Chapter 408

Chapter 408: Meeting the Soul Emperor

Galaxies.

On the edge of the cosmic storm zone.

On a Deserted Star, there is a vast underground world.

Inside, a group of rebels hides.

This rebel group is called the Royal Army.

Their slogan promises that after overthrowing the Federal Parliament and the Military, every member of the rebels can become a ruler of a life planet.

The Royal Army has a population of just over forty million.

If everyone could rule a life planet, not only would there not be enough life planets in the galaxy to go around, but even in the entire star system, the total number of life planets wouldn’t be enough.

Even so, people continue to join the Royal Army consistently.

Over the past year, the Royal Army has been the same for the surrounding life planets and military fleets.

They only dare to attack the isolated warships infrequently or surround transport vessels.

They fail to create any significant impact.

However, no one knows that the military base of the Royal Army has been completely quiet and calm over this past year.

Everyone, except for those on assault missions, stays in the military base, diligently training without rest, day or night.

The entertainment and leisure areas within the military base are entirely vacant.

Even the closest relationships between people have nearly no communication.

It’s as if over forty million members of the Royal Army have all turned into cultivation fanatic.

This is truly strange.

The reason for this lies in the arrival of the Soul Clan over a year ago.

All but some infants who didn’t understand anything were stripped of their consciousness by the Soul Clan.

In the center of the military base, the first envoy of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe to come to the galaxy is also training hard.

However, his progress is very slow, and he is even still in an exploratory phase.

Years later, the Soul Emperor, through constant adjustments and tests, has successfully been able to utilize over ninety percent of the strength of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy.

Yet until now, he still has not figured out how the Tree-Dwelling Tribe cultivates through the envoy’s physical form.

As a result, he is considering giving up the research.

In his view, although the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy is powerful and talented, the best candidate for a host is Yi Chen.

This strongest member of humanity, although currently at a lower strength realm than the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy, possesses an undeniable talent that far exceeds that of the envoy.

With such high talent and limitless potential, it is only a matter of time before he surpasses the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy.

However, developing Yi Chen into a host also presents a significant problem.

This means that erasing Yi Chen’s consciousness would crush his talent for creating skills.

This is no different from the phrases "buying the box and returning the pearl" and "giving up the root to pursue the branches."

Without erasing Yi Chen’s consciousness, it will be difficult for him to fully unleash the host’s strongest combat power, even further beyond that.

Therefore, since the Soul Emperor is currently idle during the Soul Clan’s period of lurking, he continues to diligently research the Cultivation Method of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe using the body of the envoy.

"Who goes there?"

Suddenly, the Soul Emperor is startled and angrily shouts.

He quickly looks toward a direction beyond the barriers.

"Indeed, the Soul Emperor is extraordinary; his Perception Ability is remarkable!"

In the direction the Soul Emperor gazes, a tiny shadow, as small as dust, begins to grow larger.

It is none other than the Shadow King.

"Ah, it is you!"

The Soul Emperor’s initial anxiety instantly turns into delight.

Although he is surprised that the Shadow King can find the hidden place of the Soul Clan and silently reach the barriers he set up, putting the entire Soul Clan at great risk, he also understands that the Shadow King, who helped him eliminate the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, Ketes, when he was on the verge of collapse, is definitely not an enemy, even if not a friend.

Furthermore, having a common enemy in the Tree-Dwelling Tribe opens the door for possible friendship.

He has always wanted to find the Shadow King to discuss cooperation and alliance.

However, since their last encounter, he has had no news of the Shadow King at all.

What surprises him is that the Shadow King has taken the initiative to come to him.

This clearly indicates that the Shadow King has something to ask of him.

Relationships are always built by mutual help and support.

The Soul Emperor’s biggest worry is that the Shadow King’s terrifying strength might not require his help or that of the Soul Clan at all.

"Does the Soul Emperor have time to talk?"

The Shadow King’s tone is calm and indifferent, not exactly high and mighty, but certainly far from warm.

His attitude stands in stark contrast to how he behaves in front of Yi Chen.

"Of course!"

The Soul Emperor does not hesitate at all. To show his sincerity, he immediately controls the body of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy, channeling energy into the barriers.

Soon, he cancels the entire barrier.

This means that if the Shadow King intends to kill him, the Soul Emperor, lacking a strength realm comparable to the Shadow King, would have no means to defend himself.

Of course, the Soul Emperor does not know that even with barriers, the Shadow King can easily kill him.

The Shadow King has concealed his strength in front of him.

With the Shadow King’s hidden abilities, even the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, Morris, who has a level of 210, cannot sense his existence, let alone the Soul Emperor, who can only reach around level 170 by using the body of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy.

While the barriers have decent defense strength, they cannot stop the Shadow King from infiltrating.

In the Shadow King’s eyes, the gaps and weaknesses in the barriers are absurdly large, and he can easily infiltrate without any effort at all.

The reason he deliberately lets the Soul Emperor discover his presence, while hiding his stealth techniques and abilities, is a decision the Shadow King made after deep contemplation.

This way, he can instill some caution in the Soul Emperor without provoking too much fear.

"The Soul Emperor sure picked a good spot; it took me two months to find it."

The Shadow King approaches the Soul Emperor.

"Sorry, I didn’t know you were looking for me. If you don’t mind, we can exchange our Perception Abilities through the communication stones."

The Soul Emperor quickly agrees.

The Shadow King nods and takes out a communication stone.

The Soul Emperor also quickly produces his communication stone, and they each leave a trace of their Perception Ability in the other’s stone.

This way, they will be able to contact each other through the communication stones.

The higher the grade of the communication stones, the farther they can communicate.

"I came here to ask the Soul Emperor if you are interested in teaming up with me to take down a group of Tree-Dwelling Tribe members."

"Take down the Tree-Dwelling Tribe?"

The Soul Emperor is momentarily stunned, and a group at that?

The Shadow King nods silently.

"Sure!"

The Soul Emperor obviously doesn’t lack courage.

After a brief period of surprise and shock, he quickly nods in agreement.

The reason is simple.

Two Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoys, one dead and one injured, are connected to him and the Soul Clan.

The Soul Clan has already made an enemy of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

If the Soul Clan possesses strength that can rival the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, the death of two envoys, one of whom is strong, means nothing.

There is no hatred that can’t be resolved.

However, the Soul Clan’s strength, in the eyes of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, is no different from that of an ant.

As the stronger party, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe naturally has no interest in resolving hatred and will only seek to destroy the Soul Clan.

Given this situation, the Soul Emperor sees no reason to hesitate.

Not to mention, the Shadow King has taken the initiative to seek cooperation, presenting an excellent opportunity to build a closer relationship with him.