First Battle

"I am Dongluo. Listen to my orders. The battle is expected to begin in five minutes. The target is the hexapedal beetle-like creatures!" A cold voice echoed throughout the entire ship.

Projecting the holographic display from the gauntlet on his arm, the World Lord in the main control room quickly returned to his position—the ship's exit. They would follow Dongluo to meet the enemy first.

A few minutes later, the ship's exit roared open.

"Kill!"

Zhan Qiu led Bai Muye and the others flying out from the exit, where astonishing energy fluctuations had already erupted in the distance.

Bai Muye swept his gaze across the field; Dongluo was currently controlling dozens of cyan-gold longswords to besiege a massive eight-legged beetle.

In front of them, Zhu Ang and the other World Lords had long since engaged the enemy's World Lords. Both sides tacitly flew to high altitudes, leaving the ground below to the Domain Lord and Universe Rank combatants.

After so many years of campaigning, this contingent of the Mo'er Race was now reduced to only eighty-some World Lords. With Zhu Ang and the seventy-plus World Lords engaging them, they actually held the upper hand.

The organizational structure of the Mo'er Race's team was similar to that of the humans, with each squad consisting of one Domain Lord leading ten Universe Rank soldiers.

When they were still hundreds of kilometers apart, the spiritual masters on both sides had already begun their attacks. In an instant, rays of various colors shot toward the opposing camp.

The distance of hundreds of kilometers vanished in an instant. By the time the two sides collided, dozens of the Mo'er Race's Universe Rank beetles had already been killed by long-range strikes.

"Wahahaha... we came to the right place! We came to the right place!" Xiao Si, inside Bai Muye's sea of consciousness, laughed wildly. In this short time alone, it had devoured the souls of dozens of Universe Rank beings through its roots.

Bai Muye ignored its manic mood. Under the pressure of his domain, he smashed a beetle's head open with a single strike of his staff. Layers of force erupted, and the beetle began to shatter into pieces starting from its head.

Another beetle used a pair of its front limbs to hook the combat blade of a teammate beside Bai Muye, its two pairs of abdominal legs about to strike.

Bai Muye shifted his stance and swept his long staff horizontally, blocking those two pairs of legs. He then twisted the staff, turning it into a spear without a head, and thrust it forward. The tip of the staff pierced directly into the beetle's abdomen and out the other side.

The staff vibrated, and the beetle was torn into pieces from its chest and abdomen.

"Thank you..."

The nearby Universe Rank teammate thanked him gratefully, feeling fortunate that he had chosen to follow this powerhouse.

"Go help Feng Yi..."

Leaving behind these words, Bai Muye swung his staff, smashing it onto the back of a beetle that had been forced over by another teammate.

Soon, with Bai Muye's help, the beetles facing their squad were wiped out.

Sharp, shrill screeches came from not far away. He looked up and saw Zhan Qiu locked in an evenly matched struggle with a Domain Lord Rank beetle.

Based on his experience, he could tell that the beetle's cultivation level was higher than Zhan Qiu's. Zhan Qiu was a level-six Domain Lord, while the beetle was at least a level-eight. Yet, in actual combat, Zhan Qiu danced with his long spear and did not fall behind in the slightest.

Seeing that Zhan Qiu was not in immediate danger, and since this was his first time participating in such a group battle, he decided to be cautious and avoid interfering in the Domain Lord-level fight. He simply called out and led the other nine Universe Rank teammates to slaughter other beetles.

On the battlefield of the Immortals, Dongluo maintained the rhythm of the battle. Dozens of cyan-gold longswords merged with her law domain, trapping the Mo'er Race Immortal inside. However, she never used her full strength, aiming to allow her legion to gain a greater advantage.

If she killed the enemy Immortal right away, the Mo'er Race legion would surely flee, making it difficult to achieve her goal of annihilating them completely.

But she dared not drag it out too long. In a place like the Outer Battlefield, you never knew when a powerhouse might appear—it could be an ally, but it was more likely to be an enemy.

Furthermore, although the Zerg were inferior to humans in technology and their battlefield communication was far less convenient than the Virtual Universe, the Zerg had invested heavily in this aspect. If the battle dragged on too long and the enemy called for allies, she might repeat the mistake of decades ago, facing a pincer attack from two alien Immortals.

Dongluo checked the other two battlefields. Her World Lords now held an absolute advantage, having almost turned the situation into a two-on-one scenario. The encirclement was complete, and total annihilation was only a matter of time.

On the lower battlefield of Domain Lords and Universe Ranks, although the advantage was not as great as in the World Lord circle, they had generally formed a situation of outnumbering the enemy.

With a sharp cry, Dongluo stopped holding back and fully expanded her law domain. The power of the forty-nine longswords in the air suddenly increased by a notch.

"Yoo—"

A shrill, miserable cry of a bug rang out. The Mo'er Race Immortal was pierced through the abdomen by two longswords, and the two legs beneath its abdomen were skewered by two other longswords.

The Mo'er Race World Lords had already been terrified by the soldiers under Dongluo. Hearing their Immortal's scream, they turned to look and, seeing its miserable state, were struck with panic, leading to several more being killed instantly.

The leading World Lord-level beetles communicated via telepathy and, realizing their Immortal was likely outmatched and that allies were unlikely to arrive in time, they began to consider retreating.

"They are going to flee," Zhu Ang said, his experience showing. Although he couldn't read the beetles' expressions, it didn't stop him from making a judgment. "Lord Dongluo has ordered that we must kill every single one of these Mo'er Race World Lords. Don't let a single one escape!"

"Mi San, take your men to the left flank. Gui Qi, take your men to the right..." He methodically assigned personnel based on the situation on the field, and the original encirclement tightened further.

The screams of the Mo'er Race Immortal also reached the Domain Lord and Universe Rank battlefield. The soldiers of the Dongluo Legion were naturally high in morale, while the Mo'er Race soldiers began to panic.

As one side rose and the other fell, the advantage of the Dongluo Legion became even more apparent.

Bai Muye was killing enemies without a moment's pause. With his current strength, if he were to go all out, he would have no rivals among the Universe Rank combatants present, let alone the fact that the Mo'er Race beetles were generally slightly inferior to human Universe Ranks.

Therefore, he remained at ease throughout the battle, able to observe the crises of his teammates. In just over ten minutes of fighting, he had already helped many Universe Rank teammates escape death.

Following Dongluo's sudden surge in power, the Mo'er Race Immortal was repeatedly dealt heavy blows. Although an Immortal's vitality was extremely tenacious, it could not withstand such abuse.

The Mo'er Race Immortal was a high-level Army Lord, but Dongluo had long been at the peak of the high-level Army Lord rank, having stepped into the strength of a low-level Marquis, though she had yet to achieve an Undying Body.

With such strength, she had been able to hold her own against two Mo'er Race Immortals decades ago; now, facing only one, it was naturally no match for her.

The cyan light in Dongluo's eyes grew more intense. The cyan-gold longswords pierced in and out, constantly drawing out black-blue blood.

Six of the Mo'er Race Immortal's eight legs were gone. It had been calling for allies since earlier, but unfortunately, although there was an ally within a billion kilometers, upon hearing that the opponent was a human team, they had begun to move away instead.

It roared constantly, trying to escape, but it could never break through Dongluo's law domain. Its Immortal body was being eroded bit by bit.

Knowing it could not escape its fate, it finally sent a final message to its soldiers: Run, save as many as you can...

After this message spread through the Mo'er Race camp, its head was pierced by a golden sword. Although it healed immediately, the momentary distraction made its defense even more chaotic.

After hearing an ear-piercing insect cry, Bai Muye saw some of the nearby beetles suddenly begin to attack frantically, while others turned around and fled without a second thought.

"They are trying to escape! The Army Lord has ordered us to annihilate the enemy. Kill!"

A loud shout echoed from the World Lord combat zone; judging by the voice, it was Zhu Ang.

Spurred on by this cry, many Universe Rank powerhouses lost their heads and immediately gave chase without regard for their own safety, only to be killed by the enemy's desperate final counterattacks.

Bai Muye did not impulsively join the pursuit. He could keenly sense that the retreat of the Mo'er Race was organized; some beetles were left behind to cover the retreat, and although these rear-guard beetles were the weakest, many people would carelessly capsize in the gutter due to their desperate final strikes.

He made a show of chasing for a moment before stopping, but when he turned his head to look, his pupils could not help but constrict...