A Free Man

"Has this batch of recruits arrived?"

"They're here! They're here!"

"Time to get to work!"

Greetings rang out one after another; this was arguably the happiest moment on the Outer Region Battlefield, aside from the reward of military achievements.

Lu Yan'an immediately spotted a dozen soldiers clad in Blood-colored Armor. Leading them was an Immortal God the brown-haired Feathered Race, smiling, with a faint storm swirling around him. "New recruits, welcome to the '044 Base' Barracks Base on the Fourth Battlefield. All World Lord will follow him, all Domain Lord will follow this little one, and all Universe Level beings will follow this little girl."

The white-robed Immortal God swiftly appointed three leaders.

The Universe Level, Domain Lord, and World Lord are traveling along three different paths.

"Fellow World Lord, the World Lord Camp is just ahead," the guide said.

Moment.

They arrived at an elegantly decorated hall with tens of millions of seats. Judging from Lu Yan'an's estimation, there were hundreds of thousands of World Lord sitting there.

"So many World Lord soldiers?" Lu Yan'an exclaimed in surprise. "I've never understood what the concept of 100,000 World Lord meant before, but I've seen it for myself today!" What does 100,000 World Lord even mean? A single Universe Country only has a few million World Lord, and Human Territory only has 1008 Universe Country. The Outer Region Battlefield has eleven battlefields, each with one hundred bases. On average, how many World Lords are there per base?

It wasn't just Lu Yan'an; the other 99 new World Lord recruits were equally shocked.

"Hi!"

The leader shouted, "The new recruits are here! Among them is a 'World Lord General'! First come, first served, slow and you'll miss out..." After saying that, the leader turned and left.

"World Lord General?"

"World Lord General?" The World Lord warriors who had been drinking and chatting instantly dropped what they were doing and rushed over to pull him away. Everyone understood how fortunate it was to have a reliable teammate on the battlefield.

As the soldiers of the World Lord approached each other, their intelligent Light Brain would alert them to each other's permissions, so the gazes of these thousands of World Lord veterans instantly fell on Lu Yan'an. Those burning gazes were so intense that even the usually composed Lu Yan'an found it hard to withstand them.

"Join our Elite Squad! Our Elite Squad is led by Immortal God, so you'll earn more military merits and have a higher chance of surviving dangerous situations."

"Hehe, our team is stronger."

These World Lord were frantically inviting Lu Yan'an, but they were completely too lazy to pay attention to the other 99 World Lord recruits. This situation was understandable, since no squad wanted to bring a burden along, and World Lord General were World Lord recognized by the Virtual Universe System. These World Lord were generally much stronger than other World Lord.

Of course, it wasn't that Lu Yan'an didn't want to go solo, but the army also has its rules.

Every participant in extraterritorial wars has military merit requirements, and Lu Yan'an is no exception! Before accumulating enough military merit, he must join an organization and obey orders. Given this, joining a seemingly elite World Lord squad seems to be his only option.

A moment later.

After submitting his application, World Lord General "Jue'an" officially joined the first elite World Lord squad invited by the Immortal Captain—Squad No. 044-.

In the days that followed, Lu Yan'an, the new recruit, frequently listened to the experienced guidance of the veterans. Although his true strength was unmatched in this starfield battlefield, he carefully listened to the experience of his seniors. In terms of strength, all the people in this squad combined couldn't match Lu Yan'an, but they possessed precisely the battlefield experience that Lu Yan'an lacked.

Everything went smoothly; nothing unexpected happened where Lu Yan'an was. There was only one thing that dissatisfied Lu Yan'an: the accumulation of military merits! After completing a hunt in squad mode, Lu Yan'an only received a few hundred thousand merits. While not low, this was far too inefficient compared to Lu Yan'an's abilities.

Every soldier on the Outer Region Battlefield has a quota of military merits. They must accumulate enough military merits to gain "freedom". For example, a new recruit's military merits quota is 1 million. When a new recruit first arrives, he has no military merits. He accumulates military merits by killing on the battlefield.

Once the number reaches 1 million, soldiers can choose to "retire," "exchange for treasures," "continue fighting," or even fight alone, etc.

They have the freedom to choose.

Before accumulating full military merit, one must obediently follow military orders.

The so-called granting of authority is merely a very rough assessment of strength, dividing warriors into "ordinary World Lord," "elite World Lord," and "World Lord General"—a very vague system. All World Lord warriors have a minimum military merit of 1 million and a maximum of 1 billion. Ordinary World Lord Warrior typically have 1 million to 10 million merits, Elite World Lord Warrior have 10 million to 100 million, and World Lord General have 100 million to 1 billion merits...

Those with military merits ranging from 100 million to 1 billion are all 'World Lord General', but even among World Lord General Warriors, there are still differences in strength. Lu Yan'an's military merits are unsurprisingly 1 billion, which is also the upper limit for World Lord Warriors. Generally speaking, 1 billion military merits is the upper limit for World Lord General; being assigned such a high amount of military merits signifies that the person possesses strength no weaker than an ordinary Immortal God!

However, the reality isn't quite accurate. World Lord can rival an ordinary Immortal God does indeed have "1 billion military merits," but World Lord who can kill an ordinary Immortal God, or even rival or kill Feng Hou Immortal God, also has 1 billion military merits. This is because 1 billion military merits is an upper limit for World Lord warrior, but it is not Lu Yan'an's upper limit!

This 1 billion military merit quota is a quota issued by the military through the Virtual Universe System. It has become "formulaic," with each World Lord receiving between 1 million and 1 billion merits. However, Lu Yan'an's strength is strong enough that he was directly assigned a quota of 1 billion merits.

However, the Giant Axe Founder had long been paying attention to Lu Yan'an's Outer Region Battlefield trial, and therefore he put forward his own requirements for the Virtual Universe System.

The requirement is—100 trillion military merit points!

Only after accumulating 100 trillion military merits can one leave the Outer Region Battlefield, and only then will the high-ranking members of the human race intervene to help Lu Yan'an resurrect his deceased relatives!

One was a requirement from the military, and the other was a special requirement from the Giant Axe Founder.

One is 1 billion, the other is 1 trillion!

The moment the Giant Axe Founder turned his attention to Lu Yan'an, the required level of military merit instantly rose another notch. Keep in mind, in the original story, City Lord Luo only received 10 trillion military merits from the Virtual Universe System. The Giant Axe Founder's intervention directly increased the difficulty a hundredfold. 1000 trillion military merits—just imagine how staggering that number is!

Moreover, all of this must be completed within 7300 years. Once this maximum time limit is exceeded, even if the Universe Master were to resurrect Lu Yan'an's relatives, it would be destined to fail! After all, only immortality ensures eternal lifespan. Once the time of death exceeds the limit of one's own lifespan, all of this will be like a flower in a mirror or the moon's reflection in water!

So, during a hunt for an Immortal squad, Lu Yan'an casually killed a peak Military Lord Immortal hadn't yet unleashed his full power, thus completing his 1 billion military merits and regaining his freedom.

Having regained his freedom, he could leave the World Lord Elite Squad. While he could chat with his teammates in the elite World Lord squad, he couldn't unleash his true combat power. Even when hunting, he had to be careful to unleash his strength, fearing that his identity would be exposed and he would be surrounded and killed by powerful Alien Races.

The areas that the elite World Lord squad was venturing into were still too low-level for Lu Yan'an. It would only be a waste of time there; he wouldn't be able to complete his military missions or achieve effective growth. His true path lay in the stars and the sea!

"Now, my goal should be to reach the pinnacle and become Feng Wang, which is probably why the founder allocated me 100 trillion military merits!" Lu Yan'an sighed.

He was very clear about the military merits of killing the Immortal God.

Killing Immortal Army Lord grants the least military merit, and is only divided into two tiers: Marquis Level Immortal Army Lord Immortal Army Lord (1 billion merits). There are only these two tiers. The Marquis and King Level are each divided into three tiers: Killing Early Marquis Initial King 10 trillion merits, High-level 100 trillion, and Peak 1000 trillion!

The Giant Axe Founder set a goal for Lu Yan'an based on the level of a peak-level Feng Wang- Conferred Immortal God. Although it seems absurd, with the blessing of Supreme Treasure Six-Phase Sealing Bead, if he can cultivate any one of the Six-Phase Sealing Technique to a minor level, then even Peak King Immortal Expert is not invincible!

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