Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton
Chapter 1783 - 1344: When He Can’t Win, He Becomes Very Cunning

Chapter 1783: Chapter 1344: When He Can’t Win, He Becomes Very Cunning

The Monarch immediately realized this was a key piece of information; it turns out that the King of Fei Lie’s mission was to target the Ancient Godlight, not the God Star of the Little Fireman.

If there is no Divine Star Soul here, what exactly is the Little Fireman? Why were Gebao Maibao sent later? Could it be to pursue the King of Fei Lie?

Just a few more questions and the Monarch’s head was about to explode; it was too complex. Better to leave it to that Godman to think it over.

Unfortunately, he had no Soul Contact with Ange and the others. Even though Ange called him ’King’ every day, there was no subordinate relationship between them.

Ange had grown on his own; by the time they met again on the Chaos Plane, Ange was already a powerful Primordial God. The Monarch didn’t want, nor did he need to establish Soul Contact. He didn’t even want to bring Locke, afraid that if something happened to him, Locke would be implicated.

Moreover, guys like Anthony and Negriss were always wary, and when they encountered matters that could be resolved through establishing Soul Contact, they would evade the topic, steadfastly avoiding such suggestions.

As Ange’s power grew stronger, it became even more impossible to establish Soul Contact, as that would make him a subordinate of Ange.

Without Soul Contact, he couldn’t instantly pass information to Anthony, he could only remember the King of Fei Lie’s words first and focus on fighting later.

Just as the Monarch moved his foot and was about to continue the fight, the King of Fei Lie unexpectedly flashed, darting upward.

The Monarch thought he was about to launch an attack, so he subtly retracted his front foot, ready for defense. But in the next moment, the King of Fei Lie flashed again, moving even further upward, repeating this, the distance growing ever larger.

"Running?" It took several moments for the Monarch to react, quickly striding in the direction of the King of Fei Lie.

Unfortunately, it was already too late. In close combat, their speeds seemed evenly matched, but in this straight-line race, the difference became apparent. The Monarch exerted all his strength, causing space ripples in the Void with each step, but he still couldn’t catch up to the King of Fei Lie, the distance widening instead.

Realizing his body couldn’t catch up, the Monarch spat out a White Crystal, transforming into the Star God’s Body, performing a Star Shifting to intercept the King of Fei Lie.

With a flash, the King of Fei Lie slammed into the Monarch. What appeared indestructible to many creatures—the Star God’s Body, unscathed even if it fell into the sun’s Star Flame—was shattered to pieces.

The King of Fei Lie reached out, grabbed the White Crystal among the star fragments, and crushed it forcefully.

The Monarch felt his soul tremble, his consciousness returned to his body, and he watched helplessly as the King of Fei Lie flashed away.

Not long after, Ange arrived with Anthony and the others, performing a Star Shifting. As soon as they landed, Anthony impatiently asked, "Your Majesty, where is the King of Fei Lie?"

The battle between the two had reverberated through the Void, audible from far away, but the noise suddenly stopped. By the time they arrived, only the Monarch remained.

Dismally, the Monarch said, "He ran."

"Ran? When did he run? Did he run when you stopped fighting earlier?" Anthony asked.

"We chatted for a bit, and when I wanted to continue fighting, he ran," the Monarch replied.

Anthony checked the time with the Monarch and then said, "It was right when we severed the last Undead Dragon Man’s Soul Contact. Could he have realized the last soul node had disappeared and fled? He’s quite decisive."

"Oh, right, while we were fighting, he suddenly started talking to me, said quite a lot." The Monarch sent the conversation with the King of Fei Lie directly via soul transmission.

This was the correct communication method for the Undead beings—directly transmitting what was seen and heard through their souls to the other party.

Not only could the other party know what was said, but even the tone, volume, and surrounding environment could be transmitted just like a memory.

Unlike Ange and those guys, who preferred spoken words over soul transmission. Ange was too lazy; not only reluctant to speak, but even too lazy to transmit, preferring to drag everyone into his Consciousness Space to see for themselves.

Because of Ange’s habit, everyone else became used to verbal communication. Due to the high error rate of language, Anthony not only didn’t correct them, but encouraged everyone to communicate this way, because ’deviation’ was often an element that enriched the world.

If in a world, all beings could transmit what they perceived to others, everyone would perceive the same things, see the same scenery, hear the same sounds, feel the same emotions.

But when you describe something to others verbally, some might hear ’a vast blanket of snow, so pure and clean,’ while others might hear ’the snow killed all the plants; there’s nothing to eat,’ leading to two different feelings about the snow.

A group or society that communicates through language will inevitably have a more ’rich’ content than places that use Soul Contact for communication.

However, now Anthony didn’t want any deviations; he only wanted to see and hear every expression of the King of Fei Lie (crossed out: skeleton has no expression), each tone, every gesture’s change.

After examining it thoroughly, Anthony said, "This King of Fei Lie isn’t as reckless as we thought; he’s quite cunning."

Because of his wordless attack in Goblin City, everyone subconsciously thought he was a fierce skeleton, like Locke. But now it seems he wasn’t at all.

"How cunning?" Negris asked, surprised; how did it rise to cunning from simply not being reckless?

"This guy was sent by Gemez Fortress to deal with the Ancient Godlight, but after failing his mission, he hid for hundreds of thousands of years, his name no longer heard in the Void. He’s very patient," Anthony said.

Ursman added, "He raised a Goblin City and even raised a batch of Undead Dragon People. It’s unknown what else he might have raised. Whether it’s Goblin City or the Undead Dragon People, it’s not an easy feat—he’s very patient."

"He ran just as we cut off the last Undead Dragon Man’s Soul Contact. He must have sensed the danger. If he didn’t run then and waited for us to finish dealing with the Undead Dragon People and come to help, it wouldn’t have been so easy for him to escape, he’s quite decisive," Anthony said.

Ursman supplemented, "When fighting us, he didn’t say a word. When he couldn’t beat Your Majesty, he started extracting words, successfully convincing Your Majesty to pause. If it was still that fast-paced, high-intensity battle, it wouldn’t have been easy for him to run. He only acts recklessly when he can win, and when he can’t, he’s very cunning."