Opening each skill description, Zhou Zhou had a better understanding of Maris's ability.
Despite serving another lord, the kobold couldn't break free from its creator, Thanatos.
With every kill it makes, it sacrifices 70% of the harvested souls to the God of Death while absorbing the remaining 30% to strengthen itself.
It is impervious to physical attacks, and is only vulnerable to soul attacks.
And its battlefield killing technique literally brings hell on earth.
It covered an area of 5 kilometers square and continuously chipped away at the souls of the opponents inside.
Maris hasn't learnt the soul alteration talent, so it had no information on it.
Finishing up with Maris' information in a minute and 40 seconds, Zhou Zhou increased the amount of promotion energy sent to the kobold.
5 seconds later, the flow of promotion energy from the phantom cage to Maris abruptly stopped.
'What happened?'
Zhou Zhou quickly checked the amount of promotion energy left in the phantom storage.
[7,283,230 / 10,000,000]
"There's enough promotion energy, why did it stop?"
Blazing Sun was confused.
"My lord, I will need to absorb a required amount of souls before I'm able to breakthrough to the next tier."
At that moment, Maris revealed to its lord.
"Is that so? I never knew combat professional needed something other than promotion energy to breakthrough."
Zhou Zhou was surprised at the information.
"Head into this compound and ask for Bai Yung."
"He will give you a place to stay."
Pointing at the military barrack, he said to Maris.
Maris half kneeled with its head bowed before taking its leave.
"I can't just let the divine-tier combatants continue without experiencing the Hall of Truth because they're all ready at the limit of their skills."
"Starting tomorrow, they must make use of the influence of the Hall of Truth to derive a new skill."
Zhou Zhou said before returning to his mansion.
Having gotten the knowledge on how to step into the first layer of space, he spent an hour getting familiar with the surrounding and figuring out the essence behind teleportation.
He came up with a theory that teleportation has to do with linking 2 space nodes together before passing through them.
And expertise in teleportation means the ability to pull 2 space nodes together in spite of their distance using the layers of space.
"The Hall of Truth training method reveals that the farther I teleport towards the second layer of space, the more distance I can cover in a single teleportation."
He said as he floated freely in the first layer of space.
"I always feel at home whenever I'm here."
Floating on his back in the glowing darkness, the child of space-time muttered as he closed his eyes.
In the next 1 hour, he just enjoyed the comfort of space as he swam around the surrounding.
...
[Those wyverns of Dragon Lady are so powerful! She could definitely take out 5,000 human soldiers with just the 6 of them.]
[Overlord is so terrifying! I can't believe he faced the entire novice lord test and the supreme challenge alone!]
[Green Phoenix is also very strong! She did the same thing as the Overlord, though, less menacingly.]
[Heavens Eye, why haven't I seen Blazing Shit's battle?]
[That's right! You promised to make available the videos of Insect Lord and Dragon Lord, but you said nothing of Blazing Shit's video!]
[I can't also find the videos of Teddy and Lord Ghost among the lords in the top 25 Cerulean planet strongest lord ranking.]
[Do you think Heavens Eye was paid by Blazing Shit and the other 2 lords to keep the videos of their battle hidden?]
[That might be the case. We all know how rich Blazing Shit is.]
[If you're all knowledgeable on Teddy, then you all won't doubt it. If Teddy claims to be the second richest lord amongst us, I think only Blazing Shit can dare claim the first place!]
[I've heard rumors that Teddy works for a powerful local human empire as a golem manufacturer.]
[The rumor you heard is only half true. What Teddy really sells are sex dolls for the rich. That's how he makes his money!]
[The f*ck! That's disgusting!]
[Tell that to the noble lords and ladies who are sex starved or sex maniacs and doesn't want to tarnish their names!]
...
Leaving the first layer of space an hour later, Zhou Zhou waited for the documents containing the progress of his subjects.
Exactly at noon, Hui Teng brought the documents to the lord's mansion.
"My lord, here's the list containing the progress made by the subjects."
He said as he kept the documents on the table.
Reading through the documents, Zhou Zhou was amazed by the progress of his subjects.
He first checked the progress of the lifestyle professionals.
Theresa, Remiel, Qin Guang, Nai Lin, Peggy Orlena, Zhao Changshou, Carter Jim, Oman Pyius, Yan Fang, and 403 others advanced their skills by one grade, thereby, increasing their class level by a grade.
Bao Xiu'er, Ashburn, Zhu Yinglun, Elder Miriam, Wu Tu, Douma, Obadiah, and 522 others advanced their skills by two grades.
Most of the 522 subjects were ordinary people whose acquired skills became acknowledged by the Supreme Will, transforming them into professionals.
And finally, Qian Du, Vivian and 27 others advanced their skills by three grades, jumping into an entire tier of their profession.
After turning through several pages, Zhou Zhou arrived at the page detailing the progress of the military personnel.
Every advancement to the skills of combatants was in tiers and not in grade, so, the requirement for the progress of the soldiers was very challenging.
Lu Chong, Jeremy, the reserved spearman and the two martial artists in charge of the city's dojo weren't able to advance their skills to the next tier.
Monica, Bianca, Kelvin, Gavi, Zhang Xiang, Bai Yung, Qin We, Huang Sai, the two musketeers, the cross-bowman, the three cavalrymen, and two sword shield soldiers advanced their skills to the next tier.
Man Nao, the two remaining reserve sword shield soldiers, and Sun Can advanced their skills by two tiers.
Hui Teng alone advanced his skill by three entire tiers.
"Amazing!"
"All these in just a single day!"
"How much increase would my subjects make in a week or in a month from now?"
Zhou Zhou anticipated the future to come as he shut the documents before handing it back to Hui Teng.
"You and your team did a very big job."
He complimented the vice lord of his city.
"Thank you, my lord."
Hui Teng bowed with a smile.
Having dealt with the report, Zhou Zhou sent for Theresa and Lu Chong to meet him in the Hall of Freedom.
It was time to meet his little niece and determine her fate.
...
Before heading to the Hall of Freedom, Theresa branched into one of the city's tailor shop in search of Bao Xiu'er.
"The sole reason for my presence in the city is about to be fulfilled."
She had a smile on her face as the revelation she'd received was about to manifest into reality.
Meeting up with the lady in charge of the city's financial reserve, she told her the purpose of her visitation.
"Can I request for the fabrics of the teddy bear you changed for the lord?"
Sitting behind the desk across from Theresa, Bao Xiu'er asked.
"Does your request have anything to do with the lord?"
"Yes."
Theresa answered.
Searching through her spatial ring, Bao Xiu'er took out the damaged fabrics before handing it over to Theresa.
"Good luck."
She said to the beauty.
"Thank you."
Theresa returned a smile of her own before taking her leave.
Arriving at the Hall of Freedom, she went in after seeing the gigantic double door opened.
"My lord."
She bowed after finding Zhou Zhou chatting with the city's guardian hero.
"Do you have any idea why you are here?"
Zhou Zhou tried confirming if Theresa really came to his city because of his desire to locate Ling'er's territory.
"Yes, my lord."
"I'm here to locate someone for you."
Theresa answered.
"That's correct."
Zhou Zhuo had a smile on his face as Theresa confirmed his hypothesis.
"Is there anything you need to divine her location?"
He asked her.
"I have all I need here, my lord."
Theresa said as she held up the damaged fabrics she got from Bao Xiu'er.
"You really are ready."
Zhou Zhou was surprised at the appearance of Ling'er teddy bear's damaged fabrics.
Taking out a topaz necklace, Theresa shut her eyes as she spun the necklace over the damaged fabrics.
After 2 minutes, she began chanting out numbers repeatedly for 30 seconds before stopping.
"That's the location, my lord."
Opening her eyes, she conveyed to Zhou Zhou.
"Very good."
"Lu Chong, let's go."
Zhou Zhou said before walking towards the huge door.
"Don't worry, I'm coming."
No longer enduring the allure of the space door, he placed his right hand in the squirming space as he inserted the latitude and longitude of Ling'er's territory.
A couple of seconds later, the squirming space became as smooth as glass.
Sensing wind on his right hand at the other end of the space door, Zhou Zhou knew his action was a success.
Moving forward, he fully passed through the space door before appearing a short distance away from a 2 meters wall.
"So much greenery."
Looking at the grasses and trees covering the entire region, he was amazed.
This was the first time since arriving in High Continent that he saw so much vegetation.
"I hope Obadiah and Douma quickly complete the irrigation ditch."
He muttered.
Gazing at the long queue of refugees streaming into the city, Blazing Sun decided to blend in with them.
'I should confirm if her lord talent can be looted before having Lu Chong take care of her and her city.'
He thought.
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