As the seven elite squads from the Demonkin faction arrived one after another in this celestial expanse, all they found were the shattered remnants of starcraft.
…
Inside a C9-class spacecraft traveling at sub-light speed within the asteroid belt, within the lounge cabin.
Inside the cabin, the surviving members of the elite Realm Lord squad exchanged glances, their eyes occasionally drifting toward Luo Feng, who stood lost in thought as he conversed with Babata.
“Babata, how much military merit have we accumulated? Don’t tell me it’s less than one billion. Though slaying that Ziqian Wan Snake was effortless for me, it still stood at the pinnacle of an immortal warlord’s power. Only those with the might of a Marquis could hope to vanquish such a foe,” Luo Feng transmitted.
“The total military merit is ‘146100 million.'” Babata replied.
“Hmph.”
Luo Feng secretly exhaled in relief. “Good. The military merit for that Ziqian Wan Snake was one billion. But honestly, that seems low. It was at the peak level of an immortal warlord, yet it was only worth one billion merit points.”
“Luo Feng, you are now a free agent. Even if you leave the team, you won’t be punished by the military system,” Babata said. Military regulations were strict. Unless one was a free agent, even if Luo Feng was the chosen disciple of the Chaos City Lord, he wouldn’t dare to violate the military code.
“Alright.”
Luo Feng nodded.
Indeed, he was now a free agent. That meant… he could also depart from the elite World Lord squad. While being part of the elite World Lord squad allowed him to converse with teammates, it restrained him from unleashing his full combat potential. Take for instance—areas like the asteroid belt were far beneath Luo Feng’s capabilities.
“Madman,” finally spoke the captain, Taiwo, breaking the tense silence in the lounge.
“Captain,” Luo Feng looked at him.
Taiwo gave a faint smile. “I never imagined our team would have someone as formidable as you. The Celestial Devourer Grass annihilated four divine immortals in an instant. And you personally slew that demonic immortal hailed as ‘the pinnacle of immortal warlords.’ We’ve all underestimated you. Your greatest strength lies not in mentalism, but in martial arts. You’ve made us… utterly humbled, profoundly humbled!”
(Note: “食星草” is creatively translated as “Celestial Devourer Grass” to maintain the fantasy tone while conveying its celestial and devouring nature. “妖族” is rendered as “demonic” to align with common fantasy tropes for non-human factions, and “the peak of immortal warlords” preserves the original’s hierarchical grandeur.)
“Madman,” Du Yao stood atop the sofa, staring at him as if he were some monstrous aberration. “You truly are a lunatic and a freak. You casually assume the guise of a mentalist and can even unleash the ninth-tier ‘Immortal Can Be Defeated.’ Your primary discipline is martial arts. Damn… you’re merely a Realm Lord, yet you can slay a ‘Peak Immortal Warlord.’ You… you’re just too…”
“Too crazy.”
“I know some core members of the Giant Axe Arena, and they’re not this powerful.”
“Perhaps only the innermost core of the five major powers could be this powerful.”
“Indeed.”
“I know that the Lords of the Virtual Universe Company’s Primal Secret Realm and the Primal Secret Realm itself—those Lords who have trained for hundreds of thousands of years—many of them have already reached the comprehension level of Marquis-rank Immortal Deities in their understanding of the Laws. But even they might not be able to slay a peak Immortal Warlord,” Rock declared.
Luo Feng glanced at him in astonishment upon hearing this. What Rock said was true. The Lords of the Primal Secret Realm and the Primal Secret Realm… once they ascend to the rank of Immortal Deities, they typically become Marquis-level beings!”
That Rock knew this meant he must have some background.
“It’s an honor to fight alongside you in the battlefield beyond the domain,” Rock also looked at Luo Feng.
“Admiring.”
“Madman, in front of you… I feel a bit inferior,” the ‘deity’ in the white robe armor said with a sigh. “You’re more worthy of the name ‘deity’ than me.”
“Get out.”
“Don’t be so conceited.”
The other team members all laughed.
Luo Feng couldn’t help but smile as well. Being with these brothers and sisters was quite nice. In fact, Luo Feng could tell… these team members had probably already judged from his previous power burst that he wasn’t just the most elite genius from one of the five major powers, but must be a chosen disciple carefully cultivated by some super existence. However, none of them wanted to pry into others’ private matters.
“Everyone, my brothers and sisters,” Luo Feng looked at the crowd.
The group fell silent and looked at him.
“I came to the battlefield beyond the domain, besides the simple military merit requirement, I also have other tasks,” Luo Feng said. “I believe you all can guess without me saying.”
“Ten billion military merits are truly no challenge for you, Madman,” Du Yao nodded. “You certainly didn’t venture beyond the domain’s battlefield merely to fulfill this ten billion military merit quota, nor did you likely come here for wealth. After all, just cultivating immortal flora… is enough to nearly bankrupt even Marquis-ranked immortal deities.”
Luo Feng smiled slightly and continued, “And just now, after killing five immortal deities, I’ve already accumulated ten billion military merit, so I’m now a free agent.”
“Your meaning is?” Taiwo was slightly taken aback.
“Are you leaving?” Chui said in a low voice.
“Do you have to go?” Mei Nu wanted to say something but didn’t.
The team members all looked at Luo Feng.
Luo Feng nodded slightly: “Yes, I’m leaving.”
Taiwo, Chui, Du Yao, Xuanfeng, Mei Nu, Wei, Rock, Kuangwu, and Shenling looked at each other, their expressions complex. Although they were all reluctant to part with Luo Feng, they had also guessed… a warrior of such a level could not possibly wander around dangerous areas like the asteroid belt with them.
“Sorry,” Luo Feng said softly.
“No need to apologize,” Taiwo said. “If you stay with us, fighting weaker opponents would be a waste of your strength. But when fighting stronger enemies… we would become your burden. Your decision is correct.”
“Haha, no matter what, I, Du Yao… can also say that I was once your teammate, Madman,” Du Yao chuckled. “Seeing that Madman has never revealed his real name, it seems your background is really, really big, hehe. Anyway, we have Madman’s virtual universe ID. When you, Madman, feel that you can reveal your identity in the future, you can tell us.”
“Definitely,” Luo Feng nodded.
Mei Nu looked at Luo Feng with a seductive gaze and softly called out: “Genius~~~ When you become a big shot in the future, don’t forget us little people.”
“Always trying to cozy up to the big shots,” Wei, the illusionist, stroked the cat in his arms and glanced at Mei Nu.
“If your legs were thick enough, I’d hug them too,” Mei Nu slightly lifted her chin, making the skeleton-like Wei hold his breath in frustration, unable to say anything.
“Maybe we’ll see you again in tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years. I bet it’ll shock us,” Chui extended his big hand and patted Luo Feng’s shoulder. “I’m looking forward to that day, of course, if I survive and leave the battlefield beyond the domain.”
…
After spending more than half a year together, Luo Feng had chatted with this group of brothers and sisters for a long time, but parting… eventually had to come.
“These are some of the spoils from the five immortal deities we killed earlier,” Luo Feng flipped his hand and took out a world ring, looking at the group of brothers and sisters in front of him. “These spoils… to be honest, aren’t of much use to me. I believe you all need these spoils more than I do.”
Saying so, Luo Feng controlled the world power and manipulated the world ring.
“How can this be?”
“This…”
Taiwo and others were all stunned. This was the wealth of five immortal deities, especially that Ziqian Wan Snake ‘Prince Mengweina,’ which was definitely worth dozens or even hundreds of immortal scale-armored beings ‘Tuolu.’
“Madman has a different perspective from us. That Mengweina… Madman could kill with a wave of his hand. These things probably mean nothing to Madman. Everyone, just take them,” the rookie Rock said.
“Haha, it’s time to take down such a rich man,” Du Yao also chuckled, extending his hand first to take the world ring.
“Wow, so many treasures.”
“Let me see.”
“This must be worth several ten thousand yuan units.”
“Right.”
“This is probably worth our harvest for thousands of years.”
The team members took turns to check the world ring. Captain Taiwo was even excitedly saying, “This detector is much better than the ones we use. A good detector is very important on the battlefield beyond the domain. A good detector can detect opponents and prevent them from discovering us. This detector alone is worth over ten thousand yuan units. What a great item, Madman, you… you also need a good detector for fighting and wandering on the battlefield beyond the domain.”
“I have one,” Luo Feng nodded.
In fact, he had two good detectors.
One was one he bought, which cost a lot, with an auction price worth millions of yuan units.
The other was the detector used by his teacher Huyan Bo during his time in the universe. It was worth several ten thousand yuan units as well. However, the one used by Huyan Bo was better at detecting in ultra-close ranges, while it was weaker at detecting over ultra-large ranges like ‘100 million kilometers.’
“Captain, how much do you know about the military merit for killing immortal deities?” Luo Feng asked, wanting to ask but never having the chance to ask clearly before.
The immortal deities are categorized into three tiers: Immortal Warlords, Marquises, and Princes. Once they ascend to the rank of Marquis, they typically attain ‘immortality,’ and upon achieving this state, slaying them becomes significantly more difficult,” Taiwo explained. “Naturally, the ‘Immortal Warlords,’ who have yet to attain immortality, are comparatively the easiest to eliminate.”
Luo Feng nodded.
“Slaying an immortal warlord yields the least military merit, and it’s only divided into two tiers. Lower immortal warlords are valued at 100 million military merit, while higher immortal warlords are worth 1 billion military merit. These are the two categories,” Taiwo stated plainly. “Marquises and Dukes are each classified into three ranks.”
“Slaying a lesser Marquis is worth ten billion military merits.”
“Slaying a high-ranking Marquis is worth a hundred billion in military merits.”
“Slaying a peak Marquis is worth one trillion military merits.”
“Slaying a lesser king is worth ten trillion military merits.”
“Slaying a High King is worth a hundred trillion military merits.”
“Slaying a peak-ranked Wangjue is worth one quadrillion military merits.” Taiwo stated in a single breath, his voice carrying the weight of countless battles fought beyond the mortal realm. Having spent years on the frontlines and mingled with immortal deities, he naturally possessed deeper insights than most.
Luo Feng nodded upon hearing this.
“Thanks,” Luo Feng suddenly stood up.
Taiwo and the other team members looked at him.
“Everyone, my brothers and sisters, we’ve been comrades-in-arms through life and death. Let’s meet again after we leave the battlefield beyond the domain. Now… I’ll be leaving first,” Luo Feng said.
“Be careful,” Taiwo said solemnly.
“Don’t get yourself killed,” Du Yao shouted. “Be careful. The enemy has many tricks. Without immortality… once you’re in danger, it’ll be hard to escape.”
“I’m still waiting to cling to your big legs,” Mei Nu blinked her eyes.
…
After bidding a reluctant farewell to the team members who had adventured with him on the battlefield beyond the domain, Luo Feng turned and flew out of the spacecraft’s cabin door.
“Whoosh!”
Luo Feng flipped his hand and a disc-shaped E9-class spacecraft appeared. He then boarded the spacecraft.
The two spacecraft, one C9-class and the other E9-class… flew in two different directions and soon disappeared into the distant starry sky.
Luo Feng also began his true combat journey on the battlefield beyond the domain…
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