He glanced down. In his palm lay a multifaceted crystal, and the moment his gaze touched it, Bai Muye felt as if thunder and lightning were rumbling in his mind. His heart stirred. He casually stowed it in his storage space, then continued toward the Guyou Race Domain Lord.
Tens of thousands of kilometers away, only four of the five figures locked in battle remained.
The two Guyou Race World Lords had teamed up against Gong Nuoxiao. Though both had the combat strength of Ordinary Immortals, Gong Nuoxiao was far stronger than an Ordinary Immortal. By picking them off one at a time, he had killed one World Lord before long. The other, left to fight alone, was already struggling to hold on.
The Guyou Race Immortal glared furiously, attacking Dongluo like a madman in hopes of forcing the human woman blocking its path to retreat. But she had trapped it in her Sword Domain.
The Guyou Race wasn't a powerful race. It had no Universe Master, and its strongest warrior was a Universe Overlord. It was much like Xiluo Duo's Golden Horn Race, but after losing Xiluo Duo, the Golden Horn Race had lost its top fighter and could only become an appendage of the Human Clan, serving as its vanguard.
The Guyou Race's Universe Overlord was still alive, and its territory was rather remote, so it could maintain a degree of independence.
The two World Lords in this group were descendants of a Venerable from their race. They had shown exceptional talent from a young age, and under the Venerable's personal guidance, had gained the combat strength of Ordinary Immortals while still World Lords. So the Venerable had sent them to the Outer Battlefield with an Immortal who had roamed it for many years, to temper them.
Before they left, the Venerable had sternly warned the two World Lords that they had to obey the Immortal's orders.
When they first entered the Outer Battlefield, they relied on a Detector of decent quality provided by the Venerable. In ordinary battle zones, they could pick their fights and leave whenever they wanted, without encountering much danger.
But the saying went that a general in the field need not obey every order from home. These two World Lords were used to having their own way. At first, they were fairly obedient, but once they got past the initial unfamiliarity, they decided the Outer Battlefield was nothing special. Gradually, they began acting as if they were in charge.
That was exactly what had happened this time. They had spotted Dongluo and Gong Nuoxiao from eighty million kilometers away. In the Guyou Race Immortal's opinion, they were no match for a group of two Immortals; one wrong move could lead to devastating losses.
But the two World Lords had completely disagreed. They figured that if two Immortals had teamed up, it proved both of them were weak and needed to band together for warmth. So they had insisted on attacking.
The Guyou Race Immortal couldn't talk them out of it, and had no choice but to steer the ship toward the humans. At first, when the human side showed no reaction, it assumed their Detectors were inferior. That had put the Guyou Race Immortal at ease.
But once the battle began, not only did their Domain Lord and Universe Rank fighters lose ground at every turn, but the World Lord battlefield also went against them. Worst of all, it was slightly weaker than the female Immortal on the opposing side.
It had pinned its hopes on the two World Lords quickly killing the male Immortal and coming to help. Instead, it received a thunderbolt from a clear sky!
The remaining Guyou Race World Lord was now filled with regret. Its earlier confidence had vanished, and it poured all its strength into the fight, but Gong Nuoxiao's attacks kept it on the back foot. Before long, it was trapped in a desperate situation.
Seeing that Gong Nuoxiao had already killed one World Lord while she could only keep her opponent in check, Dongluo's blue-green eyes flashed with determination. Her Sword Domain Storm abruptly contracted, and forty-nine Flying Swords surrounded the Guyou Race Immortal, forcing it to scramble for its life and leaving it no chance to be distracted.
But when the other World Lord's dying scream rang out, the Guyou Race Immortal couldn't help but lose focus. That moment of distraction sealed its fate, and it followed the two World Lords to their deaths.
With the Immortal battlefield decided, the Guyou Race began to lose across the board, starting with the World Lord battlefield, followed by the Domain Lord and Universe Rank battlefields. They began to flee.
After pursuing them for a while, Dongluo and Gong Nuoxiao each ordered their troops to stop. Then they boarded their ship and quickly departed.
Bai Muye returned to the cabin with his team. He had been worried that Gong Nuoxiao might demand the crystal back, but Gong Nuoxiao and Dongluo returned to the ship together without even sparing him a glance.
That made sense. Even the smallest Internal World belonging to a World Lord was tens of thousands of kilometers in diameter, and held countless items. When an Internal World was shattered, its contents flew in every direction. In the heat of battle, even an Immortal like Gong Nuoxiao couldn't remember every item at a glance, let alone keep track of where every object scattered through the air had gone.
Bai Muye had happened to kill a Guyou Race Domain Lord at the time, with no teammates nearby. He had no intention of handing over the crystal voluntarily.
"What's given by heaven should be taken, or you'll suffer for refusing it..."
The crystal had flown right to him, after all, so he accepted it without a qualm.
The battle had been brief, but they had gained a lot. Dongluo had killed an Alien Race Immortal whose strength was still some way below Military Lord High-Level, but the kill had earned her a full hundred million Military Merit. Even her usually stern face showed a rare smile.
The World Lord, Domain Lord, and Universe Rank battlefields had all ended in decisive victories. They had killed many enemies while suffering few losses, so they didn't look for a temporary camp to rest and recover. Instead, they continued searching for targets.
Unlike the Black Meteor Mountain Range, with its layer upon layer of peaks, Chaotic Star Isle consisted of countless fragments of celestial bodies scattered through outer space. But the range of a Detector wasn't very large, usually around a hundred million kilometers.
There were many elite World Lord teams on Chaotic Star Isle, and occasionally a small squad led by a Marquis Immortal could be found as well.
The ship traveled at sub-light speed, but sometimes it would suddenly change course. That usually meant either pursuing an enemy or avoiding a group with a large number of Immortal Gods.
More than ten days later, the ship ran into an Alien Race team on a small celestial fragment. This time, the team belonged to the Monster Race itself and had two Immortals leading it.
Their Detectors were about the same level as Dongluo and Gong Nuoxiao's. They had been resting on the opposite side of the celestial fragment, and neither side detected the other until they came within ten million kilometers. Then battle broke out without warning.
The two Monster Race Immortals were powerful, about evenly matched with the two human Immortals.
The World Lords were also evenly matched. Though the human side had a World Lord General like Zhu Ang, the enemy had a World Lord of comparable strength. The two sides fought to a standstill.
On the Domain Lord and Universe Rank battlefields, Bai Muye had the lowest cultivation among almost all the Domain Lords on either side, but his strength stood in a class of its own. After he killed three Monster Race Domain Lords and his team wiped out all three enemy squads,
his performance immediately drew the attention of the Monster Race World Lords. As humanity's old enemy, the Monster Race knew all too well that if a Domain Lord like him were allowed to grow, he would become at least as formidable as a World Lord General.
Several Monster Race World Lords immediately exchanged thoughts telepathically. Then, while one of them held a human World Lord in check, they sent the freed-up Monster Race World Lord Fifth Order to assassinate Bai Muye.
"Look out! A Monster Race World Lord's coming to kill you—that pig with two horns on its head!"
Xiao Si suddenly spoke from the Singularity.
Bai Muye's heart tightened. He turned to look, and sure enough, a pig-like beast with two sharp horns on its forehead was rapidly approaching.
"Lord Zhu Ang, a Monster Race World Lord is coming to kill me!"
Bai Muye's thoughts raced. He immediately left his team and sent Zhu Ang a telepathic message.
Instead of retreating, he veered away from the Pig Monster and headed toward the World Lord battlefield.
The two battlefields were nearly ten thousand kilometers apart. The moment the Pig Monster left its own ranks, it was spotted. Seeing Bai Muye change course, it immediately turned and pursued him.
Zhu Ang received his message and spread out his World Force, instantly grasping the situation on the battlefield. Even if he abandoned his opponent and rushed over, he wouldn't make it in time.
He reached out and drew the Wind Chaser Halberd Bai Muye had returned to him. With a flick of his wrist, he hurled it at the Pig Monster and bellowed:
"You pig! Dare to kill a Domain Lord on our side, and I'll kill you!"
The Wind Chaser Halberd turned into a streak of Flowing Light and shot toward the Pig Monster, moving so fast it seemed to Teleport. The Pig Monster had no choice but to twist aside and dodge.
Hearing Zhu Ang's threat, a trace of apprehension flashed in its eyes. But it wasn't willing to slink back empty-handed. It swung its head around to face Bai Muye. The two sharp horns on its forehead lit up, and a beam of fiery red light shot out.
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