Devouring the Stars: Blood Sea Demon Lord

Chapter 230 Prey and Hunter

"There is indeed only one, but it's also possible that he hid his companion in the world ring!"

Having spent tens of thousands of years navigating the extraterrestrial wars, Green Soul was highly experienced and understood what Walton was worried about, so he calmly replied.

The powerful individuals who venture to the extraterrestrial battlefield come from billions of races in the primordial universe, their numbers endless. They fight and kill each other as members of four major factions: humans, demons, insects, and machines.

Anything can happen on the battlefield.

For example, one could disguise oneself as a lone adventurer, and when encountering an enemy, release one's own team members to catch the enemy off guard.

But generally speaking, very few people do this.

Because entering someone else's world ring is a very dangerous thing, and unless there is absolute trust, no one would rashly enter someone else's world ring.

For example, Minghai would never enter Voldon's World Ring, even though they had fought side by side for ten years and had established a good level of trust.

In addition, this type of surprise attack is not safe. If one is not careful and fails to release the team members in time, they may be wiped out by concentrated fire from the enemy.

Therefore, it is rare for elite teams to fight by disguising themselves as lone adventurers.

Everyone gathered around the display screen to watch the images transmitted back by the detector.

A giant bird, eighteen kilometers long and with a wingspan of over twenty kilometers, was covered in ferocious blue armor except for its beak and claws. It flew through the meteorite cluster at one-tenth the speed of light.

"It is an immortal from the 'Azure Roc' clan of the demon race!"

Staring intently at the giant blue bird on the screen, Vice Captain Jiang He frowned and slowly said:

"I wonder what level of immortal it is, a high-level military lord or a peak military lord? Or... a marquis-level expert?"

The detector could not detect the aura of a powerful being, but an immortal who dared to travel alone in the Shallow Water Starfield could not possibly be a low-level military lord.

To know someone's exact cultivation level, you need to sense their aura at close range.

"It's highly unlikely that he's a Marquis-level expert!"

Blue-haired Flying Blade shook his head and said:
"If such a powerful figure were to arrive in the Shallow Water Starfield, it would break the unspoken rules of war, and even stronger figures would inevitably come to surround and kill him!"

Everyone nodded slowly, agreeing with Fei Ren's words.

Although war doesn't care about the means used, over the long years, some fixed unspoken rules have formed on battlefields outside the region.

For example, the outer layer, the middle layer, and the core inner layer correspond to adventurers of different strengths, and there are very few instances of crossing boundaries.

That is, the elite squads led by the immortal military lords generally venture into outer space, such as the Shallow Water Starfield.

The elite squad, composed entirely of high-level and peak-level military lords and immortals, consists of lone strong individuals who have been granted the title of Marquis and immortal, and usually operates within the middle ranks.

The powerful figures who had been granted the title of King fought fiercely in the inner core.

Such unspoken rules have naturally formed over a long period of time.

If a powerful Marquis were to come to the outer realm, he would naturally be invincible. However, those military lords, immortals, and realm lords are not fools. They would definitely avoid him from afar, or even not enter the outer battlefield.

After all, it's one thing to risk your life and fight to hone your skills, but it's another to be completely outmatched and go to your death.

Moreover, if Marquis-level experts can come to the outer layer, why can't King-level experts go to the middle layer?

If one were to act without restraint, refusing to fight against those of equal strength and indiscriminately slaughtering the weak, then the extraterritorial battlefield would have no purpose.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, places like the Shallow Water Starfield are unlikely to produce those who achieve the rank of Marquis and Immortal.

“I recognize that armor. It’s the ‘Azure Wing Flying Armor,’ a top-tier genetic force armor of the demon race. Its value is no less than that of Leng Xue’s ‘Azure Treasure Armor’!”

The Phantom Warrior 'Dream' looked excited and rubbed his hands together, saying:
"Captain, I think it should put the squad members in the World Ring and prepare for a surprise attack!"

"Although the 'Azure Wing Flying Armor' has amazing defense, our combined attack is a threat even to Marquis-level experts, and we can definitely break through its defense!"

"As long as it doesn't have time to release its members, our seven-person concentrated attack will be enough to kill it!"

"Captain, I think Dream is right, let's do it!" Blue-haired Flying Blade agreed.

Everyone, including the vice-captain Jiang He, agreed to snipe this lone immortal demon.

Minghai nodded in agreement, seemingly unconcerned.

"it is good!"

Seeing that his teammates all wanted to stop this immortal demon, Captain Walton nodded and said:

"Let's do it then, but...!"

After a pause, Wharton looked at everyone seriously and said:
"We must confirm the enemy's presence before making a move. If it's a Marquis-level expert, immediately board my F-class spaceship and escape quickly!"

It's better to be safe than sorry. Although the probability of a Marquis-level expert appearing in the Shallow Water Star Region is extremely low, it's not entirely impossible. As the captain, I must take all possible unexpected situations into account.

The F-class spaceship can withstand attacks from King-level experts and cannot be destroyed by Marquis-level immortals. If you do encounter a Marquis-level expert, you can safely evacuate as long as you enter Walton's F-class spaceship in time.

"understand!"

Everyone replied in unison.

"set off!"

Walton adjusted the detectors to shield his own information, and the triangular black spaceship silently flew towards the immortal demon race 10 billion kilometers away.

The detectors on the spaceship are high-end detectors contributed by the Underworld Sea. Under normal circumstances, only the spaceships of high-level King-level experts are equipped with them. You can hardly find any more advanced detectors in the Shallow Water Starfield.

That is why, over the past decade, this squad has been able to continuously hunt down enemies and amass countless spoils, comparable to the harvests of the past millennium.

……

10 billion kilometers away from Walton's team.

The Azure-Eyed Marquis spread his enormous wings, which were more than twenty kilometers long, and glided through the nebula filled with countless meteorites, patiently waiting for his next prey.

Within the Shallow Water Starfield, there are countless elite squads of the four races, and every now and then a wave of them comes to their deaths, but it's not in a hurry.

"By pretending to be an immortal military lord, I can hunt on the outer layers of various battlefields with great efficiency. In another ten thousand years, I will be able to gather enough precious resources to evolve a thousand vines into a marquis!"

With his emerald green eyes gleaming with an eerie light, Qing Tong Hou flew while keeping an eye on the advanced detector he carried with him, and pondered to himself.

"Plant life evolution is too difficult. I don't know if we can succeed this time. If we can't succeed, we'll have to spend tens of thousands of years gathering resources!"

Plants assist in the evolution of life, but this requires a large amount of precious resources, and there is no guarantee that the evolution will be successful.

At lower levels, it's manageable, but above the Immortal level, the resources required for each evolution of the plant life form increase exponentially, and the chance of successful evolution drops drastically.

Most of its wealth has been invested in cultivating thousands of vines.

After thousands of failures and countless resources, Qing Tonghou managed to cultivate five peak-level military lord-level thousand-vine plants.

Apart from the current Thousand-Tree Vine, the other four Thousand-Tree Vines all failed to advance to the rank of Marquis and have completely perished.

The greatest wish of the Marquis of Qingtong is to cultivate a thousand-stem vine of the Marquis rank.

If successful, their strength will increase significantly, making them a top-tier expert even in the mid-level areas of various battlefields.

The auxiliary plant god body is enormous, with tenacious vitality and powerful regeneration ability. As a top-level auxiliary plant life, the strength of the Marquis-level Thousand Vine is comparable to that of a King, and it can trap and kill Marquis-level immortal powerhouses!
"Ok?"

Suddenly, Qing Tonghou seemed to notice something, and his bright green eyes narrowed.

"It took me so long to spot them? The detectors used on these prey must be really high-end!"

Qing Tonghou thought with some surprise as he probed the detector he carried with him.

The detector indicated that, about 30 million kilometers ahead, a human triangular black spaceship was quietly flying into the back of a damaged planet, clearly intending to ambush them.

(End of this chapter)