First Battle

"I'm Dongluo. Listen to my orders. The battle is expected to begin in five minutes. Our target is a six-legged, beetle-like creature!" Her cool voice carried through the entire ship.

The Domain Lords projected the images from their Bracer Computers into midair, then quickly returned to their positions at the ship's exit. They would be the first to meet the enemy alongside Dongluo.

A few minutes later, the ship's exit opened with a thunderous roar.

"Attack!"

Zhan Qiu led Bai Muye and the others out of the ship. Astonishing energy fluctuations had already erupted in the distance.

Bai Muye glanced around. Dongluo was controlling dozens of blue-gold longswords as they surrounded a gigantic eight-legged beetle.

Ahead of them, Zhu Ang and the other World Lords had already met the enemy's World Lords. Both sides tacitly flew high into the sky, leaving the ground below to the Domain Lord Rank and Universe Rank fighters.

After all these years of fighting, the Mo'er Race's force had dwindled to just over eighty World Lords. Once Zhu Ang and the others—over seventy World Lords—engaged them, they actually gained the upper hand.

The Mo'er Race's forces were organized much like humanity's, with each squad consisting of one Domain Lord and ten Universe Rank fighters.

When the two sides were still several hundred kilometers apart, the Psychic fighters had already begun attacking. In an instant, beams of light in every color shot toward the opposing ranks.

The hundreds of kilometers between them vanished in an instant. By the time the two sides clashed, dozens of Universe Rank beetles from the Mo'er Race had already been killed by the long-range attacks.

"Wahaha! Coming here was the right choice!" Xiao Si cackled in Bai Muye's Consciousness Sea. In that brief time, its roots had devoured dozens of Universe Rank souls.

Bai Muye paid no attention to its frenzy. With his domain spreading out to suppress his opponent, he knocked a beetle's head aside with his staff. Layer upon layer of force burst forth, and the beetle's body blew apart section by section, starting from its head.

Another beetle hooked the War Blade of a teammate beside Bai Muye with a pair of forelimbs. Its two pairs of abdominal legs were about to stab out.

Bai Muye spun around and swept his staff across, blocking the beetle's legs. Then he turned the staff into a long spear without a spearhead and thrust it forward. The end of the staff pierced straight through the beetle's abdomen.

The staff vibrated, and the beetle's chest and abdomen split into pieces.

"Thanks..."

The Universe Rank teammate beside him thanked him gratefully, relieved he'd chosen to stick with this powerhouse.

"Go help Feng Yi..."

Leaving him with that, Bai Muye swung his staff down onto the back of a beetle another teammate had driven toward him.

With Bai Muye's help, their squad quickly cleared out all the beetles they faced.

A sharp beetle shriek rang out nearby. He glanced over and saw Zhan Qiu locked in a fierce battle with a Domain Lord Rank beetle.

From his experience, Bai Muye could tell the beetle was at a higher level than Zhan Qiu. Zhan Qiu was at Domain Lord Rank, sixth stage, while the beetle was at least at the eighth stage. Yet in the actual fight, Zhan Qiu wielded his spear with such skill that he wasn't at all outmatched.

Seeing that Zhan Qiu wasn't in immediate danger, and since this was his first time fighting in a battle of this scale, Bai Muye decided to play it safe and stay out of the Domain Lord Rank battle for now. He called out to the other nine Universe Rank teammates and led them toward the other beetles.

In the battle between the Immortals, Dongluo had kept control of the pace from the start. Dozens of blue-gold longswords merged with her Law Domain, trapping the Mo'er Race Immortal inside. But she had never fought with all her strength, wanting her legion to gain a greater advantage.

If she killed the enemy Immortal right away, the Mo'er Race's forces would certainly flee, making it difficult to wipe them all out.

But she couldn't afford to drag the battle out for too long, either. On the Outer Battlefield, you never knew when a powerful fighter might appear. It could be an ally, but the chances were much higher that it would be an enemy.

And though the Zerg were technologically inferior to humanity, and their battlefield communications were nowhere near as convenient as the Virtual Universe, they had invested heavily in this area themselves. If the battle dragged on too long and the enemy called in allies, Dongluo might suffer the same fate as she had decades ago, facing two Alien Race Immortals at once.

Dongluo checked the other two battlefields. Her World Lords had already gained an overwhelming advantage, and the battle had nearly turned into a two-on-one fight. Their encirclement was complete; wiping out the enemy was only a matter of time.

Farther below, the Domain Lord and Universe Rank battlefield didn't have as great an advantage as the World Lord battle, but overall, her side had also gained the upper hand.

With a sharp cry, Dongluo stopped holding back and unleashed her Law Domain to its full extent. The forty-nine longswords in the air suddenly grew more powerful.

"Eee-yaah—!"

A piercing insectoid shriek rang out. Two longswords pierced through the Mo'er Race Immortal's abdomen, while two more stabbed through the pair of legs beneath it.

The Mo'er Race World Lords had already been terrified by how Dongluo's World Lords were slaughtering them. Hearing their Immortal shriek, they turned to look. When they saw its condition, their hearts filled with dread, and several more were killed in an instant.

The leading World Lord Rank beetles exchanged a few messages. Realizing their Immortal was probably no match for Dongluo, and that their allies were unlikely to arrive anytime soon, they began to think about cutting their losses and running.

"They're trying to escape." Zhu Ang was experienced. Although he couldn't read the beetles' expressions, he could still make the right call. "Lord Dongluo ordered us to kill every World Lord in this Mo'er Race force. Don't let a single one get away!"

"Mi San, take your people to the left. Gui Qi, take yours to the right..." He methodically assigned his fighters according to the situation on the field, tightening the encirclement.

The Mo'er Race Immortal's shrieks carried to the Domain Lord and Universe Rank battlefield as well. The Dongluo Legion's fighters were naturally emboldened, while the Mo'er Race fighters began to panic.

As one side's morale rose and the other's fell, the Dongluo Legion's advantage became even more obvious.

Bai Muye kept killing without pause. At his current level, if he went all out, he wouldn't have an equal among the Universe Rank fighters on the field. The Mo'er Race's beetles were generally a little weaker than humanity's Universe Rank fighters, too.

So he had plenty of room to maneuver in battle. He could watch for his teammates' danger and, in the short span of their fight, had already helped many Universe Rank teammates escape death.

With Dongluo suddenly unleashing her full power, the Mo'er Race Immortal was badly wounded again and again. Immortals had extremely powerful life force, but even they couldn't withstand such relentless punishment.

The Mo'er Race Immortal was at Military Lord High-Level, but Dongluo had long since reached the peak of Military Lord High-Level and had even touched the strength of the Marquis-level Initial Stage. She simply hadn't managed to cultivate the Undying Body.

With this level of strength, she had held her own against two Mo'er Race Immortals decades ago. Facing just one now, she was naturally far beyond its match.

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

Six of the Mo'er Race Immortal's eight legs had already been severed. It had been calling for allies nonstop since the fight began, but although there was an allied force within a billion kilometers, it had started moving away after learning that its opponent was a human force.

It shrieked again and again, trying to escape, but it could never break through Dongluo's Law Domain. Its Immortal Divine Body was being whittled away little by little.

Knowing it was unlikely to survive, it finally sent one last message to its fighters: Escape. Save as many as you can...

After the message spread through the Mo'er Race ranks, a golden sword pierced the beetle's head. The wound healed immediately, but the momentary loss of focus left its defenses even more disorganized.

After hearing an especially shrill insect cry, Bai Muye saw some nearby beetles suddenly attack like mad, while others turned around and fled without a second thought.

"They're trying to escape! The Army Lord orders us to wipe out the enemy! Kill!"

A shout rang out from the World Lord battle. From the voice, it was Zhu Ang.

Many Universe Rank fighters were swept up by the shout and immediately charged after the fleeing enemy. But several of them were killed by the beetles' desperate counterattacks.

Bai Muye didn't recklessly pursue them. He could keenly sense that the Mo'er Race's retreat was organized. Some beetles were staying behind to cover the others. Although they were the weakest, their desperate counterattacks could still catch people off guard and get them killed.

He made as if to pursue, then stopped. When he turned around, his pupils contracted...