Chapter 130: Harvest: The Passage of Time

"I held it back, hahaha!"

Although his Divine Body had lost over twenty percent, Lu Qingshan's mood was quite good at this moment: "A Hei Fengwang-level expert's self-destruction is enough to kill a Hei Fengwang High-level expert and severely injure a Hei Fengwang Peak expert, yet I held it back!"

"The strength of this Mo Hun Hou was probably a bit greater than that of Yan Chihuo and the other two, yet in the end he still fell at my hands! This counts as the first Hei Fengwang Peak expert I have killed!"

One must know that without burning Divine Power, even a Hei Fengwang Peak expert would find it somewhat troublesome to kill a Hei Fengwang Peak expert. Although Lu Qingshan had now burned Immortal Divine Power and borrowed the help of the Nine Nether Soul-Eroding Water, this still proved his strength!

The aftermath of the explosion around him was dissipating rapidly.

Lu Qingshan's gaze swept across the surroundings; he saw that the mental force weapons, world rings, and other items left behind after Mo Hun Hou's fall were all floating in the void.

World rings can carry a world; their material itself is quite extraordinary. At the Hei Fengwang level, the world rings used are mostly forged from Grade G metal. Although Grade G metal is extremely precious, the amount of metal consumed by a ring is very small, so Immortals of the Hei Fengwang level can afford them.

World rings forged from this Grade G metal possess strong defense against the outside world; even the self-destruction of a Hei Fengwang Peak expert might not be enough to destroy them.

And within one of those world rings.

At the moment of Mo Hun Hou's fall, several Army Master-level Immortals each wore expressions of terror and unwillingness on their faces.

They were all soul slaves of Mo Hun Hou, but because the previous battle had been too fierce, and the highest among them was only a High-level Army Master, they could not help at all, so Mo Hun Hou had not summoned them out.

Now that Mo Hun Hou had fallen, they, as soul slaves, naturally perished one by one.

"No!"

"No!"

These few soul slaves could only cry out a few times in grief and indignation before falling to the ground one by one, completely losing their life aura.

Although their bodies remained intact, the life imprints within them had already completely scattered.

This is the dominance of soul enslavement: once the master perishes, even if the slave possesses overwhelming strength, they will perish along with him.

At the same time, the few soul slaves Mo Hun Hou had sent back to the distant Thousand-Eye Heart Clan territory to protect the family also perished entirely.

Shortly after, the space shattered by the explosion around him began to gradually recover. With a thought, Lu Qingshan's Immortal Divine Power instantly spread out, retrieving one by one the many spoils of war left behind after Mo Hun Hou's fall.

"The commotion from Mo Hun Hou's self-destruction was too great; it has already attracted other teams heading this way!"

"I have lost a considerable amount of Divine Power now, and my strength has greatly diminished, so I will let them off for now! Moreover, I have just arrived in this Snowfield Star River; it is better to keep a low profile!"

After detecting the tracks of several teams through the large-scale detector, Lu Qingshan, with a thought, quickly produced a starship and then rapidly moved away from the battlefield in a direction different from the other teams.

Moments later, in the lounge of a Grade E starship flying at sub-light speed within the Snowfield Star River.

Lu Qingshan sat leisurely on a sofa, holding a cup of steaming hot tea.

"After purchasing advanced detection instruments, it is indeed much more relaxed!"

Lu Qingshan observed several teams of alien experts within a billion kilometers around him through the large-scale detector; they could not discover Lu Qingshan at all: "Let me first see how much wealth Mo Hun Hou left behind for me after his fall!"

But just at this moment...

"Master, there is an important message!"

The voice of Deep Blue, the auxiliary intelligence of the intelligent life form, soon sounded in Lu Qingshan's mind.

"Hmm?"

Lu Qingshan frowned slightly, and his consciousness quickly connected to the Extraterrestrial Battlefield Army System within the Virtual Universe Network.

When experts of the Human Camp venture in the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, they generally must allocate a sliver of consciousness to connect to the Army System; this allows them to know information about allies within a certain range and also enables synchronized teleportation during battle to accumulate military merit!

Soon, Lu Qingshan saw a message sent by the Army System.

"Warrior Lu Qingshan, you have completed the military merit quota issued by the Army System. You now have two choices: one, continue fighting in the Extraterrestrial Battlefield; two, retire and leave the Extraterrestrial Battlefield!"

"Continue fighting!" Lu Qingshan answered immediately.

After receiving Lu Qingshan's reply, the Army System quickly sent a new message.

"Warrior Lu Qingshan, after becoming a free agent, you still retain the right to exchange treasures from the Army System, and you can also directly exchange military merit for currency; every one hundred thousand military merit can be exchanged for one Hunyuan Unit. However, considering you are a core member of the Virtual Universe Company, you can also directly exchange military merit for internal points of the Virtual Universe Company, and then use those points to exchange for treasures in the Virtual Universe Company Treasury!"

"Considering you previously refused the method of leading an army to fight, we will not recommend it to you this time! If you change your mind, you can go to the nearest barracks base to lead an army at any time!"

Seeing these messages, Lu Qingshan could not help but sigh in his heart.

The fact that he once possessed a quota of one trillion military merit had made the members of Marquis Xuan Kong's team extremely surprised; they even thought Lu Qingshan might not accumulate a full quota of military merit even if he ventured in the Extraterrestrial Battlefield for over one hundred thousand years.

Just like Tie Xue Hou, who similarly obtained a quota of one trillion military merit alongside Lu Qingshan; he had previously ventured in the Extraterrestrial Battlefield for over forty thousand years, accumulating only a little over five hundred billion military merit.

And even when Lu Qingshan left Marquis Xuan Kong's team and fought crazily alone on the Yanji Continent for over one thousand years, he had only accumulated a little over six hundred billion military merit.

But now, he had merely killed one Hei Fengwang Peak Mo Hun Hou and had already completed his quota of one trillion military merit.

"Killing experts is still the most profitable way!"

Lu Qingshan could not help but sigh in his heart: "Simply killing one Hei Fengwang Peak alien expert can yield a quota of one trillion military merit; converted to Hunyuan Units, that is ten million!"

Of course, to successfully kill a Hei Fengwang Peak expert, even a Hei Fengwang Peak expert would have to spend some effort, so it is equally a very difficult task.

It is only because Lu Qingshan possesses the Infinite Divine Sea avatar with a vast Divine Body that he can continuously replenish the lost Divine Power, allowing him to achieve this.

If it were someone else, even if they successfully annihilated a Hei Fengwang Immortal by burning Immortal Divine Power, they would still need to spend vast resources or a long time to recover their Divine Body and strength.

"Let me first check the spoils of war left behind after Mo Hun Hou's fall!"

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan quickly divided a sliver of Divine Power into the world ring he carried, then condensed his Divine Power avatar.

And before Lu Qingshan's Divine Power avatar lay the many spoils of war left behind after Mo Hun Hou's fall.

"The quality of this mental force weapon looks much better than my Thunder-Breaking Sky Sword!"

Lu Qingshan could not help but sigh: "I estimate this single mental force weapon alone must exceed ten million Hunyuan Units! By the way, there are also treasures within the world rings!"

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan immediately divided several strands of Divine Power to penetrate into the few world rings left behind after Mo Hun Hou's fall.

Mo Hun Hou had long since fallen; the life imprints on the world rings were like water without roots, extremely fragile, so Lu Qingshan penetrated them effortlessly.

Clatter!

A large amount of spoils of war were directly taken out by Lu Qingshan in one go.

Dense piles of spoils of war accumulated on the vast land before Lu Qingshan, covering a range of fully ten thousand kilometers in total.

Of course, most of these spoils of war were quite ordinary; only a few items were precious.

"Two cubic meters of Nether Ghost Stone Sand?"

Lu Qingshan looked in surprise at a small pile of what appeared to be black fine sand; if one stared carefully, one would notice that the time and space around it were faintly distorted.

Nether Ghost Stone Sand, a strange substance, is a precious material for crafting time-type weapons, generally used as the primary material for weapons at the Marquis level, or as a supplementary material for weapons at the King level.

Just these two cubic meters of Nether Ghost Stone Sand, even if Lu Qingshan exchanged for them in the Virtual Universe Company's treasury, would probably cost twenty million points!

"Water God Pearls? Purple Cloud Thunder Qilin Fruits?"

Lu Qingshan rapidly examined the many spoils of war before him, and the smile on his face grew wider and wider!

"All the spoils left behind after Mo Hun Hou's fall added together are probably worth over 150 million Hunyuan units!"

After examining all the spoils of war, Lu Qingshan looked at the several immortal corpses nearby that had completely lost their life aura, then could not help sighing: "This Mo Hun Hou truly lives up to being a peak Marquis-level soul grandmaster; his fortune is probably comparable to those poorer initial-King-level immortal gods!"

One must know that illusionists skilled in soul attacks are generally the wealthiest among same-level strong ones, after all, they can soul-enslave some strong ones and let other strong ones help them earn wealth together.

Just like Hu Yanbo in the original work, who clearly only barely had the strength of a Marquis, didn't even have an undying body, yet could cultivate a Marquis-level Mo Yun Vine, and his fortune exceeded that of many Marquis-level immortals!

"Looks like I've made a small profit this time!"

Lu Qingshan raised his wine cup and drained it in one gulp, then secretly thought in his heart: "Although the Nine Nether Soul-Eroding Water lost a portion due to weapon collisions and breaking through armor, altogether it only consumed a little over twenty grams; just the accumulated military merits alone are more than enough to use up, let alone these spoils that have fallen into my hands!"

"And I've recouped my costs so quickly this time. As long as I send these spoils back to the divine kingdom, replenish my divine power, then the following battles can be a bit more unrestrained!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly boarded his spaceship and returned to the temporary dwelling he had previously opened up, then after confirming safety, opened the temporary divine kingdom teleportation channel and returned to the divine kingdom.

……

In the days that followed, Lu Qingshan once again began his bitter cultivation journey on the extraterritorial battlefield.

Sometimes seeking suitable opponents to fight on the extraterritorial battlefield, sometimes comprehending laws, studying secret techniques, sometimes reflecting on battles, and so on…

And as his activities in the Snow Plain Star River grew more and more frequent, and the strong ones he killed grew more and more numerous, naturally he attracted the attention of many strong ones within the Snow Plain Star River.

……

"Go to hell!"

A resplendent sword light carrying endless might suddenly erupted, then directly bombarded a high-ranking army commander of the Meng Yao Zu camp.

Boom boom boom!

Under this terrifying sword light, the universe's space shattered layer upon layer, even the flow of time seemed to be affected, and the divine body of that high-ranking army commander of the Meng Yao Zu camp was instantly torn apart, then completely lost its life aura.

"Blood Sword Marquis, you're seeking death!"

A peak-Marquis immortal god over ten meters tall quickly collected several teammates into his world ring, then alone angrily looked at that human figure wearing purple-gold battle armor.

"Then we'll have to see if you have the ability!"

The figure in purple-gold battle armor flickered, and quickly charged toward that peak-Marquis strong one to kill.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The two instantly clashed together.

A moment later…"

"Shadow Kill Marquis, looks like you're nothing special either!"

That human figure's sword swept away the curved blade in Shadow Kill Marquis's hand—the peak-Marquis strong one of the Meng Yao Zu camp—then swiftly transformed into a streak of flowing light and departed, breaking out of Shadow Kill Marquis's line of sight in no time.

"Blood Sword Marquis, you damned mongrel!"

Watching the direction that human figure had departed, Shadow Kill Marquis cursed in a low voice: "Just wait. Don't let me catch an opportunity, or I'll definitely make you pay a terrible price!"

……

"Not good! It's the human camp's Blood Sword Marquis, everyone run!"

"Quickly call for help, everyone scatter and flee!"

Several immortal gods were fleeing madly under the pursuit of a human Marquis-level immortal, and an immortal god who had been caught up to by the opponent quickly revealed a look of despair on his face, then furiously self-detonated!

Boom boom boom!

The terrifying might after a high-ranking army commander's self-detonation swept in all directions, yet failed to produce any effect on that human figure!

……

On a small continental fragment within the Snow Plain Star River.

Five Qiu Shi tribe immortals sat on stone chairs; they were each only a little over a meter tall, their entire bodies covered in dark-red scales, with spikes growing at their elbows and knees!

The Qiu Shi tribe is a rather warlike race in the primordial universe; normally when encountering enemies they are incomparably brutal, even directly devouring the enemies they have slain.

But at this moment, the eyes of these five Qiu Shi tribe immortals had long since lost their former brutality and madness; instead, looks of terror covered their faces.

"Gerot is dead too."

"Damn Blood Sword Marquis, this is already the third time we've run into him!"

"That Blood Sword Marquis's strength is getting more and more terrifying! The first time we ran into him, it took him three moves to kill Kinnara, and Gerot's strength was a bit stronger than Kinnara's, yet this time he couldn't last a single move in his hands!"

"What a bastard! He's a strong one whose strength is already close to the King level, why is he still attacking our small team!"

"How about we just leave this Snow Plain Star River and go adventure in other regions, otherwise we might run into that Blood Sword Marquis again later!"

"I agree!"

"I agree too!"

The several Qiu Shi tribe immortals nodded in agreement one after another.

……

"I disagree!"

On another continental fragment about seventy million kilometers away from these five Qiu Shi tribe immortals, Lu Qingshan said with a smile.

Actually, with Lu Qingshan's current strength, completely annihilating this small team of Qiu Shi tribe immortal gods led by only two initial-Marquis was simply a very easy matter.

However, the lair of this Qiu Shi tribe immortal god small team was located about seventy million kilometers away from him, always within his surveillance range, so Lu Qingshan did not choose to act, only going over to find some fun when bored.

But now that the other party had already planned to leave the Snow Plain Star River, Lu Qingshan naturally would not let them leave.

Yes!

The Blood Sword Marquis that those few Undying ones of the Qiu Shi Clan mentioned was the title Lu Qingshan had earned after wandering this Snowfield Star River for several hundred years.

The reason he had earned such a title was that, in order to avoid drawing the attention of powerful beings of foreign races, Lu Qingshan had rarely burned his Undying divine power or used soul attacks in past battles, so naturally the title was not as renowned as his original Burning Spirit Marquis.

Moreover, after the divine power reorganized once more last time, the diameter of the Endless Divine Sea avatar shrank again somewhat, leaving only less than thirty meters. Naturally, Lu Qingshan had to conserve a bit more divine power on a daily basis so that the Endless Divine Sea avatar could expand once more.

And relying on top-tier swordsmanship and body techniques, as well as body-amplification secret arts, even without using soul attacks, Lu Qingshan's current strength was already able to barely rival a peak Marquis-tier Undying, so earning the title of Blood Sword Marquis was naturally very easy.

In ordinary battles, what Lu Qingshan pursued was mainly tempering himself; as for whether he could slay the enemy, that was secondary. In a state where he did not burn divine power or use the Nine Hells Soul-Eroding Water, at most he could only slay a few Commander-tier Undying, which was utterly unremarkable on the Extraterritorial Battlefield and naturally would not draw the attention of those King-tier Undying.

Of course, if he encountered a particularly suitable opponent, Lu Qingshan would also burn his Undying divine power, even employ soul attacks at full power, and bring out the Nine Hells Soul-Eroding Water.

But in that case, Lu Qingshan's objective would become thoroughly slaying the enemy, accumulating military merit and wealth!

During these more than three hundred years of wandering the Snowfield Star River, Lu Qingshan had, under full eruption, slain 3 peak Marquis-tier foreign-race beings, 18 high Marquis-tier foreign-race beings, and 49 initial Marquis-tier foreign-race beings.

Under full eruption, Lu Qingshan's soul attacks made slaying high Marquis-tier beings relatively easy; only those few peak Marquis-tier ones were more troublesome, and he also had to guard against their self-detonation of divine power.

Of course, in many a fierce battle, Lu Qingshan had twice let enemies escape under full-out attacks, but the occurrences were few, and since those two foreign-race enemies were both from the Meng Yao Zu faction, which had the worst information transmission, they did not connect the Blood Sword Marquis with Lu Qingshan, who was skilled in soul attacks.

And the fall of these enemies also successively brought Lu Qingshan spoils worth nearly two hundred million Hunyuan units, as well as more than fifty trillion military merit!

(End of this chapter)