Global Abyss: My Skills Can Enhance Infinitely

Chapter 561: Chapter 497: The Attack Chapter 561: Chapter 497: The Attack “This…”

Tao Yu gazed at the masses of obedient Freeman people before him and couldn’t help but feel a sense of admiration.

Although they were just a group of ‘ordinary people,’ their certain quality was surprisingly high.

This seemed a bit unscientific, yet it was very Abyss…

Paul appeared to have an extremely high prestige among them, and under his request, the oath ceremony proceeded quite smoothly.

Tao Yu began to feel an indistinct connection with them, as if he could absorb their power into himself at any time, gaining an additional augmentation!

Even though the individual strengths of the Freeman people were quite average, their numbers could still be transformed into quality.

It was their faith that led to a united front and a tacit cooperation.

Thus, even with a considerable number of people present, there was still a high degree of resonance, making the transformation quite effective.

Even Tao Yu felt a significant army augmentation effect.

The key was that Tao Yu felt that, simply by accepting their loyalty, his ‘Ironblood Knight’ had already begun to assimilate a small amount.

Even though it wasn’t much, for a digestion at the Sequence Four level, having such progress at the start was quite considerable!

When he turned around, he would be able to consume the Despair Witch’s characteristics too, so the current feeling of rawness was unlikely to form any negative effects.

“Very good, next, we need to distinguish between enemies and friends.

The root of all your suffering is the Harkonnen Family, so they will be our next target.”

Tao Yu’s words did not elicit any resentment from the Freeman people, who truly harbored hatred toward the Harkonnen Family.

Especially after the recent bloodshed with the help of the Ninjas, this was even more the case.

Tao Yu casually mentioned it, not even using much extraordinary power to inspire them, and they had already developed a sense of shared animosity.

This was anger already in their hearts; it just needed a slight nudge to surface.

“As for those Ninjas, they are currently enemies as well, and we need not hold back against them.

However, they are only hired hands, and after our target is dealt with, we need not pursue them to the bitter end.

In fact, I think you might find a good match with the Village Hidden by Sand…”

Tao Yu looked at the Freeman people; had water not been so scarce, perhaps they wouldn’t have stood directly against the Village Hidden by Sand.

The Sand Hidden Village wasn’t composed entirely of Ninjas; they too needed ordinary people for support.

And the Freeman people, who could survive in the desert, were undoubtedly the best match.

Unfortunately, with a wealth of resources in the hands of the Harkonnen Family and the initial clash over resources, this was the result.

Had the Freeman people had enough wealth to begin with, they could have hired the Village Hidden by Sand to confront the Harkonnen Family, and perhaps the situation would have changed by now.

Having had dealings with them, Tao Yu knew that the family itself lacked the capability to deal with such supernatural forces.

The Holtzman Shields were strong, and their technological weapons were not weak.

But in the end, it all depended on who was using them…

However, just as Tao Yu completed the oath ceremony and was slightly stirring their emotions with his speech,

a cry of an eagle echoed from the sky, making Tao Yu look up.

It was just a speck in the far distance, but it was indeed a Ninja Hawk.

“Bit of a slap in the face, huh, just as we sorted out our main conflicts, we’re discovered by a ninja…”

Tao Yu clicked his tongue, feeling that the Village Hidden by Sand was a bit disrespectful.

But being discovered may be for the best, let it be like drawing out the snake from its hole…

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“Lord Yecang, we have found traces of the Freeman people.”@@novelbin@@

A ninja controlling Spirit Beasts quickly approached a strikingly dressed woman with orange hair and respectfully reported.

Yecang was a great hero of the Sand Hidden Village, and there had even been calls for her to be the Fourth Kazekage.

Even though the Kazekage position had already been decided, Yecang still maintained a high prestige within the Sand Hidden Village.

Due to the continuous urgency from their employer, the Harkonnen Family, the pursuit of the Freeman people intensified in importance.

Even she, a Jonin-level strong ninja, led the team personally.

“Have they been spotted?

Ugh, notify the Harkonnen Family, we’re just support.

We’ll go with them, no need to take action directly.”

Yecang sighed.

As a standard ninja, while she harbored her own sympathies for the Foreman, her position was clear, and she wouldn’t waver when it was time to act.

Back when they were fighting for water sources, her attack was just as ruthless.

But while stance was stance, having led a team to clear out Foreman strongholds several times, she knew that these were merely a group of people struggling to survive in the desert.

Yet even though she disliked the Harkonnen Family and sympathized with the Foreman, when the time came to make a decision, she didn’t hesitate at all.

After all, this was a ninja’s fate!

The Harkonnen Family’s communication system on this side was still well-maintained; their feedback came quickly after they reported in.

As for the Foreman, the Harkonnen Family hated them to the core and didn’t ask the ninjas to take action first, only to keep an eye on them and not lose track, then wait for the family’s army to arrive.

They must strike decisively, leaving not one!

While waiting, a Jonin who served as Yecang’s deputy made a suggestion,

“Master Yecang, it appears that the Foreman’s elite are gathered this time.

So many people converging might mean they’ve moved using those giant sandworms.

Could it be they’re planning to use the worms for something again?”

This Jonin had once fallen into an ambush by the Foreman.

Those terrifying desert sandworms were even larger than Tailed Beasts.

Though they possessed no chakra and couldn’t perform Ninjutsu, their sheer size could surpass most Ninjutsu’s destructive power with just a slight twist, causing them at least some loss.

It was only because the sandworms lacked combat intelligence and acted purely on instinct that, once their behavior was understood, they could be appropriately surrounded and countered.

After all, to kill a target, it wasn’t necessary to slice them into pieces—merely to deliver a fatal blow.

Currently, the Village Hidden by Sand was even researching if these sandworms could be used as Spirit Beasts.

But capturing them was difficult, not to mention the challenge of finding them, and their size made it hard to capture them alive.

Perhaps only the Fourth Kazekage possessed such an ability.

Even if Master Yecang’s strength was on par with the Kazekage, she could only manage to kill the worms outright with Scorch Release, not capture them alive.

“They’ve been cautious lately, so there must be a reason they’re out this time.

But that’s for the employer to consider; we just need to complete our mission.”

Yecang, having no personal initiative in this matter, didn’t want to know the reason.

In fact, although they had shifted focus back to the search and scaled back from the ‘Death Oasis’ over the past few months and resumed the extermination campaign,

the Foreman seemed to have a sort of clairvoyance about them, evading each strike as best they could.

The results of the fights were not significant.

It made them suspect there was intelligence leakage and betrayal.

But no one could fathom why there would be a betrayal amongst them.

Only after several internal investigations did the people of the Village Hidden by Sand start to vaguely believe in their legend of ‘Clairvoyance’ and ‘Prophet’.

After taking her daily dose of Spice, Yecang also began to close her eyes in meditation, refining her chakra.

Chakra was the foundation for a ninja.

When away from the Village Hidden by Sand, chakra could diminish, so keeping the chakra active within the body was crucial.

And these ‘Spices’ were a beneficial tool for ninjas!

Humming noises filled the air—

The Harkonnen were quick to act, and a type of flying vehicle resembling dragonfly wings approached in swarms from a distance, easily two or three dozen of them.

Flying low, they kicked up dust along the way, like a man-made sandstorm.

Each vehicle even had a Holtzman Shield, giving them strong defense capabilities, coupled with aerial superiority.

It seemed they valued this mission highly.

This discovery was the largest they had come across after a great purge.

And by their looks, they seemed intent on heading towards the oasis.

Once they made contact with those Pioneers, it would be troublesome…