Lian Luo's Strength

Lian Luo's requirements for a combat zone were simple.

First, there could not be too many powerful experts present—ideally, no King-level experts at all, and even Marquis-level experts should be scarce.

Second, the danger level had to be low. Cosmic Secret Realms were filled with all kinds of perils. Although countless years of battle had weakened most dangerous areas in the Ninth Battlefield to their limits, there were still places that could threaten a Marquis Immortal. Lian Luo absolutely refused to go anywhere like that.

In the future, with the guaranteed path of latching onto City Lord Luo's thigh as a surefire way forward, only a fool would go taking risks.

Wasn't it better to cultivate peacefully all the way to the peak?

The Star Chart of the entire Ninth Battlefield was extremely complex, with countless special zones densely packed together, and a large number of experts gathered in those zones to fight.

Lian Luo examined them one by one, unhurried.

"Purple Splendor Star River? A large number of Marquis experts, and a few King experts fighting here too? No, no, too dangerous."

"Sea of Ten Thousand Stars? Mainly Sector Lords and Domain Lords fighting here, with a few Immortals appearing? That won't do either—I need to kill Immortals, and the more Immortals, the better!"

He went through location after location, discarding most of them.

He naturally wouldn't go anywhere King-level Immortals appeared. But he also wouldn't go to places full of Sector Lords and Domain Lords. Killing anyone below the Immortal level held no interest for him.

Finally, if a location was too far from Barracks Base No. 076, or even fell within the coverage of other barracks bases, he wouldn't go either.

It was like looking for a job—find one with good pay, light work, and close to home.

"Oh? Nine Nether Starfield!"

Lian Luo's gaze landed on one combat zone on the Star Chart. It was a region suitable for Immortal God-level combat, within the coverage range of his Barracks Base No. 076.

"Zoom in!" Lian Luo commanded.

"Yes, Master!"

One of the billions of points on the Star Chart—'Nine Nether Starfield'—rapidly expanded. A vast starfield appeared on the chart, densely packed with stars, too many to count. At the same time, dense text was attached to every area of the starfield, providing detailed information about the Nine Nether Starfield.

"Nine Nether Starfield: A high-level combat zone within the control range of Barracks Base No. 076 of the Ninth Battlefield. For human and countless alien experts who dare enter the Nine Nether Starfield, if they are an elite squad, more than half of the squad must be Sector Lords; if they are an army, it is basically led by Sector Lords."

"Lone Wanderers are mainly Immortal Gods, and there are a great many of them, with a small number of Marquis Immortals appearing!"

"Here, without the strength of an Immortal, the survival rate is extremely low."

Lian Luo read through the extensive information about the Nine Nether Starfield, growing more satisfied the more he saw.

A Cosmic Secret Realm was essentially an incomplete universe, so naturally, it contained Cosmic Starry Sky regions. The Nine Nether Starfield was one such area. The starfield was densely packed with countless stars, planets, and so on, but after endless years of battle, both stars and planets had been shattered into fragments.

The Nine Nether Starfield no longer had any intact celestial bodies—only a starry battlefield spanning over ten light-years, filled with countless star remnants and debris.

"This place isn't bad!" Lian Luo nodded slightly.

With no King-level Immortals and only a few Marquis experts appearing, he would basically face no danger in the Nine Nether Starfield. He could slowly hunt Immortal Gods until he killed one hundred of them and opened the Blind Box in his mind.

"This is the place. I'll set out now!" Lian Luo made his decision.

"Swoosh!"

A streamlined black spaceship shot out from the enormous barracks base into the void. Lian Luo looked back at the base behind him.

It was a colossal structure, comparable in size to a star, suspended in the void. The surface of this massive War Base was completely covered by a layer of colored energy shield.

"Colored energy shield," "mysterious and powerful solidified Law secret patterns," "mechanical cannon muzzles hundreds of kilometers in diameter," "dense network of passage points," "countless energy nodes"...

"AAA God Base." Lian Luo nodded slightly. As a war base serving as humanity's stronghold, this place was absolutely safe.

Every barracks war base was an AAA God Base. Even if billions of experts attacked at once, they could probably turn the vast surrounding starry sky into nothingness in an instant.

Even a Universe Venerable could not destroy such a war base alone!

And according to the rules of the Four Great Peak Races, the Outer Domain Battlefield forbade entry to any expert above the Immortal level. So, in this Outer Domain Battlefield, no god could destroy this war base.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Lian Luo piloted the spaceship, forcibly smashing through floating stars and wreckage drifting in the starry sky, until he reached a specially cleared 'Universe Jump Point'.

He instructed the ship's AI: "Accelerate. Enter the Dark Universe."

"Yes, Master!"

The next second, the spaceship accelerated and directly entered the Dark Universe.

The AI quickly calculated the travel time: "Master, we have entered the Dark Universe. According to the plan, the spaceship will arrive at the Nine Nether Starfield in three days."

"Three days, huh." Lian Luo nodded, then closed his eyes to rest.

At the same time, he began silently calculating where his strength stood.

According to the Virtual Universe's Tongtian Bridge classification, Floors 10–14 were Immortal Army Master, and Floors 15–17 were Marquis. Lian Luo had comprehended the first layer of the Star Prison Demonic Codex, and relying solely on the 'Fire-Void Fusion Law', he could match the Law Comprehension of Tongtian Bridge Floor 15.

Coupled with the hint of Beast God artistic conception he had comprehended, Lian Luo had broken through to the sixteenth floor of the Tongtian Bridge!

In terms of Law Comprehension and Beast God artistic conception alone, he could be considered a High Marquis.

His divine body possessed roughly 2000 times World Lord power, but he cultivated the divine body amplification secret technique "Star Prison Demonic Body." The first layer doubled his divine body. Once activated, his divine body could instantly double, reaching 4000 times World Lord power, falling just slightly short of a Peak Marquis.

As for secret techniques, his self-created sword art "Starfire Piercing Heaven" was not yet perfected in its first form, but it was already stronger than the secret techniques used by most Peak Marquises.

His Law Comprehension was weaker than a Peak Marquis, his divine body was also slightly weaker than a Peak Marquis, but his secret techniques were stronger. Overall, in terms of conventional combat power, his strength could be considered Peak Marquis.

Even so, Lian Luo had no intention of killing a Marquis. All Marquis Immortals had cultivated an undying body. Among those of the same rank, unless one possessed a heavy treasure, it was impossible to kill the other party.

Thus, unless Lian Luo used the 'Black Flame Sword' bestowed upon him by Dry Witch Universe Master, he absolutely could not accomplish killing a Marquis. Of course, Lian Luo would not use the Black Flame Sword lightly. If a mere Marquis dared to wield a heavy treasure, all the King Level powerhouses in the entire Outer Domain Battlefield would go mad.

"My next cultivation will focus on two aspects: first, continuing to study the Way of the Beast God, and second, perfecting 'Starfire Piercing Heaven'!"

Lian Luo sighed softly: "What a pity. If only I had a clone, I could send one clone to study the Way of the Beast God and the other to study secret techniques!"