Earth Soul Rock Mother

The spaceship was made up of a series of independent compartments, each decorated in astonishing luxury. Ye Muxuan had only ever seen a tiny fraction of the things inside. He recognized some of them but had never seen them in person, and there were many others he had never even heard of.

In the ship's grand hall stood several long tables, with chairs of various sizes arranged around them. The one hundred and twenty experts each found a seat and looked around at the opulent hall.

"The entire ship is made of Earth Soul Rock Mother? That's extravagance!" exclaimed a World Lord whose knowledge was clearly exceptional. He had recognized the material the ship was made from.

"A piece of Earth Soul Rock Mother the size of your palm is worth Hunyuan Units. This ship is made entirely of it—tch!" Another World Lord had heard of the metal and couldn't help drawing in a sharp breath.

"A ship this heavy, just in raw materials, would be worth at least tens of millions of Hunyuan Units!" A World Lord bared his teeth as he calculated how much it would cost to buy the ship.

That was enough to bankrupt a Marquis Immortal, and even if someone managed to obtain one, they might not be able to keep it.

Most World Lords knew the value of rare metals like this, but some Immortals and a handful of World Lords also knew what made Earth Soul Rock Mother special.

Though Earth Soul Rock Mother was an F8-grade metal, it was more precious than ordinary F9-grade metals. It was especially well suited to King-level Immortals, particularly Fighters.

That was because a ship made of Earth Soul Rock Mother could block the Soul Attacks of all experts below King Rank. Even against Soul Attacks launched by a King-level Immortal using Void Divine Power, the ship could still block more than ninety percent of them.

With decent physical defense and extremely high soul defense, ships forged from Earth Soul Rock Mother were highly sought after by King Rank Fighters. If one were fused with an Immortal Level Metal Lifeform, even Peak King Levels would scramble to get it.

Ye Muxuan had once come across information about this metal by chance. Since he was a Fighter himself, he'd paid attention to it. He hadn't expected he'd actually get to see a real ship made of it.

He sat with Zhendan, Kong Yan, and Li Zheng. Of the hundred World Lords there, only the four of them could be considered equals. The rest were all World Lord Generals, capable of defeating ordinary Peak World Lords with ease, but none could claim to match an Immortal Deity.

World Lords capable of matching an Immortal Deity were exceedingly rare throughout the Outer Battlefield. Those capable of killing one were rarer still, one in a billion.

As World Lords and Immortals murmured among themselves, the ship was cleared to leave the docking platform at Longyan Planet and enter space. Three seconds later, it entered the Dark Universe and began accelerating toward its destination.

By the time the ship stopped accelerating and stabilized, it had reached a speed none of the one hundred and twenty experts present could have imagined.

"The ship is now traveling through the Dark Universe at sixty-five times the speed of light. It will take four years to reach the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters." The control room door opened, and a Peak Marquis Immortal stepped out. Looking at the hundred and twenty experts in the hall, he said, "If you get bored, you can enter the Virtual Universe and amuse yourselves. We'll notify you when we arrive."

Sixty-five times the speed of light in the Dark Universe!

The World Lords and Immortals present were knowledgeable and extremely familiar with spaceships, yet even they were stunned by a ship that could reach sixty-five times the speed of light in the Dark Universe. The ships available for exchange in the Military System's treasury, at least, weren't this advanced. Normally, an F Rank ship could reach only about fifty times the speed of light in the Dark Universe—and that was one of the high-grade ships sold by the Virtual Universe Company. The best ship Ye Muxuan owned could reach only thirty-five times the speed of light, and even that one had been made by the Machine Race.

This ship had definitely been fused with an Immortal Level Metal Lifeform!

Ye Muxuan chatted briefly with the people beside him, then connected to the Virtual Universe and looked up information on the Demon Blade King.

At Yunmeng Lake, inside a three-story lakeside cabin, search results appeared on the screen in front of Ye Muxuan in a quiet room.

Demon Blade King, real name Kong Mo, member of the Xilie Giant Race, Limit King Level, Core Member of the Giant Axe Dojo. He had fought in the Outer Battlefield for a million years, growing from a World Lord to a Limit King Level. He possessed the Top-tier Heavy Treasure War Blade, Black Demon Blade, and the Ordinary Heavy Treasure armor, Demon Covering Armor.

Ye Muxuan looked at the information, his gaze flickering slightly. The Demon Blade King had two publicly known Heavy Treasures, which meant he was among the strongest Limit King Levels. Though he hadn't reached Invincible King Rank, he wasn't far off.

He was also a Core Member of the Giant Axe Dojo, which meant he had at least a King Rank Invincible or even a Venerable as his teacher. It also meant his true fighting strength was far greater than he let on.

Never underestimate the Core Members of the Five Great Powers!

That was an unspoken rule acknowledged by all the experts in the Outer Battlefield.

He occasionally talked with the World Lords around him and connected to the Virtual Universe to look up various kinds of information. Four years passed in the blink of an eye.

"Beginning Cosmic Shuttle. Prepare to enter the Original Universe." When the ship's Intelligent Lifeform sounded the alert, all the experts opened their eyes.

"Ten... nine... two... one!" The ship trembled slightly as it left the Dark Universe and returned to the Original Universe.

With the exterior scenery projected at one hundred percent, everyone's eyes turned in unison to a vast landmass at the edge of their vision, floating in the starry sky.

Stars glittered around the landmass suspended in space—each one a star that served as a decoration.

They had arrived at the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters for the entire universe.

All the World Lords and Immortals seeing the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters for the first time were stunned.

The vast, colossal, ancient continent filled the entire horizon, as if it were a barrier at the edge of the universe.

Even though Ye Muxuan had imagined how immense the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters would be, he was still shocked when he saw it.

No one inside the ship spoke. Everyone seeing the continent for the first time stared blankly at it, floating deep in the starry sky.

"This is the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters for the entire universe, the core of one of the Five Great Powers of the Human Race. This continent is dozens of light-years in diameter. The stars and planets around it are technological weapons manufactured by the Virtual Universe Company. Forget Immortals—even an army of Universe Country Lords couldn't break through." At some point, the Demon Blade King had appeared in the hall. Looking at the experts who had exchanged for a spot, he spoke with a warmth that hadn't been there before. "All of you have fought in the Outer Battlefield for at least fifty thousand years, and some of you have had the good fortune to earn a spot. Of the one hundred and twenty of you entering the Initial Universe, more than half will generally become Immortals within a few thousand years. If you distinguish yourselves during that time, even the Five Great Powers may try to recruit you. I hope you continue to work hard and become the backbone of the Human Race."