Joining the Hong Alliance

Yan Ning's figure shuddered as he crossed tens of thousands of kilometers in an instant, then swung his War Blade with all his might.

He opened with a single strike of Skyburner!!

This strike combined all his Fire Void Law. It was absolutely no weaker than a peak secret technique!

"Die!"

The wolf-like Alien Race's pupils contracted.

In an instant, a silver War Blade appeared in its hand.

There was no way to dodge. It had to fight!!

Divine Power Burning!!

It roared inwardly!

At that moment, Yan Ning sensed something was wrong.

His speed had slowed!

"It's the Time Law!"

Clang!!

Boom!!

Yan Ning stared coldly at the wolf-like Alien Race as it was blasted away.

So this was a King who had mastered the Time Law.

The wolf-like Alien Race sneered.

"Demon Flame King, I didn't expect you to come to the Flame Sacrifice Continent too. Your strength has reached such heights, but you won't kill me today! I may not be your match in combat, but you still won't be able to kill me!"

Yan Ning raised an eyebrow. The Alien Race had a point. Experts who mastered the Time Law were exceptionally good at escaping.

Killing him would indeed be troublesome.

Of course, it wasn't impossible!

"Can't kill you? Heh. Then let's see whether I can kill you today!!"

Boom!

Yan Divine Body!

Activate!

He compressed all his energy, shrinking until he stood only two meters tall. His speed soared instantly!

Combined with Divine Power Burning!

"Skyburner!!"

The wolf-like Alien Race's expression froze. It immediately mobilized the Time Law, trying to dodge in an instant!!

But just as Yan Ning was about to finish him off—

Boom!

His figure abruptly changed direction.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!

Three thunderous booms rang through the void.

Only three blade lights, each tens of thousands of kilometers long, remained in space!

He had instantly killed the three Low-level Kings!!

"You—you—you!!"

The wolf-like Alien Race cried out in terror!

It hadn't seen a thing. He was too fast!

What kind of speed was this!!

All three of its underlings were Kings, yet they'd been killed in a single exchange!

Instantaneous movement!!

Boom!!

Before it could react, Yan Ning's blade struck it!

"Argh!!"

Its body exploded once more.

That strike had destroyed a full fifty percent of its divine body!!

No, it was doomed!

Demon Flame King was absolutely no ordinary Peak King!

It had no power to fight back. One more hit and it would die!

It couldn't escape. It couldn't escape!!

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!!"

It roared wildly, then charged straight at Yan Ning.

"If I can't survive, then you won't get off easy either!!"

Yan Ning's pupils contracted!!

The wolf-like Alien Race's body suddenly swelled. Countless blood-red cracks appeared across its skin, and a terrifying surge of energy erupted from within!

"We'll die together!"

It grinned savagely. The energy at the core of its divine body collapsed inward, and then...

"BOOM—!!!"

A blinding white light burst open, and space shattered layer by layer like fragile glass!

The shock wave from the self-destruction swept across a radius of a million kilometers. Countless meteorites and planetary fragments vaporized instantly, and even distant stars trembled violently!

This was the self-destruction of a High-level King. Its power was enough to severely wound a Peak King!

As the energy storm gradually subsided and the void returned to darkness...

A figure slowly emerged from the warped space.

Yan Ning!

He dusted off nonexistent grime and gave a faint smile. "That's it? Didn't even hurt."

He had emerged from the blast completely unharmed—or, to be precise, not quite unharmed.

The instant the blast hit him, about thirty percent of his divine body had indeed been annihilated. But almost at the same moment, divine power from his Black Hole Clone surged in, restoring the loss in the blink of an eye!

"The Black Hole Clone... really comes in handy."

Feeling the abundant divine power within him, Yan Ning looked around.

The remains of the three Low-level Kings had long since been reduced to ash, and the wolf-like Alien Race had vanished without a trace.

"Beep!"

The Smart Optical Brain suddenly sounded an alert:

[Kill Count Updated]

[Low-level King ×3]

[High-level King ×1]

[Current Progress: 4/100]

He had set the Smart Optical Brain to keep track of his kills.

Yan Ning grinned. "A good start."

He raised a hand and collected several World Rings floating in the void—the only spoils that had survived the explosion.

"Let the hunt continue!"

With a flash, Yan Ning disappeared.

While Yan Ning continued traveling through the Outer Domain Battlefield...

In a certain plane of the Virtual Universe.

Inside a vast hall...

There were 108 thrones, each occupied by an imposing figure. Some were human experts, while others belonged to the Alien Races.

Every one of them radiated an utterly terrifying aura!

A figure clad from head to toe in Black Battle Armor spoke from one of the thrones.

"I summoned you all today because, according to the human army's communications system on the Outer Domain Battlefield, the human Marquis Immortal Demon Flame Marquis has killed three Low-level Kings and one High-level King."

The others nodded.

They had all heard of Yan Ning, the Demon Flame Marquis. Previously, on the Fifth Outer Domain Battlefield, he had slaughtered the Undying of the Alien Races for a hundred years.

Recently, for reasons unknown, he had suddenly gone to the Seventh Outer Domain Battlefield and killed four Kings on the Flame Sacrifice Continent!

One of them had even been a High-level King.

"Everyone, according to the rules of the Hong Alliance, since he has killed Kings, we can invite him to join."

"I agree."

"Agreed!"

Almost everyone approved without hesitation.

Although they had all already agreed...

They still watched the recording of Yan Ning's battle.

His overwhelming strength, the one-sided fight, the sight of him killing each King with a single strike...

It only made them more certain.

Yan Ning's strength had definitely reached the level of a Peak King.

"Good. Since everyone has approved, I'll immediately arrange for an envoy to invite Yan Ning and officially welcome him into the Hong Alliance."

The Black Armor Man said.

The others nodded slightly.

Then everyone present disappeared.

Two months later...

Two months after Yan Ning killed a King on the Flame Sacrifice Continent...

In Yan Ning's estate on Yuxiang Mountain in the Virtual Universe.

A group of people suddenly arrived outside the estate.

Yan Ning walked over, puzzled.

"May I ask what brings you all here?"

He could sense their auras. Every one of them was a King.

"Demon Flame King, we're the Hong Alliance's special envoys. We've come today to formally invite you to join the Hong Alliance."

Yan Ning raised an eyebrow.

They were inviting him to join the Hong Alliance? Right. Anyone who reached King-level strength would receive an invitation from the Hong Alliance.

"Good. I'll join."

Yan Ning agreed without hesitation. Joining the Hong Alliance had no downsides for him, and it offered quite a few benefits.

There was no reason not to join.

As soon as Yan Ning finished speaking, a Star Feather descended from the sky and landed on the armor covering his arm, imprinting a Star Mark upon it.

At the same time, a hazy figure of light appeared in the air.

"Human, Demon Flame King, welcome to the Hong Alliance as an official member. We hope that from now on you will fulfill your duty as a human expert and fight for humanity, fight for the Hong Alliance!"