375: A collaboration facilitated by a Holy King

When the Octopus Saint King faced Xun Xiuyuan's Dream of a Thousand Years, he already found it quite difficult to cope. Now, being attacked by Xun Xiuyuan's Soul Pierce, the outcome was predictable.

Originally, the Soul Secret Skill, powered by ten billion units of mental energy, had enveloped tens of thousands of people.

But this time, the Soul Pierce targeted only one person, and six of them were unleashed simultaneously.

The Octopus Saint King let out a brief, pained shriek, and then fell silent.

Lai Wu sensed the Octopus Saint King's life force fading. His conflicted expression cleared, replaced by a deeper wariness towards Xun Xiuyuan.

Finally, he said, "You make a lot of sense. Our goal regarding the Silver Sea Universe is the same. I hope we can cooperate."

Seeing the change in the man's attitude, Xun Xiuyuan smiled faintly and said, "Let's leave a communication token. That way, we won't miss any opportunities for cooperation."

Xun Xiuyuan knew that his methods had already intimidated the Six-Element Saint King before him. Although the Octopus Saint King was only a Five-Element Saint King, his mental energy wasn't particularly low.

At least, it was somewhat higher than Lai Wu's. He just lacked the special soul defense secret of the Silver Sea people.

This was also the fundamental reason for Lai Wu's swift change in attitude.

As soon as the Soul Pierce entered the Octopus Saint King's sea of consciousness, Xun Xiuyuan received the exotic beast value information from the system.

The Octopus Saint King was utterly defenseless against the six consecutive Soul Pierces.

This also gave Xun Xiuyuan a deeper understanding of his Soul Secret Skill.

He wasn't sure about Six-Element Saint Kings yet, but he could already handle Saint Kings below the Six-Element level.

Even if Soul Pierce couldn't kill them, it could at least stun them or slow their reactions. Then, he could burn his vital energy and finish them with a Heaven Piercing Slash.

Lai Wu looked at the True Saint before him, his expression solemn, and nodded. He then threw out a sound transmission talisman, a super long-distance one that could cross realms.

After receiving the sound transmission talisman, Xun Xiuyuan nodded to Lai Wu and vanished in an instant.

Only then did the several Saint Kings in the spaceship emerge and approach Lai Wu.

One of them spoke, "Boss, what's the background of this True Saint? One Soul Secret Skill, tens of thousands of Great Saints died. Another, and even a Five-Element Saint King fell."

Lai Wu shook his head, "I don't know. The people of this Yuan Ling Universe are very strange. That True Person Yuan Ling was already a pervert; when he first arrived at the Cosmic Battlefield, he beat everyone around until no one dared to make a sound. Now, an even more perverse True Saint has appeared. It's truly uncanny."

At this point, Lai Wu's heart was also greatly stirred, unable to calm down for a long time.

The Saint King behind him continued, "Boss, it doesn't matter if those Great Saints died. We just need to recruit more at the base."

Lai Wu nodded. This suggestion was quite pertinent.

Seeing Lai Wu agree, the man spoke again, "Boss, since we've become acquainted with this True Saint through fighting, do you think it's possible for us to join forces with him to attack the Silver Sea Universe?"

Lai Wu fell silent. In truth, he only wanted to deal with Nuke alone, but Nuke had unified the entire Silver Sea Universe, making it a solid block, and even his own sister stood with Nuke.

This greatly troubled Lai Wu, which was why for many years, he had only passively defended and had not launched a major offensive against the Silver Sea Universe.

"This matter still needs careful consideration. That True Saint's strength is very peculiar, and we need to be on guard."

The several Saint Kings behind him all nodded upon hearing this.

Nuke gathered all the Saint Kings.

"My spatial cosmic core was robbed by a bandit group just as it was nearing the Silver Sea Universe."

At this point, Nuke subtly glanced at Leven.

Leven was also startled upon hearing this, then lowered his head without speaking.

Seeing this, Nuke continued, "The key is that the person escorting the cosmic core was an envoy from the Cosmic Alliance, who was just passing by our universe. He also died!"

As soon as these words came out, the Saint Kings below immediately erupted into an uproar.

The loss of the cosmic core would not lead to an irreversible disaster, but the death of the Cosmic Alliance envoy would plunge the Silver Sea Universe into eternal damnation.

As long as the Cosmic Alliance sent a Seven-Element Saint King, they could decimate the Silver Sea Universe.

Even if the other party was gentle, the losses to the Silver Sea Universe would likely be immeasurable.

Leven frowned, "Is it confirmed that he was ambushed by a bandit group near our universe?"

Nuke nodded, "The Chamber of Commerce Alliance told me so. The location of the deceased can still be calculated."

Leven nodded helplessly, "Then I'll go look. But the envoy's death is something I cannot resolve."

Nuke's goal was to have Leven find Lai Wu and see if it was possible to redeem the spatial cosmic core.

It was impossible without paying a price, but as long as it was bearable, it would be fine. If he himself advanced to the Seven-Element level, then even if the Cosmic Alliance came to hold them accountable, it would be much less severe.

"As long as that spatial cosmic core can be redeemed, then I am confident I can resolve the matter of the envoy's death."

Leven could only nod, then turned and left.

This meeting was specifically for Leven. With his objective achieved, Nuke immediately adjourned the meeting.

At the headquarters of the Cosmic Chamber of Commerce Alliance, Bai Chen was looking at a vice president of the Chamber of Commerce before him.

"Your Chamber of Commerce Alliance is truly impressive, True Saint. I arranged some secret missions earlier, and you already knew about them, and even had our envoy deliver goods for you. You've really become too arrogant."

Bai Chen's words were ambiguous, revealing no clear emotions.

The vice president was utterly helpless. It was just a very ordinary delivery; who would have thought it would turn out this way?

"Our Chamber of Commerce Alliance is completely unaware of the envoy's travels and destination. The envoy personally came to inquire if there were any delivery missions to that area and revealed it himself."

The vice president could not possibly admit that the Chamber of Commerce Alliance had many contacts within the Cosmic Alliance; that was a major taboo.

The Cosmic Alliance and the Cosmic Chamber of Commerce Alliance had a superior-subordinate relationship; the Cosmic Chamber of Commerce Alliance was part of the Cosmic Alliance.

If a superior's order was just issued, and the subordinates immediately knew about it, then the matter would be serious.

Bai Chen coldly stared at the vice president before him, "I hope what you say is the truth, otherwise you know the consequences."

The vice president could only nod frantically.

He was even more depressed. An envoy who was a Five-Element Saint King, even if he died during a mission, surely wouldn't warrant the First Elder of the Cosmic Alliance personally coming to inquire, would he? Wasn't that making a mountain out of a molehill?

What the vice president didn't know was that Bai Chen's actions this time were entirely due to personal motives.

Even for such a simple mission, Bai Chen did not want anyone else to know. If it reached the ears of the two ancestors of the Blue Star Universe, he wouldn't get off lightly.

Seeing this, Bai Chen nodded slightly, "You will personally be responsible for the follow-up of this matter. I need to know the cause of that envoy's death, who the killer is, and who the informed parties are."

The vice president quickly nodded in agreement, "Elder, please rest assured. I will arrange for people to thoroughly investigate this matter and clarify all the circumstances."

Bai Chen nodded, then disappeared and left.