Ninth Battlefield

After everything was completed, several thousand warriors followed the ape-man Immortal God and Lian Luo into a vast hall. The hall was over a thousand li in diameter, and within it stood eleven enormous spatial passageways resembling curtains of water.

"This is the spatial passageway leading to the Ninth Battlefield." The ape-man Immortal God walked up to one of the watery curtains. "The Ninth Battlefield is a Cosmic Secret Realm with a maximum diameter of roughly one million light-years. Of course, after countless years of slaughter, the dangers inherent to the Cosmic Secret Realm itself have been weakened to the extreme. The main threat comes from enemies of other races. There are ninety-eight barracks bases in the Ninth Battlefield. You will now be teleported to Base 076."

This watery curtain was a full kilometer wide and a kilometer high.

Whoosh!

Lian Luo looked at the watery curtain without saying anything, then stepped directly into it.

Which Outer Domain Battlefield one was sent to was determined in sequence. For example, this time it was the Ninth Battlefield; next time would be the Tenth Battlefield, then the Eleventh Battlefield, cycling over and over.

Even as a high-ranking Marquis Immortal, he could not simply decide which battlefield he wanted to go to!

After Lian Luo, the World Masters, Domain Lords, and universe level warriors entered one after another. Before long, they had all gone inside.

Using a divine kingdom as a transfer station, Lian Luo and the thousand-plus soldiers arrived at that divine kingdom transfer station, entered another spatial passageway, and were then directly teleported to Barracks Base No. 076 in the Ninth Battlefield outside Human Territory.

Lian Luo took a single step out of the divine kingdom transfer station and felt space and time shift before his eyes. He had arrived somewhere else.

"Another batch of recruits has been teleported in!"

"Get to work!"

Shouts rang out one after another.

The first thing Lian Luo saw was a squad of more than ten soldiers, led by an Immortal God, coming to receive them.

This Immortal God wore a fiery red battle robe, with two tiny horns growing from his forehead and a flame-shaped marking between his brows. Smiling, he said, "Recruits, welcome to Barracks Base No. 076 of the Ninth Battlefield. Next, the World Masters, Domain Lords, and universe level warriors will each follow one of these three men."

The horned Immortal God swiftly designated three guides.

Universe-level warriors, Domain Lords, and World Masters played entirely different roles on the Outer Domain Battlefield and received entirely different treatment.

Universe level warriors and Domain Lords could only join military units and, under the command of Immortal Gods, fight against the large forces of other races. World Masters, however, were qualified to form small elite squads to battle and slaughter their enemies. They had greater freedom and could earn more military merit.

Of course, it was not that the higher-ups were unwilling to let universe level warriors and Domain Lords earn more points. The reason they were organized into large forces and sent into battle under the leadership of Immortal Gods was to let them survive longer.

Otherwise, lone universe level or Domain Lord level warriors would not even survive a single day on this brutal Outer Domain Battlefield.

Before long, all the soldiers had left. Only the horned Immortal God and... Lian Luo remained.

The Immortal God smiled at Lian Luo. "Lord Blood-Robed Marquis, the Merit System has informed me that this is not your first time participating in an Outer Domain war. Therefore, you are free and need not undertake any military merit missions."

Lian Luo nodded. Military merit missions were also part of the rules of the Outer Domain Battlefield. Every soldier who came to the Outer Domain Battlefield had to earn a certain amount of military merit before gaining freedom, whether to retire or continue fighting. Before that, however, they had to obey the arrangements of the military system and could not act alone.

"However, you have two choices. First, you may act alone."

"Second, you may choose to lead an army. This army consists of ten Immortal Gods, one thousand World Masters, ten thousand Domain Lords, and one hundred thousand universe level warriors. Your task is to lead this army in battle on the Outer Domain Battlefield. When encountering powerful warriors of other races, you will deal with the Marquis Immortals among them, while the army under your command fights the enemy army."

"If you choose the first option, military merit will accumulate normally."

"If you choose the second option and are willing to lead and shelter an army, you will receive an additional fifty percent military merit when it accumulates. For example, if killing an ordinary Immortal God earns you one hundred million military merit, then killing the same Immortal God while leading an army earns you one hundred and fifty million military merit. Moreover... while leading an army, you need not protect them. You only need to deal with the enemy's Marquis Immortal Gods and prevent them from massacring your troops."

A babysitter?

Lian Luo shook his head. He had not come to the Outer Domain Battlefield for military merit.

With that thought, he said directly, "I want to act alone!"

"Very well, Lord Blood-Robed Marquis. I will record that for you now. Also, the Merit System should have sent you the latest Star Chart of the Ninth Battlefield. Please remember to check it!" The Immortal God said cheerfully.

"Mm." Lian Luo nodded, then followed a guide toward the resting quarters specially assigned by the barracks base to Immortal Gods at the Marquis level and above.

A moment later.

"Lord Blood-Robed Marquis, this is your resting area. Are you satisfied? If not, you may choose another unoccupied area!" the soldier in white armor said respectfully.

Lian Luo raised his head and surveyed the area. It was an estate covering several thousand mu, with soft artificial light pouring down from the dome above to create the effect of day and night alternation.

Within the estate stood an elegant two-story villa, provided as his residence.

Standardized estates like this stretched densely through the space, and it was impossible to tell just how many there were.

Still, it was not surprising. This War Base was comparable in size to a star, and its interior space was unimaginably vast. If one's strength reached the King Level, one could even enter another space and have an entire small island as a resting area.

On the Outer Domain Battlefield, strength was everything. The treatment one received depended entirely on one's strength.

"Not bad. I'll take this one." Lian Luo nodded.

"Understood, Lord Lian Luo!" The white-armored soldier set Lian Luo's access permissions, then respectfully said, "If there is anything you are dissatisfied with, you may contact the steward of this space through the Merit System at any time."

Lian Luo nodded, then walked directly into the estate.

"The environment is decent! When Marquis Immortals grow tired from battle, they can return here and rest!" Lian Luo nodded. "The base has been very considerate."

He entered the villa, went to the second floor, sat cross-legged, and opened the three-dimensional Star Chart sent to him by the Merit System.

Before him, a vast projection slowly formed. The last time he entered the Outer Domain Battlefield, he had gone to the Fourth Battlefield. He truly was not familiar with the environment of the Ninth Battlefield.

For now, he naturally needed to study it first and find a suitable place to fight.