Chapter 100: Crisis: Teammate Perishes

Moments later, the surrounding space gradually stabilized.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The cabin doors around the rest area all opened, and Lu Qingshan and his group rushed out quickly, while the team captain, Captain Xuan Konghou, directly stored the rest area away.

After all, the rest area was forged from F9-grade metal; even though it was somewhat damaged, it was still worth hundreds of thousands of Hunyuan units!

In the starry void of the universe.

Lu Qingshan and the others scattered in all directions, releasing their Law Domains to sense the enemies' positions.

Just at this moment...

Nine figures quickly appeared before Lu Qingshan and his group; four of these figures were clearly Immortal-level experts of the Meng Yao Zu, the smallest of their Divine Bodies measuring dozens of meters in length, while the largest stood over a hundred meters tall.

Yet at this moment, the members of Captain Xuan Konghou's team paid no attention to these four figures radiating powerful auras, instead turning with extreme vigilance toward the other five mechanical puppet figures.

"Not good, these are mechanical puppets commonly used by Meng Yao Zu experts!"

"These are only used by experts in the Meng Yao Zu whose Divine Bodies are exceptionally massive; it seems we have run into trouble this time!"

"These Meng Yao Zu Immortals outnumber us by one; we just do not know how strong they truly are!"

"They were able to find us without our noticing; their detectors must be far superior to ours! Moreover, since they dared to come looking for us, they must have some confidence in dealing with us!"

The members of Captain Xuan Konghou's team had roamed the Outer Battlefield for many years and naturally knew that Meng Yao Zu experts would use puppet bodies.

Thus, everyone's faces were now quite grim; they never expected that, having already planned to return to the military base, they would still encounter such powerful alien enemies.

And just at this moment...

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Five extremely powerful auras quickly erupted from the other five Meng Yao Zu puppets, and immediately in front of those four Meng Yao Zu Immortals, five Meng Yao Zu Immortals of incomparably massive size instantly appeared!

Among these five Meng Yao Zu Immortals, there was a crawling creature with a length of over a thousand meters covered entirely in scales, and another Meng Yao Zu Immortal over two thousand meters long, covered in sharp spikes, looking like a giant rat...

And the two leaders of the Meng Yao Zu: one was over ten kilometers long, covered entirely in golden scales, with a head resembling a wolf's but sporting a single horn, while the scales on its head were inscribed with incredibly complex secret patterns; the other was a giant snake resembling a towering mountain, twelve kilometers long and over two hundred meters thick, covered in green snake scales with ring-like patterns all over its body, and bearing three pairs of membranous flesh wings on its back!

After the two leading Meng Yao Zu Immortals appeared, two extremely powerful Law Domains suddenly manifested in the void; one was filled with sharp Jin Zhi energy, while the other was covered in endless cold currents.

"Kong Jin Hou!"

"Zi Qian Ziqian Wanshe!"

Upon seeing the two leaders of this Meng Yao Zu team appear, the members of Captain Xuan Konghou's team could not help but cry out in shock.

It must be known that Kong Jin Hou and Zi Qian Ziqian Wanshe were both extremely powerful lineages among the many Wang Zu of the Meng Yao Zu; although experts of these two lineages were not considered invincible at their level like the Starry Sky Beasts, they could still be counted as the outstanding among their peers.

Furthermore, with their massive Divine Bodies, even experts one level higher than them rarely dared to provoke them actively!

"Captain!"

The vice-captain, Tie Xue Hou, immediately transmitted by voice: "This should be the Blood Fiend Squad of the Meng Yao Zu camp! It is said that their captain, Xue Sha Hou, possesses power at the peak of the Marquis level; besides him, there is one at the High Marquis level, and three at the Initial Marquis level, while the other members are all High Army Masters. It seems our team has truly run into big trouble this time!"

"Damn humans!"

The leading Kong Jin Hou expert, Xue Sha Hou, spoke very pure Human Common Tongue: "To die in the hands of me, Xue Sha Hou, is the honor of you despicable humans!"

"Xue Sha Hou!"

Captain Xuan Konghou immediately transmitted by divine power: "You should know that if our two teams clash, the consequences will certainly be severe! Even if your strength is somewhat greater, we are not without the ability to resist!"

"If you truly force us to desperation, your team will also suffer heavy losses! But we do not wish to clash with you. How about this: if you are willing to withdraw here, our team is willing to gift you treasures worth one hundred thousand Dun Zhu units!"

Although Captain Xuan Konghou's action carried a hint of showing weakness, such situations were still relatively common on the Outer Battlefield.

Previously, Lu Qingshan and the others had also, when holding only a slight advantage, accepted the wealth offered by those aliens and then let the other party leave.

And the Dun Zhu was an extremely high-level currency unit within the Meng Yao Zu; under normal circumstances, treasures worth one Dun Zhu unit were valued at roughly two Hunyuan units.

And one hundred thousand Dun Zhu units equaled two hundred thousand Hunyuan units; for the members of Captain Xuan Konghou's team, this already counted as a considerable fortune.

Of course, if this could avoid a clash with the Blood Fiend Squad, it would still be very worthwhile!

"Aren't the experts of your Human Race very proud? Why do you want to surrender before even clashing?"

The leading Kong Jin Hou expert, Xue Sha Hou, laughed and said: "Obtaining one hundred thousand Dun Zhu units without even fighting? These conditions are truly tempting! However, compared to these conditions, I prefer the scene of you damn humans one by one wailing in my hands, eventually perishing completely in my grasp!"

Hearing Xue Sha Hou's mockery, the members of Captain Xuan Konghou's team all became incredibly furious.

"Damn Meng Yao Zu scum!"

"Do they really think we are going to surrender?"

"Captain, fight them to the death!"

"Since we came to the Outer Battlefield, I have long thought that one day I might perish; but even if I perish, I will drag one of them down with me!"

At this moment, including Captain Xuan Konghou, every teammate no longer thought about retreating safely, but decided that even at the cost of heavy losses, they must give this Meng Yao Zu Blood Fiend Squad a severe lesson.

"Act!"

On the other side, Xue Sha Hou immediately ordered: "That High Marquis-level Captain Xuan Konghou, I will deal with him myself; Steil, you three hold off the other three Marquis-level Immortals; we will try to split the battlefield as far apart as possible! Price, you and the others quickly eliminate those Army Master Immortals, then come back to help us besiege those Marquis-level Immortals!"

"Yes! Captain!"

"Rest assured! Captain!"

Boom! Boom! Boom...

The nine Meng Yao Zu Immortals instantly released their Law Domains and then, like lightning from all directions, rushed toward Lu Qingshan and his group.

"Brothers, kill!"

Captain Xuan Konghou also transmitted by voice, commanding: "Nightmare, your strength is damaged; during the fight, stay closer to Lei Bao! Everyone else, pay attention to the situation; first see how strong this group of Meng Yao Zu truly is; once danger arises, quickly move closer to us few!"

The two forces moved instantly.

The one who targeted Lu Qingshan was that Immortal, a crawling creature over a thousand meters long and covered entirely in scales.

This Meng Yao Zu Immortal was neither a member of the Meng Yao Zu Imperial Family nor the Wang Zu, but came from a powerful race within the Meng Yao Zu, the Long Xi Race.

Long ago, the Long Xi Race was extremely ordinary within the Meng Yao Zu; indeed, most of the time they were food for powerful races.

Until later, when the first Universe Zifeng Zunzhe appeared in the Long Xi Race, the fate of their race finally changed; later, the Long Xi lineage produced another Universe Overlord, which also gave the Long Xi Race an extremely high status within the Meng Yao Zu; although it still could not compare to Wang Zu members, it could be counted as a powerful race.

Of course, this Long Xi Race Immortal fighting Lu Qingshan possessed only Initial Marquis-level strength, held no high status within the current Long Xi Race, and possessed only ordinary methods; thus, as soon as the clash began, he was completely suppressed by Lu Qingshan.

Fortunately, this Long Lizard Clan Immortal possesses an undying body; even when Lu Qingshan occasionally shatters his Immortal Divine Body, he can recover swiftly.

"Captain, this opponent of mine should be quite strong!"

After the Long Lizard Clan Immortal's Divine Body was shattered by Lu Qingshan once again, he quickly transmitted a voice saying, "If he burns his Immortal Divine Power to fight desperately, he might be enough to annihilate a vast amount of my Immortal Divine Power!"

"What are you afraid of?"

Xue Sha Hou quickly replied via voice transmission, "Rest assured, once Price kills those few Human Immortals, I will have him immediately support you!"

And just at this moment, the voice of Meng Yao Zu quickly entered Lu Qingshan's ears.

"Lei Bao, help me out; I'm about to collapse!"

At this time, Meng Yao Zu was fighting a High-Rank Demon Army Lord, but because her Divine Body had lost more than ten percent, her strength had weakened significantly, and her most skilled illusion attacks had no effect whatsoever, so naturally, as soon as they engaged, she fell completely at a disadvantage.

And at this moment, Captain Xuan Konghou also anxiously transmitted a voice to everyone in the Xuan Konghou Squad, "Everyone be careful; the strength of this Xue Sha Squad is very strong; we might have to flee this time! Tie Xue Hou, Lei Bao, you two have the strongest strength; find a way to seal Meng Yao Zu and the others into the World Ring; Jing Tao, prepare to burn Immortal Divine Power to cover our retreat!"

"Understood!"

"Understood!"

Lu Qingshan and the others nodded in agreement one after another.

Subsequently, Tie Xue Hou instantly erupted, directly splitting the enemy's Immortal Divine Body with a single axe strike, then rushed rapidly toward the direction of the Giant Elephant, wanting to seal it into the World Ring.

At the same time, Lu Qingshan similarly severed the Divine Body of that Long Lizard Clan Marquis Immortal once again with a sword strike, then shot rapidly toward the direction where Meng Yao Zu was located.

Lu Qingshan was the fastest, so he quickly rushed to Meng Yao Zu's side, but just as he prepared to seal Meng Yao Zu into the World Ring, Meng Yao Zu's enemy surged forward again.

"Want to seal a person into the World Ring? Don't even think about it!"

That Demon Immortal's Divine Power oscillated, directly disrupting the space around Lu Qingshan, making it impossible for Lu Qingshan to continue sealing Meng Yao Zu into the World Ring.

"You seek death!"

Lu Qingshan's Divine Power surged, instantly burning completely, and then an extremely terrifying aura erupted from his body in an instant.

In the state of burning Divine Power, the aura on Lu Qingshan's body was even slightly stronger than that of Xue Sha Hou, a Marquis Peak Immortal.

Immediately, Lu Qingshan's burning Immortal Divine Power was quickly infused into the Purple Thunder Sword.

Splash!

A brilliant purple sword light rushed toward that High-Rank Demon Army Lord, quickly shattering his Divine Body completely.

At this time, no one was blocking Lu Qingshan anymore, so he quickly sealed Meng Yao Zu into the World Ring he carried with him.

Buzz!

Not far away, that High-Rank Demon Army Lord's Divine Body reformed once again, but his face displayed a look of terror.

"Captain!"

He was seen retreating explosively while transmitting a voice to Xue Sha Hou, who was currently pressing Captain Xuan Konghou, saying, "My Divine Body has lost thirty percent!"

"Damn it!"

Upon hearing his subordinate's transmitted voice, Xue Sha Hou immediately flew into a rage.

To know, even when Zi Qian Ziqian Wanshe, a High-Rank Marquis, occasionally launched sneak attacks, it did not cause the Xuan Konghou Squad to suffer such heavy losses.

Thinking of this, Xue Sha Hou immediately transmitted a voice to his fellow Marquis teammates, "Since these humans have come looking for death, let us grant their wish! All of you, burn your Divine Power and finish them off with full force! And you few with weaker strength, try to hide far away; absolutely do not get injured by their self-destruction!"

"Yes!" Many members of the Xue Sha Squad hurriedly replied.

Subsequently...

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The five Marquis Immortals of the Xue Sha Squad instantly completely burned their Immortal Divine Power; everyone's aura was like an abyss or a sea, instantly completely crushing the side of the Xuan Konghou Squad.

"Have these Demons gone mad?"

Seeing that all the Demon Marquis Immortals had started burning their Immortal Divine Power, everyone in the Xuan Konghou Squad's faces changed.

To know, Lu Qingshan burning his Immortal Divine Power to fight desperately before was purely to rescue his teammates, but what about these Demons?

There was no great grudge between them, and the Xuan Konghou Squad had not obtained any treasures of astonishing value; then why would the other side fight so desperately?

Of course, although confused in their hearts, everyone in the Xuan Konghou Squad still instantly moved into action.

Captain Xuan Konghou and others, who possessed undying bodies, also started burning their Immortal Divine Power to resist, while Giant Elephant and others, who could not burn Immortal Divine Power, were all constantly prepared to self-detonate part of their Immortal Divine Power to escape...

But just at this moment, Zi Qian Ziqian Wanshe, who was burning Divine Power, finally completely erupted!

Roar!

He was seen emitting just a low roar, and Leng Xin, the Spiritual Mind Master who was fighting a High-Rank Demon Army Lord, was instantly completely frozen into an ice sculpture!

"Leng Xin!"

Sensing Leng Xin's life aura rapidly weakening, everyone in the Xuan Konghou Squad instantly went completely mad.

They all wanted to quickly support Leng Xin, but they were all held back by their own opponents.

After sealing Meng Yao Zu, Lu Qingshan originally wanted to strike again to completely annihilate that High-Rank Demon Army Lord, but after seeing this scene, he also rapidly brought his movement technique to its extreme, then rushed rapidly toward the direction where Leng Xin was located.

Although Leng Xin's attitude was relatively cold when he first joined the Xuan Konghou Squad, after spending a thousand years together, Lu Qingshan had long felt the sincere heart beneath Leng Xin's cold exterior.

Seeing the other party in danger at this moment, he naturally would not sit idly by!

Unfortunately, even though his speed had been brought to its extreme, he still failed to save Leng Xin from the hands of that Zi Qian Ziqian Wanshe, who was burning Immortal Divine Power.

He was seen; that High-Rank Marquis Peak-level Zi Qian Ziqian Wanshe merely swept its tail lightly, shattering the ice sculpture formed by Leng Xin directly, and Leng Xin's Divine Body instantly turned into endless fragments, with no life aura remaining at all.

After all, Zi Qian Ziqian Wanshe was himself a High-Rank Marquis Immortal; under the state of burning Divine Power, executing his strongest killing move combining innate secret techniques, annihilating Leng Xin, who was merely a High-Rank Army Lord, in a single strike naturally posed no great problem!

And after killing Leng Xin, Zi Qian Ziqian Wanshe rushed again toward the direction of Shadow, who was not far away.

Shadow, who was fighting another High-Rank Demon Army Lord, seeing this, immediately decisively self-detonated five percent of his Divine Body, then rapidly rushed toward the direction where Lu Qingshan was located.

And Lu Qingshan similarly erupted with full speed to meet him, finally merging with Shadow before that Zi Qian Ziqian Wanshe caught up.

But just as Lu Qingshan wanted to seal Shadow into the World Ring, Zi Qian Ziqian Wanshe, who had already rushed not far away, similarly oscillated his Divine Power, affecting Lu Qingshan's ability to seal Shadow into the World Ring.

"Not good!"

After being affected by Zi Qian Ziqian Wanshe, Lu Qingshan thought darkly that things were not good.

Before this moment, the marquis-tier undying of the Long-Lizard Tribe whom he had been fighting also charged toward his direction; under the combined influence of that opponent and Zi Qian Wanshe, it was simply impossible for him to store Anying into his world ring.

And under the two of them's joint attack, it was impossible for him to even temporarily protect Anying!

"What should I do?"

Lu Qingshan's soul spun rapidly, and suddenly a flash of inspiration lit up in his mind: "Besiege Wei to rescue Zhao!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan immediately transmitted his voice to Anying: "Anying, later I will find a way to kill a high-ranking general of the Meng Yao Zu; you look for a chance to rush over to Tie Xue Hou's side — as long as he can store you into his world ring, you'll be safe!"

After giving Anying his instructions, Lu Qingshan, who was still in the state of burning his undying divine power, instantly shifted his figure and charged straight toward that Meng Yao Zu undying whose divine body he had previously annihilated by thirty percent.

And at this moment, Anying once again burned five percent of his divine body and rapidly charged toward the direction where Tie Xue Hou was.

"Not good!"

Seeing this scene, Zi Qian Wanshe was shocked in his heart, and then quickly transmitted his voice to the Long-Lizard Tribe marquis-tier undying: "You go chase and kill that high-ranking general; I'll hold off this human marquis-tier undying!"

Unfortunately, although Zi Qian Wanshe was a high-tier marquis, his movement technique simply could not compare to Lu Qingshan, who had already created a top-tier movement secret art.

Lu Qingshan's figure kept shifting, and he had already appeared before that Meng Yao Zu high-ranking general who was preparing to self-detonate part of his divine body to flee.

"Go accompany Leng Xin in death!"

Lu Qingshan's mind moved, and he instantly accelerated the speed of burning his undying divine power once again, and swung out another sword slash toward that Meng Yao Zu marquis-tier undying.

Boom boom boom!

Boundless might erupted in an instant; after feeling the terrifying power contained within Lu Qingshan's sword-light, that Meng Yao Zu marquis-tier undying was utterly desperate in his heart!

"I'm not willing to accept this!"

After letting out another wail in the common tongue of the demon race, this Meng Yao Zu high-ranking general furiously chose to self-detonate.

But just at this moment…

Xue Sha Hou, who was currently pressing Marquis Xuan Kong in a beating, flickered his figure, and then struck out a claw toward the direction where Lu Qingshan was!

Xue Sha Hou was a peak-tier marquis-tier powerhouse, and was still in the state of burning his undying divine power; a single strike was enough to heavily wound an ordinary initial-tier marquis undying god.

"Good!"

"Sacrificing one high-ranking general in exchange for a human powerhouse whose strength rivals a high-tier marquis — it's worth it!"

Although Xue Sha Hou might not be able to kill Lu Qingshan in a single strike, in the eyes of the other Meng Yao Zu powerhouses, even if Lu Qingshan could preserve his life under this terrifying strike, he would absolutely be severely wounded.

By then, the heavily wounded Lu Qingshan's strength would be greatly reduced, and under their many people's joint attack, they would absolutely be able to kill Lu Qingshan before the other powerhouses of the human race could arrive.

And after killing Lu Qingshan, the other powerhouses of the human race would naturally be in even greater danger.

"What terrifying might!"

After feeling the overwhelming power contained within Xue Sha Hou's full-force strike, Lu Qingshan, who was burning his undying divine power, showed no panic whatsoever, and instead directly unleashed his top-tier offensive secret art, "Heavenly Thunder Shatter," once again.

But even with the blocking of his secret art and weapon, his divine body still instantly exploded apart.

After he recondensed his divine body, his entire divine body had already lost six percent under Xue Sha Hou's full-force strike; combined with the three percent lost earlier from burning his undying divine power, he had already lost nine percent of his divine body!

"What?"

"This is impossible?"

After sensing that Lu Qingshan's divine power had not noticeably declined, the group of Meng Yao Zu undyings were quite shaken in their hearts.

"High-tier marquis — this damned human is absolutely a high-tier marquis undying!"

Zi Qian Wanshe's expression grew quite Solemn.

And at this moment, Tie Xue Hou, cooperating with Jingtao Hou, had also stored Anying into his world ring.

And the Meng Yao Zu powerhouses, worried about Lu Qingshan's killing strikes and the despair-driven self-detonation of Captain Xuan Konghou's squad members, also quickly stored away the other high-ranking generals of the Meng Yao Zu.

At this moment, only nine marquis-tier undyings remained in the surrounding void — five from Xue Sha Hou's squad, four from Captain Xuan Konghou's squad; combined with their massive divine bodies, the demon-race side clearly held a great advantage.

"Captain, what should we do?"

Zi Qian Wanshe quickly transmitted his voice to Xue Sha Hou: "This Captain Xuan Konghou's squad clearly has three high-tier marquis combat powers; should we continue fighting?"

"Of course!"

Xue Sha Hou immediately said: "We have one more person than them, and our divine bodies are far larger than theirs; as long as we hold out a while longer, they won't be able to endure!"

After saying this, Xue Sha Hou directly charged toward the direction where Lu Qingshan was.

Marquis Xuan Kong wanted to help block, but was held off by Zi Qian Wanshe; Jingtao Hou was still going back and forth evenly with an initial-tier marquis undying of the Meng Yao Zu; as for Tie Xue Hou, who possessed high-tier marquis strength, he was likewise held back by an initial-tier marquis Meng Yao Zu undying with a massive body; and Xue Sha Hou, together with that Long-Lizard Tribe marquis-tier undying, jointly attacked Lu Qingshan!

This was the tacit understanding that Xue Sha Hou's squad had developed over years of fighting; clearly they had already identified Lu Qingshan, whose divine body had suffered relatively serious losses, as the breakthrough point of this battle.

And Marquis Xuan Kong and the others, upon seeing Lu Qingshan being surrounded and attacked by Xue Sha Hou and the others, were extremely anxious in their hearts, but they were all held off at this moment and simply could not spare themselves to help.

Fortunately, relying on his bizarre movement technique, Lu Qingshan was able to entangle himself with Xue Sha Hou and the other for a time.

But as the battle continued, Lu Qingshan's divine body kept burning as well…

91%, 90%…

89%, 88%… 81%, 80%…

As his divine body kept declining, Lu Qingshan's bizarre speed also began to gradually slow; and as Lu Qingshan's speed kept dropping, he also began to be hit by the attacks of Xue Sha Hou and the Long-Lizard Tribe undying, which then caused his divine body to be consumed even faster…

After Lu Qingshan's divine body dropped below 80%, with his strength severely reduced, he could already hardly withstand the joint attack of the two Meng Yao Zu undyings!

"He's about done for!"

Sensing Lu Qingshan's aura dropping once again, Meng Yao Zu's Xue Sha Hou could not help but reveal a trace of joy on his face: "Put in a bit more effort, and we'll be able to take him out soon!"

And just at this moment, a black streak of light rapidly shot over from not far away!

The black streak of light landed before Lu Qingshan and the others, and directly transformed into the figure of a human powerhouse clad in black armor, with mysterious green patterns on his face!

(End of this chapter)