Countless wisps of interstellar dust filled the starry sky, while some celestial bodies hung motionless in the void. A spacecraft flew silently at sublight speed.
The spacecraft slowly came to a stop above a fragment of a celestial body millions of kilometers in diameter.
"We've now ventured deep into Chaotic Star Isle. An enemy is approaching from ten million kilometers ahead. Everyone, leave the ship."
Two voices sounded at once, one deep and rough, the other cool and clear.
The World Lords led their warriors out of the spacecraft through the passageways.
"The Detector shows that we spotted this Alien Race unit at the same time, 80 million kilometers apart. After discovering us, they kept approaching. They're now 9.2 million kilometers away!"
Dongluo's voice rang in everyone's ears.
"This Alien Race belongs to the Machine Race faction. They're called the Guyou Race, a kind of Metal Lifeform. But the records show that the Guyou Race isn't a vassal race of the Machine Race. They merely entered the Outer Battlefield through the Machine Race's passage and belong to its faction..."
Gong Nuoxiao's slightly hoarse, gruff voice continued, speaking quickly. "Although the Guyou Race is a Metal Lifeform, unlike the Machine Race, they have souls. Most importantly—"
He emphasized his words. "Our Detector shows only one Immortal God among them. Since they spotted us tens of millions of kilometers away and dared to approach, they must have realized we have two Immortals. We have two, they have one, yet they still dare to fight. Do you know what that means?"
"It means they either have the confidence to withstand an attack from two Immortals," Dongluo quickly added, "or they have more than one fighter with Immortal Level strength!"
"So there may be a World Lord with Immortal-level strength among the Guyou Race!" Gong Nuoxiao stressed. "This is a great chance to earn Military Merit. The stronger the World Lord, the more Military Merit we'll get for killing them. But the risks are just as great! Understood?"
"Understood!"
The warriors from both units answered in unison.
"Everyone, be careful." After the two Immortals finished speaking, Zhu Ang sent his voice to the Dongluo Legion's warriors with a tremor of Origin Force. "I've encountered the Guyou Race before. Their Metal Lifeform bodies are incredibly tough, and their strength is monstrous. They're generally a cut above us humans in physical strength, but they're less agile. Their understanding of laws and their domains generally fall short of ours..."
With Domain Lord-level eyesight, one could see extremely far through unobstructed space. Bai Muye could already make out a vast multitude of Alien Races speeding toward them from straight ahead.
As they drew closer, he could see that all the Alien Races wore armor of different colors. They were nearly three meters tall; a small number had humanoid forms, most had various beastlike forms, and a few were bizarrely shaped.
Bai Muye spotted one that was a perfect cube, its body like a third-order Rubik's Cube. The 27 squares covering it kept turning as it moved.
Dongluo and Gong Nuoxiao flashed away from the main group and spread out their life-force auras. They were clearly going straight for the enemy Immortal.
"They have only one Immortal. Judging by the fluctuations, he's definitely no Marquis. How dare he face the two of us?" Gong Nuoxiao sent a voice transmission. "There's something fishy about this!"
He had served as an Army Lord for longer than Dongluo, so he naturally had more experience.
"Agreed. We can't let our guard down!" Dongluo replied gravely. "I checked the Military System. Our nearest allies are at least several billion kilometers away. If we need to call for backup, it probably won't arrive in time..."
"Looks like my guess was right..." Gong Nuoxiao watched three figures fly out from the Guyou Race unit. One was an Immortal, while the other two were clearly Peak World Lords by their auras. "They really do have more than one fighter with Immortal-level strength..."
He gave a cold laugh. "I just wonder how strong those two World Lords are..."
He turned to Dongluo. "You or me?"
"You." Dongluo knew what he meant. "I'll deal with the Immortal. You take the two World Lords."
"All right."
Gong Nuoxiao smiled and nodded, Dongluo's bold, spirited figure reflected in his eyes.
Soon, the Immortal-level fighters on both sides clashed, unleashing shock waves of terrifying power.
There were nearly a hundred World Lords on each side. When they were about a hundred thousand kilometers apart, the World Lords on both sides burst into speed in unspoken accord and met head-on. In an instant, flashes of light in every color streaked through the silent starry sky, illuminating it in a dazzling display.
Bai Muye brought out the God Slayer Spear. Zhan Qiu's eyes lit up beside him. "New weapon?"
"Yeah." Bai Muye held the spear in one hand as they advanced side by side. "The old one didn't suit me very well, so I switched to one that fits better."
"Fair enough. With all that Military Merit you've earned, it'd be a waste not to spend it..." Zhan Qiu laughed heartily.
The distance between the two sides steadily closed.
"Kill!"
Bai Muye's domain spread out in a fan, immediately suppressing more than a dozen crab-like members of the Guyou Race charging toward them.
The metal crab at the front swung its two pincers, trying to tear apart the domain wrapped around it.
It was a Domain Lord Ninth Stage, yet it was horrified to find its Ninefold Domain steadily overwhelmed by Bai Muye's. The dozen or so Universe Rank metal crabs behind it fared even worse, already feeling as if they were trapped in quicksilver.
The void, where they had once been able to move freely, seemed to have filled with an invisible, viscous fluid, making every movement a struggle.
A glimmer lit the Silver Spear in Bai Muye's hand. He flicked it, and the weapon shot toward the Domain Lord Ninth Stage metal crab like a bolt of lightning.
Clang!
The metal crab twisted its body and blocked with each pincer in turn. Then it took the blow on the hardest part of its back, a rounded shell. Even with its Domain Lord Ninth Stage strength, the impact sent it tumbling downward.
Bai Muye's left hand gripped the butt of the spear. Holding it with both hands, he brought it down like a staff. Silver-white arcs of electricity coursed along the shaft and slammed into the pincer blocking it, twisting the appendage out of shape.
The metal crab let out a shriek. The other three pairs of legs on either side of its body suddenly lengthened, their slender, razor-sharp tips gleaming with metallic edges as they stabbed toward Bai Muye.
The spear quivered, and cold glints burst from its tip. It struck the six armored legs with pinpoint accuracy, ringing out in a rapid series of clinks.
Though Bai Muye was only a Domain Lord Third Stage, his tenfold genetic strength multiplier, hundredfold perfect Force Amplitude, and mastery of the Lightning Law woven into his spearwork gave him even greater strength than his Domain Lord Ninth Stage opponent.
The three pairs of armored legs were knocked aside, leaving the metal crab wide open. Bai Muye thrust his spear, its silver-white shaft shimmering with streaks of light, and the entire weapon became a bolt of lightning that plunged straight into the crab's chest and abdomen.
Countless arcs of lightning burst from the spearhead buried in its body and raced along its metallic frame, easily piercing its Singularity.
Under the suppression of Bai Muye's domain, the remaining metal crabs had nearly all been killed by Zhan Qiu and the four Universe Rank fighters.
"Now that was satisfying!" Zhan Qiu laughed. "Muye, let's keep going!"
He already had an overwhelming advantage against Universe Rank opponents. With Bai Muye's domain suppressing the Guyou Race's Universe Rank fighters, cutting them down was as easy as chopping vegetables.
Each of the four Universe Rank fighters in the group had killed one crab. Zhan Qiu had killed all the others.
The Military Merit for killing Universe Rank fighters was low, but it was safer. With his Domain Lord Sixth Stage strength, he couldn't guarantee he'd overpower a Domain Lord Ninth Stage Alien Race stronger than himself every time. A difficult opponent might force him to rely on other Domain Lords for help, and if they couldn't reach him in time, he'd be in danger.
That was why he was so glad he'd chosen Bai Muye for his team.
"Follow me!"
Bai Muye stored the metal crab's corpse in his storage space, then led them toward more Alien Races.
With Bai Muye's overwhelming strength suppressing the Domain Lord Rank battlefield, humanity gradually gained the upper hand. The Guyou Race's Domain Lords and Universe Rank fighters were forced to scatter, and the humans had to split up to pursue them.
Humanity also began to gain the advantage on the World Lord battlefield. After all, the two units had joined forces, and the elite World Lords in both had survived the brutal Outer Battlefield.
During the pursuit, Bai Muye gradually became separated from Zhan Qiu and the others. Just as he killed another Guyou Race Domain Lord, a thunderous crash came from the nearby Immortal-level battlefield. Gong Nuoxiao had killed a Guyou Race World Lord, shattering his Internal World. The items stored inside burst out and scattered through the air.
A streak of Flowing Light happened to shoot toward Bai Muye. He caught it with one hand!
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