In Xuelong City, after Annuo returned here early, the first thing he did was to look for Yingzi.

Shadow was left in Xuelong City by Annuo, and has been studying the summoner skill [Substitute Straw Man].

The effect of this skill is that when you receive fatal damage, you can leave a scarecrow at the original place, teleport the main body to a distant place, and hide your breath for three minutes so that you cannot be discovered by the enemy.

To activate [Stand-In Straw Man], you need to write magic patterns on your body, which will be activated the moment you are attacked.

Shadow's current method of cultivation is to write the magic pattern on the heart - it can also be written on other vital positions, such as the head.

Moreover, the time when the magic pattern is completed must be precisely when the attack arrives.

As a sixth-level skill, it actually requires fifty magic patterns, and it is quite difficult to learn.

The construction of a magic array for a seventh-level skill consists of only seventy or eighty magic pattern circuits.

Even with Philomena's guidance, Shadow's progress was still very slow.

However, after Annuo was promoted to the eighth level, Shadow's abilities also improved.

When Anno found Shadow, the latter was letting the snake girl Athena attack her.

A beam of green light came out of Athena's mouth and shot towards Shadow's heart.

When the green light was about to arrive, Shadow pointed the tip of his right index finger at his heart and chest, quickly drawing the magic pattern circuit.

This process takes less than a second.

In Athena's eyes, Shadow's hands were like phantoms, and she couldn't see the movements at all.

But Anno's two special eyes were quite powerful, and Shadow's hand speed was slowed down a lot.

This allowed Annuo to clearly see the formation of magic patterns.

call out!

The green light hit Shadow's chest and instantly pierced Shadow's heart.

But no blood came out of the wound.

A few seconds later, Anno, who was standing still, turned into a human-shaped scarecrow.

The scarecrow is the same size as Anno.

Although it is made of straw, one can almost see Anno's appearance from the face.

At this time, there was a big hole in the scarecrow's heart.

An Nuo looked around for the shadow's location but couldn't find it.

"How is it? The effect is good!"

Philomena appeared beside Anno at some point and asked with raised eyebrows.

“The breath concealment effect is quite good, it’s hard to imagine that this is a sixth-level skill.

However, facing a high-level professional who is good at searching, can he sense the shadow? "

Philomena replied: "As long as you are careful, the seventh-level ones should not be able to detect it. But facing the eighth-level hunter profession who is good at reconnaissance, it still won't work."

"For a sixth-level skill, achieving this effect is already pretty good!"

An Nuo nodded with satisfaction.

Anyway, it is easy to obtain the seventh-level soul now.

The benefit of [Spirit Sacrifice] lies here. Once you have learned the skill, you can sacrifice your soul to upgrade.

This means that every skill that Annuo masters can be considered a growth skill!

"But you are really stupid. You had to reach the eighth level to quickly understand a sixth-level skill. The effect of [Standard Straw Man] is greatly reduced when encountering enemies at your level."

Philomena squinted at Anno and said sarcastically.

Then she frowned and asked in confusion, “But with such a poor talent, why is the improvement so fast?

It only took one year to rise from an ordinary person to the eighth level.

This is relatively rare in the divine world!

You are a really weird guy."

"I have a way to make the [Stand-In Straw Man] work in a battle at my level." After An Nuo finished explaining, he looked at Philomena and asked, "Is there anything faster in the God Realm?"

"Don't underestimate the creatures living in the God Realm. Some races have terrifying growth potential, and some even reach the ninth level in just a few months!"

At this point, Philomena asked, "Improving the skill level should also be the effect of your innate skill, right? It can greatly increase the number of summons and also improve the skill level. What exactly is your innate skill?"

"Keep it a secret!"

"Tsk, is that meeting you organized finished?"

An Nuo nodded, looked at the sky in the distance and said, "Preparing for the next stage!"

Philomena looked up at Anno and asked in confusion: "Prepare? What do you want to do?"

"I remember that many of the materials used in the God-level God-controlling Array are specialties from other planes."

"You want to create a god-level divine control formation?"

Philomena said solemnly: “The materials used in the God-level God Controlling Array cannot be collected in one or two planes.

Moreover, these materials are very valuable in themselves, and most of them are in the hands of the powerful.

It is basically impossible for you to collect materials for a god-level divine control array now."

An Nuo smiled and said, "It's just some preliminary preparations. The current plan is to improve the strength of the professionals in the kingdom and even the professionals in this continent."

"To raise the level of professionals across the continent?"

Philomena shook her head helplessly and said, “The strength of one person is limited, but the power of the masses is huge!

It is because of this that the summoner profession was born.

No one understands the power of the crowd better than the Summoner.

But raising the level of professionals in an entire continent is easy to say, but in practice... do you know what it means?"

Philomena looked at An Nuo with her eyes wide open, and answered herself: "The resources of a plane are limited, and some planes can only cultivate a small number of ninth-level.

If you want to continue to improve, you can only plunder resources from other dimensions.

Do you think the strong ones in the plundered plane will watch you plunder?

To put it in a broader sense, this is how the plane war breaks out!"

Seeing that An Nuo's expression didn't change at all, Philomena warned, "I say, with your current strength, don't do anything reckless.

I said I would let you go to another dimension, but not now.

First, we should develop to the peak of Angormlos’ strength, and then think about these issues.”

“But they have already taken action against Angormloth.

Have you forgotten that you were forced to hide in the God's Space by them?

If I hadn't gone to the God's Space to inform you, you wouldn't even dare to come out."

An Nuo saw Philomena frowning and chuckled, "It's just the preparation stage now. I will plan this slowly."

After saying that, Anno released the skill of [Shadow Summoning].

The moment the shadow returned, the memory of practicing [Substitute Straw Man] appeared in Annuo's mind.

The construction of the magic pattern has also been understood.

Then Anno took Liz and Sasir away.

Athena also swam with her snake tail, bowed to Philomena, and followed obediently.

"You said before that you wouldn't go anywhere else, but you slapped yourself in the face so soon."

Looking at the disappearing Anno, Philomena bit her finger and muttered, "It seems that the [Death Perception Eyes] has always been affecting Anno.

With such little strength now, you're thinking about going to other dimensions to cause trouble.

It also improves the professional standards of the entire continent.

Do you think you are the master of Angormloth?"

Philomena rolled her eyes and went to find her sidekick, Ruth.

Ruth obeyed Philomena in everything and was highly valued by Philomena.

Therefore, Philomena decided that once the Summoning Temple was completed, she would canonize Ruth as the Saint of the Temple!

An Nuo went to see Ella to find out about the latest situation in Xuelong City.

Today, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor City has accepted tens of thousands of refugees, and the living arrangements for these people are a big problem.

These days, they are supported by the city of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.

However, Ella only provided them with enough food and clothing.

If these refugees want to eat well, they need to find opportunities for themselves.

The City Lord's Mansion is providing employment opportunities to allow these refugees to start supporting themselves.

The foundation of the Summoning Temple has been dug under the command of Philomena, and many strong refugees have gone to work.

Several mines near Xuelongling have started to operate again and provided many jobs.

Moreover, due to the operation of the mine, trade between Selangor and Kuala Lumpur and surrounding cities has become more frequent.

Especially Gray City.

There are many caravans traveling between the two sides every day.

In addition to the good news, there is also some not-so-good news.

That is, the elimination of monsters in the Sunset Land was not going smoothly.

Andre also made some progress and killed several core cultists.

But there is still no news about Andre, the leader of this group of cultists.

And according to the news sent back by Andre, the cultists were also looking for him.

"The cleanup of Sunset Land is being hampered?"

An Nuo stroked his chin and thought for a while, then said, "Then let's plan the Sunset Land as a combat training ground."

Anno, who was sitting at his desk, took out a parchment scroll and wrote a few lines on it. He then put it in an envelope, dripped some wax on it, and stamped it with his baron seal.

"Ella, send someone to deliver this letter to the Iron Castle of the Dwarf Kingdom as soon as possible!"