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“At least twelve Marquis Undyings?” Luo Feng set down his wine glass. “I haven't fought a Marquis Undying since coming to this outer-territory battlefield.”

“Yang, you must be vigilant and careful, or you'll easily lose your life,” Undying General Shu Fan said solemnly. “While there's only a slight difference between a peak Undying General and a Marquis, the terrifying gap in power is a thousand, even ten thousand times greater. If we're talking purely about combat strength, the difference between a peak Undying General and a Beginner Marquis is small. The only distinction is—the Undying Body!”

“Once one possesses an Undying Body, their power becomes a thousand, even ten thousand times more terrifying.”

“Take Bo Ye Zhu and me, for example. Our strength is close to a Beginner Marquis, but even if we self-destruct and shatter a Beginner Marquis Undying, they would still re-form, completely unharmed. If self-destruction can't even scratch them, what's the point of fighting? When you encounter a Marquis, there's only one word: escape!” The Undying General shook his head and sighed. “With an Undying Body, even if you blast them apart a thousand or ten thousand times, they remain unscathed. Yet, they can easily wound and kill you. That's why, in the eyes of many Undyings, only those with an Undying Body are truly eternal and undying. Otherwise, they're just cannon fodder and mere grunts among the Undyings.”

Luo Feng's brows furrowed slightly.

There are typically two ways to kill an Undying with an Undying Body: soul destruction or forced annihilation, both requiring extremely high power. For instance, when the Virtual Universe Company assigned Luo Feng the task of killing a Marquis Undying, they deployed a squad led by a King Undying, and it took several rounds of combat to successfully eliminate the target.

“Let's not dwell on that, Yang,” Undying General Bo Ye Zhu said with a deep voice, his tone expectant. “You've just arrived at Fog Sand Island and don't have a specific destination yet. How about... you stay with my brother and me for now?”

“Exactly, exactly,” Shu Fan quickly added, persuading him. “Staying with my brother and me will also help you adapt to the combat atmosphere of Yan Ji Continent.”

Both looked at Luo Feng expectantly.

“Then I'll be imposing,” Luo Feng smiled.

...

Staying with this team had two purposes: one was to deal with Nuolanshan, which, of course, would be easy for Luo Feng. The other, more crucial reason was—

Combat planning.

Luo Feng intended to venture through Yan Ji Continent for a long time, and it would be dangerous to rush into such perilous territory. It was better to first accumulate some experience on 'Fog Sand Island' and gather information about Yan Ji Continent before venturing further.

...

The spaceship flew for over a day before entering a mountain range. The mountains were shrouded in mist and clouds. Fog Sand Island earned its name because a third of its area was perpetually covered in fog.

“We're back!”

“Haha, we made it back alive!”

“We even accumulated quite a few military merits this time, all thanks to that mysterious Sector Lord expert who suddenly appeared.”

Nuolanshan, along with the other cosmic warriors, entered the military camp inside the mountain. The entire mountain interior had long been hollowed out to form a large military base.

“Luo Feng is actually in the army now; it seems he truly wants me dead,” Nuolanshan thought, glancing at the three figures walking side-by-side in the distance, a hidden hatred in his heart. “But just you wait, I'll stay in the army. Let's see how you can lay a hand on me. Killing a comrade on the outer-territory battlefield is a crime of racial betrayal, and you'd have to suffer the same fate.”

...

“Yang,” Undying Generals Shu Fan and Bo Ye Zhu escorted Luo Feng into a quiet palace. “You can stay here for now. Later, I'll send you detailed information about Fog Sand Island, as well as everything I know about Yan Ji Continent. We'll rest for about 15 days, then head out for another campaign.”

A moment later.

Luo Feng received the detailed information via the Virtual Universe Network.

There was little about Yan Ji Continent, but a great deal about Fog Sand Island.

“Detailed information on Fog Sand Island's twelve Marquises.” Luo Feng sat cross-legged, viewing the information projected from his wrist-mounted screen. Each of the twelve Marquises had images, textual explanations, and more.

“Demon Race, codenamed 'Wheel Serpent'?” Luo Feng looked at the image and shook his head. “This is a 'Reincarnation Jade-Eyed Serpent,' one of the eighteen royal families of the Demon Race. It seems most human Undyings lack understanding of alien races.”

“Belongs to the Insectoid Race, codenamed 'Boulder'? The information is truly lacking. This 'Boulder' should be a tribe living in an extremely remote region of the cosmos, a 'rock-type lifeform' from the Ka Wu Tribe.”

“Ally of the Machine Race, codenamed 'Sword Light'?”

“Codenamed 'Black Mist'?”

“Codenamed 'Nightmare'?”

Luo Feng read through the introductions of each Marquis Undying on Fog Sand Island. Three belonged to the Demon Race, two to the Machine Race, four to the Insectoid Race, and three to humanity. Of course, most were allies of the Four Peak Races. After all, a single alien race was far inferior to a peak race, but a large number of alien races combined... actually outnumbered the Undyings of the Four Peak Races.

...

Fifteen days passed in a flash. Undying Generals Shu Fan and Bo Ye Zhu led their army, carefully flying their spaceship through Fog Sand Island, preparing to search for targets. This time, however, they had much more confidence... because Luo Feng was also on board.

Luo Feng, Shu Fan, and Bo Ye Zhu were all in the control room.

“Target spotted.” Shu Fan slightly raised his wrist-mounted screen, projecting an image into the air. The screen displayed a dense mass of scaled creatures: Qiushi Tribe warriors. At first glance, there were at least ten thousand Qiushi Tribe warriors. “These short, scaled creatures are extremely ferocious. Even ordinary Domain Lords or Sector Lords, if blasted apart, can re-form. It seems their detection equipment isn't as advanced as ours. They also have two Undyings, who aren't among the twelve Marquises, so they should be of the Undying General rank.”

“Should we engage?” Shu Fan looked at Bo Ye Zhu and Luo Feng.

“Let's do it,” Bo Ye Zhu gritted his teeth.

“Yang?” Shu Fan looked at Luo Feng.

“I came to the outer-territory battlefield to accumulate military merits too,” Luo Feng smiled. “Of course, let's do it.”

“Good.”

Shu Fan immediately transmitted a message, ordering all subordinates in the three cabins, “Listen to my command. Combat is estimated to begin in four minutes. The targets are the hideous scaled creatures.”

...

Nuolanshan was looking at the images of the Qiushi Tribe creatures on his wrist-mounted screen. He looked up and said, “Just a bunch of hideous scaled creatures. Everyone, let's accumulate more military merits later.”

“Yes, Captain.”

“Understood.”

His Domain Lords and Cosmic Level subordinates responded excitedly, itching for action.

“Luo Feng, oh Luo Feng, I'm always in the army. Let's see what you can do to me. I'll accumulate even more military merits later.” Nuolanshan was itching with anticipation when suddenly, with a rumble, the lower cabin door opened. At the same time, an authoritative roar echoed in his mind: “Listen to my command, all engage in combat!”

Whoosh!

Nearly twenty thousand cosmic warriors surged out rapidly along the wide cabin passage. Nuolanshan naturally rushed out with the crowd.

“Rumble~~~” Terrifying energy fluctuations came from afar, tearing apart cosmic space. The shockwaves were alarming.

“The battle has already begun.”

Nuolanshan looked into the distance. In mid-air, three powerful experts from the human side were engaged: one was engulfed in flames, another was surrounded by icy water currents, and the third was enveloped in a massive phantom of a flying beast, simultaneously controlling a startlingly huge Beast God phantom.

The two enemy Undyings were formidable: one had an aura like a mountain, each punch shattering cosmic space, while the other carried nine swords on his back.

“Roar~~~” Countless hideous scaled creatures streaked across the sky, charging to kill.

“Kill!” Tens of thousands of human cosmic warriors also streaked forth, meeting the charge.

“Time to accumulate military merits!” Nuolanshan's eyes gleamed with excitement. Having once earned the title of Cosmic Level Giant Axe Warrior, he naturally reveled in slaughter. He flashed forward, confronting two Qiushi Tribe warriors, both Ninth-tier Domain Lords. The two scaled Undying creatures roared as they surrounded him.

“Truly seeking death,” Nuolanshan's World Projection instantly unleashed, suppressing his opponents. Then, two ice blades, thin as cicada wings, lit up in his hands!

Eight flashes of blade light, swift as lightning.

The two Qiushi Tribe warriors were instantly sliced into several pieces, provoking a Ninth-tier Sector Lord Qiushi Tribe warrior in the distance to charge over with a roar, forcing Nuolanshan to retreat repeatedly.

“Fifth Brother, be careful.”

“Leave that guy to us.”

His long-standing good relations immediately brought aid from peak Sector Lord human experts.

This scene secretly delighted Nuolanshan. Although he was now free, he still disliked venturing alone, precisely because in the army, he could help others and be helped in return. Of course... as a Third-tier Sector Lord, he usually needed the help of other Sector Lords. It would still be a long time before he grew to a Ninth-tier Sector Lord.

“Thwack.”

“Die!” Nuolanshan, under the siege of a group of Qiushi Tribe warriors, killed another Ninth-tier Domain Lord. He then immediately dodged away and joined forces with other humans to encircle and kill some Qiushi Tribe experts. In this life-and-death slaughter, he was in his element; he inherently loved this kind of atmosphere.

“Exhilarating,” Nuolanshan exclaimed, thrilled by the killing.

“Huh, Luo Feng hasn't even brought out his Undying plant lifeform,” Nuolanshan muttered, glancing into the distance. He noticed that Luo Feng had fought several rounds with one of the Undying scaled creatures today. Although he had severely wounded the opponent, he hadn't achieved a decisive victory. “If he brought out that plant lifeform, he'd surely win. Without it... it'll be tough.”

Nuolanshan turned his head and continued his slaughter, charging directly into a group of weaker Qiushi Tribe warriors, which provoked a Ninth-tier Sector Lord Qiushi Tribe warrior to rush at him in a rage.

Just then—

“Boom!”

A terrifying sword energy tore through the sky, piercing thousands of kilometers and directly impaling the area where Nuolanshan was.

“Ah!” Nuolanshan was instantly impaled by the massive sword energy, his entire being blasted to smithereens in an instant. Before he died, his eyes widened, and he roared in his heart, “Luo Feng!!!” At the same time, as the sword energy tore through the sky, it also affected some of the surrounding Qiushi Tribe warriors, who instantly met a tragic end.

Meanwhile, high in the distance, Luo Feng, who was battling the Qiushi Tribe Undying wielding nine swords, noticed this scene from the corner of his eye. He snorted and continued to dominate the Qiushi Tribe Undying.

“Without relying on the Star-Devouring Plant, I refuse to believe I can't kill you,” Luo Feng growled.