Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 121 A Clever Fate, Team Members
In the incredibly spacious hall, hundreds of thousands of world lord-level powerhouses were gathered.

Qi Yuan simply glanced around and discovered at least a dozen figures whose base return multiplier was over 50 times!
In his understanding, these people were all 'immortal reserves'!

Sometimes, you might not find even one person like that in an entire star field.

In this very hall, at least a dozen people were gathered!

However, it's not hard to understand after just a little thought.

The battlefield outside the territory is not only a simple battleground between ethnic groups, but also a renowned place for training and honing one's skills.

Besides the large number of humans living in divine kingdoms and secret realms, many elite geniuses from the 1008 Universe Kingdom also choose to come here for life-and-death trials, seeking greater breakthroughs.

It can be said that this extraterrestrial battlefield is one of the places where the human race's elite talents gather the most.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why such a scene exists.

At this moment, Qi Yuan and tens of thousands of other new recruits from the outer battlefields had entered the hall under the guidance of the bald youth.

"New recruits have arrived! Haha, there's even a 'World Lord Warrior' among them! Teams looking to recruit should hurry up!"

The bald young man shouted something, then turned and left.

Meanwhile, many of the realm lords who had been casually gathering to drink and chat in the main hall were now drawn to the attention of others.

"A Realm Lord Warrior?"

"Are there any realm lord generals among this batch of new recruits?"

Immediately, figures quickly arrived in front of the group of new recruits.

As these realm lords approached each other, their intelligent light brains would prompt each other about their permissions, and thus their gazes instantly fell on Qi Yuan among the new recruits.

"Hey bro, join our elite squad! Our captain is an immortal god. You'll be safer working with us!"

"Brother, come to us! Our captain is also an immortal god, and even more powerful than their captain!"

"If they're all no good, come to us."

A group of veteran world lords enthusiastically extended olive branches to Qi Yuan.

Being rated as a World Commander during the recruit stage demonstrates exceptional strength and potential, making such talent a top priority for various teams.

In contrast, the other 99 new recruits who were realm lords were somewhat neglected.

Normally, the more outstanding recruits from each batch of new Realm Lords are absorbed into elite squads.

The remaining ordinary ones will be incorporated into the army led by the immortal gods and move with the legion.

Qi Yuan looked at the realm lords and a few immortal gods who were extending extremely enthusiastic invitations to him, but he did not rush to reply.

His eyes swept quickly across the crowd, and soon he identified several potential targets.

The memory of a Realm Lord is incredibly powerful. Although he had only glanced at them casually a few times, he easily remembered the faces of the people sitting next to the dozen or so high-probability talents he had just discovered.

Then, by comparing himself with the people who had come to invite him, the result naturally became clear.

"Among the dozen or so teams in the lobby with base return multipliers of 50x or higher, seven of them sent me invitations."

Qi Yuan quickly recalled in his mind, "And among these seven, the one with the highest return rate is..."

His gaze quickly fell on an immortal god to his right front, who wore blood-red battle armor and, apart from being taller and having faint purplish-black patterns on his bare neck, looked quite similar to humans from his previous life on Earth.

Based on my memory, this immortal deity was sitting with a 'target' who had a return multiplier of up to 53 times.

"Let's talk to him first," Qi Yuan quickly decided.

After a while.

At a quieter dining table, Qi Yuan and the immortal deity sat facing each other.

From the casual conversation just now, Qi Yuan had learned that this immortal deity was named Balin, and was an immortal deity of fire.

"Haha, Brother Yuan, besides me, the captain of the Immortal God team, our team also has 7 Realm Lord generals, all of whom are veterans who have been fighting on the battlefields outside the realm for thousands of years. Their strength and experience are beyond question!"

The immortal god Balin smiled and introduced to Qi Yuan, "The seven World Lord War Generals are two illusionists, two martial artists, two mentalists, and one rare puppeteer."

"A puppeteer?" Qi Yuan was slightly surprised.

Besides the three most common schools of martial arts, mentalists, and illusionists, there are also smaller schools among countless cultivators, such as pharmacists, beast tamers, and puppeteers.

These schools of thought have very few members, and it is quite difficult to achieve success in them.

However, their methods are extremely rare and powerful, and they often achieve victories against stronger opponents!

Puppet masters primarily engage in combat by controlling various puppets.

A well-trained World Lord-level puppeteer, if fully prepared, can even severely injure an immortal god in an instant with a massive puppet army!
Of course, when it comes to true puppet masters, those powerful mechanical immortals are the ones to consider.

With their superior computational abilities, once they control a massive army of puppets in battle, the combat power they unleash is truly astonishing.
"Haha, you know the puppeteer's fighting style. Many times, we don't even need to get involved in close combat. As long as we provide support, he can take on a whole squad by himself. He's definitely an excellent teammate!"

Bahrain explained with a smile.

“Yes, it’s really comfortable to team up with a puppeteer.” Qi Yuan nodded in agreement with a smile.

The two drank some beverages and chatted casually.

Just then, a gaunt young man wearing purple-gold armor and with a diamond-shaped crystal between his eyebrows walked over.

To Qi Yuan's surprise, behind the young man was a blond figure wearing black armor.

It was the blond boy with a base return multiplier of 52 that we had seen in the Giant Puppet Star concentration area before!

"Captain, is everything settled? I've successfully won over a young comrade!" The gaunt young man swaggered over to the table, sat down, and flashed Qi Yuan a warm smile.

"Hey bro, I'm Poison Bee, a member of Captain Bahrain's team!"

"It can't be that fast!"

The immortal god Balin smiled and shook his head, then introduced to Qi Yuan, "This is Poison Bee, the puppeteer I just told you about. Don't let his carefree attitude fool you, he's definitely the most meticulous one in the team when he enters the battlefield!"

"Hehe, hello, I'm Yuan."

Qi Yuan smiled and raised his glass to the gaunt young man named Poison Bee, but his gaze then turned to the blond boy behind him.

"Hehe, what a coincidence," he thought to himself.

"Haha, hello, hello."

The gaunt young man, Poison Sting, laughed heartily, "Brother Yuan, Boss Balin should have already introduced our team to you. I'm not bragging, but our team is definitely one of the best among all the elite Realm Master teams here at Barracks 031!"

"So, bro, how about you seriously consider it?"

Upon hearing his words, Qi Yuan withdrew his gaze from the blond boy behind him, and then smiled as he raised his glass:

"Then, I'll have to trouble you all to take care of me."

"Take care of me? Haha, no problem, no problem!"

Upon receiving his confirmation, both the immortal god Balin and the puppeteer Poison Bee laughed heartily.

"Brother Yuan, and Brother Noah, welcome to our team!"

The immortal god Bahrain smiled warmly, "Come on, let me introduce you to your other teammates!"

As he spoke, he led the group toward a quiet corner of the hall.

At a huge long table in this corner, six people were chatting and laughing casually.

Upon seeing them arrive, the six men immediately stood up to greet them.

"Haha, Captain, you've reached an agreement?"

"Welcome a new teammate! Welcome, welcome!"

Six figures appeared: a burly 'Nas Crystal Clan' over 10 meters tall with skin shimmering with an alloy sheen; a 'Moon Glass Clan' with white hair and red eyes, possessing an exquisitely beautiful face that exuded a subtle allure; a golden-haired ape-man; and a 'Dark Nether Clan' with blood-red curved horns and shrouded in a murderous aura.
Each figure greeted the newly joined Qi Yuan and the blond boy.

"Haha, let me introduce you."

The immortal deity Balin first pointed to Qi Yuan, "This is the newly arrived recruit, the 'World Lord Warrior,' you can call him 'Yuan.'"

“And this one.” He pointed to the blond boy again, “This is the Noah Brother, one of the most outstanding among these new recruits, a powerful psychic controller.”

"Hehe, the two new little brothers are so cute."

The white-haired, red-eyed woman from the Moonlit Clan sized up the two of them, a seductive smile playing on her lips.

Qi Yuan didn't feel anything yet, but the blond boy next to him couldn't help but have his eyes flicker slightly.

However, it only flashed for a moment before clarity returned instantly.

"Alright, stop teasing the newcomer!"

Bahrain first glanced at the woman helplessly, then introduced her to Qi Yuan and the other person.

"This is Xue Mei, the illusionist in the team. She has a lively personality. By the way, like Yuan, Xue Mei was also rated as a 'World Lord Warrior' when she was a recruit. Her illusion magic is extremely strong. There are very few World Lords who can escape her illusion control!"

The white-haired, red-eyed woman, Xue Mei, winked at Qi Yuan and his companion, saying, "My two younger brothers, I'll take good care of you~"

Qi Yuan's gaze lingered on her briefly, and he nodded and smiled in response.

This woman named 'Snow Charm' was the target from the original Bahrain team whose base return multiplier reached 53 times.
"This is Baria, a warrior from the Nas Crystal Clan. Baria's strength is extremely high, and even among World Lords, few can match him when he unleashes his full power!"

Captain Balin had already bypassed Xue Mei and pointed to the 'giant' next to him, whose height exceeded ten meters.

The burly man, Baria, whose skin had a subtle metallic sheen, grinned at Qi Yuan and his companion, and said in a deep voice, "Welcome."

"The one next to him is the 'madman,' from the 'Ortis' clan of the ape-men, and he is also a powerful Realm Lord warrior."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan immediately looked at the golden-haired ape-man who shared the same 'title' as City Lord Luo. As Qi Yuan's gaze fell upon him, the golden-haired ape-man scratched his head and grinned at him.

"Next to him is 'Shadow,' a powerful mentalist who wields the 'Blood Edge Divine Weapon,' one of the nine divine weapons of the wielder. He has now reached the eighth level of wielding the Blood Edge Divine Weapon."

The young man from the Dark Nether Clan, with curved horns on his head and his whole body seemingly shrouded in malevolent energy, nodded expressionlessly at the two of them.

“Meng is also a mentalist, from the Golden Feather Clan.”

"Nightmare, another illusionist in the team."

Captain Bahrain then introduced the last two team members in turn.

Snow Charm, Baria, Madman, Shadow, Monk, Nightmare, plus Poison Bee whom we knew before, make a total of seven Realm Lord members, and now each of them is at the Realm Lord War General level!

With the addition of a powerful immortal god as their leader, this squad is indeed formidable.

"Haha, with the two new members, our team is back to ten people."

Captain Balin smiled and said, "Ten days. We'll stay at the barracks for another ten days. You guys can use these ten days to give the two new recruits some experience."

"Ten days from now, we will depart for the battlefield on time!"

(End of this chapter)