While Kaguya, Asuna, Shirayuki Hime... and the others were undergoing their first training at the training grounds.
Castle building, fourth floor.
A luxuriously decorated room, with an area of almost two hundred square meters. People who just entered this room might unconsciously think this was a five-star Presidential Suite. Antiques and paintings looked like decorations scattered everywhere, adorning the surroundings.
A work space, dressing room, wine rack, writing desk, bathroom... even a balcony was available.
The decoration and layout of this room were among the best in the entire castle building, only the room occupied by Gan'an could rival it.
The owner of this room was Hikaru.
At this moment, Hikaru was sitting on a brown leather sofa. Before him appeared an illusory projection, namely a young man with an unruly expression. On his shoulder hung an elegant and unique long spear, and the corner of his mouth wore a mocking smile.
"Long time no see, Shin Emperor, you've really been 'very famous' lately. I can see your information on the Dimensional List from time to time."
"I am indeed 'very famous' now, but Cao Cao, you might be sadder than me, the Hero Faction this time was also exposed with difficulty." Hikaru glanced at him and said.
The young man before him was Cao Cao, the leader of the Hero Faction, the host of the Strongest and Earliest Longinus, the Longinus Spear!
Of course, this title of Strongest and Earliest Longinus, Hikaru greatly doubted it after obtaining the Azure Slaughter Sword specially made by Sei for him.
"More and more people have been coming to investigate Hero Faction information lately."
Regarding this, Cao Cao was also somewhat stressed. The exposure of Georg, Leonardo, and Arthur Pendragon on the previous list truly exposed the Hero Faction's existence in the eyes of the entire world. Although he wasn't afraid of the gods, this moment indeed wasn't the time to expose themselves, because the things they were doing were taboo to the gods.
If the gods knew beforehand, they would surely pay any price to come and stop it. Further concealment was absolutely necessary.
"Even if you want to continue hiding it, you actually can't hide it for too long. Start gathering combat power."
Hikaru looked at the blue sky outside the window. This scenery was believed to undergo major changes in the near future.
"The formation is already nine-tenths complete, enough to fully protect the aura. If we gather combat power now, it's also a very good time. The appearance of the Dimensional List has caused various pantheons to become chaotic, plus with you previously completely annihilating the Egyptian pantheon, those pantheons are a bit panicked, and naturally are no longer as vigilant as before." Cao Cao said.
"I'll leave the gathering of combat power to you. As for the formation, add three more layers of space division and aura concealment formations on top of the current foundation."
"...Still need three more layers? You know that's already quite a lot. If we add more, although the fluctuations produced by the formation are very small, the fluctuations caused by tens of thousands of powerful formations stacked together will be very terrifying."
Cao Cao frowned at Hikaru's suggestion and said.
"Cao Cao, have you ever seen The Other Side Realm!"
Hikaru glanced at Cao Cao with deep meaning.
This sentence seemed to have some kind of magic, instantly silencing Cao Cao who was always unruly.
"The formation set up by your Hero Faction at most only gives us time to break the seal."
"How can that be?!"
Cao Cao was clearly somewhat disbelieving.
"The Other Side Realm, not Transcendent. The formation you set up might be able to perfectly conceal battles among Transcendents, but in the face of The Other Side Realm, that formation is very likely to be destroyed with one touch."
Hearing Hikaru's words, Cao Cao fell silent for a moment, pondering, "In other words, we must always be vigilant against attacks from the gods during battle."
"So, we need to gather combat power to seal the battlefield. You don't really think that people who can't even deploy Transcendent-level combat power can interfere in this battle."
Hikaru glanced at Cao Cao whose expression tensed.
(Good grief.... This man really thought that way initially.)
Hikaru felt somewhat speechless.
Many people, much strength, was indeed an eternal truth.
However, on this basis there must still be a prerequisite, namely the level of strength between the two must not differ too greatly. If they're not in the same dimension at all, this phrase can be completely ignored.
"Overall, prepare to face the gods."
Suddenly, Hikaru thought of something, and said to Cao Cao, "Cao Cao, in the next few days, help me 'borrow' Samael the Dragon Eater from Hades."
"...Borrow?! That's Hades' Transcendent. Why do you say it so easily, and borrow, when it's more like robbing."
Cao Cao moved the corner of his mouth. Every time this man met with him, he always gave him very difficult tasks. If it weren't for this operation being led by the Shin Emperor, he wouldn't obey so readily.
"Hades was previously attacked by the Dimensional List when he ambushed Sei, he should still be in a weakened state now. With your strength and the Longinus Spear, it shouldn't be difficult to 'borrow' Samael."
"Conveniently, we can see if that legendary Dragon Slayer Curse really has an effect on him."
As he spoke, Hikaru's eyes became slightly deeper.
"Dragon Slayer Curse, huh?!"
Cao Cao thought seriously, "The effect probably won't be great, but, to weaken his power, it's still possible."
"So, I'll leave this matter to you."
Since this was related to their next plan, Cao Cao naturally didn't refuse, and immediately agreed.
"By the way, Shin Emperor, yesterday a big event happened in the world related to you."
"Big event?!"
Hikaru was somewhat confused. Recently, because of the Dimensional List's appearance, he rarely appeared, and also didn't pay too much attention to world news.
"Your disciple, Suzushina Yuriko, after obtaining the Ranking Gift: Level 6 Calculation (Transcendent), as expected, she stepped into Devil King level. However, whether due to frustration or other reasons, she alone attacked the Greek Pantheon..."
"In the end she was beaten back by Typhon."
"That restless child, does she want to be besieged by the gods again? And, this time she's braver than usual, she dared to attack a major pantheon. The Greek Pantheon also has two Transcendents, it's just that Hades doesn't care much about pantheon matters." Hikaru said with a bit of a headache.
Previously he had realized that Yuriko wouldn't stay quiet, but he felt her attack should at least wait until he completed his plan. But, who knew that Yuriko had just broken through and risen to Devil King level, she already went to the Greek Pantheon to make trouble.
"If you meet her, tell her to come to Japan to find me. When the plan starts, there are many places she can use to release all that extra energy." Hikaru rubbed his temples and said.
"I'll convey this matter honestly."
After saying that, Cao Cao's illusory projection disappeared from the room, and Hikaru also rose from the sofa, muttering to himself.
"This world will soon change completely—"