“I don’t know!” Billy shook his head decisively.
He really didn’t know. He couldn’t even sense the martial aura from the other party, so it was hard to judge. He just faintly felt that the old woman named Aubree might actually have skills not inferior to the old master.
Of course, this was just his speculation, and he couldn’t determine the specifics.
“Harleen, besides what she said to you and Ivy, did she say anything else?” Stephanie Stuart asked Harleen.
“She didn’t say anything else, just asked us to think about it and said she would meet us again.” Harleen responded.
After a slight pause, she added, “She seemed a bit unusual right after meeting us.”
“What do you mean?” Opal asked.
“She probably said that after exploring the conditions of me, Harleen, and Billy’s bodies.” Ivy replied.
“Aunt Stephanie, do you think it might be because my sister and Ivy have something special about their bodies that caught the other party’s attention?” Felicia asked Stephanie Stuart.
“That’s possible!” Stephanie Stuart nodded thoughtfully.
“Harleen and Ivy’s bodies have something special?” Judge furrowed his brow slightly.
“Boss, can you tell if there’s anything different about Harleen and Ivy’s bodies?” Alex Long asked Billy.
“I can’t tell!” Billy shook his head in response.
He really hadn’t found anything different about the two of them. Harleen had already completely digested the inheritance she received from Ether Mountain with Billy’s help some time ago. Now, there was no residue of anyone else’s power in her body. As for Ivy, he had investigated her long ago, and there was nothing special about her either.
Of course, this was within his ability to detect. Whether there were things he couldn’t sense was another matter.
After chatting for a while and finding no clues, everyone stopped discussing the topic.
“Billy, we need to pay close attention to what the Vice Master of the Five Elements Sect said!” Stephanie Stuart looked at Billy with a serious expression.
“It’s better to believe that it exists than to believe that it doesn’t!”
“Yeah!” Billy nodded, “After we come out of the ‘Star Secret Space’ in a few days, I’ll take Casey and the others to visit the Crimson Flame Empire.”
“Okay!” Stephanie Stuart nodded in response.
“People from Northfortia have always been ambitious. If they succeed, the consequences will be very serious!”
“Understood!” Billy nodded again.
“Damn people from Northfortia!” White Tiger replied in a deep voice.
“After we come out of the Forbidden Ruins Space next time, let’s go to Northfortia!”
“Let’s just wipe their country off this planet directly, so they won’t keep causing trouble hiding in the dark!”
“In the past century, at least seventy to eighty percent of the wars between countries on this planet were caused by them!”
“Indeed!” Vermilion Bird also said in a deep voice, “If Northfortia is eliminated, this planet will be much more peaceful!”
“That’s settled then. After solving the matters of the Crimson Flame Empire, we’ll go out and get rid of this tumor called Northfortia!” Black Tortoise added.
“…” Stout twitched his mouth, then said something to frustrate them. “When will you three be able to enter and exit the Forbidden Ruins Space?”
White Tiger and the others were at a loss for words.
A few days later in the morning, Billy and his men arrived at the central square of Skydragon City, where eight thousand Skydragon Dark Guards had already assembled.
After this period of training, the overall strength of the Skydragon Dark Guards had improved by several levels.
Among the eight squad leaders, the strongest one had reached the seventh-rank Divine Realm, and the weakest had also improved to the sixth-rank Divine Realm.
Additionally, among the twenty-four deputy squad leaders, their strengths were also considerable, with the strongest one at the sixth-rank Divine Realm and the weakest at the fourth-rank.
Besides these thirty-plus leaders, among the eight thousand guards, the number of people in the Divine Realm had risen to two hundred.
Furthermore, there were nearly three thousand people with the strength of the Saint realm, with about one-third of them in the late stage of the Saint realm, estimated to break through to the Divine Realm soon.
“Greetings, Mr Billy!” Seeing Billy, the eight thousand people simultaneously knelt down on one knee and shouted loudly.
Many people looked at Billy with admiration in their eyes.
Although they didn’t have much interaction with Billy, and many of them hadn’t been in Skydragon City for long, it didn’t affect their admiration for Billy!
After all, this was a world where strength was respected, and everything Billy had done had touched them!
As martial artists, being able to follow such a genius and strive for greatness together was fulfilling in this life!
“Get up, no need for so much courtesy!” Billy waved his hand.
“Yes, sir!” The crowd responded again and stood up.
“Congratulations to you guys for successfully completing the first phase of training!” Billy looked at everyone and spoke loudly.
“I will teach the team leaders the method to enter and exit the training base later. From today onwards, you can come and go freely!”
“Thank you, Mr Billy!” The crowd responded loudly.
“I called you here today to tell you two things!” Billy continued.
“The first thing is that starting from tomorrow, Casey and Azure Dragon will teach you several common formations used on the battlefield.”
“I need you to master these formations proficiently within a month, to the point where you can use them in real combat!”
The Blood Shadow Squad of Glavale has been undefeated in countless battles, partly due to their individual strengths, and also because the Blood Shadow Squad possesses superb formation techniques!
On the battlefield, with the same ten thousand people, the difference in strength between fighting individually and fighting cooperatively is huge!
Under the premise of equal individual strength, if cooperative combat is used properly, it can withstand opponents ten times stronger! This point has countless precedents throughout history!
“Yes, sir!” The eight thousand people shouted in unison.
“The second thing is, I need a hundred brothers to undertake a difficult task!”
“This task carries great risks, and there’s a possibility of losing lives…”
“I volunteer!”
Billy’s words hadn’t finished yet when the leader of the first group raised his right hand.
“Count me in!”
“I volunteer too!”
“Me too!”
“…” Soon, thousands of people raised their hands.
“Why do I feel like this scene is similar to when we were selecting the Blood Guards in the western region back then?” Seeing the scene, Black Tortoise sighed.
“They are all a bunch of passionate buddies!” White Tiger nodded in agreement.
Many people couldn’t help but recall some memories from the past, feeling deeply moved. Since there were too many volunteers, Billy had to draw twelve to thirteen members at Divine Realm from each group to form a team of a hundred people. This team was named the Skydragon Shadow!