Five Thousand Years

"Human, die with me!"

Under Lian Luo's relentless attacks, the Thousand-Legged Centipede's divine body quickly lost more than 50% of its mass. When only 30% remained and another attack would have forced him into slumber, he finally let out an unwilling roar and completely detonated his remaining Immortal divine body.

The divine body he had accumulated over countless years contained unimaginably terrifying energy, and at that moment, it burned and exploded in full.

"Rumble~~~~"

Centered on him, the nine-colored heavy water across more than ten thousand kilometers was completely vaporized. The terrifying force of the explosion instantly tore apart universe space, sending countless torrents of spatial fragments into chaos.

Lian Luo had been on guard all along. The instant he discovered that the Thousand-Legged Centipede was self-destructing, he immediately used the movement technique, Star River Straight Line, and retreated at high speed, withdrawing more than ten thousand kilometers in the blink of an eye.

However, when an Early Marquis Immortal completely detonated his divine body, the explosive shockwave almost instantly approached the attack power of an Early King-level expert.

Lian Luo had not been caught in the direct blast, but even the aftershock made his divine body tremble continuously. It took quite a while before it finally settled!

Of course, the explosion had not harmed his divine body. With his current strength, only the attack power of a peak King-level expert could barely injure it!

After the explosion subsided, Lian Luo collected the spoils before turning to look at the battlefield on the other side.

After Lian Luo arrived at the battlefield, the Golden Horn Race Immortal who had originally been fighting the Thousand-Legged Centipede also joined his clansmen in battling the Thousand-Legged Centipede's two followers.

Three against two. One of the Golden Horn Race Immortals was even a peak Immortal Army Master, so the battle was almost completely one-sided.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

Two deep booms rang out in succession, and the two Immortal Gods on the demon race side both fell!

"Greetings, my lord of the Human race! Thank you for saving our lives!" The three Golden Horn Race Immortals gathered the spoils left by the two fallen Immortals and respectfully presented them to Lian Luo.

Lian Luo looked up. The total value of these spoils was likely only a little over one hundred thousand Chaos Units, and he immediately lost interest. He said gently, "You killed these two Immortals yourselves. Divide the spoils they left behind among the three of you!"

"Thank you, my lord!" The three Golden Horn Race Immortals thanked him gratefully upon hearing Lian Luo's words.

"The wealth of Marquis Immortals from the Four Great Peak Races is indeed far greater than that of Marquis Immortals from ordinary races!" Inside the rapidly flying spacecraft, Lian Luo counted the spoils from this battle.

The Nine Li clone had killed an Early Marquis Immortal and gained spoils worth only around six million Chaos Units. Yet after killing this Thousand-Legged Centipede, Lian Luo obtained spoils worth more than twenty million Chaos Units in total—more than three times the Nine Li clone's gains.

The military merit gained from the kills, however, was the same: ten billion!

"Wealth in the universe is still concentrated in the hands of powerful experts and Immortals with backing!" Lian Luo was not surprised by this.

Led by their race's super experts, the Immortals of peak races found it much easier to obtain resources and wealth than the Immortals of ordinary races.

For example, those three Golden Horn Race Immortals from earlier. When their race's greatest elder, Xiloduo, was still alive, he had guarded the race and led them to establish a foothold in the universe, allowing the Golden Horn Race to possess territory of its own.

But once Xiloduo fell, the Golden Horn Race could no longer hold onto its territory. They could only become vassals of the Human race and fight on behalf of humanity. Only then could they obtain enough space to survive.

Yet no matter what, as a vassal race, their living space and available resources were certainly inferior to what they had enjoyed during Xiloduo's era, and the wealth of individual members of the race had also shrunk drastically.

After installing the Thousand-Legged Centipede's detector onto his spacecraft, Lian Luo piloted it onward, continuing to search for enemies within the star river.

Most of the time, however, his consciousness entered the Origin Land to comprehend the Space Law.

After all, although there were many alien Marquis Immortals fighting within the Purple Splendor Star River, the Purple Splendor Star River itself was simply too vast. Its environment was also extremely complex, and the nine-colored heavy water greatly restricted the detection range of scanners!

Finding alien Marquis Immortals was not easy.

More than five thousand years passed, yet he had killed only twenty-one alien Marquis Immortals. Of those, fifteen had died at the hands of the Nine Li clone, while six had died at the hands of Lian Luo's Main Body.

The reason for such a large gap was mainly that the Nine Li clone had a better detector and could discover aliens more easily!

"I need to replace it with a better detector!" Lian Luo and the Nine Li clone calculated the wealth they each possessed.

The total value of the spoils on Lian Luo's side was roughly eighty million Chaos Units, while the Nine Li clone had around two hundred million Chaos Units.

Lian Luo had exchanged all his military merit for Virtual Universe Company points, totaling 607,000 points. The Nine Li clone, meanwhile, had exchanged his military merit for wealth, totaling 1.5 million Chaos Units.

Lian Luo's total wealth was already comparable to that of relatively poor King Level experts.

And wealth naturally had to be converted into combat power without delay!

Lian Luo did not hesitate for long before making his decision. "The Nine Li clone will continue fighting here. My main body will return to the base!"

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

"Whoosh!"

In the distance, a blood-red triangular spacecraft flew over at high speed and stopped beside the black spacecraft. Its hatch opened, and the Nine Li clone flew out.

He wore black armor covered in countless bloodstains and carried a blood-red war blade on his back. An evil, murderous aura surged forth overwhelmingly. He seemed like a demon that had walked out of Boundless Purgatory.

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

"Whoosh!"

The Nine Li clone tossed over a World Ring, which Lian Luo caught in one hand.

The two nodded. Then the Nine Li clone turned around and returned to the Purple Splendor Star River to continue slaughtering, while Lian Luo flew out of the star river and headed toward the War Base.

Inside the spacecraft, Lian Luo summoned the company's internal staff and had them appraise the spoils!

In the end, the price offered by the Virtual Universe was slightly lower than his estimate.

On Thunder Island, within Lian Luo's divine temple.

The white-robed staff member said respectfully, "Lord Blood-Robed Marquis, after the Virtual Universe's appraisal, the total value of your spoils is 260 million points! Would you like to sell these spoils?"

As he spoke, the white-robed staff member silently thought, He acquired so many spoils in only a few thousand years. Lord Blood-Robed Marquis's strength has probably already reached King Level! Perhaps the next time we meet, I will have to address him as the Blood-robed King!

Lian Luo had no time to fuss over such matters. Smiling, he said, "That price will do! Send someone to Base 076 to collect these spoils!"

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

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

He also began a massive shopping spree!