Chapter 414

Chapter 414: Each Taking in Their Luck

Once all the subordinates had left,

Morris took out his communicator and contacted Lu Qingxian.

“Envoy, have you found Yi Chen?”

Lu Qingxian’s eyes sparkled with hope and excitement.

He did not expect that just over two hours later, Morris would start reaching out to him.

“No!”

Morris replied stiffly.

Lu Qingxian was taken aback.

If Yi Chen hadn’t been found, why contact him?

He chuckled, “Then, Envoy, is there something you need?”

“Arrange for a Large Battleship to come and take me outside this star cluster to find a Deserted Star.”

After hesitating for a moment, Morris added, “I am about to break through my realm, so I need a place to meditate and cultivate.”

He would never admit to staying in this star cluster out of embarrassment.

“Then…”

Lu Qingxian hesitated.

“I have already sent subordinates to search for Yi Chen. Although the tracking expert Tosman was killed by the Shadow King, we have already pinpointed Yi Chen’s location, so we will find him eventually.”

Morris spoke calmly.

“T-Tosman was killed by the Shadow King?”

Lu Qingxian was dumbfounded.

Why were the Tree-Dwelling Tribe so unreliable?

They clearly had the upper hand but always ended up facing unexpected events.

And these were such low-level mistakes.

The enemy had already taken advantage of their oversight, and despite having a huge strength advantage, they still let the Shadow King snatch away the Space Stone.

It was as if they did not learn from past mistakes and allowed the Shadow King to kill Tosman.

Even Lu Qingxian began to wonder if the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was truly incompatible with this star cluster.

“I am also closing myself off to study methods of resolving the Shadow King issue.”

Morris tried to keep his tone as calm as possible.

“In that case, I will arrange for the Large Battleship to head there right away.”

Lu Qingxian was not foolish; wanting to meditate and cultivate could be done anywhere.

Why leave the star cluster?

This was clearly the influence of superstitious thoughts, much like the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy who was eager to return home, fearing that staying in the star cluster would only bring more misfortune.

However, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy had lost his physical form, and the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, Ketes, had been killed, so returning to the Tree Star Cluster was reasonable.

But for Morris, wanting to return to the Tree Star Cluster, the foreign affairs department would not agree, so he could only stay outside the star cluster.

There was nothing Lu Qingxian could do; even though he understood Morris’s intentions, he could not refuse him and certainly would not be foolish enough to expose him.

Fortunately, it was only a matter of leaving the star cluster.

With the Space Jump System of the Large Battleship, if they were at the edge of the star cluster, they could reach their destination with one Space Jump.

“Let’s do this!”

Morris felt very upset and directly hung up the communicator.

Then, he waited for the Large Battleship to arrive.

…

“Your Majesty, I have successfully killed Tosman!”

On the other end, the Shadow King arrived before Yi Chen.

“Very good. Next, let’s see if we have a chance to eliminate the rest of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.”

Yi Chen felt a sense of relief.

As for the remaining Tree-Dwelling Tribe, logically, as long as they stayed close to Morris, he could not kill any of them.

Even if they were not beside Morris, unless the Shadow King gathered all the Shadow Kings and the Soul Clan, it would still be challenging to wipe them out; they could at best ambush a few and kill a few Tree-Dwelling Tribe members.

But with the Shadow King’s assistance, he could get close to the Tree-Dwelling Tribe and drain all their luck.

Once the luck of these Tree-Dwelling Tribe members was drained, even without the Shadow King and the Soul Emperor taking action, they would encounter various deadly troubles due to their extreme bad luck.

“Should we first check the place where we killed Tosman?”

The Shadow King asked.

“Let’s go!”

Yi Chen nodded.

The Shadow King immediately used his stealth technique to envelop both himself and Yi Chen, heading towards the place where they had killed Tosman.

Upon arrival, not only had the more than three hundred Tree-Dwelling Tribe members long since left, but Morris had also departed.

But that was fine.

The Shadow King was skilled at tracking and searching as well.

He searched the surroundings, confirming that there was no ambush, before making his appearance.

Then, he collected the aura and energy of all the Tree-Dwelling Tribe members, including Morris.

“Strange, Morris actually did not follow the direction traced from Tosman to search for His Majesty. Instead, he went in another direction, over ten million light-years away, outside the star cluster.”

The Shadow King tried to trace Morris’s position and was extremely surprised.

“He left over ten million light-years in such a short time—only a Large Battleship could accomplish that. Could he have boarded a Large Battleship to head to the Tree Star Cluster?”

Yi Chen couldn’t help but frown.

This was not good news.

“Something doesn’t add up!”

The Shadow King was completely confused. “The direction he left in is not towards the Tree Star Cluster.”

Leaving the star cluster didn’t mean heading to the Tree Star Cluster.

What was he up to?

Yi Chen couldn’t figure it out.

“Check the positions of the other Tree-Dwelling Tribe members!”

He didn’t think too much and gave an order.

“On it!”

The Shadow King immediately began to search for the positions of the other Tree-Dwelling Tribe members.

After checking five in a row, he confirmed, “They are all on the route that Tosman traced to find your location. Furthermore, they are all at different distances, suggesting they are searching in batches.”

“So, Morris essentially has his subordinates responsible for searching for my whereabouts while he himself has gone outside the star cluster for some unknown reason.”

Yi Chen raised an eyebrow.

No matter what Morris was doing outside the star cluster, this decision clearly suited his plan to eliminate the entire group of Tree-Dwelling Tribe members.

“Let’s go and eliminate those Tree-Dwelling Tribe members one by one. Meanwhile, check Morris’s position regularly. If he hasn’t come over after we deal with all the Tree-Dwelling Tribe members, then you can continue to keep an eye on him.”

Yi Chen quickly made a decision.

“Understood!”

The Shadow King began to check the positions of the more than three hundred Tree-Dwelling Tribe members again.

After systematically checking each one and confirming their approximate locations and distances, he immediately led Yi Chen to the nearest Tree-Dwelling Tribe member.

Upon reaching the general area of the target, the Shadow King quickly located the specific Tree-Dwelling Tribe member.

To complete Morris’s task as soon as possible and return to the Tree Star Cluster, two level ninety Tree-Dwelling Tribe members had arranged to search independently.

Only those at level sixty or so paired up to avoid being attacked by the Shadow King without support.

The first target, reaching over level seventy, was therefore searching alone.

The Shadow King easily brought Yi Chen to stand before the Tree-Dwelling Tribe member.

Yi Chen promptly activated the Luck Technique and connected it to this Tree-Dwelling Tribe member.

Compared to Tosman, this Tree-Dwelling Tribe member possessed even higher-quality luck, reaching the blue level.

The surging blue luck continuously flowed into Yi Chen’s Qi Sea.

Meanwhile, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe member focused intently, using his Perception Ability to search for any trace of Yi Chen within the area he was responsible for.

Unbeknownst to him, his luck was rapidly draining away.

Over an hour later, Yi Chen successfully extracted all the blue luck from him.

If he continued to extract, it would turn into black luck.

He sent the black luck back to the Tree-Dwelling Tribe member and returned a little bit of blue luck before notifying the Shadow King that they could leave to find the next target.

Second target, third target, fourth target…

The collaboration between Yi Chen and the Shadow King was incredibly smooth.

Additionally, with Yi Chen’s unpredictable luck, these Tree-Dwelling Tribe members, though having some understanding of luck, remained completely unaware that their luck was being stealthily drained completely, leaving only a thread for survival.