Chapter 135: Who Are They Afraid Of?

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"Never have I seen such a shameless person..."

Seeing the situation, the Wither King questioned the Dread Lord.

"This is the person you were looking for?..."

Null's actions just now were undoubtedly those of a deserter, and naturally, the Wither King looked down on him a little.

If the person the Dread Lord had gone through so much trouble to kill was really this guy, that would be way too damn embarrassing!

Hearing the Wither King's words, the Dread Lord frowned.

To be honest, he himself was really unsure.

His nose told him that the person he was looking for seemed to be this one, but his subconscious told him it wasn't.

For a moment, the Dread Lord didn't know whether he should believe his nose or his subconscious.

The reason he was so conflicted was actually that deep down, he didn't want to believe his subconscious.

Because he didn't want to encounter his target this soon.

He wanted more time to gather power, to accumulate even more strength. That way, he would have a chance to turn the tables.

If he encountered the target now, he might lose his chance at gaining freedom.

Just as the Dread Lord was lost in thought, he was interrupted by the Wither King's urging voice.

"Hey! I'm talking to you!"

The Dread Lord glanced in the direction where Null had left, then let out a long sigh before shaking his head and saying,

"The aura is very similar, but it's not him."

Even though he really didn't want to admit it, he had no choice but to.

The ones up above had gone through so much trouble, spending years accumulating power just to materialize him.

Their goal was to erase the existence of that aura lingering in the void.

If their target was really that Null they had just seen, why would the void go to such lengths?

His strength was clearly no threat to those people above.

Just this alone was enough for the Dread Lord to determine that Null wasn't the person he was looking for.

He just didn't want to believe it.

Hearing the Dread Lord's words, the Wither King finally let out a breath of relief.

"That's good then..."

Hearing this, the Dread Lord couldn't help but find it funny.

"That's good??"

The Wither King knew too little, which was why he could say something like that.

He had no idea what kind of existence they were up against. Of course, the Dread Lord wasn't entirely sure either.

But he did know that anyone capable of making those people up above afraid couldn't be simple.

Perhaps they weren't particularly strong yet, but once they grew, they would definitely be able to threaten those people.

Thinking this, the Dread Lord sighed and said, "Let's go. Continue attacking the players' base."

Hearing this, the Wither King was completely dumbfounded.

"????"

"Aren't we going after him?"

The Wither King naturally wanted to end this as soon as possible so he could safely return to the Nether.

After all, he had been dragged into this mess by the Dread Lord's schemes. If it weren't for his people, he wouldn't have gotten involved with the Dread Lord at all.

The Dread Lord had just said that Null's aura was very similar to their target's. That meant Null was definitely connected to that person.

If they followed Null, they might be able to find the one they were looking for.

The Wither King had no idea that the Dread Lord simply didn't want to face this.

Seeing the Wither King looking so anxious, the Dread Lord just gave a bitter smile and said, "We don't need to find him."

"He will come looking for us."

———

These past days, Xu Yuan had been insanely busy.

There was barely any free time at all.

Whenever the skill to control the infected was available, he would use the players' vision to scout out the locations of player guild bases.

When the skill was on cooldown, he continued working on his fake village plan.

Thanks to his efforts, the rate of faith value accumulation had increased significantly.

Very soon, he had gathered a million kill points.

Xu Yuan immediately unlocked the Domain Invasion ability.

[Domain Invasion Lv1: Invasible area 1x1x1]

[Upgrade cost: 100,000 faith value]

Seeing that the domain invasion area also needed upgrades, Xu Yuan wasn't really surprised.

By now, he had pretty much figured out the system's personality.

All the abilities it gave were strictly "you get what you pay for."

Like that Clone Evolution skill, which required 10 billion kill points to activate.

That was probably a full-package ability with no need for upgrades.

After all, 10 billion kill points weren't a joke.

But for something like Domain Invasion, which was already a very powerful skill—activating it for just a million faith value? That meant it definitely needed upgrades.

With this skill, Xu Yuan's strength had taken another leap forward.

Each upgrade cost 100,000 faith value and expanded the invasible area by one cubic unit.

So in the future, whenever he upgraded his Transparent Block, he could just upgrade Domain Invasion along with it.

Xu Yuan was currently controlling his clones to invade three player bases.

Meanwhile, the clone left at the shallows saw that Null had returned.

Luckily, Xu Yuan was already used to multitasking, and switching perspectives was still very smooth for him.

Before Xu Yuan could even ask, NULL spoke.

"My king, I have found him."

Xu Yuan nodded and then asked, "What does he look like?"

What he cared about more was whether the aura really belonged to the Dread Lord, so he asked Null for a description.

Hearing this, Null immediately gave his first impression.

"A skeleton wrapped in seaweed."

Xu Yuan almost burst out laughing at that description. But to be fair, Null had captured the key details.

Based on this, Xu Yuan could confirm that the aura indeed belonged to the Dread Lord.

Since that was the case, he absolutely had to subdue him. The Dread Lord must know a lot about the void.

Thinking this, Xu Yuan asked, "Where is he?"

Null couldn't provide exact coordinates, but he could describe directions and distance. After a bit of explanation, Xu Yuan roughly pinpointed the Dread Lord's location.

Just as he was about to send a clone to find him, Null continued speaking.

"My king... apologies. I was discovered while tracking him."

"But I did not disobey your orders—I did not engage him."

"Also... I saw into his fears. And strangely... within his mind, there was an image of someone who looked similar to you..."

Xu Yuan was puzzled.

"Someone similar to me?..."

He had never even met the Dread Lord before. How could the guy be afraid of him?

Or was it because the Dread Lord needed to absorb fear to grow stronger, and all the fear in this world was caused by Xu Yuan, so that was why he feared him?

Thinking this, Xu Yuan tilted his chin and gestured for Null to explain in more detail.

Null immediately recounted everything he had seen.

Then, as if remembering something, he added, "Also, I sensed that he is made up of two forces—one part is the same fear energy as mine, but the other... belongs to the void itself..."

Hearing this, Xu Yuan organized his thoughts.

Null said that in the Dread Lord's mind, there were two sections—one of them contained a blurry figure that resembled Xu Yuan.

Then he said that the Dread Lord's power was composed of two forces—one from the void and one from fear.

The fear energy was obviously his own strength. But the void energy also existed within his body.

Could this mean that the section in his mind containing only a single image actually came from the void?

If so, then it meant that the void itself feared someone with Xu Yuan's figure.

Since Xu Yuan hadn't personally seen the Dread Lord's mind, he couldn't confirm if the figure was really him.

But as Xu Yuan's shadow, Null knew him best. And even he had only said that the figure resembled him.

That meant it probably wasn't actually Xu Yuan.

Besides, those void beings had never interacted with Xu Yuan before.

And when Xu Yuan first set foot in the void, Null had said that those beings were far stronger than him.

So logically speaking, the thing they feared shouldn't be him.

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