Wu Ting and the White Sand City Lord entered the main hall to pay their respects to the Bloodblade God Emperor, while Wu Yun waited in a side hall. He had wanted to look around and see Dongbo Xueying.
But there were too many powerful figures here. Wu Yun couldn't just wander off.
Meanwhile, his main body had spent several days wandering around the Purple Star Domain. He hadn't encountered a single King, or even a Peak Marquis.
Wu Yun was now at the fifth level of Heart Power. Combined with the power of a True God, he could freely detect everything within a radius of a hundred billion miles. Even after searching continuously at near-light speed for days, he still hadn't encountered any powerful figures.
He had even visited the territories of several Kings, but they were all deserted, as though every King-level Immortal in the Purple Star Domain had left.
It was highly unusual.
"Beep! Beep!"
An ear-piercing alarm sounded in the Military System. A large army was calling for help, but Wu Yun didn't pay it any mind. Messages like that came in almost every day.
"Master." The Intelligent Life suddenly spoke. "You should go. The one besieging that large army is Dragon Martial Marquis of the Machine Race faction, a Peak Marquis Immortal."
"Peak Marquis?" Wu Yun was taken aback.
"Although he's only a Peak Marquis, I found out while researching these past few days that his brother from the same race is a King-level Immortal." The Intelligent Life sounded pleased with itself. "When I'm bored, I look through all kinds of messages. I've found out a lot through the Military System."
Intelligent Life was absolutely loyal, so Wu Yun often had it record all kinds of information for him.
"His brother is a King? Then I really should go." Wu Yun grinned and began traveling through the void.
The battle wasn't taking place on the Main Continent, but on a large fragment 1.2 light-years from Wu Yun. At his speed, it would take him just over half an hour to get there.
That was already many times faster than flying directly.
At the edge of the Purple Star Domain.
"Dragon Martial Marquis, you're a Peak Marquis. You should be on the Main Continent, not slaughtering people across these fragments. Once the Hong Alliance's experts arrive, you're dead!" Heavenly Righteous Marquis glared furiously. He was fighting two Peak Marquises alone.
His army, meanwhile, had joined forces to fend off an Initial Marquis.
"Hong Alliance experts? Hahahaha!" Dragon Martial Marquis had the appearance of a lizardman. At those words, his face twisted with laughter. "There are only a handful of Kings in the entire Purple Star Domain who can use Teleportation. Where's this Hong Alliance expert who's supposed to save you?"
There were human Peak Kings in the Purple Star Domain, but they cultivated the Time Law.
Dragon Martial Marquis had been entrenched here for years, and his biological brother, the Seven Seas King, was renowned throughout the Third Battlefield. He knew the Purple Star Domain extremely well.
Even if someone flew here from the edge of the Main Continent, it would take long enough for Dragon Martial Marquis and the others to slaughter the army.
Accumulating military merit didn't require killing a Marquis. Immortals with an Undying Body were incredibly difficult to kill; slaughtering a large army also earned military merit.
Slash! Slash!
As Dragon Martial Marquis's sharp claws tore through the void, Heavenly Righteous Marquis was driven back again and again. But he had to hold his ground. If one more Marquis joined the fight, the army would surely be routed.
"Hold on. I have to hold on!" That was the only thought in Heavenly Righteous Marquis's mind. His army had a total of twenty-seven thousand warriors. They had shared both glory and hardship for countless years, and their bonds ran deep.
The army and the Immortals were mutually dependent, each making the other stronger.
"Stop playing around, Long Wu. Keep him occupied while I kill all those World Lords and Domain Lords." The Marquis who spoke belonged to the same race as Dragon Martial Marquis.
The fierce battle shook the entire land fragment.
Though it was called a fragment, it had a diameter of 370 billion kilometers and a mass many times greater than that of a star. After fighting for half a day, the two sides had only managed to smash a few craters into its surface.
"No problem."
Dragon Martial Marquis grinned. "Heavenly Righteous Marquis, go rebuild your army. I'll come for you again next time."
A Peak Marquis couldn't kill another Peak Marquis.
Whoosh!
A streak of light crossed the edge of the starry sky, and Wu Yun suddenly appeared in everyone's sight.
Countless motes of energy and dust clung to his body, enveloping him in a white mist.
"What's that?!"
"He looks like a human expert."
Dragon Martial Marquis's expression darkened. A Marquis's eyesight was naturally unaffected by the mist and energy. He could see the figure of a human expert, and it looked like the other man could use Teleportation.
Teleportation meant he was a King.
"Help has arrived." Heavenly Righteous Marquis breathed a sigh of relief. He himself wasn't in any mortal danger, but watching his army get slaughtered would have haunted him.
Whoosh!
But Wu Yun didn't continue teleporting. He flew toward them at near-light speed.
"He's just a Marquis. What can he change?" Dragon Martial Marquis relaxed, but his gaze grew more wary. Wu Yun's aura was powerful.
He was stronger than an ordinary Peak Marquis, but still seemed somewhat short of an Initial King.
If one had to describe him, he was the sort of expert who could barely be considered a King.
The next instant, Wu Yun sprang into action. He moved with terrifying speed, as though time itself were flowing backward. In an instant, he reached near-light speed and arrived in front of the Initial Marquis.
Boom!!!
His palm came crashing down. The power of his True God Divine Body erupted, tearing the Initial Marquis apart. Its boundless force crushed his Undying Body into nothingness.
One strike. A Marquis had been killed outright!
"That's no barely-a-King. He's a High King, maybe even a Peak King!" Dragon Martial Marquis's pupils contracted. He immediately contacted the Seven Seas King through the communications system.
The Seven Seas King was also a Peak King.
"Dragon Martial Marquis, call your brother, the Seven Seas King, over." Wu Yun didn't attack again. Instead, he walked over to Dragon Martial Marquis.
Feeling the aura of a King-level expert, Dragon Martial Marquis trembled inside.
He was only a Peak Marquis. If he were killed, he might never get the chance to come back to life.
"My brother will be here soon," Dragon Martial Marquis said through gritted teeth. "You're a King. What's the point of capturing me to threaten my brother?"
Wu Yun looked at Heavenly Righteous Marquis and said softly, "Go. There'll be a battle here soon. You and your large army would be no help if you stayed."
When Kings fought—especially experts at the level of Peak Kings—weaker fighters couldn't help at all.
Unless they were a Zerg Legion attacking in formation.
"Could I have your Virtual Universe ID?" Heavenly Righteous Marquis asked respectfully. "You saved my brothers in arms. We owe you a great debt, and we'll repay you someday."
"Go..."
Wu Yun shook his head. "I came here for Dragon Martial Marquis. Saving you was just a matter of convenience. There's no need to talk about repayment."
Heavenly Righteous Marquis knew powerful figures each had their own way of thinking, but he still tried to memorize Wu Yun's appearance, hoping that one day he could help his benefactor.
The large army quickly departed, while Wu Yun sat cross-legged on a massive boulder and waited.
"My brother will be here by Divine Kingdom Teleportation any moment," Dragon Martial Marquis said. "Surely a King like you wouldn't threaten your opponent by holding me hostage."
He was deliberately flattering Wu Yun.
But in the conflicts between races, what did a powerful figure's dignity matter?
There was only whatever it took to win. Wu Yun gave Dragon Martial Marquis an amused glance and didn't answer his ridiculous question.
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