Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 122 Entering the Battle
New recruits arriving at the battlefield outside the region for the first time all have their own military merit requirements.

Before accumulating enough military merits, one must be formally enlisted and obey orders.

Those cosmic-level, domain-lord-level, and some weaker ordinary realm lord warriors all acted alongside the army led by the immortal gods.

'World Lord Warriors' like Qi Yuan, as well as some powerful elite World Lord Warriors, will be absorbed into elite World Lord squads.

Although these elite squads are smaller in number, they are much stronger and face more dangerous combat missions.

However, in such an elite team, growth is accelerated through repeated crises and trials.

Qi Yuan and the members of the Bahrain team stayed at the No. 031 barracks base for 10 days.

During these ten days, in addition to letting the expanded team members get to know each other better, the veteran World Lords spent more time teaching Qi Yuan and Noah, the two new recruits, some survival experience in the extraterritorial battlefield.

Compared to information found on the virtual universe network, this kind of experience, summarized and accumulated in countless life-or-death crises, is the truly practical knowledge for survival!
Ten days later, the Bahrain team, which had already worked out somewhat, did not linger any longer. Everyone boarded the spaceship and flew out along the transport corridor of the military base.

"Wow!"

The moment they flew from the massive military base into the void, everyone involuntarily turned to look behind them.

In the endless void, an incomparably enormous and ferocious behemoth-like existence silently floated.

The entire behemoth has a diameter of at least several million kilometers, making it larger than a star!
Mechanical cannons hundreds of kilometers in diameter, countless channel points, a colorful energy shield covering the entire surface, and a large number of mysterious and powerful solidified law runes.
At first glance, it instantly brings everyone an incredibly 'violent' yet 'perfect' sense of shock!

"Even though I've seen this divine base many times, I'm still awestruck every time I go in and out!"

The puppeteer 'Poisonous Bee,' clad in purple-gold armor, had a fanatical look in her eyes. "If one day I could ride such a war behemoth into battle, what a thrilling scene that would be!"

"This, this is too big!" The recruit 'Noah' was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Seeing a behemoth larger than a star up close is an incredibly exciting and visually stunning experience!

Qi Yuan was also looking at that terrifying 'divine base'. His gaze swept over the numerous solidified law runes that were faintly visible on the surface of the divine base, and he kept sighing in his heart.

For decades, he has been studying the "Secret Manual of Thunder" and the "Array of Time," and has achieved considerable expertise in array patterns and secret runes.

However, upon seeing these numerous solidified runes, one only felt an overwhelming sense of mystery and power.

These secret patterns were completely beyond his comprehension!

"The art of runes has been perfected and developed over countless years, reaching an unbelievable level. If there's an opportunity in the future, I can exchange for more relevant materials in the human treasury to study and comprehend them."

……

The spaceship continued to move forward in the void, and soon it was far away from the military base.

As they continued flying, gradually, some 'dust' began to appear in the originally empty void.

These 'dust' particles include a large number of broken spaceship fragments, as well as the remains of some alien races and even humans.

"We've added two new members. Let's stay in the Star-Eyed region numbered -2078102 for a while and let the two new recruits get some practice. Once they've adapted a bit, we'll continue to the Thousand Islands region."

In the rest cabin of the spaceship, crafted from F9-grade metallic sulfurous mother stone, the immortal god Balin gave instructions to the team members.

The plan was made before departure, so naturally no one raised any objections.

"Captain, what is the Thousand Islands Domain? Are there islands in this extraterrestrial battlefield?"

The blond boy named Noah, who had joined the team with Qi Yuan, asked a question curiously.

"Of course it's not a real island."

Balin explained with a smile, "The extraterrestrial battlefield where we are located was originally an incredibly vast secret realm. Within the secret realm were extremely large continents and enormous stars. Later, when the extraterrestrial battlefield was opened up, the various races fought a great battle with the powerful natives, shattering some continents and stars. In addition, these fragments were further destroyed in subsequent battles."

"After some planets shattered, the remaining fragments and dust scattered across space, forming what we now know as 'star dust zones' and 'star fragment belts,' while some continents also broke into many small pieces."

"The 'Thousand Islands Domain' I just mentioned is actually a special area formed by fragments of broken land floating in the void. The so-called 'Thousand Islands' refers to those fragments of land."

Upon hearing Captain Balin's explanation, the blond-haired boy Noah's face immediately showed a look of realization: "So that's how it is."

"There are many powerful individuals in the Thousand Islands Domain, and some of the larger islands even have experts at the Marquis level. We were just hanging around on some of the smaller islands on the outskirts before."

Balin smiled at Qi Yuan and Noah, "Once you two have settled into the Star City, I'll take you there to see what it's like."

"Haha, okay, I'll definitely adapt as soon as possible!" The blond boy, Noah, nodded excitedly.

"The Thousand Islands sound like a great place!" Qi Yuan said with an expectant smile.

The spaceship carrying Qi Yuan and the others flew for three days before arriving at a relatively open 'shuttle point' and then accelerated into the dark universe.

After flying for nearly five more days in the dark universe, when they emerged, they found themselves in a void filled with endless dust particles.

"We've now reached the outer edge of Star-2078102, but it's estimated that we'll still have to fly for nearly a month and a half to reach the area where large-scale battles will truly erupt."

Captain Balin instructed, "Of course, this outer area is also full of dangers. There might be alien races lurking behind some spaceship wreckage, so don't let your guard down."

"Don't worry, Bahrain, my bee network is always open. It will be able to detect any enemies in time."

The gaunt young man, 'Poisonous Bee,' replied with a smile.

"After we were lucky enough to kill a mechanical immortal, we obtained a detector worth several hundred Chaos Units from him. Considering Poison Bee's talent, we let him use it."

Bahrain smiled and explained to Qi Yuan and the other man, then looked at Poison Bee, "Don't trust the detector too much. If you encounter one with a more powerful detector than ours, you could suffer a great loss if you're careless!"

"Understood, Captain, I know what I'm doing," Poison Bee replied with a smile.

"Ah."

The spaceship's energy shield was constantly activated, directly smashing through a large number of stardust particles as it continued to advance.

Inside the rest pod, some team members were vigilantly monitoring their surroundings, while others chatted amongst themselves. Qi Yuan, however, sat on a sofa in the corner, devoting most of his consciousness to comprehending the laws of cultivation.

The one currently in the spaceship is naturally his Jade Purity clone, while his Upper Purity clone resides in a world he carries with him.

One of his two clones was comprehending the laws of time and continuing to study the "Array of Time," while the other was rapidly improving his spatial comprehension by studying the "King Zhuan Kong's" spatial comprehension notes.

The path of spiritual cultivation is not something that can be achieved overnight, but rather something that is accumulated little by little every day.

Qi Yuan understood this principle well, so naturally he dared not slack off in the slightest.

Time passes day by day.

Soon, the spaceship had been flying deep into this region of stardust for nearly a month.

"Little Yuan looks kind of handsome when he's practicing seriously!"

In the spaceship's rest cabin, the beautiful white-haired, red-eyed Moonlit Clan illusionist 'Snow Charm' nestled on the sofa, giggling as if she were a bit infatuated.

Hearing this, Balin looked at her helplessly and said, "If you spent all your time cultivating like other people, you might even have a chance to break through to immortality."

"Captain, what are you saying? How come I'm not cultivating properly?"

Xue Mei's crimson eyes widened slightly, and she said aggrievedly, "It's clearly because it's too difficult for us illusionists to break through in our cultivation."

"Difficult, difficult, difficult, you're the only one who can't do it," Bahrain sighed.

Just as the two were discussing, the puppeteer 'Poison Bee,' who was intently watching the screen on the arm guard, suddenly spoke up:
"Captain, stop talking, something's happened!"

"Huh? Is there something going on?"

"Haha, is it time for a fight?"

Upon hearing his words, the elite team members, including Qi Yuan and Noah who were originally in meditation, quickly gathered around.

"Did you find the target?"

Bahrain also looked toward the poisonous bees.

"Correct."

Poison Bee smiled and nodded. "Targets detected. 9435 million kilometers from here. There are a total of 7 targets. The detector did not detect any life fluctuations at the level of immortal gods, but we cannot rule out the possibility that there are powerful beings hiding."

"Gah, seven realm lords? No problem at all!" The golden-haired ape-man 'Madman' chuckled.

"Don't be careless. Any Realm Lord's team that dares to venture here alone must have some special methods," Balin solemnly reminded them.

"clear."

"Don't worry, Captain."

Each team member responded.

"Captain, what's the plan this time? Should I release the swarm of bees to bombard them first?" Poisonous Bee was eager to try.

Bahrain pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, don't make a move yet. The main purpose of coming here is to train the new recruits."

"Our standard tactic is to get close first, I'll destroy their ship, and then we'll engage and kill Yuan and Noah in close combat."

As he spoke, he looked at Qi Yuan and the blond youth, "In a moment, I will release two Realm Lord-level enemies for you, so you can experience the strength of these Realm Lord-level alien enemies in the extraterrestrial battlefield. The rest of you should help the two new recruits a bit."

"But you must remember, even when training newcomers, you can only engage in combat for a maximum of 30 seconds. After 30 seconds, you must quickly kill the enemy and withdraw from the battle!"

"Yes!"

"understand!"

……

The spaceship then began to decelerate and turn, heading towards its target.

"The distance to the target is decreasing, 9000 million kilometers, 8000 million kilometers, 7000 million kilometers. The enemy spacecraft has been flying in a near-straight line, so they shouldn't have detected us. We'll cut in at an angle and intercept them soon!" Poison Bee kept reporting the target's movements.

There must be detection instruments on the battlefield outside the region.

I can discover yours, but yours cannot discover mine; that's the power of technology.

The mechanical race technology detector that Qi Yuan bought for 20,000 mixed units at the intermediate auction was even better than the one in Poison Bee's possession.

……

The spacecraft continued to approach the target, and soon the distance between them was less than 300 million kilometers.

"Get ready, everyone. After I destroy their ship, surround them immediately!"

As Bahrain was giving his instructions, he took out a dark red spear that was about three meters long.

As his immortal divine power continued to pour in, crimson flame patterns immediately lit up on the spear.

In the void filled with endless stardust and meteorite fragments, the two spaceships approached each other at an angle.

150 million kilometers. 100 million kilometers. 50 kilometers. 10 kilometers.
When they approached 100,000 kilometers, Bahrain did not hesitate any longer and immediately exited the spacecraft through the open hatch.

Using the inertia of the spaceship, his speed instantly soared to its maximum.

At the same time, red flames began to burn fiercely on the dark red spear in his hand.

"Go!"

Balin first used the powerful burst of power of the immortal god to instantly close a large distance, and then quickly threw the flaming spear in his hand with all his might!
(End of this chapter)