clan.

Similarly, he could unhesitatingly sacrifice a portion of the Soul Clan for the greater good of the whole.

By spreading the Soul Clan out and constantly attacking the life planets of the Fog Cloud Clan, he aimed to lure the Tree-Dwelling Tribe forces to scatter as well, thus creating an opportunity to strike at the powerful beings from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

Neither the Soul Emperor nor the multitude of Soul Kings knew that they were like mantises catching cicadas, unaware that a hidden threat lurked behind them.

The Tree-Dwelling Tribe forces believed themselves to be the mantises.

The Soul Clan thought they were not cicadas, but rather mantises, considering the Tree-Dwelling Tribe to be the cicadas.

Only Yi Chen understood that he was the hidden threat.

The Soul Clan’s actions were entirely the result of his deliberate guidance of the Shadow King.

In just four or five hours, the Soul Emperor contacted the Shadow King to inform him that preparations were complete.

He and over a hundred Soul Kings gathered together.

Meanwhile, the remaining few Soul Kings were responsible for commanding and directing the entire Soul Clan in launching a powerful assault on the Fog Cloud Clan.

Using their significant strength advantage, they quickly occupied the spatial rifts on the major life planets of the Fog Cloud Clan, enabling the Soul Clan to spread out further.

On the other side, Bunier and Blake also received related news.

The human federation had placed insiders within the dominant races across the entire star cluster.

As one of the dominant races in the star cluster, the Fog Cloud Clan naturally had insiders from the human federation as well.

The news of the rebels launching a frenzied attack on the life planets of the Fog Cloud Clan reached the high-ranking leaders of the human federation immediately.

Previously, they were unaware that this rebellious force was disguised by the Soul Clan and did not pay much attention to it.

However, by determining the location coordinates of the Soul Emperor, they realized that this rebel force was indeed the Soul Clan disguising themselves and attacking the major life planets of the Fog Cloud Clan.

"Could it be that there are insiders from the Soul Clan among the high-ranking leaders of the human federation?"

Bunier and Blake both frowned slightly.

"That shouldn’t be the case; after all, when utilizing the Large Battleships, it could also be the operators of the Large Battleships or that there are insiders from the Soul Clan at the command center," Lu Qingxian quickly denied this speculation. "We, the high-ranking leaders of the human federation, undergo regular memory checks every year to ensure that we have not done anything against the interests of the human federation."

Bunier nodded in agreement, not taking it to heart.

According to his speculation, it was also possible that the Shadow King had gathered relevant information.

After all, from the incident of the Space Stone being seized from Morris, it could be inferred that the Shadow King’s hiding state was beyond even the sensing ability of a level 210 strong fighter like Morris.

If the Shadow King wanted to gather intelligence, he could easily monitor their movements by avoiding both him and Blake, who were both level 220 strong fighters.

The reason they did not worry was due to the belief that strength was the foundation of everything.

Even if the Soul Clan learned of the news in advance and was prepared, it would only mean that the Soul Clan might be able to escape.

But the Soul Emperor would undoubtedly perish.

Once the Soul Emperor was dealt with, and the Soul Kings were found and eliminated, a few high-end combatants from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe could easily wipe out the entire Soul Clan.

The Large Battleship continued to speed towards the Fog Cloud Star System.

Yi Chen still followed closely behind Bunier using the Shadow King’s stealth techniques, constantly absorbing his fortune.

After five or six hours, following another Space Jump, the Large Battleship reached the outer space of the life planet where the Soul Emperor was located.

With their powerful sensing ability, Bunier and Blake, both level 220 strong fighters, sensed the presence of the Soul Emperor immediately.

Likewise, upon receiving the Shadow King’s message, the Soul Emperor used the spatial rift to reach another life planet at the first opportunity.

The Soul Clan members left behind on that life planet quickly destroyed the spatial rift.