Five Hundred Years

In a stretch of void at the center of the Shattered Star Belt, a dark golden spacecraft sped toward a certain direction at extreme speed.

Inside the spacecraft's control room, a thirty-meter-tall alien with a completely golden body grinned viciously at the screen before him.

"Hehe, there's actually a human squad in a place like this. What a bunch of fools courting death!"

His name was Luo Ya. He was a member of a weak race and had entered the Extraterritorial Battlefield as an ally of the Mechanical Race.

Although the entire Extraterritorial Battlefield was divided among the four pinnacle races, countless small races affiliated with those four pinnacle races also joined the battlefield.

Luo Ya was one of them. The strongest expert of his race was merely an ordinary high-level Universe Venerable. Such a weak race had an extremely difficult time surviving in the universe, let alone improving its realm and strength.

Having seen those limitations, Luo Ya chose to head to the Extraterritorial Battlefield, hoping to gamble for an opportunity to break through to king-level, or even become a venerable!

Unfortunately, in the several million years since entering the Extraterritorial Battlefield, forget breaking through to king-level—even reaching the peak of Marquis-level had eluded him!

Still, the battles of recent years had allowed him to accumulate quite a bit of military merit and wealth. If he kept gathering resources for a while longer, he might be able to exchange them for what he needed to break through to peak Marquis-level.

That was why he absolutely could not let this human squad go.

At that thought, the smile on Luo Ya's face grew even broader.

"Accelerate at full speed and chase that human squad! If we're too slow, someone else might steal the prey!"

Under Luo Ya's command, the spacecraft burst forth with even greater speed and rapidly closed in on the human squad marked as having five members.

"Captain, isn't this too risky? The center of the Shattered Star Belt is where those Marquis-level beings roam. We're only ordinary immortals."

A silver spacecraft drifted through the void. Inside its lounge sat five humans from different races.

The one who had just spoken was a female immortal among them.

Hearing her words, a strangely shaped Blood Steed Race human among the five waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Relax, relax. The captain is a prince of the Great Axe Fighting Arena. Though he's only at the peak of immortality, even ordinary Marquis-level immortals might not be his match!"

"But..."

The female immortal wanted to say more, but a man clad in golden battle armor interrupted her.

"Yu Xi, I know what you're worried about. Don't worry. Just as Xue Chen said, even if we encounter a high-level Marquis, I have enough strength to protect all of you. If it's a low-level Marquis, then working together, we have a good chance of hunting him."

"Killing one low-level Marquis is worth far more than killing ten ordinary immortals!"

"Yes, Captain." Since the captain had said so, what else could Yu Xi say?

Yet deep down, she sighed. Marquis-level immortals possessed undying bodies. How could they possibly be so easy to kill?

Several million kilometers away, Luo Ya brought his spacecraft to a stop, then slowly flew toward the silver spacecraft not far ahead.

Two million kilometers, one million kilometers, five hundred thousand kilometers.

Only when he reached five hundred thousand kilometers did Luo Ya stop. He swiftly condensed a sphere of divine power in his hand.

"Close enough. Take an attack from the central region, hahaha!"

Amid Luo Ya's booming laughter, the sphere shot from his hand, swiftly turning into a streak of light that slammed viciously into the flying silver spacecraft.

Boom!

A tremendous explosion rang out through the void.

The E-class spacecraft was nearly instantly annihilated by the divine power sphere, but the lounge inside had clearly been constructed from exceptionally sturdy materials.

Even the full-force strike of a high-level Marquis merely sent it flying and tumbling through space like a soccer ball for tens of thousands of kilometers.

"Tch, damn pinnacle races." Seeing that even his full-force attack had failed to achieve any results, Luo Ya curled his lips and muttered resentfully.

Inside the lounge, the five human immortals had all been thrown into disarray by the ambush. In the end, the peak immortal "prince" was the first to react, roaring repeatedly.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Leave the lounge immediately and prepare for battle!"

Five flashes of light streaked out as their figures appeared in the void. Their gazes quickly locked onto Luo Ya, several hundred thousand kilometers away.

"An alien. High-level Marquis strength!"

At such close range, coupled with the strength he had exposed through his earlier attack, the human immortals quickly gauged Luo Ya's approximate realm.

"What do we do, Captain? Should we send a distress signal?" Yu Xi asked worriedly.

"Yes. To be safe, send a distress signal. Then fight the way we always have!"

This time, the golden-armored prince did not refuse. He swiftly and calmly made the arrangements.

"Die!" Looking at the humans before him, Luo Ya no longer restrained himself. He drew an axe-like weapon from his Inner World and cleaved down at them viciously.

A dazzling streak of axe light illuminated the void. Wherever it passed, the surrounding space shattered layer by layer. Its extreme sharpness made the golden-armored prince's expression change drastically even from hundreds of thousands of kilometers away.

This was definitely not an ordinary high-level Marquis!

As a core member of the Great Axe Fighting Arena, Qin Yu had encountered many Immortal Gods who used axe techniques. Yet among them, he had seen only one capable of such power!

That had been a peak Marquis-level immortal!

Even so, Qin Yu could only grit his teeth and meet the attack head-on!

"Burning Sky!"

With a raise of his hand, a divine weapon appeared in his palm. Then, he unleashed the strongest secret technique he had cultivated thus far.

Towering Law of Fire power infused the blade light as it surged toward the dazzling axe strike.

Bang!

The collision of immortal divine power produced a deafening sound, and shockwaves spread outward from the point of impact for hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

The shockwaves alone caused the surrounding void to ripple and crack like the surface of a tranquil lake struck by a stone.

As for the blade light, it was cut apart by the sharp Law of Metal the instant the two attacks collided.

The gap between a high-level Marquis and a peak immortal was simply too great!

Fortunately, the strongest attacks of the other four immortals bought him some time, allowing Qin Yu to summon an immortal servant from his World Ring and block that sharp axe light.

Otherwise, even if Qin Yu had survived that strike, he would have been severely wounded!

"You actually managed to take my attack? Let's see how many servants you still have!" Luo Ya sneered at the sight, then raised his axe, intending to cleave down at them once more.

But at that moment, an unfamiliar voice echoed through this stretch of void.

"A high-level Marquis is worth my making a move."

Su Heng stood in the void, looking at Luo Ya with a teasing smile.

After cultivating for five hundred years, he had just been on his way deeper in when he encountered a high-level Marquis alien. His luck was not bad.