Rescue

Zhan Qiu faced a Domain Lord Rank 8 Mo'er Race beetle. The battle had been evenly matched from the start, but after the Mo'er Race Immortal let out a miserable shriek, the Domain Lord Rank beetle opposite him was clearly terrified, its momentum immediately suppressed by Zhan Qiu.

As the battle situation for the Mo'er Race grew increasingly unfavorable, Zhan Qiu's opponent began to harbor thoughts of "slipping away." However, it was tightly entangled by Zhan Qiu's long spear. Distracted by its wavering resolve, it was pierced in the body by the spear, and the force carried by the weapon nearly damaged the Singularity within it.

It was also an experienced Domain Lord Rank beetle, knowing that if it didn't force its opponent back, it would certainly be unable to escape with ease.

After exchanging a dozen moves, the Mo'er Race Immortal's insect cry echoed across the field. Knowing it would be too late if it didn't escape now, it prepared to fight for its life just as another Domain Lord Rank 9 from the front happened to be fleeing in this direction.

At its insect cry, that Domain Lord Rank 9 paused, extended a carapace limb from Zhan Qiu's side-rear, and thrust it toward his back.

Facing attacks from both a Domain Lord Rank 8 and Rank 9 simultaneously, Zhan Qiu instantly fell into a perilous situation.

At this moment, Bai Muye happened to look over. In his great anxiety, he hurled the long staff in his hand toward the beetle at Zhan Qiu's side-rear with the force of ten thousand jun, and the Fusion Domain at his side instantly contracted, transforming into a Domain Whip that followed closely behind the staff.

"Fight to the death!"

Upon sensing the lethal attack from his side-rear, Zhan Qiu had few choices left. He could only launch a frenzied attack forward, hoping to drive back the enemy in front and create space for himself to maneuver.

But his opponent was also an experienced veteran, knowing that retreating now would mean all previous efforts were wasted and that it might never escape alive; naturally, it gritted its teeth and held its ground.

Bang! Swish!

Two sounds reached Zhan Qiu's ears.

He didn't need to turn his head to check; his domain had long since sensed a long staff hurtling through the air toward his side-rear with earth-shattering momentum.

The Domain Whip that followed closely behind carried a power that even surprised Zhan Qiu.

The Domain Lord Rank 9 beetle had originally intended to ignore the long staff thrown by this Universe Rank, but the momentum of its flight made it frown—

If it ignored it, while it might not necessarily be injured, it would certainly be obstructed for a split second, and that split second could lead to it being caught by the human Domain Lord pursuing it from behind.

But if it parried, it would likely lose the chance to kill the Domain Lord Rank in front of it.

It didn't hesitate for long; the direction of the left carapace limb on its two forelimbs shifted slightly, parrying the incoming long staff. With a bang, the long staff tumbled away.

Its right carapace limb still thrust toward Zhan Qiu, but the immense force transmitted from its left carapace limb slowed its movement by a beat, and the Domain Whip that followed the staff instantly lashed onto its right carapace limb.

With a swish, the Domain Whip dissipated, but its carapace limb was also whipped to a halt, and the tremendous force carried by the whip even caused its body to stall for a moment!

In a fit of rage, its two compound eyes glowed red, and it wanted to pounce toward Bai Muye, but the Domain Lord who had been chasing it arrived just in time.

The Domain Lord slashed down with a blade, forcing it to turn and parry.

Bai Muye couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In that instant just now, he felt as if he had been targeted by the Grim Reaper—with his Thunder Staff not in his hand, if he, unarmed, had been approached by this Domain Lord Rank 9 beetle, he feared he would have been torn apart in an instant.

"Yow!"

A miserable shriek came from opposite Zhan Qiu. The Domain Lord Rank 8 beetle had been pierced in the chest by Zhan Qiu's spear at the cost of having one of his arms torn off by its carapace limb. As the force erupted, the Singularity inside the beetle was shattered!

Turning his head to give him a grateful look, Zhan Qiu ignored his injuries and turned back, spear in hand, to kill the beetle that had ambushed him; clearly, the life-and-death crisis just now had left him with lingering fury.

Bai Muye moved his left hand, and a much thinner Domain Whip than before emerged. With a flick, it coiled around the long staff that had been knocked away, pulling it back in one go.

With figures pursuing forward all around him, he couldn't stay put. Seeing that Zhan Qiu and another Domain Lord had already beaten the ambushing beetle until it shrieked repeatedly, he turned and followed his comrades to pursue the enemy.

After the Mo'er Race Immortal had its divine body ground away by Dongluo's sword, the World Lord Rank battlefield also reached its conclusion. Dozens of human World Lords surrounded the remaining dozen or so World Lord Rank beetles, quickly annihilating them all.

"Stop the pursuit, assemble!"

After the last World Lord Rank beetle was smashed to pieces by Zhu Ang, a cold, clear voice echoed across the entire battlefield.

A disc-shaped spaceship appeared in the air. Dongluo entered the ship at a speed invisible to the naked eye, leaving behind a single sentence:

"One minute to collect the spoils."

As part of the Bug Alliance, the Mo'er Race was not a powerful race itself; the highest combat strength in the clan was only a High Venerable. Therefore, most of these warriors were quite destitute, and many didn't even have storage space.

Bai Muye searched several corpses but didn't find anything of value, and there wasn't a single storage space among them.

"The most valuable things about the Mo'er Race are their pair of forelimb carapace limbs," Zhan Qiu flew over, the injury on his left arm already slowly recovering, "they can be used to craft Force Weapons..."

"But it takes a massive quantity to exchange for 1 military merit. You can collect a few, even if just as a souvenir..."

"Captain, how are your injuries?" Bai Muye looked up; Zhan Qiu's face was somewhat pale.

"Don't worry, this little injury will recover before long." Zhan Qiu threw over a storage ring with his only remaining hand, "If you hadn't intervened, I would have been severely injured this time, perhaps even lost my life. This is the Space Ring of that Domain Lord Rank beetle; consider it a small token of my gratitude."

"Then I won't stand on ceremony. Thank you, Captain." Bai Muye caught the ring in his hand.

"It is I who should be thanking you." Zhan Qiu saw him accept the ring, a smile appearing on his face, "Let's go, let's return to the ship. These Universe Ranks don't have anything good on them..."

The two flew side by side toward the spaceship.

One minute later, the spaceship gave a slight jolt and flew toward the depths of the Black Meteor Mountain Range.

Back in the original cabin, the ten Universe Ranks of Zhan Qiu's squad were all gathered together. Because their squad hadn't been far apart from the beginning, thanks to Bai Muye's help, although some were injured, they had all survived.

"Captain, you're injured?" Feng Yi saw Zhan Qiu's injury and asked with concern.

"It's nothing, it will recover soon." Zhan Qiu looked at them all being present and was very happy, "Very good, our squad survived this time..."

"We have to thank Brother Muye for blocking several fatal crises for me..." Feng Yi looked at Bai Muye and nodded gratefully.

"I also want to thank Brother Muye..."

"Me too..."

The other teammates expressed their gratitude one after another. Although they had practiced in the Virtual Universe, they were somewhat unaccustomed to participating in such real combat for the first time, and everyone had received help from Bai Muye to varying degrees.

"Since we're in the same squad, just like the captain said, from now on we're brothers eating from the same pot..."

Bai Muye smiled and offered a humble remark.

"Don't even talk about yourselves; if it weren't for him this time, you might not have even seen me again..." Zhan Qiu said generously, "I was ambushed by a Domain Lord ninth-rank beetle this time and nearly lost my life..."

The team members were shocked and hurriedly asked for details.

"Captain, are we heading back to the barracks base?" After Zhan Qiu finished explaining, Feng Yi asked.

"How could that be?" Zhan Qiu rolled his eyes, "We're a long way from the base, and besides, we came all this way out—how could we only fight one battle?"

"Then where are we going?"

"I only just found out myself that we're currently in the Black Meteor Mountain Range," Zhan Qiu chuckled, "Our legion has a secret base here in the Black Meteor Mountain Range. After a battle, we return to base to rest for ten days or half a month; the exact duration depends on the casualties..."

"Alright, hurry up and get some rest. If you don't want to rest, then go over the battle we just had..."

Zhan Qiu was injured after all, and having fought a bloody battle earlier, he couldn't help but feel a bit exhausted now.

Once everyone quieted down, Bai Muye sank his consciousness into his sea of consciousness.

"Are you stuffed?"

Xiao Si, inside the sea of consciousness, was visibly a circle "fatter" than before.

"Hehe, Old Bai, I had a massive feast this time!" Xiao Si's laughter was full of comfort and satisfaction.

"Look at this, what is it?" Xiao Si boasted, and immediately, roots began to emerge from the tip of its pitch-black Seed.

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