First Encounter with the Royal Clan

Before long, the last Demon Race team caught in the trap had been slaughtered to the last.

Afterward, the battlefield fell completely silent.

"You two moved quickly. Unlike us—this group of quasi-Universe Level General Demon Race warriors had fairly strong mental will. The Illusion Water couldn't drag them into the illusion, so we had to waste time killing them one by one!" Seeing that Li Ze and the other had finished their assigned tasks and even had time to come help with this battle, Lairui'er said with a smile.

"Captain, all the Demon Race warriors on our side were pulled directly into the illusion. We were just collecting heads, so of course we were faster," Jirui Yu replied.

While they were speaking, the Lan Teng and Lan Kun brothers, who had been sent to kill another Demon Race team, also arrived.

Although the two of them had dealt with only one Demon Race team, they were both warriors, so their killing speed had been the slowest.

"Captain, could you distribute all the Demon Race corpses we collected to me in advance? They're useful for cultivating a secret technique. You can deduct their value from the distribution of future Spoils of War," Li Ze suddenly said to Captain Lairui'er.

The others all looked over when they heard Li Ze's words. They did not know what kind of secret technique required corpses, but they had no objections to giving them to Li Ze in advance. Even if they took these corpses out, they could only sell them to the military purchasing department at a relatively low price. Their eventual fate would be nothing more than having a few useful materials cut away before the rest was tossed into a garbage starfield.

"Fine. Everyone, give the Demon Race corpses to Li Ze." After thinking for a moment, although Lairui'er was puzzled, he did not refuse and had everyone hand the corpses over to Li Ze.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

One corpse after another was tossed out of the Spatial Rings of the Tongfeng Team members.

Using the act of storing them in his Spatial Ring as cover, Li Ze transferred all the corpses into his Inner World.

Inside the Inner World.

The Demon Race corpses Li Ze had taken in were piled on the ground like a small mountain.

Li Ze immediately began using the Golden Crow Body Refining Art, continuously pouring the Original Force within his body into the Demon Race corpses before him.

After the Golden Crow Physique had refined Life Crystals last time, the first level of the Golden Crow Body Refining Art had finally improved, raising the Golden Crow Physique's Gene Level to 183 times.

Because he did not have enough Life Energy, his Human Body had remained at a Gene Level of 160 times.

When he came to the Space-time Fortress this time, Li Ze had left the Golden Crow Physique inside a World Ring in the manor castle for safety.

Therefore, all Demon Race corpses collected on the Space-time Fortress battlefield from now on would be used by Li Ze to raise the Gene Level of his Human Body.

Driven by the Original Force within his body, the Demon Race corpses before him gradually dissolved, turning into streams of crimson flesh-and-blood essence that flew into the air. Lines formed from that essence outlined an abstruse Hexagonal Pattern.

Strands of Life Energy were extracted from the flesh-and-blood essence and gathered at the center of the Hexagonal Pattern, forming a liquid that shimmered with multicolored light.

Once the liquid reached a certain volume, it began dripping downward.

The moment the liquid touched the ground of the Inner World, it vanished, directly merging into Li Ze's Original Force before integrating into every part of his body.

Part of it fused into his flesh, while another part fused into his Life Core.

Sizzle!

A Soul Crystal Ball covered in countless Red Secret Patterns flew directly into the core region of his brain, the Sea of Consciousness.

A Force Crystal Ball remained in his dantian.

The Psychic Power Crystal Ball and Force Crystal Ball shot out 720 Energy Threads almost simultaneously, rapidly drilling into the locations of the 720 key energy acupoints throughout his body.

"Condense!" The Soul Crystal Ball and Force Crystal Ball shook violently, shooting out 36,000 Energy Threads at the same time. They instantly merged into every corner of Li Ze's body, the densely packed Energy Threads running through every part of him like entirely new energy meridians.

The 72,000 crystalline threads continued circulating without pause. The Soul Crystal Ball, Force Crystal Ball, and his body fused perfectly together as one.

Streams of Life Energy continuously traveled through the 72,000 fine threads and 1,440 Main Threads, spreading throughout his body.

Li Ze felt waves of pleasure welling up from his body as it absorbed the Life Energy. It was the joy of a higher level of life.

His Gene Level was rising bit by bit. The speed was slow, but he could sense it at every moment.

At the same time, abstruse Mystic Patterns gradually increased upon the Origin Core within his body. The area of the world inside the Origin Core also expanded bit by bit, while the soul at its center grew stronger strand by strand.

Back on the battlefield, the Tongfeng Team was discussing the details of the previous battle—the shortcomings of their trap, how it could be improved, and so on.

None of them knew that while they talked, Li Ze's strength was steadily increasing.

"Next, we need to change locations and use the Fishing plan. The Demon Race teams aren't idiots. We wiped out seven teams in the same area, so they should have realized it was a trap. There won't be much gain if we stay here any longer, and we might even attract those Demon Race Royal Family and Royal Clan fellows. We aren't suited to fight them yet," Captain Lairui'er said to everyone.

Everyone nodded, agreeing with the captain's opinion.

"Then we'll follow the formation we used when we first entered and explore in another direction. At the same time, send our current combat area to the Human Race teams so they can avoid being affected by the Illusion Water and Ji Mo Liquid left behind here." Seeing no objections, Lairui'er began assigning the next tasks.

At the same time, he sent information about their current battle area through the communication channel to warn the others.

Once everything was done, the Tongfeng Team began exploring toward another region.

Time passed. Within the Space-time Fortress, slaughter unfolded at every moment. Universe level lifeforms who could be considered powerful figures in the outside universe fell one after another here.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

During those two months, Li Ze's team engaged in dozens of hunts and battles.

At first, relying on the Fishing plan, the Tongfeng Team could occasionally hunt down several Alien Race teams. However, after using it fewer than ten times, no Alien Race teams fell for it again. The Alien powerhouses of the Demon Race and Mechanical Race passed information among themselves, and all learned that a powerful team of Universe Level Generals was using Fishing tactics to arrange traps and slaughter other teams.

During their final Fishing attempt, they had nearly suffered a disastrous defeat, surrounded by seven Mechanical Race Universe Level General teams using a massive number of Mechanical Puppets. Although they ultimately fought their way out with the Tongfeng Team's formidable strength, Shantuo was severely injured in that battle.

Li Ze had only managed to bring him out by unleashing a movement technique infused with the Law of Space Origin and storing him inside his Spatial Ring.

After that, the Tongfeng Team gave up on the Fishing plan and began truly fighting and killing.

After two months had passed, the teams still surviving in the Space-time Fortress were all cautious and powerful ones.

During battle, once they discovered that they were no match for their opponents, they would break away from the fight and flee frantically, even if it meant paying a certain price!

This caused the rate at which Alien Race warriors were killed to become slower and slower as time went on.

However, although the killing rate declined, the rate at which their points increased rose instead.

The later the opponents they killed, the more points those opponents carried.

Individual Scoreboard (493752/1000000)

1. Feng He (1st Legion 1st Brigade Lanmeng Team): 7369 points

2. Yuting Tu (46th Legion 1st Brigade Jiuming Team): 6992 points

3. Nether Frog Si (71st Legion 1st Brigade 7th Team): 6317 points

27. Li Ze (5th Legion 1st Brigade Tongfeng Team): 5164 points

The Individual Scoreboard showed that more than half of the Human Race Universe level soldiers who had entered the battlefield had already died.

There had also been major changes among the top-ranked competitors compared to the beginning.

Because Li Ze had numerous methods for dealing with enemies, his speed in killing Alien Race teams during the early stages had been far faster than anyone else's. At present, his score was the highest in the entire Tongfeng Team.

Team Scoreboard (7973/13000)

1. 71st Legion 1st Brigade 7th Team: 17639 points

2. 1st Legion 1st Brigade Lanmeng Team: 16332 points

3. 46th Legion 1st Brigade Jiuming Team: 11649 points

11. 5th Legion First Brigade Tongfeng Team: 9918 points

Nearly eight thousand teams remained on the Team Scoreboard. This was because most of the soldiers killed in the early stages had belonged to elite Universe level teams composed of one hundred members. Thus, although more than half of the soldiers had died, a relatively large number of teams remained.

Team Scoreboard

1. Demon Race: 543243 points

2. Human Race: 491771 points

3. Mechanical Race: 488319 points

On the score rankings of the Three Races, the Demon Race had maintained a slight lead due to its early point advantage and the strength of its Royal Family and Royal Clan teams.

The Mechanical Race and Human Race had similar scores, with their rankings constantly shifting.

At this moment, outside the battlefield, the military higher-ups of the Three Races in the Fourth Outer Domain Battlefield were all watching the scenes within.

At present, the Universe level teams of all Three Races inside the Space-time Fortress had become thoroughly entangled.

One Universe level team after another was like a group of hunters. While carefully concealing themselves, they also worked hard to search for the other teams. The moment they discovered an opponent, a great battle could erupt at any time.

"The first two months of the Sacred Mountain Battle have passed. The teams that have survived so far are either powerful or know how to conceal themselves well. Next, it will be time for the more combat-capable teams to slaughter each other," a bald King-level Immortal with earlobes hanging to his shoulders said to the other King-level Immortals beside him.

"Those Demon Race bastards let their Royal Family and Royal Clan members join the military early to participate in the Sacred Mountain Battle. Their strength is clearly greater than that of the other teams. The Royal Clan teams are manageable—gathering two or three Universe Level General teams is enough to contend with them, and they can even be surrounded and killed. But that team of ten Demon Race Royal Family members is somewhat disruptive to the balance. Five Human Race Universe Level General teams have already died at their hands." Looking at the team composed of Demon Race Royal Family members on the screen, a blue elf-like King-level Immortal beside him said.

"Based on our Human Race evaluation standards, the members of that Demon Race Royal Family team have all reached the level of the fourth to fifth levels of the Tongtian Bridge. They indeed hold a tremendous advantage against these Universe level soldiers who have not undergone systematic training," a King-level Immortal ape-man beside them added.

"However, in this Space-time Fortress, our Human Race still has several Universe level soldiers who can barely fight them. For example, Feng He of the Fengfeng Tribe had already reached the fourth level of the Tongtian Bridge before. After breaking through in the Law of Space Origin half a month ago, his strength should have improved further," said the bald King-level Immortal with the shoulder-length earlobes.

"Yes, and that Si from the Nether Frog Tribe team, Ling He from the 33rd Team of the 1st Brigade of the 4th Legion, and Li Ze from the Tongfeng Team. The strength displayed by these soldiers has also reached the fourth level of the Tongtian Bridge. They should be able to contend against the Demon Race Royal Family team," the ape-man King-level Immortal said as well.

"Look, the Tongfeng Team has been discovered by a Demon Race Royal Clan military team." Suddenly, a Werewolf King-level Immortal stared at a scene on the screen and spoke to the others.

Following the Werewolf Immortal's words, everyone turned to look at the screen.

The ones who cared most about the outcome of this Sacred Mountain Battle were these King-level Immortals.

The slots to enter the Qishen Treasure Vault would ultimately be contested by the Human Race King-level Immortals on the Fourth Outer Domain Battlefield. One more slot meant one more opportunity to enter. If they happened to obtain a treasure or inheritance suited to them inside, their strength could rise dramatically.

While the many Immortals outside discussed the situation within the battlefield, the Tongfeng Team inside encountered the first Demon Race Royal Clan team they had faced since entering the battlefield.