Ender felt a sharp pain from the depths of his Soul as the body with a trace of his Soul Power attached was destroyed, causing him to momentarily lose himself in thought.
Moreover, this assassination came too quickly and suddenly; from start to finish, with the three alien spies either killed or captured, it was all over in just two or three seconds.
After Ender received the World Ring that King Sealing Mace had sent, containing Haska's relics, and the one he had previously sent out, he quickly split off a trace of his Soul and attached it to another body, then spoke to attract everyone's attention.
"The banquet continues."
As he spoke, Ender put away the mountain of items into his World Ring, and at the same time, also stored his current 'body' into the World Ring, switching to a body over two meters tall.
Lord Miyun quickly said, "Yes, the banquet continues."
Lord Chenyi, who had already emerged from the pile of items and was somewhat displeased, sent a voice transmission to the attendant outside the banquet hall, "Why aren't you coming up to clean up this mess?"
Due to the extreme proximity, Haska's attack also affected him, but with his Pinnacle-stage Marquis strength, this attack didn't truly injure him; instead, it was the items that fell when Ender's World Ring collapsed that submerged him, leaving him quite disheveled.
"Take the fruits from this World Ring and send them into the banquet hall."
Lord Xinli, whose entire body was enveloped in a hazy glow, took out a World Ring and handed it to an attendant.
Seeing Ender and the three giants of the Ganwu Branch speak, the Immortals exchanged glances. Since the host of the banquet had spoken, they naturally decided to stay and attend the banquet, as no one wanted to offend Ender, a Genius with a powerful background, or the three giants of the Ganwu Branch.
At this moment, King Aurora also spoke, "Yes, the banquet can continue. King Sealing Mace will handle Marquis Haihuo and Marquis Qiuyin's matters."
Although his voice wasn't loud, it was impossible for the Immortals of Ganwu Universe Country to ignore him, as he was the Lord of Ganwu's foremost general.
With several important figures speaking, the banquet continued.
However, subsequent arrivals to the banquet hall, learning from Marquis Lone Chen's previous experience, merely greeted Ender before entering the hall and conversing with familiar Immortals, with the main topic of conversation being the recent assassination.
"Everyone!"
After all the guests had entered the banquet hall, Lord Chenyi stood at the front of the hall, and after attracting everyone's attention, he continued, "Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy schedules to attend the welcoming banquet for His Highness Ender, the Virtual Universe Company's Inspection Emissary."
"Although there were some unexpected incidents before the start of this welcoming banquet, it still proceeded successfully." Lord Chenyi said, "Next, His Highness Ender will speak."
The next moment, Ender came to the high platform in the banquet hall and said to the Immortals present, "Everyone has already witnessed the assassination. The alien races' assassinations of our Human Race's Geniuses have never stopped, and I, Ender, am merely one of the many who have been targeted."
"Here, I must first thank King Aurora and King Sealing Mace for their assistance. If it weren't for the two of them, the alien race's assassination might have succeeded."
Ender first expressed his gratitude to King Aurora for his assistance, then briefly spoke a few more words before concluding his speech.
Next, led by Lord Chenyi and the other two, he met and conversed with many Immortals. These Immortals who received invitations were all extraordinary, truly important figures in the Ganwu Universe Country.
However, in front of him, a Personal Disciple whose existence was even greater than a Universe Venerable, they still behaved very humbly and kindly; no one wished to offend this peerless Genius.
Ender also knew that in many of the Royce Family's business collaborations, the Family forces under these Immortals would rather take a slight loss and earn less than offend the Family of this peerless Genius.
After meeting all the Immortals who received invitations, the welcoming banquet came to an end after some time.
King Aurora, with his shoulder-length white hair and blood-stained white battle armor, said indifferently to Ender before leaving, "I've staked quite a few treasure points on you; I hope you can continue to outperform Kedi."
Upon hearing this, Ender was somewhat surprised as he watched King Aurora leave. He had heard his Seventh Senior Brother, Venerable Lingtu, say that many powerhouses within the Virtual Universe Company and even the Human Race were placing bets on who among him, Kedi, and Jiu Mengluo—who was suspected to be Venerable Fire Erosion—would achieve greater accomplishments in the future.
What he hadn't expected was that someone as indifferent as King Aurora would also place a bet in this gamble, and even bet on him surpassing Kedi and Jiu Mengluo.
Of course, King Aurora might have placed his bet in a different gamble, an internal one within the Virtual Universe Company, betting on his future achievements surpassing Kedi's.
After seeing off each Immortal, only Ender and Lord Chenyi remained in the vast banquet hall.
After the three exchanged glances, the short and stout Lord Miyun blamed himself, "Your Highness, this banquet was our arbitrary decision. We didn't consider that alien spies might infiltrate to assassinate you."
Ender smiled easily and said, "It's nothing. Although there were some minor accidents along the way, fortunately, this banquet has concluded in Perfection."
Lord Chenyi asked in surprise, "Your Highness, you don't blame us?"
"Soul enslaved, unless a detailed Soul scan is performed, it's impossible to distinguish the difference." Ender shook his head slightly and said, "Marquis Haihuo, Marquis Qiuyin, and that unknown Military Lord-level Immortal, it would be difficult for anyone to discover the problem before they exposed themselves."
"What's more, I had already prepared for such a situation, so I personally went to invite King Sealing Mace."
He sighed lightly, "However, I still underestimated the extent of the alien race's infiltration. I didn't expect that Marquis Haihuo and Marquis Qiuyin, two Marquis-level Immortal, would also be subjected to Soul enslaved."
Lord Chenyi and the other two fell silent upon hearing this. They also hadn't anticipated such a situation: three Immortals, two of whom were Marquis-level Immortal, attempting an assassination after being subjected to Soul enslaved.
But considering Ender's identity—a Personal Disciple whose existence was even greater than a Universe Venerable, and the record holder of the Domain Master Primal Sky Mountain—it was normal for him to be given such importance by the alien races.
"Alright, the assassination is over, and I have successfully escape the assassination performed by the alien race." Ender smiled and said, "This welcoming banquet was hard on you all."
"Your Highness is too kind; this is what we should do." Lord Chenyi and the other two replied.
"Next, I will stay in this manor for a few days. You all go about your respective duties." Ender smiled and said, "Don't forget, you need to give me the list of investigations for each department in ten years."
Lord Chenyi and the other two exchanged glances, then simultaneously said, "Then we won't disturb Your Highness's rest."
After seeing the three off outside the manor, Ender finally released Mullie from his World Ring.
Mullie bowed respectfully, "Your Highness."
"Release the guard army. The safety of the manor will be entrusted to them from now on." Ender ordered.
"Yes." Mullie nodded, then released over a thousand guard soldiers.
As soon as they appeared in the open space outside the manor, the guard soldiers all knelt on one knee and respectfully said, "Greetings, Your Highness." "The safety of this manor is entrusted to you all." Mullie commanded, "Go."
"Yes!"
The guard soldiers responded in unison, then, in small teams, transformed into streaks of light and flew towards the manor.
Looking up at the sky, watching the streaks of light fly by, Ender softly said, "Let's go back too."
Mullie listened, then used his Immortal Divine Power to carry Ender, swiftly returning to the manor.
...
In a spacious and luxurious bedroom in the manor.
Ender leaned back on a soft sofa, pondering the assassination he encountered at the banquet today.
"After learning that this banquet was being held in reality, I had already prepared for an assassination, but the number of alien spies this time exceeded my expectations."
He thought and summarized, "Three alien races attacked one after another. If it weren't for King Aurora, a Limit-stage King level expert who could use 'Time Stop,' my over one hundred meter special body would have been destroyed."
That's right!
The 'true body' that was over one hundred meters long, which suddenly burst forth after Haska's attack caused the World Ring to collapse, was still a body with a trace of Soul Power attached, possessing the same aura.
"My caution was correct. By entrusting my human main body and the World Ring where Mullie was to King Sealing Mace for safekeeping, even if King Aurora wasn't present, my human main body wouldn't have died due to the assassination."
Ender thought, "Due to my identity and talent, the assassinations I've encountered at the Domain Master are much fiercer than what Luo Feng faced. Fortunately, precisely because of my special identity, the protection I receive is also much higher, causing the alien race's two consecutive assassination attempts to fail."
"This assassination involved Marquis-level Immortal, although one of them had Pinnacle-stage Marquis strength, they were ultimately at the Marquis-level."
"The number of King-level Immortal is small; Ganwu Universe Country only has twenty to thirty King Level Immortal, and that's mostly under circumstances where they are barely King Level Immortal." Ender thought, "The number is small, plus the difficulty of Soul enslaved is high, so the probability of the alien race using King-level Immortal for assassination is relatively low."
"Low probability doesn't mean it's impossible."
Thinking of this, Ender frowned slightly and thought, "If I encounter a King-level Immortal assassination, my human main body and second branch tree must immediately commit suicide, not giving the enemy a chance to launch a Soul attack."
"Fortunately, the body only has a trace of Soul Power attached. Unless it's a Universe Venerable level Soul attack, it's impossible to penetrate that trace of Soul Power to attack the Soul core."
The trace of Soul Power attached to the body was very fragile; it would be instantly annihilated if it encountered even a slightly stronger mental Soul attack. Only powerhouses above the Universe Venerable level, using their incredibly terrifying Soul control abilities, could penetrate that trace of Soul attack to invade and control the Soul.
"Now, the goal of this trip to Ganwu Star has been achieved. I can contact Elder Rient of the Gold Horn Race's Wolfe Action Team."
After the welcoming banquet ended and he invited World Master Molten Rock to be the teacher for his Elder brother and others, Ender had no reason to stay on Ganwu Star anymore; it was time to go to the Gold Horn Race, which he had already planned to visit.
"The Sacred Tablet and beast god statue of the Gold Horn Race, I hope they will bring me great gains, especially in the Beast God Artistic Conception."
He was indeed going to walk the Beast God Path, but currently, his achievements on the Beast God Path were not high. He had only comprehended a trace of the Wood-Space Fusion Laws, and the progress of his Beast God Artistic Conception was relatively slow.
Of course, this was related to his primary cultivation of Space Law and the short amount of time he had been Cultivating. It had only been a few years since he Broke through to become a Domain Master. To raise his Law comprehension to the Tongtian Bridge Sixteenth Layer and pass the Domain Master Level Primal Sky Mountain, it would require a very long Cultivation time, estimated to be several millennia.
Thinking of this, Ender summoned the light screen, intending to contact Elder Rient of the Gold Horn Race's Wolfe Action Team, but unexpectedly found that he had received an email from King Sealing Mace more than half an hour ago.
"What does King Sealing Mace want with me? Is it about Marquis Haihuo and Marquis Qiuyin?"
Feeling somewhat puzzled, he requested a video call with King Sealing Mace, wanting to know his purpose.
Beep!
The video call was accepted, and a light screen popped up, showing King Sealing Mace's ordinary face.
"Ender." King Sealing Mace in the light screen said, "I took Marquis Haihuo and Marquis Qiuyin to see the Country Lord. After the Country Lord's careful investigation, it was found that both of them had become Zerg Queen's Soul slaves."
"Zerg Queen?"
Ender listened, his brow furrowing slightly. In terms of Soul attack and infiltration methods, among the four closely related Pinnacle Race, the Zerg Queen were paramount.
Therefore, among the Soul slaves enslaved by alien races in the Human Territory, those enslaved by the Zerg Queen were the most numerous.
When he encountered the assassination in his hometown, Kuka Planet, the Lorgar Tribe's Immortal, Marquis Tian Yi, who made the move, was also Soul enslaved by the Zerg Queen. Both assassinations he faced after becoming a World Master were orchestrated by the Zerg Queen.
King Sealing Mace said, "Marquis Haihuo and Marquis Qiuyin haven't been Soul enslaved for long. They were enslaved during an adventure outside Ganwu Universe Country about three hundred years ago. They haven't done much for the Zerg Queen, but they placed many Divine Power tokens in the Molten Rock Star Field where your hometown is located."
"Their purpose in doing this, could it be to send some alien powerhouse in to assassinate me?" Ender guessed.
"They probably wanted to send an Immortal Zerg Queen's Mother Nest through Divine Kingdom teleportation, and then have the Zerg Queen's Mother Nest leave through Divine Kingdom teleportation immediately after completing the assassination." King Sealing Mace said, "You don't need to worry. After they were investigated, some useful information was obtained, and the Zerg Queen's intelligence network in the Molten Rock Star Field has suffered a fatal blow."
Ender was slightly startled, "Immortal Zerg Queen's Mother Nest!"
An Immortal Zerg Queen's Mother Nest, that was known as an invincible existence below a Universe Venerable, with the ability to breed Immortal Zerg Queen warriors, and the Immortal Zerg Queen army it formed was extremely terrifying.
Once tens of thousands of Immortal Zerg Queen launched a joint attack, even an Invincible King powerhouse would have to avoid the brunt of it, not daring to directly confront the combined attack of the Immortal Zerg Queen army.
"If an Immortal Zerg Queen's Mother Nest were truly sent to assassinate me, without a King-level Immortal powerhouse with teleportation ability to protect me, I wouldn't even have a chance to escape. Moreover, the Zerg Queen is extremely skilled in Soul attack and infiltration methods. If I were even a moment too slow in committing suicide, I might be Soul-annihilated or enslaved. She is the bane of people like me who have Clones for survival!"
Ender felt fortunate, "Fortunately, they were captured, and the Zerg Queen's intelligence network in the Molten Rock Star Field was also destroyed in the process."
With Marquis Haihuo and Marquis Qiuyin as a reminder, he was now even more determined in his previous idea: before becoming a true powerhouse, he would avoid returning to Kuka Planet as much as possible, and also try his best to appear as if he didn't care much about his Family.
At this moment, King Sealing Mace spoke again...