Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 300: Individual Plans
The Nine Fiends Sea is a vast and turbulent sea area.

This place is home to countless powerful beasts, making it one of the most powerful forces in the Jin world besides the four major armies!

The outermost edge of the Nine Fiends Sea.

"call!"

A golden flying boat appeared out of thin air and quickly landed on a rocky beach far from the coast of the Nine Fiends Sea.

The hatch opened, a figure flew out, and then the golden airship was quickly put away.

"This is the Nine Fiends Sea."

Qi Yuan gazed at the vast ocean that stretched as far as the eye could see. "Those Mingxiao soldiers should have arrived before me, but I haven't seen them. Have they entered the ocean?"

With a thought, he quickly removed the Netherworld Armor from his body and put on the black battle armor he had been wearing before.

Whoosh!
Qi Yuan first teleported to the sky above the surging sea, and then plunged headfirst into the seawater below.

The incredibly heavy seawater, carrying a faint scent of blood, pressed in from all directions, yet it was completely blocked by a hazy black radiance on Qi Yuan's body.

Qi Yuan descended deeper and deeper, his form changing as he transformed into a black-armored beast resembling a four-legged dragon.

The Nine Fiends Sea is a gathering place for exotic beast forces. If outside tribal warriors rashly intrude, it will naturally attract the attention of local strongmen.

Fortunately, he brought his Shangqing clone and Yuqing clone with him into the Jin world this time. With the transformation ability of the Shangqing clone, it was naturally very easy for him to change and hide his identity.

"There are two requirements for the Reincarnation-level mission: one is to obtain 30,000 military merits, and the other is to kill a Menghe Clan member at the Law Master level or above and obtain a Menghe Pearl."

As Qi Yuan rapidly advanced along the seabed, he secretly pondered, "Military merits shouldn't be too difficult. If I unleash my full power, killing a few ordinary True Gods without the protection of a supreme treasure palace shouldn't be too hard."

"The mission will last for a full ten thousand years, which is more than enough time, even if we have to move from place to place. However, the second mission requires the Menghe Pearl, but I don't even know where the Menghe tribe lives. It seems I should capture a few local creatures to find out more."

Wow~~~
With a flick of its long tail, Qi Yuan, transformed into a four-legged dragon, parted the waves and began to advance rapidly.

Another area of ​​the Nine Fiends Sea.

The Mingxiao Army soldier Kuru, who resembled a dragon-headed beast, was carefully moving close to the seabed, while his companions were hiding in one of his personal spaces.

"Haha, we've only been in the Nine Fiends Sea for a short time, and we've already killed a True God. A Reincarnation-level mission lasts for a whole era. As long as we're careful, we can slowly kill True Gods one by one. We still have a good chance of completing the first mission requirement!"

"The Mechanical Flow Treasure is indeed powerful. Kuru used it to withstand the True God's attack head-on, and with us providing support from the sidelines, killing the True God became much easier!"

"Great! There's hope of getting through the Reincarnation-level mission!"

Hearing the chatter of its companions, a strange glint flashed in Kuru's eyes as it moved along the seabed, but it still spoke in a serious tone:

"It's not that simple. We killed a lone True God by surprise, but we can only use such methods once or twice more. Once more True God experts fall, the higher-ups of the Nine Fiends Sea will definitely notice and send out a large number of True Gods to sweep and track our whereabouts. At that time, it won't be so easy for us to succeed again!"

"Especially Fengyan and his group will definitely be taking action. They have more people, and they need to kill more Nine Fiends Sea experts. If the commotion gets big, even we will be affected!"

"Kuru is right. True God-level experts are the backbone of the Nine Fiends Sea. The Nine Fiends Sea will never sit idly by and watch their own True God-level experts fall one after another. They will definitely send out a large army to sweep across the land. Then we will be in trouble!"

"So what should we do next to kill the Lord of Laws?"

"No! We'll continue killing the true gods, and make as much of a commotion as possible!"

Kuru, who was on his way, suddenly transmitted his voice, "According to the information I have, although the Nine Fiends Sea is a force, it is divided into nine parts, which are the nine major caves. These nine major caves are united to the outside world, but they are independently governed internally, and there is even competition and even fighting among them."

"We are currently in the Crimson Blood Territory, which is under the jurisdiction of the Crimson Blood Cave. We can kill as many True Gods as possible here, or slaughter a large number of Universe Lords. Once the commotion gets big and the powerful figures in the Crimson Blood Territory start to pay attention to us, we will secretly retreat to the territory under the jurisdiction of other caves and continue killing!"

Kuru's voice was icy cold, "For this Reincarnation-level mission, each of our soldiers needs to complete a full 3 military merits. That means each of us must kill at least 3 True Gods, or 3 Law Masters! Even if we assassinate them discreetly, we can only assassinate one or two True Gods, or a few hundred Law Masters, before it will attract the attention of the Nine Fiends Sea's higher-ups."

"Then it's better to make a big fuss right from the start, and kill as many as we can before they have a chance to react. Kill the True Gods first, and then we can secretly kill the Law Masters when things get tense. That way, there might still be a glimmer of hope that we can accomplish it. As for how well we can do it, that depends on how hard we can fight!"

Kuru's words silenced the soldiers who followed him.

To commit massacres in a place like the Nine Fiends Sea, where powerful figures gather, is tantamount to courting death!
Moreover, this method is only effective at the beginning. Once too many True Gods and Law Masters of the Nine Fiends Sea die, it will definitely attract a large number of True Gods to frantically besiege them. At that time, they will have almost no chance to make a move again.

In such a short time, how many True Gods? How many Law Lords? It's hard to say whether they can even collect enough military merits for half of the team members.

However, they also understood that missions at the Reincarnation level were not easy to complete, and at the moment, there seemed to be no better way.
"I agree with Kuru's plan."

"It can only be this way."

"Let's give it our all! After all, this is a Reincarnation-level mission; it's unrealistic to expect to complete it without risking our lives!" At the same moment, the female team leader, Feng Yan, was also instructing her team members—

"Between the nine caves of the Nine Fiends Sea, there are battlefields for Law Masters, where battles between armies of Law Masters frequently break out. This is a method used by the higher-ups of the Nine Fiends Sea to hone the Law Masters."

"The commotion of hunting down a true god is too great, so let's set our sights on the Lord of Laws first. We can infiltrate the Lord of Laws' battlefield, and we don't necessarily have to kill the enemies ourselves. We can just pick up the equipment left behind by the fallen Lords of Laws. Although this is less efficient, it is safer."

"Of course, if the equipment we accumulate in the end is not enough to meet the military merit quota for this mission, then when it's time to fight to the death, we must fight to the death!"

Both groups within the Seventh Squad formulated action plans tailored to their own circumstances.

Qi Yuan, the only lone traveler in the team, finally encountered his first creature from the Nine Fiends Sea after venturing deep into its depths for a long time.

A crab-like beast, the Lord of Laws, whose body was hundreds of thousands of kilometers tall and covered with a golden shell, blocked Qi Yuan's path.

"Stop, you four-legged creature!"

The crab-like beast brandished its enormous pincers, staring intently at the four-legged dragon that Qi Yuan had transformed into. "I can't sense the aura of the Golden Horn Token on you. You're not from our Golden Horn Manor!"

"Golden Horn Token? What is that?" Qi Yuan asked with slight confusion.

"Show me your identification token, or I will treat you as an outsider and kill you on the spot!" the crab-like beast said coldly.

"Identity token. Outsider?"

Qi Yuan vaguely felt that he had detected some useful information, and he looked up at the crab-like beast—

"You brought this to your door yourself."

He smiled faintly, and a faint layer of dark light emanated from his body, instantly enveloping the crab-like beast.

"Damn it! You!"

Just as the crab-like beast was about to speak, an extremely powerful shockwave of will erupted instantly, causing it to feel its consciousness boom and instantly enter a dazed state.

Immediately afterwards, a stream of ethereal divine power invaded its divine body, leaving a special mark on its various life imprints.

When the crab-like beast regained consciousness, its gaze toward Qi Yuan was filled with nothing but endless reverence and fervor.

"Owner!"

After a short while, through the introduction of the crab-like beast that had enslaved his soul, Qi Yuan finally gained a deeper understanding of the environment of the Nine Fiend Sea.

The Nine Fiends Sea is vast and endless.

The entire Nine Fiends Sea is divided into nine major cave dwelling forces, each ruled by one of the nine most powerful Void True Gods in the Nine Fiends Sea.

The Nine Fiends Sea is more like an alliance of these nine major cave forces, united in their external relations, but also engaged in hidden internal struggles.

Of course, with the suppression of those nine Void Gods, this struggle was controlled to a limited level, more like an internal training and competition mechanism.

Under the jurisdiction of these nine major cave dwelling forces, in addition to their directly controlled territories, there are also individual 'mansions,' which are the fiefdoms of those true god-level powerhouses.

Where he is now is within the territory of the 'Golden Horn Prefecture' under the jurisdiction of the Crimson Blood Cave of the Nine Fiends Sea, which is the territory of a True God powerhouse named 'Golden Horn True God'.

"These beings above the level of the Nine Fiends Sea Law Master actually all have their own identity tokens? The management is quite strict."

Qi Yuan extended a wisp of divine power, directly conjuring a golden rhombus-shaped token that came before him.

The material of the entire golden token is unknown, but based on a rough assessment, its hardness is at least at the level of a high-grade treasure.

There are special patterns on this golden token, and at the same time, a faint, special aura is constantly spreading out.

"Golden Horn - Balong? Balong... is that the name of this strange beast?"

"With this token, it will be much easier to move around in the Nine Fiends Sea. Let's go and take a look at the cave of that Golden Horn True God!"

With the activation of Shangqing's clone's transformation ability, Qi Yuan's form and aura rapidly changed, quickly becoming identical to the crab-like beast from before.

He then put the beast into his world ring, stuffed the golden token representing his identity into the crack in its shell, and then swaggered off in a certain direction, teleporting away at lightning speed.

(End of this chapter)