My First Military Merit

Meanwhile, inside the cave deep within the shattered star.

Five Lei Quan Tribe Sector Lords were chatting and laughing inside the cave.

“Lord, we’ve accumulated a considerable amount of military merit this time. At this rate, within ten years, you’ll have enough military merit to be directly absorbed into the ‘Holy Land’!” A Lei Quan Tribe member, approximately 25 meters tall, with a lion-like body, six hooves, azure scales covering its entire body, and a powerful human-like upper torso, laughed heartily.

“Indeed, those who looked down on the Lord back then will surely regret it.”

“They probably thought the Lord would die on the Outer Territory Battlefield.”

The Lei Quan Tribe members laughed, clearly delighted.

The slender Lei Quan Tribe member, only 21 meters tall and with a cold expression, rarely showed a hint of a smile. “Staying within the tribe back then meant being subservient to others. I forced myself onto a path of no return… seeking this one chance. Coming to this Outer Territory Battlefield has only two outcomes: either die here, or return successfully and ascend to greatness!”

***

In the starry sky, Taiwo and his nine companions were only 100,000 kilometers from the shattered star.

“Stop,” Taiwo transmitted.

The nine Sector Lords immediately halted, standing still in the starry sky.

“Don’t rush, everyone.” Taiwo pointed towards the distant shattered star. “The five alien Sector Lords inside probably haven’t detected us yet. They are currently deep within the shattered star… Let me unleash an attack first. Even if it doesn’t kill them, it will severely cripple their combat power.”

“Captain, it’s all up to you.”

“The Captain’s bombardment is coming again.”

The veteran team members transmitted, laughing.

Luo Feng watched with curiosity.

“Hmph.” Taiwo slowly extended his hands, and immediately, surging Earth Immortal Divine Power began to gather between them. The divine power continuously converged, growing stronger and stronger. An earthen-yellow orb of light appeared between his hands, its divine power intensity constantly increasing and climbing, causing even Luo Feng’s expression to subtly change.

This was pure overwhelming force!

“Go!” Taiwo suddenly shot forward like lightning, covering 100,000 kilometers in an instant, stopping just a few kilometers from the shattered star. At the same time, he violently swung his hand, as if throwing a meteor.

Boom!

The Immortal Divine Power orb transformed into a dazzling stream of light, directly plunging into the wide cave of the shattered star (the cave was naturally wide enough for the Lei Quan Tribe members to move through).

Inside the cave deep within the shattered star.

“Not good!”

“Quick, escape!” The slender Lei Quan Tribe member’s face changed drastically, and he immediately gave the order.

The five Lei Quan Tribe members’ detection device only registered the energy fluctuation when Taiwo was within tens of thousands of kilometers. The device was in the ‘Lord’s’ possession. As soon as the Lord gave the order, and they began to flee outwards—

“Boom!”

The Lei Quan Tribe members galloped on their six hooves, just rushing into the deep, winding passage to escape when the massive explosion occurred.

“Rumble~~~” The powerful Immortal Divine Power, compressed together, instantly exploded. The immense energy wave rapidly spread along the ‘passages’ and ‘caves’. The terrifying shockwave tore through space, violently impacting in all directions along the numerous deep passages.

Naturally, it also struck the five Lei Quan Tribe members.

This strike was a move Taiwo, an Immortal, had been charging for a long time. Although they only suffered the impact of the explosion’s aftermath, it was comparable to being attacked by ten Sector Lords simultaneously.

“Pfft!” Purple blood spurted out.

The azure scales on their bodies shattered.

The five Lei Quan Tribe members let out furious roars, galloping on their six hooves, and shot out of the shattered star like lightning.

Just then, a group of streaking lights flew in from a distance.

“Kill!” The leading Immortal, radiating powerful law fluctuations, immediately ordered.

“It’s humans.”

“Human Immortals!”

“It’s a Law Domain.”

The faces of the five Lei Quan Tribe members changed drastically.

Immortal Taiwo instantly unleashed his Law Domain. Endless earthen-yellow light particles enveloped the area. Each particle seemed like a mountain, furiously smashing towards the five colossal Lei Quan Tribe Sector Lords. Although this ‘Law Comprehension’ couldn’t kill them, it drastically reduced their speed by more than half!

Meanwhile, Luo Feng, Poison, and the other nine Sector Lords, following the plan… swiftly surrounded them.

“Be careful, everyone.”

“Killing these five Sector Lords isn’t too difficult, but don’t let anyone fall here,” Taiwo transmitted.

“Don’t worry.”

“We understand.”

The nine team members casually responded. They knew that being cornered made one prone to desperate counterattacks. They had seen former comrades, in advantageous situations, dragged down to death by their enemies.

***

Watching the human Sector Lord team surround them, led by a human Immortal, the faces of the five Lei Quan Tribe members changed.

“I’ll deal with the Immortal.” A hint of madness flickered in the slender Lei Quan Tribe member’s eyes.

“Lord.”

“Lord.”

The other four Lei Quan Tribe members cried out anxiously.

“Remember, it’s either death or life! Fight!” The slender Lei Quan Tribe member was only slender compared to other Lei Quan Tribe members. Compared to humans… even the tallest member of Luo Feng’s team, Hammer of the Yan Poluo Tribe, seemed like an infant, not even reaching the height or thickness of the slender Lei Quan Tribe member’s hooves.

“Yes.”

“Yes, Lord.”

The four Lei Quan Tribe members each held a shield nearly fifteen meters tall in one hand and a spear about sixty meters long in the other, with electric serpents coiling around their bodies.

“Humans!!!” The slender Lei Quan Tribe member simultaneously wielded a shield and a spear, but his shield was slightly smaller, while his spear reached a terrifying 80 meters in length. The spear was covered in incredibly complex secret patterns, and a bloody aura emanated from it.

“Take this strike!” The slender Lei Quan Tribe member roared, his six hooves stomping through the void. The surrounding starry sky cracked with countless spatial fissures. The super-long spear in his hand instantly transformed into a massive bolt of lightning. With another roar from the Lei Quan Tribe member, the lightning spear in his hand directly thrust forward!

Boom!

The spear tip became a lightning vortex, and for a moment, the flow of time seemed to shift.

“Hmm?” Immortal Taiwo, facing this lightning spear, felt his reaction speed slow considerably. His expression changed. “Not good, this is a Lei Quan Tribe genius who has cultivated the Lightning Law and Time Law to an extremely high level.”

Taiwo, experienced on the Outer Territory Battlefield, knew clearly.

It was extremely rare for humans to produce Sector Lords comparable to Immortals.

However, for some alien races, the probability was much higher.

This was because some alien races had a naturally higher ‘baseline’.

“Hmph!” Taiwo instantly threw a punch.

With that punch, it was as if endless mountains pressed down, coupled with the strong restraint of his Law Comprehension.

Bang!

Fist met spear in a head-on collision.

The colossal ‘slender Lei Quan Tribe member’ was sent flying back thousands of kilometers, spitting out a mouthful of purple blood. He then let out another low growl: “Die, die, die!” His face was incredibly ferocious, his six hooves stomping through space as he charged at Taiwo again. The lightning spear in his hand seemed to lengthen instantly, and the slender Lei Quan Tribe member’s arm began to tear, scales shattering to reveal muscle, clearly indicating that this move pushed him beyond his limits.

“Roar!”

The lightning spear actually flew out of his hand, spinning as if time and space were in flux, directly stabbing towards Taiwo.

“Haha… the stronger you are, the more military merit you’ll give me after death.” Taiwo laughed loudly, taking a large step. The starry sky was directly shattered by his foot, and countless spatial fragments formed a turbulent flow. Taiwo, however, stood firm like a central pillar amidst the spatial turbulence, and directly threw another punch.

Boom~~~~

A world-shattering collision. The surrounding hundreds of kilometers of starry sky completely collapsed, and countless spatial turbulences surged.

The lightning spear was actually smashed back by a single punch, flying away. After a spin in the starry sky, it returned to the hands of the slender Lei Quan Tribe member, whose face was grim.

“What a pity, I am not the same as when I first arrived on the Outer Territory Battlefield. If it were back then, I might have been suppressed by you. But now… you are doomed, alien genius. You will be my military merit.” Taiwo’s aura was overwhelming. At this moment, he seemed to transform into a towering mountain standing in the endless starry sky, and he punched the slender Lei Quan Tribe member again.

This punch was even more terrifying than the previous two.

“Lord.”

“Lord.”

Screams of agony came from another direction.

The slender Lei Quan Tribe member’s World Power, which had spread out, easily detected the battle situation there. Two of his four subordinates… were already dead.

***

“Ah~~” One of the Lei Quan Tribe members galloped on his six hooves, his spear directly thrusting towards the Illusionist Enchantress. It was the Enchantress who had just cast an illusion… causing those two Lei Quan Tribe members to be instantly killed by other Sector Lords while trapped in the illusion.

The Enchantress’s expression subtly changed.

The Lei Quan Tribe member’s eyes were filled with madness. How many years had it been? Thirty subordinates had followed their Lord to the Outer Territory Battlefield. They had fought and battled, one by one falling… Now, only four servants remained, but they had also successfully killed a large number of enemies, accumulating immense military merit. They were estimating they would return to their tribe in less than ten years, but who would have thought they would suffer a fatal sneak attack today.

“Whoosh!”

A golden light flashed.

The Lei Quan Tribe member first saw a golden sword in the distance, then the golden sword vanished into thin air, only to reappear directly before his eyes. In his astonishment, he widened his eyes—

“Pfft!” The golden sword directly pierced his head, entering his body, crushing his life core, causing his origin pearl to shatter, and his inner world to collapse. Several items instantly appeared out of thin air in the starry sky, amidst the battle’s aftermath.

“Thanks.” The Enchantress looked at the dead Lei Quan Tribe member, then glanced at Luo Feng in the distance and winked.

Luo Feng smiled.

He thought to himself, “This is my first alien kill since coming to the Outer Territory Battlefield, isn’t it?”

“Luo Feng, Luo Feng, you’ve earned military merit,” Babata reminded him.

“Oh?” Luo Feng smiled slightly.

Battles must be connected to the Virtual Universe Network so that the combat can be monitored and military merit assessed.

“One million military merit?” Luo Feng glanced at his armguard screen, shaking his head inwardly. “How stingy. Killing an opponent ‘approaching a Sector Lord Warlord’ only grants one million military merit? Still… this is my first military merit.”