Chapter 946: We'll Talk Later

Zhang Lie smiled. "I'll be back in about two days."

He leapt up onto Gold Comet's back. Gold Comet morphed into a beam of golden light and shot off into the distance.

Once they returned to the draconian world, Zhang Lie immediately summoned the members of Team Zenith. "Have the warlords all been recalled?"

Sun Mengmeng shrugged. "Captain, we can't all be like you. You were only away for a few hours. We've informed them to return, but it'll take them a while to get back."

Yang Ze asked, "Has something happened, Captain?"

Zhang Lie nodded. "Indeed. Things are progressing at a faster rate than planned. The death spirits have already made their move. They've broken out of the barricade that the eight other superior worlds set up, and the three thousand worlds of the third realm will all be embroiled in war sooner or later. That's why we need to make some preparations now. I need to speak with the draconian sage immediately."

"I'll let him know at once!" Sun Mengmeng rushed off into the distance.

The members of Team Zenith looked at him with serious expressions. They had learned of the death spirits' purpose from Zhang Lie, and they knew that the death spirits would be tough foes.

What kind of opponent would be able to drag the entire realm into a protracted war? This would be the most difficult foe they had faced to date.

Shortly after Sun Mengmeng left, space within the meeting room began to twist. The draconian sage and Sun Mengmeng appeared directly in the room.

The draconian sage asked, "Zhang Lie, has something happened? Something related to the death spirits you were talking about, perhaps?"

𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Zhang Lie nodded. "The death spirits are moving faster than expected. They've broken out of the barricade that the eight other superior worlds set up. The superior worlds are convening a meeting, and the three thousand worlds will all be implicated."

The draconian sage asked, "Are the death spirits that strong that this war will spread throughout the entire realm?"

Zhang Lie shook his head. "The death spirits aren't the ones trying to drag everyone into the war—the superior worlds are."

The draconian sage frowned. "Aren't the superior worlds fighting against the death spirits?"

"That's exactly why they want to drag everyone else down with them."

The draconian sage frowned. "It looks like both sides are troublesome foes, then... Whom should we side with?"

Zhang lie replied, "We can't work with the death spirits. The goal of the death spirit king is to consume the entirety of the third realm. If we ally with them, they'd turn us into those vile black spirits."

The hunters collectively shuddered as they thought about the vaguely humanoid figures composed of black bandages, like walking zombies.

Sun Mengmeng asked, "Are the superior worlds trying to prevent anyone from profiting from their victory despite not participating?"

Yang Ze nodded. "And to stop themselves from getting backstabbed, too..."

Zhang Lie repeated what he had said in the Zongming world. "They're worried that, if they were to exhaust too many resources against the death spirits, they would be swarmed by the lesser worlds. They're also worried that other worlds might take advantage of the war to grow strong and become superior worlds, which would threaten the current superior worlds' future power."

The members of Team Zenith nodded.

"The superior worlds don't want the current balance of things to shift. They'd like to remain dominant in the third realm, with no new contenders for power."

The draconian sage asked, "What are your plans?"

"We have no choice but to participate in the war."

The draconian sage nodded. Indeed, they had no other choice. "If we don't participate, the superior worlds might make an example out of us. They're all bastards and hooligans—even if they have to conserve much of their power for the death spirits, it would be trivial for them to destroy a couple of large worlds each. This is the strength of a superior world."

Of course, the Zongming world, which had recently ascended, didn't count.

The Zongming world hadn't had enough time to bolster its resources, and the only indicator that the Zongming world was a superior world was that Li Zongming himself was stronger than a king of a large world. If Li Zongming were removed from the picture, the Zongming world would only be able to fight at the level of a peak large world.

Meanwhile, the superior worlds each possessed the strength to take down a few dozen large worlds much like the Zongming world—independent of their kings' powers. If Zhang Lie hadn't been present to defend the Zongming world, it would have been destroyed by the xuluo.

"Even if the superior worlds weren't a factor, we would have to destroy the death spirit king regardless. His ambition is to devour the entire realm, so we have no other choice but to work together with these vile, shameless superior worlds," Zhang Lie continued.

The superior worlds had no intention of fighting alone; they would drag everyone down with them.

Zhang Lie laid out his plans. "Sage, you'll prepare a fighting force that will represent your contribution to the war. Members of Team Zenith, you'll each lead an army conscripted from the inhabitants whose worlds you invaded. I'll be leading a party of warlords to fight on behalf of the Zongming world."

The draconian sage sucked in a deep breath. "Hold on, you'll be a representative of the Zongming world, not the draconian world?"

"Right. I'll be participating in the meeting convened by the superior worlds as a warrior of the Zongming world. Is there a problem?"

The draconian sage cried out, "Yes, there is! You can't leave us or the humans behind just for the sake of your girlfriend!"

Although the draconian sage was normally rather annoyed by the problems that Zhang Lie caused all over, Zhang Lie was still the strongest combatant that the draconian world possessed, without a doubt.

The draconian sage hadn't been worried about the upcoming war because of Zhang Lie's presence, but after the revelation that he would be joining the forces of another world instead, the draconian sage couldn't help but panic.

Zhang Lie continued, "In addition, the members of Team Zenith will not participate in the death spirits' war."

"Why not?!" the members of Team Zenith and the draconian sage asked simultaneously.

Sun Mengmeng elaborated, "Didn't you have us drink the peak limit-breaking potions so we could do something in the war?"

The draconian sage complained, "You're not even allowing the draconian world access to our next strongest combatants? Just what are you planning?"

Zhang Lie turned to the members of Team Zenith. "I have plans for all of you. We can't just be focused on the war against the death spirits—we have to be thinking about the enemies we'll face after the war, as well."

"The enemies after the war?"

"We'll discuss it later," Zhang Lie replied. He seemed entirely confident of successfully repelling the death spirits.