Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 299 Nine Fiend Sea, Abnormal Mission Requirements
A year has passed in the blink of an eye.

"gather!"

A clear, cold voice rang out over the mountain peaks above all the soldiers of the Seventh Squad of the Third Battalion.

Qi Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged in his stone house, also opened his eyes.

"Has it started yet?"

Qi Yuan smiled slightly.

Whoosh!
With a swift movement, he soared through the air and flew away. Once he left the island's boundaries, he instantly teleported, heading directly towards the majestic mountain peak where the 'Basic Inheritance' was located.

The entire Mingxiao Army camp was very large, and the gathering point for missions was usually located on the central mountain peak.

When Qi Yuan arrived at the central peak, there were already more than 30 figures gathered there.

Qi Yuan glanced around and saw that the gathered soldiers were clearly divided into two groups.

One was a group of soldiers led by the cold woman 'Fengyan' whom he had met when he first arrived at Mingxiao Army. Their side had a larger number of soldiers, with more than twenty gathered at the moment.

The other group was the small group of eight soldiers that Qi Yuan had vaguely seen outside the main hall of the military depot not long ago.

"Recruit."

The cold woman looked at Qi Yuan and said, "Even with a mission that takes one hundred million epochs to complete, we don't have a guarantee of survival. However, if you're willing, you can join us this time. With the team working together, our chances of survival are slightly higher."

"Haha, Captain Fengyan, this is a Reincarnation-level mission. Even we veterans don't have a 100% chance of surviving. And you're still thinking of protecting new recruits?"

Before Qi Yuan could speak, a voice clearly tinged with sarcasm came from the group of eight.

"Hmph, I really don't know whether to call you kind or stupid!" the dragon-headed beast-like Kuru sneered.

"Hmph, so what if you're a recruit? We were all recruits once, especially you, Kuru—"

The captain of the Wind and Smoke team stared coldly at the dragon-headed beast. "Back when you were a recruit, if it weren't for Captain Diro protecting you, you would have died in your first disaster-level mission. However, at the crucial moment of the Battle of Wujin Mountain, you led the escape, which alerted the Wujin Mountain army to launch a siege. Captain Diro was even surrounded and killed by the enemy while trying to buy us time to retreat."

"You're the one who deserves to die! Even if I fail to complete the Reincarnation-level mission this time, I will still kill you!"

"Haha, Fengyan, you're all talk and no action! I'll wait and see how you kill me!" the dragon-headed beast Kuru sneered.

Watching the two groups clashing, Qi Yuan was too lazy to get involved and simply stood alone to the side.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
One figure after another landed, and soon the entire Seventh Squad was assembled.

The captain of the seventh squad, Feng Yan, glanced at everyone before speaking coldly:
"Let's go, let's go and get the mission together first."

brush!brush!brush!
Immediately, the group led by Captain Fengyan, the group led by the dragon-headed beast Kuru, and the new recruit Qi Yuan all flew out of the mountain peak and then teleported away together.

……

A sinister, all-black hall, adorned with numerous carvings depicting powerful figures.

It took nearly a day for the entire 36 soldiers of the Seventh Squad to finally reach the area affected by this eerie hall.

"boom!"

A beam of light shot directly at all the soldiers of the entire Seventh Squad.

Suddenly, a voice came to my mind, as if it were a telepathic transmission, describing the military mission in detail.

Military mission location – Nine Fiends Sea!

Mission objective: Obtain 3 military merits and acquire one 'Menghe Pearl,' a specialty of the Nine Fiends Sea Giant Armor Territory. (Killing a True God grants 1 military merits, while killing a Law Lord grants 1 military merit. Killing a True God requires the 'True God's corpse' as proof, while killing a Law Lord requires their abandoned weapon; the 'Menghe Pearl' can be obtained by killing 'Menghe Clan' members at the Law Lord level or higher.)
Mission deadline: Must be completed before the next mission; failure will result in court-martial.

……

The task description is very simple.

But this caused the expressions on the faces of all the soldiers to change!

Even Qi Yuan's expression turned serious.

When he went to the military supply depot last time to exchange for mechanical treasures, he also spent several hundred military merits to exchange for a map of the major forces in the Jin world, which included a general introduction to various exotic beasts and tribal forces, including the Nine Fiends Sea!

The Nine Fiends Sea can be considered one of the most powerful forces in the Jin world besides the four major military camps!

In the entire Nine Fiends Sea, there are a total of nine beings at the Void True God level!
As for true gods and masters of law, their numbers are terrifying!

To go to such a place to kill the opponent's true god? To kill the Lord of Laws? That's practically asking for trouble!

In particular, the mission this time requires accumulating a full 30,000 military merits!

That meant that every soldier had to kill three True Gods or thirty thousand Law Masters! Not to mention the soldiers of the Mingxiao Army, even Qi Yuan felt immense pressure.

After eight million years of arduous cultivation, his strength has greatly improved, especially the secret technique of the True Void Realm, which has been elevated to the top level of the seventh rank.

Once the Divine Power Burning Secret Technique is used, one can reach the peak of the eighth rank. If one then transforms it through the Mechanical Flow Treasure, one can advance two ranks again, reaching a level close to the peak of the tenth rank!

With such strength, in a one-on-one situation, as long as the opponent doesn't have a supreme treasure palace, killing three True Gods wouldn't be too difficult for him.

However, the real challenge lies in this mission in the Nine Fiends Sea!

Given the density of powerful individuals in the Nine Fiends Sea, killing only a few dozen or even a few hundred Law Masters might not attract much attention.

However, if they kill multiple True Gods or a large number of Law Masters in a short period of time, each soldier will receive 3 military merits for this mission. This means that each soldier must kill at least 3 Law Masters! These dozens of soldiers combined will have to kill over a million Law Masters!

Such a commotion was bound to attract the attention of the Nine Fiends Sea's experts. It was likely that this slaughter would soon draw a large number of their own experts to surround and kill them.

Even if the Void True Gods of the Nine Fiends Sea cannot personally target these training squads of soldiers due to the deterrent effect of the army, the large number of True God powerhouses in the Nine Fiends Sea alone are enough to easily subdue them!
"This is insane! They actually need to accumulate 3 military merits! Even a master of the Killing Law would have to kill 3 of them!"

"The Lord of Laws... is definitely very well protected in the Nine Fiend Sea. Killing ten might be possible, but killing too many will definitely attract some True Gods. Once we are surrounded, especially by a large number of True Gods, even with True God-level warships, we may not be able to escape."

All the soldiers of the Seventh Squad of the Mingxiao Army fell silent.

A Reincarnation-level mission. As expected of a Reincarnation-level mission, it leaves them no way out. It's really forcing them to 'reincarnate'!

The entire team remained silent for a moment outside the eerie hall.

Everyone felt the pressure.

"Everyone knows."

Captain Fengyan looked at the soldiers around him and said, "The mission is to a designated location. In other words, the True God and Law Master we are to kill must be the True God and Law Master of the Nine Fiends Sea. After we return from the battle, the army will contact the Nine Fiends Sea to confirm our achievements."

“If there’s no specific location, we can easily kill a lone True God by joining forces. We can kill them one by one, and even if it takes a while, we’ll definitely succeed. But it has to be the Nine Fiends Sea, otherwise we’ll easily be besieged by a large number of other True Gods from the Nine Fiends Sea. Once we’re surrounded, we won’t be able to escape and we’ll surely die!”

Fengyan's tone was somewhat heavy, "This is only the requirement for military merit. The mission also requires killing a Law Master of the Menghe Clan and obtaining a Menghe Pearl. Although we don't know what's so special about the Menghe Clan, being listed alongside the first mission means it's definitely not an easy task."

"This time, we have no choice but to unite as one and fight to the death. Let me make this clear: if any of you are unwilling to follow my orders and want to act alone, you may leave as soon as possible. However, if you disobey orders after the mission begins and affect the mission's progress, don't blame me for purging the team!"

Hearing her cold tone, the soldiers gathered around her all spoke up immediately.

"We trust Captain Fengyan!"

"That's right, Captain Fengyan has led us to successfully complete mission after mission, and I will absolutely follow Captain Fengyan!"

"me too!"

One by one, the soldiers eagerly spoke up.

"Alright, let's set off then!"

The cold-blooded woman, Feng Yan, waved her hand and released an ancient, dark green warship. The entire warship instantly grew larger, and an incomparably heavy pressure radiated from it. Clearly, this was a true god-level warship.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
The more than twenty soldiers belonging to her team quickly entered the cabin of the True God-class warship. After all the soldiers had entered, the cold-blooded female captain Fengyan looked at Qi Yuan again.

"Meteor, are you sure you don't want to come with us? You've been in the army for less than a century, and you probably haven't even learned all the basic skills. It's almost impossible for you to complete the Reincarnation-level mission test by yourself!"

Qi Yuan had a good impression of Captain Fengyan, who seemed cold but seemed to take good care of him, a new recruit.

However, he has too many secrets, and being with them would inevitably make him feel constrained.

"Thank you for your kindness, Captain Fengyan, but I'm just a new recruit, so I won't trouble you. I can handle things on my own," Qi Yuan replied with a faint smile.

"Then you'd better be careful."

Feng Yan casually uttered a sentence, then stopped and directly piloted the dark green flying boat into a spatial wormhole not far away.

"Let's go too!"

On the other side, the eight-person team led by the dragon-headed beast didn't even glance at Qi Yuan before quickly departing in a black tower-shaped palace.

Soon, only Qi Yuan, a soldier from the Mingxiao Army, stood alone in front of the hall where the mission was received.

"The Nine Fiend Sea contains a large number of True God-level experts."

A faint, burning light flickered in Qi Yuan's pupils. "I hope I'll have a satisfying harvest!"

swoosh~
A golden flying boat quickly appeared, and then, carrying Qi Yuan, it rushed into the spatial wormhole where the Mingxiao Army soldiers had left earlier.

(End of this chapter)