Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 171: Broken Star Continent
"Use the identity of Marquis Lingxiao."

Lu Jin, who dislikes following rules, said without hesitation.

No experienced mentor? Lack of experience?

Don't panic! In the battlefields beyond the borders, what matters isn't experience, but strength.

"Yes, Master!"

Fatty responded and connected to the unique military system of the extraterritorial battlefield through the virtual universe.

"Master, we have received the latest star map of the Seventh Battlefield from the military system."

After connecting to the virtual universe using the fake identity 'Lingxiaohou', Fatty reminded me.

"Reveal the star map."

Pointing to the front of him, Lu Jin said.

'Shuh! '

Inside the Shenzhou spacecraft's control room, a three-dimensional virtual projection of the starry sky appeared.

This star map shows the entire Seventh Battlefield, which has a diameter of over a million light-years. It looks extremely complex, with hundreds of millions of tiny dots.

Each small dot represents a battle zone.

Of course, the vast majority of these areas are areas where beings below the Immortal level can operate, with only a few areas where Immortal gods can operate.

Even if it's only a few, it still amounts to tens of thousands.

Fatty asked, "Master, should we activate the virtual universe army system's location status?"

Once location services are enabled, the virtual universe army system will display the coordinates of all allies and comrades with location services enabled within a range of one billion kilometers.

In addition to some basic auxiliary functions, the virtual universe army system also has an 'emergency call for help' function.

If an emergency distress signal is sent, all comrades and allies within a radius of billions of kilometers who have their location services enabled will receive the distress signal.

In the virtual universe army system, comrades-in-arms refer to fellow human warriors, while allies refer to alien races that join the human faction on the extraterrestrial battlefield.

With a virtual universe army system in place for oversight, there's no need to worry about open betrayal within the faction.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Jin said, "Activate location services. The star map will only show areas where the 'Conferred Marquis Immortal' activity takes place."

The next moment, the three-dimensional star map projected in front of Lu Jin was reduced to only a few thousand small dots, and a green dot of light appeared.

Around the green dot, there is a blue dot and two yellow dots.

In the virtual universe system, green dots represent oneself, blue dots represent human allies, and yellow dots represent alien allies of the same faction.

If a distress signal is sent, the light will flash continuously.

Perhaps due to its relatively remote location, only one blue dot and two yellow dots appeared within a range of billions of kilometers.

After examining the star map in front of him, Lu Jin's gaze fell on a small dot in front of the green dot representing himself, and the text description marked around that small dot.

'The highest-level combat zone within the radiating area of ​​Barracks Base 018 on the Shattered Star Continent?'

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow and said, "Fatty, expand the Shattered Star Continent."

Suddenly, one of the thousands of small dots remaining on the star map rapidly enlarged, forming a huge, irregular continent.

Around this continent, numerous fragments float, and next to the star map are densely packed texts that provide a detailed description of this Shattered Star Continent.

——【Shattered Star Continent: The highest-level combat zone within the control range of the 018th Barracks Base of the Seventh Battlefield. Humans who dare to enter the Shattered Star Continent, as well as countless alien powerhouses, whether elite squads or armies, are always led by an immortal god.

Among the immortal gods active on the Shattered Star Continent, Immortal Army Lords account for about 60%, Marquis Immortals account for about 35%, and King Immortals account for less than 5%.

Furthermore, the vast majority of the Immortal Kings who appear on the Shattered Star Continent are at the initial level of the King title, with very few at the advanced level.

The Shattered Star Continent originated from the shattered Dark Star Continent countless years ago, and the main continent after the shattering has a maximum diameter of 3.2 light-years.

Around the main continent, tens of thousands of continental fragments float, ranging in diameter from millions to trillions of kilometers.

Lu Jin asked, "Fatty, how far are we from the Shattered Star Continent?"

More than a third of them are granted the title of Marquis, and there is also a small proportion of those granted the title of King (lower rank). Very few are granted the title of King (higher rank), making it undoubtedly very suitable for him to go there for practical training at his current level.

Moreover, even if they encounter an opponent they cannot defeat, they can escape using the teleportation ability of the Azure Netherworld Wings.

Or simply have the Netherworld Blood Sea clone within the Time Palace teleport the original body back via the Kunlun Mirror.

"Approximately 120,000 light-years away."

"Head to the nearest shuttle point. Activate the probe. Destination: Shattered Star Continent. Proceed!"

Lu Jin gave the order.

"Yes, Master!"

Fatty responded, and the Shenzhou spacecraft accelerated, speeding towards the nearest shuttle point.

Unlike the normal cosmic sky, the secret realm of the universe is filled with too much dust and debris, so a large area must be deliberately cleared out.

Otherwise, due to the obstruction of various types of space debris, spacecraft would find it difficult to accelerate to the speed of light to travel through the dark universe.

In the Seventh Battlefield, there are hundreds of millions of such dark universe travel points, scattered throughout the battlefield.

three days later.

In the starry sky of the Shattered Star Continent region, a thousand-foot-long, dark blue divine dragon appeared out of nowhere.

"100% outdoor scene simulation".

"After returning to the original universe," Lu Jin instructed.

"Shh!"

Suddenly, the scene in the spaceship's control room changed, and the starry sky outside became clearly visible.

In the distant starry sky, a vast and boundless continent floats, and beyond this continent, there are also numerous enormous fragments of the continent.

The Shattered Star Continent is divided into the main continent and many fragmented continents surrounding it.

Although they are called continental fragments, some of the larger fragments would take light two or three months to traverse completely, which gives you an idea of ​​just how enormous these so-called 'fragments' are.

At this moment, the Shenzhou spacecraft was flying at sub-light speed above a huge piece of land.

Fatty explained, "Master, according to the star map, that main continent is Shattered Star 001, and the continental fragment we are passing through now is Continent 006, with a maximum diameter of 12000 trillion kilometers."

Based on existing intelligence, the strongest individuals in the Shattered Star Continent region are mainly concentrated on the 001 main continent, including the 006 continent. Very few early-stage King-level Immortals appear on the other continental fragments.

Lu Jin said, "Notify me immediately once the detector detects a non-human faction member who has been granted the title of Marquis or higher and is an Immortal."

As for the Immortal Army Lord, forget about trash of that level.

As a newbie just starting out, it's best to first accumulate some experience in killing powerful and immortal beings in a "corner" before venturing to the main continent where the strong gather to join the fun.

After all, the main continent of No. 001 is not lacking in figures who have been granted the title of King. At present, he is no match for such a powerful figure unless the other party does not burn his divine power.

"Yes, Master!"

Fatty responded.

A few hours later.

On Land 006 of the Shattered Star Continent, above a desolate, colossal mountain range, human and demon teams are locked in fierce combat. Judging from the battle, although the human team is outnumbered, their superior teamwork has given them the upper hand against the larger demon team.

But the situation is quite different higher up on the battlefield.

Above the battlefield, five immortal figures were also locked in combat.

There are two humans on the human side.

A minotaur, six meters tall, wearing golden armor and carrying a large golden axe.

A burly, one-horned man, three meters tall, wearing purple armor and wielding a purple spear.

There are three demons on the demon side.

A black-scaled python over 300 meters long, a blue leopard tens of meters long, and a golden rat a hundred meters long.

'Damn it! Old Zi, these three beasts are all at the peak of the Immortal Military Lord realm. If things get really bad, we should retreat!'

With a series of slashes from his great axe, he temporarily repelled the attacking blue leopard and golden rat. The bull-headed giant, whose divine body had suffered a loss of more than 5%, cursed under his breath and communicated with the one-horned giant who was fighting the black-scaled python in the distance through divine sense.

"The distress signal has been sent out. Hang in there a little longer. If there's no improvement, I'll have to say sorry to them."

While fending off the attacks of the black-scaled giant python, the burly man with the single horn replied.

In the battlefields beyond the realm, whether an army led by an immortal can win a battle depends not on whether the army can defeat the enemy army, but on whether the immortal himself wins.

For example, in the current military-level battles, the human race has the advantage.

However, after the two human immortals were defeated, the human army was destined to flee for their lives.

Furthermore, in battles at the Immortal level, if the Immortal commander leading the army is no match for the enemy Immortal, the army system also allows the Immortal commander to abandon the army and flee.

Because an immortal, even the weakest immortal, is more important than an army composed of a hundred world lords, a thousand domain lords, and ten thousand cosmic-level warriors.

After all, immortal gods will not perish unless they are killed, while life forms below immortality, except for special life forms, have lifespan limitations.

Furthermore, most of the warriors below the Immortal level who come to the extraterrestrial battlefield for training are from the secret realms and the divine kingdoms, and they can be said to have virtually no hope of becoming immortal.

After another fierce battle, realizing that his divine body had lost nearly 10%, and that if the fight continued, he might not even be able to escape, the one-horned giant couldn't help but feel the urge to retreat.

Suddenly, the voice of the auxiliary AI rang in the unicorn's mind: 'Master, a comrade has appeared within a range of 10 billion kilometers. Checking through the military system, the opponent's name is Marquis Lingxiao.'

'The Marquis of Lingxiao? A marquisate?!'

The burly man's eyes lit up, and he quickly instructed the AI ​​assistant, "Little Purple, send a call request to Marquis Lingxiao."

Although he didn't know this Marquis Lingxiao, and had never even heard of his name.

But that doesn't matter. It's an extraterritorial battlefield; there are plenty of unfamiliar people there.

Let's first see if this powerful figure who has been granted a title is willing to lend a helping hand. If not, it's not too late to run away.

Meanwhile, inside the Shenzhou spacecraft's control room, Lu Jin was resting with his eyes closed.

Suddenly, Fatty's voice rang out: "Master, we have received a distress signal from the virtual universe system located billions of kilometers to the side. We have two immortals on our side and three immortals from the enemy demon race."

One of the human immortals has sent you a call request.

"catch!"

Lu Jin opened his eyes and said coldly.

"Shh!"

The main control screen in the spaceship's control room lit up, revealing a purple-armored man with a single horn who said earnestly, "Brah greets Lord Lingxiao, and we beg Lord Lingxiao to help us."

The demon race has three peak Immortal Army Lords, and the two of us are no match for them.

Although we two have a chance to escape, our army will inevitably collapse, or even be completely wiped out.

"As fellow human beings, we earnestly request Lord Lingxiao to extend a helping hand."

As he spoke, the purple-armored, one-horned immortal Brar bowed deeply.

"Ah."

Lu Jin nodded slightly and hung up the call.

If we hadn't run into them, that would have been fine, but since we have, we should still lend a hand if we can.

Moreover, while you could say that the powerful figures in Devouring the Stars are ruthless killers with heavy karma, the vast majority of them still understand the meaning of 'affection'.

Even if they are unable to help him in the future due to limitations in their abilities, they will still spontaneously promote his good reputation.

"Wow!"

The hatch opened, and the Shenzhou spacecraft was stored in the World Ring. Lu Jin, dressed in dark blue full-body armor, manifested three pairs of wings behind him.

"Whoosh!"

Having determined the direction of the other party, Lu Jin flapped his Azure Heaven and Yellow Springs Wings behind him and quickly accelerated to the speed of light, entering the dark universe.

Possessing a million times the power of a peak ninth-level World Lord, traversing the Dark Universe in the Primal Universe with one's physical body would be far too easy.

After traversing the dark universe for three-thousandths of a second, Lu Jin paused, left the dark universe, and appeared directly less than ten million kilometers away from the battlefield.

The distance traveled through the dark universe is 1008.1 million times that of the primordial universe.

Traveling through the dark universe at the speed of light for three-thousandths of a second is equivalent to moving forward more than nine billion kilometers in the original universe.

Of course, given our limited resources, the estimates for time and speed were not entirely accurate, and some errors are inevitable.

"Whoosh!"

As soon as he appeared, Lu Jin flipped his hand, and thirty-six three-inch-diameter Azure Heaven and Yellow Spring Pearls surrounded his body. Then, his wings flapped behind him, and he transformed into a stream of light and flew towards the battlefield.

"Damn it, the despicable humans have reinforcements! Retreat!"

Sensing the powerful aura rising in the distance, the azure demon leopard used its tail to repel the golden-armored minotaur, then called to the golden demon rat and the black-scaled python, and, disregarding the numerous demon army on the battlefield below, hastily fled.

My life is my own, but the demon soldiers belong to my clan. With the arrival of powerful enemies, survival is the top priority.

"Hmph~, where do you think you're going! Frost Beast God!"

Seeing the three demon immortals flee, Lu Jin snorted coldly and pointed his hand in the distance.

"hold head high--"

In an instant, 36 Azure Heaven and Yellow Spring Pearls shot out, filling the air with a rich aura of water and air laws. As a dazzling ice-blue light bloomed, a phantom of a water beast god, ten thousand meters long with solid scales and flesh, appeared, carrying a terrifying aura as it pounced toward the fastest blue demon leopard.

The phantom of the Water Beast God was incredibly fast, catching up with the slower blue leopard in the blink of an eye. It raised its massive right forelimb and slammed it down on the blue leopard.

"boom--"

A deafening roar erupted, space shattered, and a torrent of fragments swept through, instantly reducing the tens of meters-tall azure demon leopard to dust, its divine body utterly annihilated.

With the power of a million times that of a ninth-level World Lord and the comprehension of laws at the peak of the Marquis level, the strength of this avatar is only ten times weaker than that of a peak Marquis in the state of burning divine power.

With the Azure Heaven Pearl, a common treasure set of psychic weapons comparable to top-tier treasures, it would be too easy to crush a peak Immortal Army Lord in one move.

Bonus chapter for May (6)

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