When the door opened, the three men approached. The black-armored man at the front spoke. "World Lord General Muxuan, these are the items you purchased from the Military System's internal treasury. Please confirm everything is correct, then sign to acknowledge receipt."
Ye Muxuan's gaze fell on the Ultra-small Space Ring in the black-armored man's hand. He nodded, then took two silver boxes, one large and one small, out of his Space Ring. After opening them and inspecting their contents, he confirmed they held the Sword Leaf Grass seedlings and cultivation resources he had purchased. He closed the boxes and said, "Everything's correct. These are the items I exchanged for!"
"Delivery complete. We'll be going now!" The black-armored man at the front nodded to Ye Muxuan, then turned and left with the other two.
No one working for the Military System was a fool. Ye Muxuan was famous among the millions of World Lords at Barracks Base 016! Every barracks had plenty of World Lord Generals, and the odds of one being a Peak World Lord were several hundred to one. But across the entire Third Battlefield, there were fewer than ten World Lord Generals like Muxuan, who could kill an Immortal Deity head-on without relying on teammates—not to mention at Barracks Base 016! Those working for the Military System didn't need to curry favor with anyone, but there was no reason to offend a terrifying figure who could kill an Immortal Deity while still at the World Lord stage! If they were trapped at the World Lord stage until their lifespan ran out and they died, so be it. But if they broke through to become an Immortal, they could easily reach the Immortal Army Lord Peak level—or even become a Marquis!
Ye Muxuan turned and went back into the living room. The villa's front door closed automatically. He opened one of the boxes, revealing the Sword Leaf Grass seedling inside.
Unlike the Cloud-Touching Vine, whose vines resembled a string of gourds, the Sword Leaf Grass seedling looked at first glance like a sharp sword. Its round stem resembled a hilt, with roots like a tassel drifting beneath it. The stem extended upward into a leaf shaped like a sword blade. Its entire body was silvery white, and a faint sword intent seemed to linger around the leaf.
Both the Cloud-Touching Vine and Sword Leaf Grass were well-known Auxiliary Plant Lifeforms in the universe. Their cultivation methods were well established, from the initial stage all the way to the World Lord stage. As long as one wasn't trying to break through a bottleneck, failure was practically impossible; the only difference lay in how many resources were invested. Ye Muxuan knew this well, so along with the seedling, he had spent tens of thousands of Hunyuan Units on the supplies needed to cultivate it directly to Universe Rank.
Now, he took those supplies out of the box and began the plant lifeform's first cultivation. In the early stages, the most important thing was to establish a bond, which required feeding it blood. With Ye Muxuan's World Lord-level life gene, along with the special supplies he had bought for its initial cultivation, the Sword Leaf Grass fell asleep after he fed it and established their bond.
The early-stage cultivation supplies were too potent for a plant lifeform that had only just been raised from a seedling to digest quickly. Ye Muxuan put the Sword Leaf Grass away, merging it into his body.
Next, he would first travel through the God Kingdom Channel to the Seventh Battlefield, then use the God Kingdom Transit Station there to teleport directly to Cangniao Planet.
As one of the three deadliest places across the entire Outer Battlefield, the Seventh Battlefield had greater overall strength than the Third Battlefield! But Ye Muxuan had fought on the Outer Battlefield for over a hundred thousand years as a World Lord General, and his status was no lowly one. He only needed to complete some formalities to travel through the God Kingdom Transit Station with the retired soldiers, so it wasn't much trouble. Just three days later, he arrived at Cangniao Planet.
After passing through a passage more than 3,000 kilometers long, Ye Muxuan reached the spaceship docking area. All spaceships departing Cangniao Planet left from here!
He took a relatively ordinary E9-Grade Alloy Spaceship out of the five spaceships in his World Ring. Once he received clearance, the spaceship accelerated away from the docking area and headed for the atmosphere. In just over ten seconds, it had broken through the atmosphere and entered the starry expanse of space!
The spaceship traveled through space at near-light speed for several hours. Once its onboard detector confirmed there were no noteworthy targets within a hundred million kilometers, Ye Muxuan put away the E9 Rank Spaceship and brought out the silver-white, pyramid-shaped Machine Race Spaceship!
The Machine Race Spaceship outclassed every other ship he owned in maneuverability, shields, and offensive capabilities. What was more, it carried three Planet Destroyer Cannons and nine E9-Grade Laser Cannons!
"Nine Phoenix, head for the Crimson Star Sector!" In the starry expanse of space, the silver-white, pyramid-shaped spaceship floated motionless. In the control room, Ye Muxuan looked at the huge screen hovering above the control console, displaying the image of a creature with nine enormous bird heads, and gave the order.
"Yes, Master!" Nine Phoenix spread its flame-like wings and began operating the Machine Race Spaceship. Its nine heads resembled phoenix heads.
"The spaceship has taken off! Target star sector set! The spaceship is accelerating. It is expected to enter the Dark Universe in three seconds!"
"Begin the countdown!"
"Three..."
"Two..."
"One..."
"The spaceship has entered the Dark Universe and is accelerating..."
"Accelerating. The spaceship has reached three times the speed of light..."
"...Five times the speed of light..."
"...Fifteen times the speed of light..."
"...The spaceship has reached thirty-five times the speed of light and is holding steady. Estimated arrival at the target star sector: three years and one month!"
After the spaceship reached thirty-five times the speed of light, it stabilized. Ye Muxuan left the control room. The Intelligent Optical Brain was all that was needed to control the spaceship. As for Star Pirates... no Star Pirates would dare rob a spaceship traveling at thirty-five times the speed of light through the Dark Universe!
Ye Muxuan had converted another hall on the spaceship into a quiet chamber. It was elegantly furnished and grand.
Ye Muxuan sat alone in the quiet chamber, eyes closed as he rested. After a long while, he rose and took out a brand-new, large World Ring!
During the final battle, Muxuan had forced himself to use his most powerful self-created saber technique, risking falling into a deep sleep. After splitting that Sky Wolf Race World Lord in two, he had collected all the spoils without inspecting them. They were all stored in this World Ring!
The Sky Wolf Race World Lord's corpse was in there too, along with all his possessions!
There were too many people around at the barracks base, and he didn't want anyone to know he had acquired that "Star Gravel Sand." After all, he wasn't planning to sell it yet.
Strictly speaking, Muxuan had been at a disadvantage against that Sky Wolf World Lord! He could tell that although he had the advantage in Secret Techniques, the Sky Wolf World Lord's life gene was clearly superior. Muxuan's Gene Level was normal, while that Sky Wolf World Lord's Gene Multiplier was probably close to six times!
That meant he was nearly six times weaker in basic strength!
Fortunately, his self-created Secret Technique was powerful enough not only to erase the gap but even to widen it in the opposite direction! And so, that Sky Wolf Race World Lord had died!
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