"I do not, the commander warned me to be wary of Shi Qianshou and his men and to guard the Earth Pistil until Shi Qianshou was dealt with" said the man staring at the elemental creature that held Shi Qianshou in her grip. She had not severed his limbs but kept him unconscious constantly.
If he tried to escape he would be facing the wrath of Crimson Death and Calamity Fire head on.
"Are you going to return with me, I'll drop Shi Qianshou off in Tarim Basin Military Base, you can deal with the Earth Pistil on your own".
"Yes, sir "
Cao Guang then went back to the relay station and stayed the night there with Lin Feili. He looked into the inner world of Little Tora pendant when he had time.
Crimson Death Domain had slain more than ten thousand insects during the day, he had gotten plenty of Soul Remnants but they were of a much lower quality and Little Tora pendant could only refine Fifty Warrior level Soul Essences.
Since Cao Guang could not sell them, he simply improved his Summoning Nebula to the fifth tier and left the extra one in the inner world. Cao Guang had gotten plenty of Soul Remnants yet the conversion and their own state affected the forming of higher quality Soul Essences.
But these insects were a good opportunity to make Souls essences if he ever needed them.
He could reduce the difficulty of breaking through with the Summoning element a bit further now that he brought the Stars to the fifth tier. They held more spiritual energy themselves and a good Galaxy Vein should have a decent chance of helping him to bring a second element to the Advanced level.
He collected the complete Soul Essences given by them into his Soul Container. Since the Flame Belle did most of the fighting he was free enough to consciously aim at them rather than just keeping the object on with his energy.
The amount he collected was enough to cover the cost of purchasing a new Galaxy Vein and a magic accelerator.
He borrowed a couple of Alloy Armoured Hippopotamuses that were brought my Tong Xuan and his men for his journey back across the meandering sand river.
The return journey was uninteresting, on the way he found another hack to avoid confronting any other type of Demon beasts in Taklamakan, find a horde of Demon Locusts, intimidate them with Crimson Death and make to the centre of their formation and follow them.
If he had a poison mage who could recreate the seal of Poison to lead the Demon Locusts slightly, but the whole idea was a bit crazy. Any slip up and everyone ended up as a snack for the Locusts. Even he wasn't curious enough to try the method.
Cao Guang didn't go to the city from where he took off for the Taklamakan, instead went to Tarim Basin Military Base to report the matter.
Cao Guang waited at the Fortress for some time to meet with Commander Shao who was the highest authority in the surrounding areas. She was Super Mage with years of experience under the chief himself. She was a rare General who was also a Commander.
A/n: commander leads troops to battle and all things you would expect of one.
Commander is a position in Military HQ.
Technically she was also her own boss as she was a Commander, but she had bosses above her second position as well. The Army's normal ranks went from Private, Corporal, Sergeant (3), Lieutenant (2), Captain, Major, Colonel (2), General (5), Marshall. They also had more levels at each rank like Sergeant, First Sergeant, Master Sergeant.
They only indicated a difference in seniority when lacking a superior officer. Military HQ had special positions like Aide de Camp, Commander, Advisor and Chief Advisor. From Advisor onwards they had a vote in the decision making of military.Commanders had a lot autonomy as well.
She was quite surprised when a young mage brought one of her Colonels after defeating the guy in battle.
Cao Guang explained the whole situation at the relay station with corroborating statements from Lin Feili and Tong Xuan as for the rest Cao Guang didn't have much influence.
" So you're telling me that you defeated Colonel Shi in Battle? "
"Yes, technically"
" I had heard Senior Pang took on another student some time ago, obviously you are more promising than what I'd heard about".
Lin Feili had submitted the Earth Pistil to Advisor Shao, because it was only a few weeks ago that it was removed from the Earth it hadn't lost much energy at all. It was fully powered enough to produce a new city or a Forbidden Mage.