Five Thousand Years

"Humans, let's die together!"

Under Lian Luo's relentless assault, the Thousand-Legged Centipede's divine body quickly lost more than 50% of its health. When its divine body was only at 30% and on the verge of falling into slumber if attacked again, it finally let out a roar of unwillingness and completely self-destructed its remaining immortal divine body.

The divine body, condensed over countless years, contained an incredibly terrifying energy. At this moment, it completely burned and exploded.

"Rumble~~~~"

Centered on it, over ten thousand kilometers of nine-colored heavy water were completely vaporized. The terrifying explosive power tore through the universe space instantly, and the torrent of countless space fragments was violently disturbed.

Lian Luo had been prepared for this. As soon as he detected the Thousand-Legged Centipede's self-destruction, he immediately used the 'Star River Straight Line' movement technique to retreat rapidly, vanishing tens of thousands of kilometers away in the blink of an eye.

However, an Early Marquis-level Immortal completely self-destructing its divine body meant the explosive shockwave was nearly equivalent to the attack of a peak King-level expert.

Lian Luo wasn't directly hit, but the residual shockwave alone caused his divine body to tremble uncontrollably. It took a while for it to calm down!

Of course, this explosion didn't injure his divine body. With his current strength, only the attack power of a peak King-level expert could barely damage his divine body!

After the explosion subsided, Lian Luo collected the spoils of war before turning his attention to the other battlefield.

When Lian Luo arrived, the Golden Horn Race Immortal who had been fighting the Thousand-Legged Centipede had joined the battle between their kin and the Thousand-Legged Centipede's two followers.

With three against two, and one of the Golden Horn Race Immortals being a peak Immortal Army Master, the battle was almost one-sided.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

With two consecutive low rumbles, the two Immortal Gods on the Demon Race side were both annihilated!

"Greetings, Sir Human! Thank you for saving our lives!" The three Golden Horn Race Immortals collected the spoils from the two fallen Immortals and respectfully presented them to Lian Luo.

Lian Luo looked up. The total estimated value of these spoils was only a little over a hundred thousand Chaos Units, and he immediately lost interest. He said gently, "These two Immortals were killed by you. The spoils they left behind should be divided among the three of you!"

"Thank you, Sir!" The three Golden Horn Race Immortals said gratefully upon hearing Lian Luo's words.

"The wealth of Marquis-level experts from the Four Great Peak Races is indeed much greater than that of ordinary races!" Inside the rapidly flying spaceship, Lian Luo was inventorying the spoils from this battle.

The spoils obtained by the Nine Li clone for killing an Early Marquis-level Immortal were only around 6 million Chaos Units. In contrast, the total value of the spoils from killing this Thousand-Legged Centipede exceeded 20 million Chaos Units, more than triple the Nine Li clone's haul.

However, the military merit gained from both kills was the same: 10 billion!

"The wealth in this universe is still concentrated among the strong and those with powerful backgrounds!" Lian Luo wasn't surprised by this.

With the leadership of their race's super experts, the Immortals of peak races found it easier to acquire resources and wealth than those from ordinary races.

Take the three Golden Horn Race Immortals from earlier, for instance. When their greatest elder, Xiloduo, was still alive, the Golden Horn Race had a foothold in the universe and possessed their own territory under his leadership.

But after Xiloduo's death, the Golden Horn Race could no longer hold onto its territory. They could only become vassals of the Human Race, fighting for them, and only in this way could they secure enough living space.

Regardless, as a vassal race, their living space and the resources they received were definitely not as good as during Xiloduo's era, and the wealth of individual members of the race had also significantly shrunk.

After equipping his spaceship with the Thousand-Legged Centipede's detector, Lian Luo continued to pilot the ship through the Star River, searching for enemies.

Most of the time, he actually entered the Origin Land with his consciousness to comprehend the Space Law.

After all, although there were many alien Marquis-level Immortals fighting in the Purple Splendor Star River, the Star River itself was vast, the environment extremely complex, and affected by the nine-colored heavy water, the detector's range was severely limited!

Discovering alien Marquis-level experts was not easy.

Over five thousand years had passed, and he had only killed 21 alien Marquis-level experts, with 15 falling to the Nine Li clone and 6 to Lian Luo's main body.

The significant difference in numbers was mainly because the Nine Li clone's detector was better and could more easily locate aliens!

"I need to get a better detector!" Lian Luo and the Nine Li clone tallied the wealth they both possessed.

The total value of the spoils he had was around 0.8 billion Chaos Units, while the Nine Li clone had approximately 2 billion Chaos Units.

The military merit he had was converted into 607,000 points for the Virtual Universe Company, while the Nine Li clone had converted its military merit into wealth, totaling 1.5 million Chaos Units.

His total wealth was now comparable to that of some of the poorer King-level experts.

And wealth naturally needed to be converted into combat power in a timely manner!

Without much hesitation, Lian Luo made a decision: "The Nine Li clone will continue to fight here. I, the main body, will return to the base!"

Within the dim nine-colored heavy water, a black, streamlined spaceship floated silently.

"Whoosh!"

In the distance, a blood-red triangular spaceship flew rapidly, stopping beside the black spaceship. The hatch opened, and the Nine Li clone emerged.

He wore black armor, its surface covered in countless bloodstains, and carried a blood-red battle saber on his back. An aura of evil and slaughter emanated from him, making him appear like a demon emerging from a boundless purgatory.

Lian Luo examined the blood-red triangular spaceship. It was also an F-class spaceship, obtained by the Nine Li clone after killing an alien Marquis-level expert.

"Swipe!"

A World Ring was tossed over by the Nine Li clone, and Lian Luo caught it.

The two nodded, and then the Nine Li clone turned and returned to the Purple Splendor Star River to continue fighting, while Lian Luo flew out of the Star River and headed towards the war base.

Inside the spaceship, Lian Luo summoned company staff to appraise the spoils.

Ultimately, the Virtual Universe Company's valuation was slightly lower than his own estimate.

Inside the temple on Thunder Island, belonging to Lian Luo.

A white-robed staff member said respectfully, "Lord Blood-Robed Marquis, according to the Virtual Universe's calculations, the total value of your spoils of war is 260 million points! Do you wish to sell these spoils?"

As he spoke, the white-robed staff member thought to himself, He's accumulated so many spoils of war in just a few thousand years. Lord Blood-Robed Marquis's strength has probably reached King-level by now! Perhaps the next time we meet, I'll have to call him Lord Blood-Robed King!

Lian Luo didn't have time to dwell on such matters. He smiled and said, "This price is fine! Send people to Base 076 to collect these spoils of war!"

"Yes, Lord Blood-Robed Marquis!" the white-robed staff member replied respectfully.

The moment Lian Luo agreed to the transaction, the 260 million points were credited to his account.

He also began his shopping spree!