Meeting the Monster Race Again

"How is it that your cultivation speed is so fast? We've only been on Chaotic Star Isle for fifteen years, and you've already advanced two stages; you're at Domain Lord level five now, almost catching up to me..."

Inside the rectangular spaceship cabin, Zhan Qiu looked at Bai Muye, sounding somewhat amazed.

"Isn't that normal? Before we set off over a decade ago, I used my Military Merit to exchange for precious treasures that assist in cultivation, so of course it's faster... You are at Domain Lord level six; the energy required for you to reach level seven is more than what I needed to go from level one to five..."

Bai Muye said indifferently.

"It's a pity our luck on Chaotic Star Isle hasn't been very good these years," Zhan Qiu looked at the only two Universe Rank members left in their squad, sighed softly, and transmitted his voice, "Every alien race we encounter has considerable strength, and we haven't even gained as much Military Merit as we did in the Black Meteor Mountain Range over twenty years ago..."

Bai Muye remained silent.

Fifteen years had passed since he obtained the Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal. He had been controlling his cultivation speed; he stepped into Domain Lord level four ten years ago, and now he was only at the peak of level five.

The alien races encountered over these years were indeed quite tricky. Having learned from the previous ambush by a Monster Race World Lord, he had consistently reined in his performance in subsequent battles, no longer being as sharp and exposed as he was at the beginning.

Although the squad had achieved brilliant results under his care, they had still suffered casualties among the Universe Rank members, with only Feng Yi and one other remaining.

The deaths of those Universe Rank members had little to do with Bai Muye; they were all counter-killed during the pursuit after winning a battle, which left him feeling helpless.

Fortunately, Feng Yi and the other Universe Rank member learned their lesson later on and stopped being so reckless in subsequent battles, finally managing to survive until now.

Over these dozen years, his greatest progress had been in the laws; the eight lower laws had advanced in parallel, each taking a significant step forward.

The one he had the deepest insight into was, of course, the Lightning Law. With the Introduction to Lightning as a guide and his greatly increased comprehension, his progress, while slow, had not yet encountered any bottlenecks.

A few years ago, when many in the squad were heavily injured and they had a long period for recuperation, he finally found the time to integrate the cultivation insights of those two Guyou Race World Lords. Not only did he gain deep insights into the light and wood laws, but he also gained a rudimentary understanding of time and space.

This had pushed his strength a step further. In a later battle, he was chasing an alien Domain Lord who fled toward their own World Lord, and that alien World Lord turned around to hunt him instead.

That alien World Lord had only just broken through and was at World Lord level three. Having just come into contact with the laws of time and space, he wanted to test his own strength.

He exchanged a few blows head-on with that alien World Lord, and neither gained the upper hand. Later, a human World Lord arrived, causing the alien World Lord to flee in a sorry state.

From then on, he was regarded as the strongest Domain Lord within the Dongluo Legion.

"We've been on Chaotic Star Isle for over a decade now; we estimate we'll be heading back to the barracks base in another ten years or so."

Zhan Qiu stopped talking about these heavy topics and turned to other matters.

"We'll probably rest for a dozen years after going back. After all, in a place like Chaotic Star Isle, you have to keep your nerves taut every day. Once we return, we can properly..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a cold voice suddenly resounded throughout the ship:

"Everyone, exit the ship! Prepare for battle!"

"Let's go!" Bai Muye and Zhan Qiu exchanged a glance and immediately took the two Universe Rank members to leave the ship quickly.

Standing in the starry sky, the enemy was not yet visible in the surroundings.

Dongluo's voice came through again, with a rare, grave tone: "The enemy is 8 million kilometers away, approaching us at high speed. We have detected the life fluctuations of two Immortal Gods. The opponents are two ships; it is highly likely that two teams are acting in coordination, and their numbers will be nearly double ours..."

Bai Muye's heart sank. Although the Dongluo Legion and the Gong Nuoxiao Legion were both battle-hardened elites, the combined strength of the two legions was currently not even at full capacity.

Facing an enemy twice their size with such numbers put immense pressure on them. Even if they could defeat the enemy, their side would likely lose quite a few elites.

But this was the Outer Battlefield, a place as cruel as a meat grinder.

Three million kilometers away, two massive hexagonal ships stopped, and then dense swarms of—bees—flew out from them!

Each bee was seven or eight meters long, with some even reaching over ten meters.

"Confirmed that the alien race belongs to the 'Six-Winged Bee' clan of the Monster Race," Dongluo reported the origin of the aliens. "Gong Nuoxiao and I will handle the two Immortal-level Six-Winged Bees. The remaining 173 are World Lord level, including 139 at the peak of World Lord level, 1,878 at Domain Lord level, and 18,323 at Universe Rank."

"The Six-Winged Bee's speed ranks among the top of ordinary Monster Races, and they are extremely agile," Gong Nuoxiao's voice came through. "Their carapaces are incredibly hard, and their three pairs of bee legs are extremely sharp, but their strongest feature is their mouthparts. Ordinary armor of the same level cannot block the pecking of a Six-Winged Bee's mouthparts. Everyone, be extremely careful..."

Zhu Ang frowned as he looked at the dense swarm of Six-Winged Bees millions of kilometers away and couldn't help but transmit his voice to Dongluo: "My Lord, the number of Six-Winged Bees is too large; our chances of winning are not high..."

He wasn't too worried about himself; with his strength, he was confident he could escape even if surrounded. He was worried that the soldiers in the legion would suffer heavy losses fighting against superior numbers.

"I know," Dongluo transmitted back, his voice sounding somewhat helpless. "Gong Nuoxiao tried to evade earlier, but couldn't... The opponent's ships are the 'Honeycomb' ships unique to the Six-Winged Bee clan. They are extremely fast and came head-on, blocking all our angles of evasion. The opponent has locked onto our ships; this battle is unavoidable..."

"Understood."

Zhu Ang stared at the rapidly approaching Six-Winged Bees, his cold voice spreading throughout the legion: "Since this group of monsters insists on fighting, then let them know that our Dongluo Legion is not to be trifled with! Brothers, the time to earn Military Merit has arrived!"

Over there, the World Lords under Gong Nuoxiao were also mobilizing the soldiers in their legion, and the morale of the two legions instantly rose.

"Keep your squads in close contact; don't get too scattered..." Zhu Ang and other World Lords transmitted to their respective Domain Lords.

Bai Muye, having received the transmission, glanced at the Six-Winged Bees, whose two pairs of compound eyes were as large as millstones and whose mouthparts were sharp and narrow, and nodded with a grave expression.

Startling combat fluctuations came from the distance; clearly, the Immortals from both sides had already begun to clash.

The World Lords left the main force, moving a step ahead to intercept the World Lords of the Six-Winged Bee clan.

With fewer than a hundred World Lords facing nearly two hundred of the enemy, every human World Lord had to fight almost two opponents at once. The pressure was immense, but they still tried their best to intercept all the Six-Winged Bee World Lords.

Otherwise, if the enemy's few World Lords broke into the battlefield of the Domain Lords and Universe Ranks, the combat losses would expand rapidly.

"Kill!"

Over ten thousand Domain Lords and Universe Ranks of the Six-Winged Bee clan surged over like a tide. The Telepathic Weapons users in the human legion with long-range attack capabilities immediately began to manipulate their Telepathic Weapons to attack.

As an ordinary Monster Race, the Six-Winged Bees possessed the characteristic of a strong physical body, but they also suffered from the common flaw of most Monster Races—a scarcity of Telepathic Weapons users.

In front of Bai Muye floated 360 silver-white triangular spikes, each about a foot long. This was a level five Telepathic Weapon he had specifically purchased before setting off—the Thunder God Cone.

Under the control of his domain, these spikes aggregated into three-meter-long triangular cones, 36 at a time. Connected by threads of law, each triangular cone shimmered with traces of lightning.

Although he was not a spirit reader and could not unleash the strongest form of the Thunder God Cone, with the augmentation of his domain and laws, he could still exert power no less than that of an ordinary Domain Lord Rank 9 spirit reader.

As his domain expanded, the ten triangular cones erupted with transcendent speed, charging toward the oncoming swarm of Six-Winged Bee. Each triangular cone was like a sword of the thunder god, flickering with electric light and possessing incomparable sharpness.

The few Domain Lord Rank members of the Six-Winged Bee race at the very front, suppressed by the Mixed Domain of Bai Muye, had almost no power to fight back against the assault of the ten triangular cones; their defenses were shattered, the cones pierced into their bodies, and subsequently, their Singularity shattered.

After tearing through the bodies of the Domain Lord Rank Six-Winged Bee, the triangular cones continued to slaughter the Universe Rank members behind them, instantly killing a large swath.

The Domain Lords within the Six-Winged Bee swarm immediately locked their eyes onto Bai Muye.

"Eliminate the human spirit reader first..."