Hengxing

“Join forces?” The entirely emerald-green Yuluo’s voice was cold as he swept his gaze over the Captain and the seventeen soldiers behind him. “Respected Captain, do you think I’d dare to join forces with you? Huh? Back then, I was just a recruit, on a perfectly normal mission. I curried favor with you, followed behind you, but what was the result? You used me as bait… If not for my strong life-saving ability and some treasures my grandfather gave me before I joined the army, I probably would have died on my very first mission. A Captain like you? And you still want us to join forces with you?”

Yuluo and the eight soldiers behind him all looked at the Captain mockingly.

The Captain growled, “Every soldier has different strengths and different statuses, so naturally, their positions are different. You were just a recruit back then and knew nothing, how can you blame me? This is a disaster-level mission; many soldiers perish in every disaster-level mission. Do you nine really think you can succeed on your own?”

“Don’t worry, that’s not something you need to concern yourself with,” Yuluo shook his head with a cold laugh. “The nine of us share life and death. We made an oath the moment we came together… We all trust each other with our lives. As for you? Hmph, we certainly don’t trust you with ours.”

“Hmph.”

“Don’t bother.”

“Trying to rope us in, you’d probably just use us again at a critical moment, wouldn’t you?” the group of strange beast soldiers behind Yuluo roared.

Yuluo looked at Luo Feng and Wuhe, his voice chilling. “You two recruits, it’s your bad luck to encounter a disaster-level mission right after joining. But remember… if Kufa is willing to take you, that’s fine. But this Captain? If he takes you, he’ll definitely exploit you and send you to your deaths.”

“Also… Captain, to avoid being used by you, we’ll be taking our leave first.” After saying this, Yuluo led his eight soldiers directly towards a distorted space wormhole far beside the sinister grand hall. This space wormhole, created by powerful beings, led directly outside the military camp.

Whoosh!

The nine figures instantly drilled into the wormhole and vanished.

The Captain and his group of soldiers were extremely furious.

“Kufa,” the Captain looked at Kufa. “What about you?”

“No need,” Kufa shook her head with a smile, her expression incredibly beautiful. She then turned to Luo Feng and Wuhe. “You two recruits, this is a disaster-level mission, and I can’t help you much. However, the journey from here to Nine Smoke Marsh is long and dangerous. I have a True God-level warship, so let’s set off together. I’ll take you both to Nine Smoke Marsh, and then we can part ways.”

“Good,” Wuhe quickly agreed.

“Good,” Luo Feng also nodded.

“Let’s go.”

Kufa gave the order, and her side, a total of ten soldiers, plus Luo Feng and Wuhe, quickly flew towards the distant space wormhole and drilled into it.

Only the Captain and his group of soldiers remained.

“Captain?”

“Captain, don’t worry about them. We can still complete the mission assigned by the army without them,” the other soldiers said one after another.

The burly Captain gazed at the wormhole, coldly snorting, “Kufa and Yuluo, how long have they been in the army? How many disaster-level missions have they overcome? Do they think every disaster-level mission is the same? This time it’s Nine Smoke Marsh, and from what I know, Nine Smoke Marsh just had a major battle with Xuanyu Mountain not long ago, so vigilance is extremely strict… To succeed, we must join forces. Forget it, since they’re so confident, we’ll see… how many of them are left after this mission.”

“The Captain survived a reincarnation-level mission, how can Yuluo and Kufa compare?”

“Exactly, they probably won’t live to see the next epoch.”

Those soldiers had immense faith in their Captain.

Because the Captain’s strength was undisputedly the strongest in the team, and he had lived for an incredibly long time. He even possessed a mechanical-type treasure. Although he was ‘a bit selfish,’ during some extremely dangerous missions, a few might perish following such a Captain. But following Kufa or Yuluo, the entire team might be annihilated.

“Go!” the Captain ordered.

“Yes,” they all responded.

Boom!

This group of soldiers also quickly departed.

…

Through the space wormhole, they arrived directly above a vast mountain forest outside the military camp. The beautiful Kufa waved her hand and released a black warship, a palace-type ultimate treasure. Immediately, everyone, including Kufa, quickly entered. Luo Feng and Wuhe also entered without hesitation.

“From here to Nine Smoke Marsh,” Kufa’s voice was clear and pleasant, “it will take at least twelve days. Everyone, prepare yourselves mentally.”

Luo Feng stood inside the cabin, not worried in the slightest.

In the Cosmic Sea… one would never easily enter another powerful being’s palace-type treasure, because once inside, if the other party harbored ill intentions, they might directly return to their ‘miniature universe’ with the palace-type treasure and then kill them! But in the Jin Kingdom… there was no need to worry about this.

Because in the Jin Kingdom, whether it was an Immortal, Law Venerable, Law Master, or even stronger True God or Void True God.

Their ‘God Kingdoms’ and ‘miniature universes’ were all located in the core space of the entire ‘Jin Kingdom’.

At the core of the Jin Kingdom, there was an incredibly vast space, which could be considered the ‘origin space’ of the Jin Kingdom. There were numerous God Kingdoms and miniature universes there. However, the powerful beings of the Jin Kingdom could not enter the origin space, and naturally, could not enter their own God Kingdoms or miniature universes.

They could not use their ‘miniature universe’ to kill enemies!

Not only that!

The Jin Kingdom had many other differences from the Cosmic Sea.

For example…

Within the Jin Kingdom, no one had clones! Those Immortals, Law Venerables, and Law Masters all possessed only one divine body!

In fact, the so-called ‘clone ability’ was originally bestowed by the Original Universe. Beings of the Jin Kingdom, not having received the bestowal of the Original Universe, naturally had no clones.

Therefore—

Inside this ultimate treasure warship, even if Kufa turned hostile, at most she could only trap everyone inside. She had no way to kill them. And once the next mission period arrived (after one epoch), if these soldiers had not returned, the army would investigate. If they were dead, so be it, but if it was discovered that Kufa had imprisoned them, Kufa herself would be punished by military law.

…

As Luo Feng, Wuhe, Kufa, and their group of soldiers left the military camp for Nine Smoke Marsh…

Inside the East Army military camp.

Outside one of the military supply point grand halls.

“This is a military supply point?” A strange beast with a massive golden shell looked up at the huge grand hall.

“Hengxing, you’ve already received your True God-level combat armor, why are you still coming to the military supply point?” another winding, coiling strange beast transmitted a message from beside him.

That golden-shelled strange beast was none other than Hengxing Demon God.

Tragically, upon his arrival in the Jin Kingdom, he immediately provoked a True God-level strange beast. He and that True God-level strange beast deliberately fought for a long time to learn the ‘ancient civilization language.’ But then he was pursued by a group of True God-level strange beasts… Fortunately, his greatest strength was defense, and he managed to escape a calamity. He then journeyed throughout the land.

True Gods were already considered powerful beings in the Jin Kingdom. Void True Gods, after all, were true super overlords who didn’t run around recklessly in their lairs. So, although Hengxing Demon God experienced a lot along the way, with caution, he did make some strange beast friends and gradually learned about the situation within the Jin Kingdom.

He quickly understood that the army was the concentration point for countless inheritances and treasures in the entire Jin Kingdom!

So he came to join the army!

Although Law Masters generally joined the army, that was merely the baseline for joining… Some who cultivated too quickly and became True Gods before joining the army would later join. The army welcomed them! For True Gods joining the army, the selection and elimination process was much less stringent; only three out of every ten True Gods were eliminated. Hengxing Demon God, with his strong defense, naturally made it through and joined the army, even being bestowed with a standard combat armor.

“Why do you care so much!” Hengxing Demon God immediately said. “Wait for me, I’m going in.”

Hengxing Demon God immediately rushed inside.

Inside the military supply point grand hall.

“Buzz~~~” Upon entering, it felt as if space-time shifted, and he entered another world.

“It feels similar to humanity’s Virtual Universe,” Hengxing Demon God muttered to himself, looking at everything before him. It was a very prosperous space-time, with numerous soldiers, each attended by a golden figure. At this moment, another golden figure flew directly in front of Hengxing Demon God.

“But it’s even more miraculous than humanity’s Virtual Universe; in the Virtual Universe, only consciousness enters, but here, even the body enters,” Hengxing Demon God thought to himself.

“True God soldier,” the golden figure descended. “State your request.”

“I want to exchange this treasure for military merits, and then I want to exchange for other treasures,” Hengxing Demon God said, feeling a bit apprehensive, while holding his Blood Sea Demon Armor. This was his ultimate treasure combat armor that had dominated the Cosmic Sea, and it had a powerful will impact effect. However, now that he had a standard combat armor, the difference in effect wasn’t significant.

The standard combat armor was ineffective against all attacks below Tier 7.

The Blood Sea Demon Armor was ineffective against all attacks below Tier 8. As for the reduction in power, it was the same, but the Blood Sea Demon Armor had a higher limit for endurance. However, for ‘Hengxing Demon God,’ even the limit of a True God-level standard combat armor… only Void True God attacks could reach that level.

In the Cosmic Sea, such a strong combat armor wasn’t even necessary.

As for whether it was ineffective below Tier 7 or below Tier 8? Which True God’s attack is below Tier 8?

“Buzz—” Golden light shot from the golden figure’s eyes, scanning the Blood Sea Demon Armor. “This is a Void True God-level armor, worth 300,000 military merits! Do you wish to exchange it for military merits?”

Hengxing Demon God, hearing ‘Void True God-level armor,’ immediately stared blankly with wide eyes.

“Do you wish to exchange it for military merits?” the golden figure continued.

“Exchange, exchange, exchange,” Hengxing Demon God said repeatedly, overjoyed in his heart. He made a profit, a huge profit.

Whoosh!

The golden figure reached out, and the Blood Sea Demon Armor was taken away. Then it said, “You wish to exchange for treasures. Here is the list; you may choose freely.” A large light screen immediately appeared before Hengxing Demon God, displaying numerous detailed lists, with many treasures under each list.

…

A moment later.

Hengxing Demon God strolled out of the military supply point grand hall, where his soldier friend greeted him.

“I’m rich now.”

“I just exchanged for an ultimate treasure palace and acquired four set ultimate treasure attack treasures. My attack, defense, escape, everything is complete. Back in the Cosmic Sea, I’ll truly be able to swagger around,” Hengxing Demon God said, feeling incredibly pleased. “It’s a pity I’m not in a special legion, otherwise I could have exchanged for mechanical-type treasures.”