Delivery to Your Doorstep (Please Follow)

The slaughter continued.

This was actually quite abnormal—and irrational—in Lightning World, but no one cared at the moment. They merely watched the battle from afar, waiting for the final outcome.

After all, for Venus and Kelly, a genius who had crossed the threshold of the Laws at the Star level was simply too shocking. As for Hualda and the others—

The slave chips were right there. Without an order, would they dare make a move?

Only after a long while—

Babata's reminder rang out in Vinina's mind. "Vinina, a human squad that had originally been stationed by Demon Moon Lake, twenty kilometers away, is now approaching at an astonishing speed. They're probably planning to ambush and kill you."

"Hmm?"

Vinina, who was in the thick of battle, froze for a moment. A trace of oddness appeared on her beautiful face, but it soon settled into calm.

She understood what Babata meant. It was not the rapidly approaching human squad; they could not possibly pose any threat to Vinina's group. After all, Lightning World was a testing ground for probationary mercenaries of the Universe Mercenary Alliance, so the humans here could at most be Star level. An ordinary ninth-rank Star level warrior would be easy for Venus to handle, let alone Vinina.

The real concern was this Universe-level Unicorn Iron Rhinoceros.

Although Vinina had now taken her first steps across the threshold of the Lightning Laws, she was ultimately only first-rank Star level in terms of cultivation. Suppressing it was already her limit. If she wanted to kill it, she could only slowly wear it down with time.

There was clearly no need for that.

After all, even if she killed it, a Universe-level Unicorn Iron Rhinoceros was no more valuable than a first-rank Star-level Unicorn Iron Rhinoceros. They were both merely items for the assessment.

"Mm."

Vinina nodded slightly, then swiftly retreated. Although the Universe-level Unicorn Iron Rhinoceros still had rage and unwillingness in its crimson beast eyes, after pacing about for a moment, it still turned and left.

Its entire herd was dead. If it stayed and dragged things out, it would probably die too.

Her spear stabbed out again and again, slicing the horns from the foreheads of the surrounding Unicorn Iron Rhinoceroses.

Venus, Kelly, Hualda, and the others also swiftly cleaned up the battlefield.

During this process, the human squad Babata had mentioned earlier successfully closed the distance to Vinina's group to less than one kilometer.

At a glance, it was a squad of fifteen. At the front was a Youth, wearing a Force battle suit like a leather jacket and carrying a massive two-meter-long saber. At that moment, he was holding hands with a companion and speeding forward with the help of that companion's Mental Power Weapon.

"Twelve ninth-rank Star level, two second-rank Star level, and one third-rank Star level."

Babata immediately reported the other side's strength.

At the same time, the other side stared at their intelligent optical computer screens and assessed Vinina's group. "Four ninth-rank Star level and two first-rank Star level?"

"Hmph, they're really weak!"

"Six hundred meters, five hundred meters, four hundred meters..."

"Surround them!"

The Youth at the front shouted, and twelve of the fourteen people behind him, all ninth-rank Star level, immediately obeyed. They accelerated at once, spreading out to surround Vinina's group of six.

Among them, ninth-rank Star-level warriors like Venus and Hualda received special attention.

"Who's the leader?" the Youth shouted, but his gaze completely ignored Venus, Hualda, and the other four ninth-rank Star-level warriors, focusing instead on Vinina and Kelly.

Clearly, among those taking the Universe probationary mercenary assessment, powerful people were usually assigned to protect important young members. The weaker ones were often the ones who truly called the shots in the group.

"Hmm?"

Vinina frowned slightly at the Youth's gaze. Seeing her response, he sneered. "Since you're the leader, hand over all the Unicorn Iron Rhinoceros horns. I can spare your lives. If you refuse..."

The Youth let out a cold laugh.

The twelve ninth-rank Star-level warriors surrounding Vinina's group also unleashed their auras at the same time, as if they might erupt into action at any moment.

Clearly, these people intended to reap the rewards without fighting, avoiding any losses of their own.

But—

Even if the immense gravity of Lightning World limited the Mental Power spread of ninth-rank Star-level Mental Masters to less than a kilometer, preventing them from discovering Vinina's group's earlier battle, couldn't they infer something from the Unicorn Iron Rhinoceros corpses covering the ground?

Six people had killed dozens of Unicorn Iron Rhinoceroses, and they still dared to charge in so recklessly?

Were they really just looking at the numbers on paper?

"Why are you still wasting words with them? They just finished fighting, so their condition must have declined badly. Kill them all directly!" said a girl beside the Youth, also dressed in a black battle suit.

"See? I'm a reasonable person, but my companions aren't nearly as understanding." The Youth smiled softly and introduced himself. "We're from Hundred Tiger Tower. You should know what happens to those who offend Hundred Tiger Tower."

As he spoke, his face was full of pride. The lofty look in his eyes, as though he were looking down at beggars, made Vinina deeply uncomfortable.

And the mention of Hundred Tiger Tower only intensified that discomfort.

They had brought this upon themselves—

And could not escape it!

I have an intolerance for idiots.

"Morons!"

Vinina took one step forward, and her figure abruptly blurred. When she reappeared, she had already stepped out of the encirclement formed by the twelve ninth-rank Star-level warriors. Then she thrust her spear three times in succession, and the faces of the three second- and third-rank Star-level young men and women instantly vanished.

In their place were blood holes as wide as bowls!

Before the twelve ninth-rank Star-level warriors could react, a blue-gold domain spread out in an instant. Like the territory of a god, it engulfed everyone, including Venus, Kelly, Hualda, and the others.

Lightning serpents coiled through the air, binding everyone like layers upon layers of aquatic weeds.

Even Venus, whose Water Domain had reached the third level, felt unable to resist. Facing Vinina, she felt as powerless as she had when she had first faced a domain wielder before obtaining her own domain.

"Why are you standing there? What are you waiting for?" Vinina frowned as she looked at the few people standing dumbly in place.

So she was supposed to clean up the mess alone?

There were only twelve ninth-rank Star-level warriors in total. Whether for Vinina or Venus, they posed no real threat. Now that they were bound by Vinina's Lightning Domain, dealing with them was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.

After swiftly finishing them off, they gathered the fifteen corpses together and began looting them.

The twelve ninth-rank Star-level warriors were undoubtedly paupers. The most valuable things on them were the Tier 2 Battle Suits they wore and the Tier 2 Force Weapons they used, and even those were inferior among Tier 2 equipment, worth very little.

The three second- and third-rank Star-level warriors, however, were much better off.

Each had a full set of Tier 3 equipment and a spatial ring. Inside those rings were all sorts of cultivation treasures.

Nothing was particularly precious, but they were worth something nonetheless.

It was practically a delivery service straight to their door.