Chapter 217: Mist‑Sand Island

"This life‑saving favor, the three of us will remember. Here, try it—this is the Ice Spirit Wine we just exchanged at the Barracks Base. Though this Ice Spirit Wine isn't expensive, it has its own flavor," Feng Wu said.

Xiao Yu lifted the cup, took a gentle sip; the liquid turned instantly into fine radiant light, entered his body, and gave him an icy chill throughout.

"Not bad!" Xiao Yu nodded.

"To run into you, San Yan Shikong, at a crucial moment—haha, that's really our luck," Yuan San laughed.

"Since we're comrades, we should act within our ability," Xiao Yu said.

As humans, we act when needed, especially since he also intended to hunt alien Immortals.

"Three of you, I've just arrived on Yan Ji Da Lu, and I'd like to learn about some aspects of Yan Ji Da Lu," Xiao Yu asked.

"On the star map, this is part of Yan Ji Da Lu's hao Ludi," Shang Gong laughed, "In fact, many of us humans fighting on Yan Ji Da Lu and countless alien tribes call the main continent simply 'the continent,' while these land fragments are called islands."

"hao Daoyu?" Xiao Yu asked in surprise.

There are 35 Immortal Lord Marquis, such as the Wheel Snake of the Demon Race, the Giant Stone of the Insect Race, and the Sword Light, Black Mist, and Nightmare of the Mechanical Race.

In the blink of an eye, fifteen days had passed.

The interior of the entire mountain range was hollowed out, forming a barracks.

During the following half‑month, Xiao Yu kept reviewing every detail of his previous hunt of an Immortal Lord Marquis Initial, asking where it could be more perfect, whether power consumption could be reduced, and whether the King Slayer's potency could be further amplified.

"And the island we're on is called Wu Sha Dao," Shang Gong laughed, "The main continent is teeming with cloud‑like strongmen, there are many Immortal Lord Marquis, even many Seal Marquis Peak Immortals, and quite a few Immortal Lord King. So it's extremely dangerous; many of us who consider ourselves weaker wander the islands. Wu Sha Dao is a relatively large island; it once had about 36 Immortal Lord Marquis‑level Immortal Divine Spirits, now about 35."

The spacecraft flew for more than a day, then entered a mountain range shrouded in mist; Wu Sha Dao earned its name because a third of the island is perpetually covered in fog.

"Haha, we made it back alive."

Feng Wu, Yuan San, and Shang Gong led a massive force aboard the spacecraft, soaring over Wu Sha Dao to seek their target, this time with far more confidence.

Most of it concerns Wu Sha Dao.

On Wu Sha Dao, Xiao Yu devised a new plan: eradicate all non‑Human Immortal Lord Marquis, a total of 26 Immortal Lord Marquis, which can be dealt with within a year.

All Immortal Lord Marquis strong ones possess immortal bodies, making them exceedingly hard to handle.

Back at the barracks, numerous troops expressed their sentiments.

"Thanks to that suddenly appearing mysterious Realm Lord strong one, we've earned a lot of merit this time!"

"San Yan Shikong, you can stay here for now; later I'll brief you on the detailed situation of Wu Sha Dao. We'll probably rest for half a month, then set out again," Feng Wu laughed.

Detailed information on the other 35 Immortal Lord Marquis, each with abundant images and text.

Xiao Yu followed Feng Wu, Yuan San, and Shang Gong into a quiet palace.

Among the 35 Immortal Lord Marquis, nine belong to the Demon Race, eight to the Mechanical Race, nine to the Insect Race, and nine to the Human Race.

But meeting Xiao Yu is just like meeting an ordinary Immortal Military Lord.

A moment.

Xiao Yu received the detailed data via the Virtual Cosmic Network.

……

Usually they hunt alien Immortal Military Lords; last time was an accident, this time they directly target an Immortal Lord Marquis Initial.

Xiao Yu, Feng Wu, Yuan San, and Shang Gong were all inside the control room.

"Target identified." Feng Wu slightly raised his arm‑shield screen, projecting it; a display materialized in mid‑air, showing a dense mass of armored creatures—Qiu Shi Tribe warriors—easily numbering at least ten thousand.

"These short armored beings are ferocious, all energy‑based lifeforms; even ordinary Domain Lords or Realm Lords, when blasted, can re‑condense. They possess one Immortal Lord Marquis Initial and ten Immortal Military Lords," he said, looking at the three, "Do we go ahead?"

"Do it." Yuan San and Shang Gong nodded.

"Mm." Xiao Yu nodded.

"Alright."

Feng Wu instantly transmitted his voice, ordering everyone in the three compartments, "Hear my command: combat is estimated to begin in four minutes; the target is the ugly armored creatures."

Each Realm Lord captain assigned the mission to their respective troops.

"Just a bunch of ugly armored creatures; later you can all rack up more merit."

"Yes, Captain."

"Understood."

Domain Lords and Universe‑level warriors under their command responded excitedly, eager to act.

Nearly twenty thousand Universe‑level warriors surged through the wide hatchway, rushing out.

The Human side's Four Great Strongmen: one engulfed entirely in flames, another surrounded by icy water currents, a third cloaked in a heavy aura, and the last radiating killing energy like solid fire.

The enemy's eleven Immortal Divine Spirits each loomed like a mountain; every punch they unleashed shattered space.

Opposing Xiao Yu was a Spiritual Mind Master wielding nine sharp swords, whose sword‑qi stretched tens of thousands of kilometers, blocking Xiao Yu's melee.

In the desperate clash, the Qiu Shi Tribe Immortal Lord Marquis's swords and the kilometer‑long Chaos Blade repeatedly collided, fracturing voids for thousands of kilometers.

"The Spiritual Mind Master—truly hard to deal with," Xiao Yu muttered.

Then, with a swift motion, he instantly appeared beside that Qiu Shi Tribe Immortal Lord Marquis.

"Instant Teleport!" The Qiu Shi Tribe Immortal Lord Marquis was shocked; Instant Teleport is a standard law comprehension of an Immortal Lord King High, instantly mobilizing a Law Domain to try to bind Xiao Yu.

However, Xiao Yu's world projection was too powerful, breaking free almost instantly, and instead continuously suppressing the Qiu Shi Tribe Immortal Lord Marquis's Law Domain; then Xiao Yu's Chaos Blade in his hand sliced down.

He once again unleashed the first move of Slash Space-Time, "King Slayer."

The Qiu Shi Tribe Immortal Lord Marquis's body shattered, reduced to Immortal Divine Power, then absorbed by the system with no chance of recovery.

Then Xiao Yu saw three Human Immortal Military Lords fighting ordinary Immortal Military Lords nearby. The ten ordinary Immortal Military Lords' bodies were repeatedly shattered and then re‑condensed.

After dozens of attempts, finally one Immortal Military Lord was slain, the scattered Immortal Divine Power being absorbed and turned into the purest soul energy.

After Xiao Yu slashed the Immortal Lord Marquis Initial, he also helped kill eight Immortal Military Lords; the three of them also slew another alien Immortal Military Lord.

This time the Human army reaped a rich harvest.

In the barracks.

"Feng Wu, Yuan San, Shang Gong, I think it's time to leave," Xiao Yu said, raising a cup of fruit wine.

"Leaving?" Feng Wu, Yuan San, and Shang Gong understood; someone as strong as Xiao Yu could not possibly stay with them long-term.

Afterwards, Xiao Yu launched a hunting operation on Wu Sha Dao, targeting all immortal alien tribes, especially those possessing Immortal Lord Marquis.

Killing was not the goal; studying sword techniques, combat secret arts, and gathering soul power were the goal, so Xiao Yu never used the Wings of Space-Time or the Heaven-Crushing Blade, only using the Chaos Blade.

(End of chapter)