This was a hidden training base belonging to Cosmic Shield in the Honghuang Territory, and the largest training base in the territory. Every year, at least tens of thousands of mercenaries, assassins, and bodyguards graduated from here.
The brutal yet monotonous training continued day after day. For those being trained, life here seemed endless.
Suddenly, a piercing alarm rang out. Dozens of beams of light streaked toward three planets from afar. They were attacks from warships.
Cosmic Shield raised its shields and launched ship after ship into space, but they were shot down by the beams.
Beams came from every direction, leaving the Cosmic Shield base no time to react. The attackers hadn't even tried to contact them.
Several figures stepped out from the planets into space and charged in one direction. They were Cruising Realm experts, tasked with guarding the base.
At some point, a figure had appeared in the starry sky, standing silently.
Four Cruising Realm experts flew out from the planets and faced the figure. "This is a Cosmic Shield base. Who are you?"
The figure grinned. "The Eastern Frontier Alliance's joint forces."
The Cruising Realm experts were horrified, their faces pale. They exchanged glances, gritted their teeth, and attacked at the same time. The person before them was a Hunting Realm expert, and they had no confidence they could defeat him.
They all knew that the Eastern Frontier Alliance and Cosmic Shield had gone to war during this time. If they ran into the Alliance's forces, there was no point in negotiating. It would be a fight to the death.
The Hunting Realm expert wasn't from one of the major powers in the eight great territories. He was a Rogue Cultivator whom Lu Yin had recruited from the eastern region. Facing four Cruising Realm experts, he