The three of them drank and chatted together.
At that moment, a Monarch warrior approached. Luo Feng glanced over and saw a tiny figure, barely a meter tall. The creature had a cute face with green mystical markings on its cheeks. Barely a meter tall, he looked like a child, yet the battle armor he wore was clearly extraordinary.
“Hey, Captain, did you manage to recruit them?” The short Monarch pulled over a chair and sat down casually.
“Not so easy, you know. 30% of the new Monarch recruits are ‘Elite Monarch Warriors,’ and 0.3% are ‘Monarch Commanders.’ Those who become Monarch Commanders even during their rookie phase are all extraordinary. And extraordinary people are never easy to recruit,” Taiwo smiled slightly, then turned to Luo Feng and the other, “Let me introduce you to this…”
“I’ll introduce myself.”
The small Monarch directly grabbed a wine glass and poured himself a full glass, smiling at Luo Feng and the other, “I am a member of Captain Taiwo’s squad, squad number 026—2089491. You can call me… Poison! I am an alchemist, of course… and also a Monarch Commander.”
“Poison? An alchemist? A Monarch Commander?” Luo Feng was somewhat surprised.
Among the strong, the main schools are warriors, mentalists, and illusionists. But other schools like puppeteers, alchemists, and beast tamers are extremely rare, especially alchemists… it’s very hard to achieve success as an alchemist.
Back when he was a Cosmic-level warrior, there was a Cosmic-level genius named ‘Yufeng’ in the Taichu Secret Realm, who was an alchemist!
Alchemists can defeat stronger opponents.
Alchemists are opponents that even gods must not underestimate, because an alchemist’s combat power mainly depends on their potions.
“Our Monarch squad has eight members in total, including myself. I am an Immortal God, and the other seven are all Monarch Commanders, among them two warriors, two mentalists, two illusionists, and one alchemist.” Taiwo said proudly, “Poison is very important to our squad.”
“Two new friends, come, let’s have a toast.” Dwarf Poison smiled and raised his glass.
Luo Feng and the other both raised their glasses.
“Although the seven under my command are all Monarch Commanders, they almost all gained their ‘Monarch Commander Authority’ only after countless life-and-death battles and repeated breakthroughs in strength. Only Poison… Poison was already a Monarch Commander during his rookie phase.” Taiwo looked at Luo Feng and the other, “I wonder if you two would like to join my squad? We still need three more members to complete the team! A Monarch squad like ours is definitely among the best, and you won’t be disappointed if you join.”
“Taiwo is a great captain.” Dwarf Poison said while drinking, without even looking up.
The tall, steady youth nodded, “I, Rock, am willing to join.”
“Haha, good.” Immortal God Taiwo looked very happy. He turned to Luo Feng, “What about you, Crazy?”
“Hmm…” Thoughts flashed through Luo Feng’s mind.
There are rules in the army.
Everyone participating in the extraterrestrial wars has military merit requirements. Luo Feng also had such requirements! Before accumulating enough military merits, he must join the ranks and obey orders. If so… joining a seemingly elite Monarch squad seemed like a good idea.
“Okay.” Luo Feng nodded.
“Haha…” Immortal God Taiwo looked very happy. He immediately turned his head to a distant corner and transmitted his voice with divine power, “Come over here.”
Soon, six figures approached from afar.
Some were tall and muscular, some were slender and alluring, some were cold and full of killing intent, and some were smiling while scrutinizing everyone.
Among them was a ‘Yanboluo’ with a body like bright red rock, two curved horns on his forehead, and a diamond-shaped crystal in the middle of his brow. There was also a ‘Yan Nu’ surrounded by mist, exuding allure… the six came over, pulling chairs and sitting around.
Ten people gathered.
“I’ll introduce you all,” said Immortal God Taiwo, pointing at Luo Feng, “This is the new recruit ‘Monarch Commander,’ you can call him Crazy.”
“Crazy? Hmph, quite a bold title.” Said a skeleton-like figure sitting on one side, holding a cat with smooth white fur and purple pupils in his arms, seemingly enjoying its master’s caress.
“Wei! Don’t mess around.” Alchemist Poison, who was enjoying his drink, frowned slightly and scolded.
“Wei, Xiao Chenchen is right.” The Yan Nu female Monarch also smiled.
“Don’t call me Xiao Chenchen?” Dwarf Poison was somewhat annoyed, “You can call me by my real name, Zhu Chen. Don’t call me Xiao Chenchen. I prefer the name Poison.”
“Xiao Chenchen is angry.” The Yan Nu female Monarch covered her mouth and giggled.
Poison helplessly looked at her for a moment, then lowered his head and continued to enjoy his drink.
Captain Taiwo smiled at the scene, then pointed to the tall youth, “This is also a new recruit ‘Monarch Commander,’ you can call him Rock.”
“Crazy, Rock.” Taiwo continued, “You’ve met Poison. Let me introduce you to the other six veteran members.”
“Charm, an excellent illusionist. It’s rare for a Monarch expert to escape her allure. You should know… the Yan Nu race naturally has the ability to bewitch.” The enchantress, always surrounded by a thin mist, also smiled slightly. Although the mist made her features hazy and unclear, it added to her allure.
“Cyclone, a powerful Monarch warrior.”
The sharp-eared warrior wearing a mask on his expressionless face only glanced at Luo Feng and the other briefly, without speaking.
“Kuangwu, a mentalist.”
A handsome, purple-haired Monarch with a smile nodded at Luo Feng and the other.
“Shenling, the one always wearing white battle armor. Knowing how dangerous the battlefield is, he still wears the most conspicuous white battle armor. He calls himself ‘Shenling,’ hahaha… and he is also a mentalist.”
Dressed in white battle armor, with silver scales on his head, his entire being radiated a warm, sun-like smile… instantly Luo Feng realized this must be a Monarch cultivating the ‘Light Laws,’ and his achievements in the Light Laws were also extremely high.
“Wei, the one holding that stray cat, thin as a bone. He has carried that stray cat with him since he adopted it years ago. But his strength is not to be underestimated, he is also an illusionist, and his soul attacks are very strong.”
The bony man ‘Wei,’ holding the purple-eyed cat, just looked at Luo Feng and the other and grinned.
“The last one, you can call him ‘Hammer,’ a steady and solid Yanboluo, a powerful Monarch warrior.”
The Yanboluo Monarch over six meters tall smiled at Luo Feng and the other.
Poison, Charm, Cyclone, Kuangwu, Shenling, Wei, Hammer—these were the seven members of this Monarch squad, all Monarch Commanders, undoubtedly having survived thousands of life-and-death battles.
“I am a mentalist.” Luo Feng said.
“I am a warrior.” Rock said.
Thus, this Monarch squad gained two new members.
…
After submitting his application, Luo Feng joined this Monarch squad numbered 026—2089491.
In the following days, Luo Feng and Rock, the two new recruits, often listened to the veterans’ experiences and guidance. Although both had their own backgrounds, they listened carefully.
…
“What, allied forces?” Rock exclaimed.
“Yes, allied forces. The main players in this race war are naturally the four peak races, but each of the four peak races has many allied races. When we enter the battlefield, we will encounter many allied forces. Although they are of different races, they are our comrades-in-arms. Don’t worry… the virtual universe system will remind you. If they are allies, the system will have already alerted you. If not alerted… just kill them!”
“Oh.” Rock was still somewhat dazed.
Luo Feng, sitting aside, remained silent. Allies? As a peak race, humanity naturally had many vassal races, such as the Golden Horn race, which was one of them! Those vassal races also had to go to the battlefield, and Luo Feng already knew this long ago.
…
“The battlefield is so cruel, with such a high death rate, over 95%?” Rock exclaimed again.
“A high death rate is what tempers strong warriors. Out of twenty new recruits, only one might survive, but from twenty ordinary Monarch warriors, perhaps one ‘Elite Monarch Warrior’ or even a ‘Monarch Commander’ might emerge… this extremely high death rate in terrifying wars, combined with the availability of many treasures and the ability to exchange for secret techniques… this extraterrestrial battlefield is known as the place where the most ‘strong warriors’ are forged in humanity.”
“And you think 95% is a high death rate? Not really. From what I know, every thousand cycles there is a large-scale racial battle, a decisive battle, where countless powerful warriors confront each other. Even King-level Immortal Gods must be careful or they might perish. That’s when the death rate is truly high, reportedly over 99%! But such large-scale battles can’t happen often; even the peak races can’t withstand such losses. Once every thousand cycles… is within the tolerance of the four peak races.”
“A large-scale battle? A decisive battle? When is the next one?”
“Not soon.”
“Oh.” Rock still obediently listened.
Luo Feng, sitting in the corner, raised his eyebrows, thinking to himself, “The long-term and persistent extraterrestrial wars, with a death rate over 95%, are meant to temper strong warriors. It seems like a great loss, but it’s like producing ‘insect race kings,’ sacrificing many ordinary Monarchs to forge these powerful Monarchs… their probability of breaking through to Immortal God is much higher.”
The long-term, persistent, and cruel extraterrestrial battlefield is called tempering.
And the decisive battle once every thousand cycles is called the ‘racial meat grinder.’
…
They stayed at the barracks base for eight days. During these eight days, the rookie ‘Rock’ learned many shocking pieces of information, while Luo Feng remained calm. Most of the information he had already looked up himself. However, regarding some details and experiences of fighting, killing, and surviving on the ‘extraterrestrial battlefield,’ Luo Feng listened carefully to the veterans’ stories.
Luo Feng dared not be even slightly arrogant.
On this battlefield… there are countless alien experts, various killing techniques are strange and unpredictable, Immortal Gods lurk everywhere, even King-level Immortals may perish. How could Luo Feng be careless?
On the ninth day!
This ‘Monarch squad,’ having recruited new members and partially expanded, finally set out, heading to the battlefield.
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