"I was just about to notify you."
"Just one thing, don't leave Kunlun Martial University recently, and in the next few days, occasionally go out during the day to take a stroll around the school, like visiting the Heilong Building, the Vermilion Bird Building, and the like," said the gentle female voice. "You don't need to worry about anything else."
"Not leave Kunlun Martial University? Go out for a stroll?" Li Yuan thought, a possibility flashing through his mind.
Both parties hung up the communication.
Li Yuan fell into deep thought. Logically, a genius of his level, like Dantai Feng, should be doing their utmost to conceal their information.
After all, although few, there definitely are alien race spies hidden within human civilization.
Why then, make such a public announcement?
It was as if they were worried others wouldn't know.
"The higher-ups aren't fools," Li Yuan mused to himself. "By doing this, they most likely want to use Dantai Feng and me as bait to lure out the big fish in hiding."
Still, Li Yuan couldn't completely make sense of it.
This crazy publicity, it seemed too deliberate... An alien race powerhouse that could go unnoticed, would definitely not be a fool.
Baiting with a direct hook!
Would the alien race fall for it?
"The higher-ups must have their reasons for doing this," Li Yuan murmured, shaking his head slightly. "It's not up to me to decide now."
If what he guessed was true, using himself as 'bait' did not bother Li Yuan in the slightest.
"In a sense, it only shows that I've become extremely important." Li Yuan saw the situation very clearly, like how senior Liu Jing and others defended the Mingxu Star Realm, as a sacrifice.
Many times, to win a major victory, there always needs to be those who are willing to take risks and to sacrifice.
Time passed by, day by day.
The third round of the 'elimination' virtual battles continued, with 990 martial path geniuses from all over the globe.
Geniuses of the martial path like Dantai Feng, Jin Huguo, Tian Dazhuang, Zhu Tong, all had to fight desperately round after round, striving to defeat opponent after opponent to secure one of the ten remaining spots in the finals.
Among the many martial path geniuses from Xia Country, the ones who directly advanced to the finals were only Li Yuan, Yin Man, and Yu Mingwei.
From February 11th to February 18th, there were no matches for him during this week.
Li Yuan was at leisure.
He continued to train methodically, and according to Lord Yang of the Province's orders, he visited the Heilong Building daily... but it was apparent, his fame was skyrocketing.
Wherever he went, he was the focus of attention.
In just two days, the global views of that short video had already surpassed 2 billion views.
The number of followers on Li Yuan's V-blog surged from just over a hundred thousand to over 20 million.
In the truest sense, he became a sensation overnight across the entire virtual network.
It's a pity, though, that Li Yuan did not engage in commercial promotions or live broadcasting... For activities that affected his training and inner peace, he always disregarded them.
Every time Li Yuan went out, he was extremely vigilant, his powerful spiritual power continuously diffusing around him. Any life that entered his line of sight or perception could not escape his 'Divine Palace Inquiry.'
After all, although Li Yuan believed that the higher-ups of Starfire Martial Hall had laid traps secretly, he couldn't afford to be careless himself.
Unfortunately... there were no anomalies.
Blue Star, with its vast expanses, was home to over a hundred billion humans, and over the centuries, numerous star realm portals had emerged.
Most star realms were either very small or didn't require much resource investment in surveillance, like the Moon Demon Star Realm, the Mingxu Star Realm, and others.
But there were a few star realms, broad and vast, nurturing countless treasures, and connected to some powerful foreign civilizations, that had thus... erupted into war.
For example, the Rob Sea Star Realm within the boundaries of Xia Country.
And another example — the Wanhan Star Realm!
As the only "Third Level Star Realm" on Blue Star, with a vast expanse that has fostered many precious rarities and is connected to many different foreign temporal spaces,
the Wanhan Star Realm has always been a battleground for many civilizations such as the Seven Stars human civilization, Tianliang human civilization, Cloud Beast Civilization, and others, attracting a large convergence of Flying Heaven powerhouses.
The entire star realm, with its largest diameter exceeding one million kilometers... the native life force it has nurtured is also extremely powerful.
All of this has made Wanhan Star Realm incredibly chaotic, with constant warfare.
Wanhan Star Realm, in one mysterious location beneath the continuous glaciers, deep underground,
within a majestic hall,
a figure in a purple robe sat cross-legged, silently tapping the projection light screen in front of him, browsing through a large amount of information, with both text and video... If one looked closely, they would see that Li Yuan was appearing in the video.
After perusing all the information,
he pondered for a long while.
"Huh!" With a wave of his hand, the figure in the purple robe tapped the light screen, entering a special communication channel.
Drip~ Drip~ As time passed, the figure in the purple robe waited patiently.
A full ten minutes later,
"Zi Xin, what's the matter? You need to call me directly?" a deep voice sounded.
"This time, it's your turn to take action," the figure in the purple robe said with a raspy voice, "I need you to kill someone."
"Who?" the deep voice referred to as 'Number Three' asked.
"The newly emerging genius from Xia Country, Li Yuan," the figure in the purple robe named the target, "He is currently at Kunlun Martial University."
"Impossible," the deep voice resolutely refused, "I'm aware of his file as well, but such large-scale publicity is definitely the high echelons of Starfire Martial Hall using him as bait... Even if I go, the failure rate is extremely high."
"I even suspect that he's not at Kunlun Martial University and has already been secretly moved," said the deep voice.
"There's no need to worry about that," the figure in the purple robe said, "He is indeed at Kunlun Martial University, without a doubt, this has been verified by us through multiple covert checks in the past few days... we all know Starfire Martial Hall is luring us in, but the bait is real."
"And we must take this bait,"
"Even if it means the fish dies, we must take the bait."
"Li Yuan poses too great a threat, no matter how the other side is enticing us, there's one truth in the promotional video... he indeed has the potential to reach the Semi-Divine Level," the figure in the purple robe said, "No one wants the Seven Stars human civilization to gain an additional Demigod."
The one called Number Three fell silent.
This is clearly a trap, but the bait is real; this is an obvious stratagem.
"Precisely because we know it's a trap, we're not dispatching Top Grade Origin Martial Artists–it would mean certain death," the figure in the purple robe said, "Only you, who practice the 'Blood Shadow' Star Technique, once you send out a Blood Shadow Incarnation... even if the Seven Stars human civilization sends a Demigod lying in wait here, at most they can kill your clone."
"Even at the cost of losing a Blood Shadow Incarnation, he must be killed."
"Besides, we've verified that Bai Shan Semi-Divine is in the capital guarding Dantai Feng."
Number Three kept silent.
In Xia Country, or rather, on Blue Star, there are only a few Demigod-level existences.
If Bai Shan is not at Kunlun Martial University, then if he makes a move, the chances of success are indeed high.
At least the chance of perishing is very small.
"Can't we wait a little longer? There will always be an opportunity," Number Three said in a low voice.
"Do you think, after missing this chance, the Seven Stars human civilization will give us another opportunity?" the figure in the purple robe sighed, "After this battle, Li Yuan will definitely go to Feixing... are you thinking of assassinating him under Dongfang Ji's watchful eye?"
Number Three fell silent again.
"Three Blood Demon Heart Fruits," the figure in the purple robe finally threw out the offer, "Sufficient to compensate for the loss of your Blood Shadow Incarnation in battle."
"Fine," Number Three finally agreed.
He knew that this time, the clan was indeed sparing no expense.