Swallowing the Stars: Ten Thousand Times Return for Taking on Disciples

Chapter 206 Leaving the Battle
There were many spaceships at the port, and the Qingyu team waited in line for a long time before it was their turn.

The group boarded the spaceship, closed the hatch, and then slowly ascended into the air according to the predetermined trajectory.

"Haha."

Once the spaceship had completely left orbit, the dwarf apothecary suddenly burst into laughter, extending his childlike hand towards the burly man.

"You brute, you've lost."

"Sigh, what bad luck. Brother Han Li is too calm."

Helpless, the burly man handed over a piece of plant remains to the dwarf.

It turns out they made a bet before they set off, betting on whether their new teammate Han Li would be surprised by the scene at the port, and the dwarf obviously won.

The military base port sees thousands of spaceships taking off and landing every day, countless soldiers, immortal gods... and massive amounts of war weapons... all of which can shock new recruits who are seeing it for the first time.

"You two... can you please stop betting on your teammates? It's so pointless."

The bull scratched his head, thinking about his embarrassing past.

"Haha." The dwarf laughed even harder.

The burly man looked at the guy speechlessly and said, "When Man Niu came before, we made a bet. I thought Man Niu was an honest person, so I bet he would be calm. I didn't expect him to come here and start yelling like a madman, which made me lose the bet."

"You brute, haha, you should just give up. Don't bet with a dwarf. Think about it, have you ever won a single bet with him?"

The illusionist chuckled seductively.

"You won once, that time..."

The burly man looked at the dwarf in surprise and said, "That time, you didn't do it on purpose, did you?"

"How can you say that? You have so little self-confidence!"

The dwarf played with the remnants of plant life and said with a smile.

"You bastard, the more you say that, the more convinced I am that you deliberately let me win this time. You're so cunning! I swear, if I bet with you again, I'm a dog!"

Lu Qingshan looked at these people with a hint of curiosity. The extraterritorial battlefield should be fraught with danger, but he didn't expect them to be so happy.

It seems that with the protection of a powerful immortal who has been granted the title of Marquis within the Qingyu Squad, everyone feels quite safe.

"Han Li, look down."

Qingyu Hou offered a reminder.

The spaceship automatically activated the exterior simulation, and Lu Qingshan and his group all turned to look down.

"Is this an aerial view of the barracks base? It's truly magnificent!"

The massive military base has a diameter of millions of kilometers, larger than a star. Moreover, the surface of the military base is covered by a colorful energy shield. Through the energy shield, one can clearly see a series of ferocious giant cannons, each hundreds of kilometers in diameter, and even the smaller ones are hundreds of meters thick. There are also numerous teleportation points, densely packed together. Looking at it, it is like a beautiful painting.

"too strong!"

The bull clenched its fist excitedly: "Humans are just too powerful! Every time I set off and see these weapons of war, I feel my blood boiling! I really want to kill them all right now!"

"This is the AAA God Base, a powerful technological fortress. Did you see those cannons? A single shot could obliterate an immortal god. Even a Marquis or King, who possesses an immortal body, would have their divine body completely annihilated if hit by one."

Marquis Qingyu took out a bottle of fine wine, took a sip, and said, "Don't be fooled by my status as a Marquis Immortal with an immortal body. I wouldn't dare touch this thing. Back in the Thunder Islands, I witnessed a Marquis Immortal from another race arrive above the God Base for some unknown reason, but he couldn't identify himself. Then, a single shot from a secondary cannon reduced him to ashes. And that was just a secondary cannon, the kind with a diameter of a few hundred meters... If the main cannon, with a diameter of several hundred kilometers, were to fire, I can't even imagine how powerful it would be!"

"The barracks base is the safest haven for every soldier on the battlefield outside the region. It is heavily defended... Here, everyone can rest and enjoy themselves in peace. But once you enter the battlefield, danger lurks everywhere."

Qingyu Hou turned to look at Lu Qingshan.

"Are you nervous about entering the battlefield for the first time?"

"well enough."

Lu Qingshan said calmly.

"Haha, it seems Gwen has recommended an excellent warrior to us. Such calmness on the battlefield for the first time probably means he is very confident in his abilities."

Marquis Qingyu was very satisfied.

As the divine base receded into the distance and became barely visible, Lu Qingshan turned and asked, "I heard from Manghan that you were previously in Thunder Islands, isn't that the Eighth Battlefield? Why are you suddenly in the Seventh Battlefield?"

"Hehe... This is no secret. Dwarf and Enchanting both know it."

Qingyu Hou paused slightly in the hand holding the fine wine.

"Back in the Thunder Islands, we wiped out a squad of mechanical race members and killed two of their immortal gods. But one of those immortal gods had a powerful backer, and our squad was hunted down by a team from the main island. Several of our teammates died that time; only me, Manghan, and Gwen survived. The mechanical race's powerful members issued a kill order against us. We couldn't survive in the Thunder Islands anymore, so we came to this seventh battlefield, the Shattered Star Belt."

"Gwen left the team because of this incident. Two of his teammates died on the battlefield while covering him, which was a huge blow to him, so he decided to take a break for a while."

"So that's how it is..." Lu Qingshan's doubts were resolved. No wonder Qingyu Hou ran here from Tianlei Islands and was being chased. That makes sense.

If you're being chased and don't run, that's just being stubborn.

"Therefore, we must be even more careful this time. We should try not to reveal our strength if possible... Under normal circumstances, I will not take action. Even if I do, it will be to save your lives. I will try not to use my immortality to fight the enemy."

"Qingyu said."

The dwarf nodded: "The captain is right. If a Marquis goes on a rampage in the Shattered Star Zone, it will probably attract Marquis-level experts from other races soon, and then things will get troublesome."

"Haha, but I will also participate in regular battles, only I will participate at the level of a high-ranking military commander, so don't worry about me not putting in my effort."

Marquis Qingyu smiled.

"Boss, even if you don't help, we won't mind. With you here, we can survive, and besides, your detector..." the burly man said with a smile.

Yao Rao also said, "Over the years, we have encountered several life-or-death crises, and it was always the boss who led us to escape. If it weren't for the boss, we would have died long ago."

"Our probe is excellent. Few alien species in the asteroid belt have a more advanced probe than ours."

The dwarf also spoke. A look of reminiscence appeared on Qingyu Hou's face: "That was thousands of years ago. I made a fortune and bought this detector worth 100 million Hunyuan units. Even a Marquis wouldn't be so extravagant."

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan, who was sitting in the corner of the cabin lounge, couldn't help but look at Qingyu Hou. Could this guy have used the reward he had given him to buy this detector?

When Qingyu Hou brought Paris out of the Eighth Battlefield, Lu Qingshan's reward was exactly one million Hunyuan units.

……

Time flies, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Their spaceship traversed the mysterious realms of space, encountering no enemies along the way. However, once they arrived, everyone's nerves were on edge.

Qingyu Hou said, "Everyone is about to get into the fight, so be careful. Han Li, you're a newcomer, so stay by Yao Rao's side and see how she makes her moves. You can just follow along."

"no problem."

Lu Qingshan was a very competent teammate and had no objections to Qingyu Hou's arrangements.

The spaceship slowly entered the asteroid belt, weaving through meteorites. Qingyu Hou activated the probes at full power, ready to issue an alarm immediately should they encounter an enemy.

Here, the spaceship can only travel at low speed, and Lu Qingshan can see the outside scene from the exterior simulation.

The densely packed fragments of stars make it feel like you're in the Milky Way.

Yao Rao walked over and sat down next to him, saying, "Han Li, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"Fortunately."

Lu Qingshan said.

"Strange, there have been too many battles here, so the killing aura is very strong. Every newcomer who comes here for the first time will feel obviously uncomfortable. Why don't you feel anything?"

"Oh, is that possible?"

Lu Qingshan carefully sensed the surrounding evil energy and felt that it was indeed quite dense. Of course, this density was relative to the outside world; for Lu Qingshan, it was completely imperceptible.

His true form is a Blood Warrior who has fused three Blood Crystals, and he also has a Ghost King clone, so this bit of malevolent energy is nothing to him.

"Yes, I felt very uncomfortable the first time I came here. The captain even told me to go to the virtual universe to relax."

“Me too!” Man Niu looked at Lu Qingshan curiously.

"Haha, maybe I'm just immune to evil energy."

Lu Qingshan smiled and moved on from the topic.

Qingyu Hou had been keeping an eye on Lu Qingshan. After all, there was a new member in the team, and if they didn't work well together, he might not be as strong as the original fighters.

But when they discovered that their new teammates weren't even afraid of malevolent energy, they couldn't help but nod in approval, feeling that Gwen had introduced them to an excellent teammate.

Even among the Realm Lords, there are varying degrees of strength. The weaker ones can only escape from the hands of the Immortal Army Lords, while the stronger ones can even kill them. In Qingyu Hou's view, Han Li clearly belongs to the stronger category.

This can be seen from the amount of military merit awarded.

In their team, apart from him and the brute, everyone else was a Realm Lord General. However, only Han Li had 1 billion military merits, while the others had between 100 million and 1 billion. The strongest alchemist, the dwarf, only had 800 million military merits.

Han Li, the illusionist, is probably the strongest member of the team besides himself and the brute.

Qingyu Hou abandoned the idea of ​​slowly working things out and looked at the detector. The detector was connected to the virtual universe, and human teammates, allies, and those of the same faction were all marked. Only when an alien race appeared would there be a red warning.

On the second day of their journey through the asteroid belt, the probe discovered the enemy.

"One immortal, five realm lords... it's an alien squad, a hundred million kilometers away from us."

Qingyu Hou stood up and said.

"Done!"

The bull clenched its fist excitedly.

The burly man took out two axes and carefully wiped them clean.

Everyone in the squad took out their weapons, and Lu Qingshan also took out an immortal divine weapon, the Time Overlord Armor disguised as a gray standard battle armor, which appeared on his body.

Everyone was ready for the battle to come.

"9000 million kilometers!"

"8000 million kilometers!"

……

Qingyu Hou revealed a hint of excitement: "We are getting closer and closer, but they haven't run away. Their detectors must be much lower than ours, and they haven't detected us at all. Everyone, prepare for battle!"

One hundred million kilometers is not a long distance in the fragmentation belt, which is 1.2 million light-years long.

Their spaceship approached stealthily, and it wasn't until they were right in front of the enemy that they were discovered.

Six enormous boar demons burst forth from the star fragments.

Each one was enormous, the largest of which, the Immortal, was comparable to a mountain.

"They're demons... Everyone be careful... These pig demons aren't very strong, illusionists, be prepared!"

Lord Qingyu issued orders.

“Go deal with that immortal, you brute! Keep him occupied, and I’ll find a chance to kill him.”

"Everyone else fight individually. Han Li and Yao Rao, you two cooperate and look for opportunities to use illusion techniques!"

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(End of this chapter)