Chapter 721 - 715: Hide-and-Seek Game

The Second Elder of the Void Race didn’t bother with this troublemaker but instead looked around at the other members of the Void Race: "Is there anyone else who shares his thoughts?"

"Do you also want to risk your lives just to spill blood on them?"

Under the scrutiny of the Second Elder of the Void Race, the other members of the Void Race felt a bit uneasy.

After all, now that the Grand Elder is gone, it’s the Second Elder who calls the shots.

Defying the Second Elder means defying the clan rules, right?

However, this troublemaker from the Void Race is not the only one who stood out.

Soon enough, another member of the Void Race stepped forward, speaking with a steely resolve, "Second Elder, don’t misunderstand us!"

"We didn’t mean to disobey you; we just want to avenge the Grand Elder."

"The Grand Elder is gone just like that; everyone feels distressed!"

Distressed?

The Second Elder of the Void Race thought, do you think you’re the only ones who feel distressed? Do you think I don’t feel it?

"If you’re distressed, then hold it in!"

"Do you think I don’t feel it as well?"

"Or do you think I’m just cold-blooded and heartless?" The Second Elder of the Void Race questioned, "Avenge?"

"Do you think you’re the only ones who want revenge? Do you think I don’t want it too?"

"But right now, with our strength, revenge is impossible. It would just be throwing our lives away."

"If we all die, the Grand Elder’s revenge would be impossible!"

"Surviving is the first step to seeking revenge."

"We must avoid their retaliation for now. When they let their guard down, we’ll strike."

"Certainly, we can’t defeat Wa Huang, the Demon Lord, or Buddha, but we can choose battles we can win."

"They’re in the open, and we’re in the shadows. The initiative will be ours."

"If we can’t kill the old ones, we’ll kill the young ones until their sects are wiped out."

"They destroy our race, and we’ll destroy their sects."

"Let’s see if they can recruit disciples faster than we can kill them."

"What the Grand Elder entrusted to me is an intact Void Race. I must ensure that you can survive."

"Revenge is important, but so is your survival and the continuation of our race."

"If the Void Race perishes by our hands, how will we face the sacrifice of the Grand Elder?"

"I’ve given both good and bad advice. If anyone still won’t obey and wants to spill blood, then go ahead. I won’t stop you."

"Just think carefully before you leave, is this really what the Grand Elder would want to see?"

After the Second Elder of the Void Race finished speaking, the previously impulsive and radical members of the Void Race fell into deep thought.

The Second Elder of the Void Race is right!

If we go for revenge now, it’s not revenge; it’s suicide.

The best outcome is that we manage to spill some blood.

If they’re cautious, we might not even achieve that.

"Second Elder, we’ll listen to you!"

"Second Elder, we were wrong. We’ll do whatever you say!"

"We can’t let the Grand Elder down."

"A gentleman’s revenge can wait ten years."

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One by one, the members of the Void Race shouted out loud, and even the Second Elder of the Void Race couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, he managed to convince the impulsive clansmen.

"Pass on my command: All clan members are to hide and lie low, not revealing themselves without my order."

"If there’s a task, I will send someone to inform you."

"Only the team that receives the order is allowed to move." The Second Elder of the Void Race issued the order with strict authority, his tone leaving no room for doubt.

The members of the Void Race dared not defy him any longer, nodding repeatedly in agreement: "Yes!"

"We will certainly follow the order."

"Second Elder, please lead us to revenge quickly!"

After the order was given, the Void Race immediately dispersed, concealing themselves in various parts of the Void.

The Void is vast and boundless.

The Void Race has wandered the Void for many years. Now scattered and hidden within the Void, playing hide and seek with them is not going to be easy to find them.

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Wa Huang’s Palace.

In a side hall, Buddha temporarily used it as the command center for the roundup of the Void Race.

Holding the battle report in his hands, Buddha looked incredulous as he gazed at the crowd below.

"After so many days, the disciples of Wa Huang’s Palace have only captured a total of 116 members of the Void Race?" Buddha looked utterly incredulous.

The representative of Wa Huang’s Palace, the Peacock Great Ming King, nodded.

Then, Buddha’s eyes widened further in disbelief: "The Great Demon God Palace has captured 78 members of the Void Race, and the Celestial Burial Temple’s disciples have only captured 52 members of the Void Race."

It has been many days since the death of the Grand Elder of the Void Race.

Buddha had dispersed the disciples of Wa Huang’s Palace, the Celestial Burial Temple, and the Great Demon God Palace, equipping them with numerous magical treasures, directing them to capture the members of the Void Race.

Logically, there should have been substantial gains.

Seeing the reported numbers from Wa Huang’s Palace, Buddha thought perhaps the disciples were slacking off.

But upon seeing the numbers from the Celestial Burial Temple and the Great Demon God Palace, he was truly baffled.

The Celestial Burial Temple and the Great Demon God Palace had less capture success than Wa Huang’s Palace?

It’s impossible that the disciples of the Great Demon God Palace and Celestial Burial Temple were slacking off too.

Something’s not right!

Definitely not right!

There’s a serious issue here.

At the current pace, even with infinite time, they’d never finish capturing the Void Race.

Since Buddha couldn’t question the disciples from the Great Demon God Palace and Wa Huang’s Palace, he turned to ask the plump abbot of their own Celestial Burial Temple, "What’s going on?"

"Why, after so long, have so few members of the Void Race been captured?"

Hearing Buddha’s questioning, the plump abbot of the Celestial Burial Temple was startled, quickly explaining, "Master, having the treasures you’ve bestowed upon us does indeed make it easy to deal with them."

"However, we can’t find them!"

"They’ve dispersed into small groups, hidden in the Void. Searching for them in the vast Void is like finding a needle in a haystack."

"On the rare occasion when a blind cat stumbles upon a dead rat, and we find them, they’ve changed their previous confrontational approach."

"Now, they run when they can, hide when they must, and when they can’t hide, they scatter and flee. We can’t catch them."

"Finding a needle in a haystack, we’ve done well to catch this many."

The plump abbot’s words were acknowledged by the Peacock Great Ming King and the representatives from the Great Demon God Palace, who nodded in agreement.

"Indeed, it’s not easy to find them."

"Ninety-nine percent of the time is wasted in the searching process!"

Upon hearing about the real difficulties encountered in capturing the Void Race, Buddha closed his eyes in contemplation, seeking a solution to the problem.