Setting Traps - 547

Soon after this battle, news leaked that the Sect Master had been severely injured in the battle. He had apparently sacrificed some of his lifespan to produce a sneak attack.

With this news spreading out, those who had sent out the two True Gods first investigated the legitimacy. Even when using countless methods, it was determined to be a truthful leak of information.

After a moment of brief hesitation, 5 more True Gods were secretly sent out to assassinate the Sect Master.

Ye Li was prepared for this. He set up many things in advance for this battle. When the 5 True Gods secretly entered, one of them was pierced by a Karma spiral. After using a large amount of Karma, Karma was implanted.

One of the cultivators stopped moving for a moment, catching the attention of the other four.

One of them whispered. "What's wrong?"

Before he could receive an answer, five Hidden Karma swords shot out. The first pierced the heart of the True God that they had been implanted in. He spat out blood in an instant.

The other four beings were also hit, but had put up defenses after seeing the first True God get injured by something invisible.

Of the 5, one was severely injured, two had been injured, and the other two were only lightly harmed.

However, this wasn't the only thing that Ye Li had set up.

The 5 warily looked around, but could not sense anything. From the Shadow's, hiding his Karma, Ye Li snuck up on the most injured True God. Nobody was focused on each other, but on the surroundings.

It was as if he was walking in a different universe from them. He was there, but he could not be detected. Of course, the moment he made a move he would be noticed, but he had a chance until then.

Reaching the most injured True God, Ye Li directly sent another Karma spiral into him. Implanting Karma, the beings mind momentarily went blank. This moment was all that Ye Li needed.

After an hour, the 5 True Gods looked at each other.

"He doesn't seem to be near."

"How sure are we that that was the Sect Master taking action?" One asked.

The 5 glanced at each other unsure. 

"Perhaps the Sect Master is not the only True God here." Another commented.

After silently thinking, four of the True Gods looked at the most injured one. "What do you say?"

Since he was the most injured, he could make the decision.

After hesitating, the injured True God spoke up. "No matter what, that sneak attack should have been a one time thing. He might have run away already. Let's look for him. In the worst case scenario, we can escape later."

The other four agreed with this after a moment. They continued to move throughout space quietly. 

They slowly grew closer together as they searched for the Sect Master. All this time, they were hidden from the massive army of the Star Harmonization Sect.

After a few days, they found the Sect Master on a nearly barren planet. Dried blood was clearly apparent on his mouth. He was hidden by an advanced hiding array, but they had come prepared. Using talismans, they saw through the array and surrounded it.

In just a single instant, all five True Gods bursted with their most powerful strike and broke through the array. The Sect Master did not move an inch. His body broke on contact, as if he was dead skin left behind by a snake.

The True Gods were momentarily confused until they heard a loud scream.

They had not noticed, but one of the powerful strikes had not been aimed at the barrier, but at one of the other True Gods. The one who had struck was the most injured one. 

The True God that had been attacked was defenseless and had been incapacitated. This was enough. Ye Li could directly take on three True Gods.

All pretenses were dropped as the three directly attacked Ye Li.

Ye Li looked at them calmly. 

"Karmic Shackles."

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With four corpses stripped of Karma left behind, Ye Li left the destroyed section of the Galaxy, once again disguised as the Sect Master.

It had been a difficult battle no doubt, but he was destined to win from the start. He wouldn't have fought otherwise.

News did not go out that 5 True Gods had died. After all, it had been a secret operation this time. However, those behind the True Gods undoubtedly knew, and they were too worried to send an Outer World realm cultivator. They recognized that this could not be the Sect Master alone taking action. Perhaps an Outer World realm cultivator was behind this, no it was almost impossible for it to be anyone below the Outer World realm.

They cut their losses for now. True Gods, though important, were not the backbone of their group. Outer World realm cultivators, however, were inexpendable. No matter what, they could not risk losing one.

In the worst case scenario that the Star Harmonization Sect pushed too far, they had others behind them.

Ye Li was able to guess that those behind the True Gods would not send anyone else for now. The area he was going to take was acceptable to them.

Now, he could find the opportunity within this area. 

Elsewhere, Yhwh sat on a large meteor that moved at a slow speed for a being of his strength. His strength had reached the True God realm as well.

He had never been much of a fighter, but he had some techniques just in case. This was a relatively new area of the universe to him. He naturally had to travel around a bunch to increase his faith.

Yhwh silently pondered while looking at the stars. He imagined what level of power he would reach if the entire universe had faith in him. At the very least, he would be unmatched.

Although he was heading in a random direction, Ye Li just so happened to be heading towards him, and him heading towards Ye Li.

The odds of them meeting were miniscule and unbelievable, yet, somehow, these two were destined to meet.