Yes. In the end, very few of these people were even able to self-detonate.
The two brothers, and Charming Fox Marquis repeatedly cast illusion techniques.
The remaining demon race squad members were completely unable to resist these terrifying illusions.
They could only die miserably within the illusory realm.
This time, Luo Fan finally saw how disgusting this tactic of the Demon-Hunting Squad truly was.
Although for him, this tactic would not have much effect.
After all, his mental state cultivation was extremely strong.
Moreover, during this period of time, his willpower cultivation had also improved under that terrifying mental pressure.
However, for races like the demon race, most of whom were not proficient in soul-related abilities,
once they encountered this kind of tactic, even self-detonation became difficult.
The reason Snow Twilight Marquis was able to self-detonate was because after breaking free from the illusion at the first layer, he continuously self-detonated a trace of divine power to keep himself as clear-headed as possible.
Of course, this was only a temporary solution, not a permanent one.
That was why he seized a brief opening and tried to break out.
Unfortunately, he still failed in the end.
He did not even cause Luo Fan any losses.
After all, he never expected Luo Fan to instantly kill him.
Even his World Ring was still preserved quite intact.
As for Hunting Claw Marquis, the moment he saw Snow Twilight Marquis die, he knew that he and the others absolutely could not escape.
Therefore, he destroyed some of the more fragile treasures.
As for the remaining ordinary Immortal-level demon race members, they were basically instantly killed by Luo Fan and Jingyi Marquis.
After all, under the illusion assault of three illusionists, they could not even burn their divine power.
Thus, the attacks from Luo Fan and Jingyi Marquis were more than enough to kill them instantly.
Very soon, everyone finished collecting the spoils of war and left.
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"Tsk tsk tsk. Ice Blade, I am certain now. You must be a genius secretly cultivated by some major power."
Golden Source Marquis looked at Luo Fan with a face full of envy.
The others also looked at Luo Fan with varying degrees of envy in their eyes.
"That just now should have been some kind of plant lifeform, right?"
"The defensive ability of plant lifeforms is indeed terrifying."
"This thing is practically a money-burning machine. To cultivate it to the Immortal level must require enormous resources, right?"
In everyone's eyes, the Myriad Star Flower was an Immortal-level plant lifeform cultivated by Luo Fan.
In reality, that was not far from the truth.
In some sense, the Myriad Star Flower was even more precious than ordinary Immortal-level plant lifeforms.
After all, it possessed a terrifying innate secret art that could weaken attacks by a factor of a thousand.
Under normal circumstances, Immortal-level plant lifeforms were extremely rare.
This was because cultivating an Immortal-level plant lifeform required vast amounts of resources.
Of course, this mainly depended on the cultivation method and potential of the plant lifeform.
Even relatively ordinary ones required most of the wealth of a Marquis-level Immortal just to cultivate a single Immortal-level plant lifeform.
And this was only for an ordinary Immortal-level plant lifeform.
If it were a Marquis-level or King-level plant lifeform, cultivating one might require tens, hundreds, or even hundreds of billions of Hunyuan units worth of resources.
Even so, many people were still willing to cultivate a plant lifeform.
After all, plant lifeforms provided tremendous assistance to powerful cultivators.
When attacked, armor would first weaken part of the damage.
Then, the remaining attack would be absorbed by the plant lifeform.
Generally speaking, plant lifeforms were extremely large in size.
After reaching the Immortal level, ordinary attacks, even from King-level Immortals, could not instantly kill an ordinary Immortal-level plant lifeform.
This was because plant lifeforms were simply too massive, and after breaking through to Immortality, their divine bodies became extremely enormous.
Even King-level Immortals would need to expend massive amounts of divine power and time to grind down an ordinary Immortal-level plant lifeform.
Some King-level experts with relatively smaller divine bodies would even find in the end that
the divine power they consumed through actual combat attacks was possibly more than what the plant lifeform lost.
One had to know that for Immortals, real combat attacks consumed their own divine power.
However, when normally using secret arts, the divine power consumption was relatively low and could be recovered quickly.
But if a battle continued nonstop for a long time, even casually using secret arts would become unsustainable.
Therefore, killing a plant lifeform was extremely difficult.
Of course, if one used soul secret arts, it was still possible to bypass the plant lifeform.
However, Luo Fan had ways to deal with that.
Before coming to the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, the Lord of Ice Peak had given him an ordinary soul-type treasure.
After establishing a mission, he obtained another treasure through mission rewards, the Nether Soul Mirror.
This Nether Soul Mirror was a top-tier soul treasure.
Moreover, it was an extremely rare multifunctional treasure.
Generally speaking, a treasure only possessed a single ability.
For example, the Soul-Calming Bell given to Luo Fan by the Lord of Ice Peak could only be used to weaken soul attacks.
As long as the first layer of secret patterns was activated, it could weaken soul attacks to one percent of their original strength.
Activating the second layer of secret patterns could weaken soul attacks to one-thousandth of their original strength.
For Luo Fan, he could barely activate the first layer of secret patterns.
Although he still might not be able to withstand soul attacks from powerful experts,
at the very least, he could self-detonate before dying and avoid being enslaved by soul techniques.
Multifunctional treasures, on the other hand, were all top-grade treasures.
The Nether Soul Mirror was a top-grade existence among top-tier soul treasures.
The Nether Soul Mirror could not only guard the soul, but also amplify soul attacks.
Moreover, it was a mechanical-type treasure.
That meant that as long as Luo Fan's power was sufficient, he could activate it.
However, the activation requirements were also extremely harsh.
The first layer required soul power equivalent to ten million times that of a peak World Master.
Just activating the first form alone could weaken the opponent's soul attacks to one-thousandth of their original strength.
At the same time, it could grant the user soul power equivalent to one hundred million times that of a peak World Master.
The second form required soul power equivalent to one billion times that of a peak World Master.
After activation, it could weaken the opponent's soul attacks to one three-thousandth of their original strength.
At the same time, it could grant the user soul power equivalent to ten billion times that of a peak World Master.
The third form required soul power equivalent to one hundred billion times that of a peak World Master.
After activation, it could weaken the opponent's soul attacks to one ten-thousandth of their original strength.
At the same time, it could grant the user soul power equivalent to one trillion times that of a peak World Master.
This could be said to be an extremely top-grade treasure.
However, Luo Fan could currently only activate the first form.
Moreover, what troubled him the most was that he had rarely used soul-based attacks before.
The secret arts he created himself were mainly blade techniques.
After all, that was what he was best at.
How he wished that what the Nether Soul Mirror granted him was ordinary physical power instead.
He was even considering whether he should learn some soul attack secret arts.
After all, the abilities of the Nether Soul Mirror were simply too powerful.
He was extremely tempted by that bonus of one hundred million times peak World Master soul power.
With such power, even using it directly without any soul secret art, he could kill some weaker King-level Immortals.
This was without him even using soul secret arts, relying purely on overwhelming force.
If he had suitable secret arts, he was confident he could fight even some invincible King-level experts.
In the end, however, he still held himself back.
He believed that with the system's existence, he would not lack such treasures in the future.
Perhaps one day, he would obtain a good treasure weapon.
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"As usual, we will distribute according to contribution this time as well."
Jingyi Marquis took out the ownerless World Ring that had been used to store the spoils of war.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were filled with anticipation.
They were very curious about how much they had gained this time.
Very soon, everyone finished calculating the spoils of war.
There were nearly 300 million Hunyuan units worth of spoils.
It could only be said that this demon race squad was truly fat with resources.
After everyone finished distributing the loot, Jingyi Marquis looked at the group and said,
"After these two battles, we now understand Ice Blade's strength."
"I think that with Ice Blade joining our squad, it will be a tremendous boost for us."
"There is absolutely no need for us to stay in the outer region of the Shattered Star Domain anymore."
"I propose that we enter the inner region directly. What do you think?"
The members of the Demon-Hunting Squad exchanged glances with one another.
Very quickly, they saw the answer in each other's eyes.
They had hunted foreign race experts in the inner region before.
There was no reason for them to be afraid now.
Especially after gaining a powerful teammate like Luo Fan.
Seeing the eager expressions in everyone's eyes, Jingyi Marquis understood.
His gaze turned to Luo Fan, wanting to see Luo Fan's opinion.
He could tell his teammates' thoughts at a glance.
However, he still needed to ask Luo Fan.
After all, although Luo Fan was strong, he was still a new recruit.
If he wanted to continue familiarizing himself with the outer region first, Jingyi Marquis and the others would accompany him there for a while longer.
Luo Fan looked at everyone's gazes, smiled, and said without hesitation,
"Let's go directly to the inner region."
Naturally, he agreed with Jingyi Marquis's proposal.
In fact, if he were not worried that the Demon-Hunting Squad members might feel it was too aggressive, he would have suggested going straight into the core region of the Shattered Star Domain to hunt King-level Immortals.
Previously, after experiencing two battles, Luo Fan had obtained less than ten billion military merit points.
At this pace, he did not know how long it would take to accumulate a trillion military merit points.
It would be much faster to directly kill a peak Marquis-level Immortal.
Therefore, he naturally hoped to enter the inner region or even the core region of the Shattered Star Domain as soon as possible.
After all, the current battles did not provide him with much tempering effect.
He had also tried to establish missions before.
However, the mission rewards were not substantial.
Clearly, as his strength increased, hunting these weaker Immortals could no longer yield meaningful rewards.
The most he obtained was when he killed Snow Twilight Marquis, which rewarded him with a battle blade.
This was merely a blade usable by Immortals.
At most, it could be sold for tens of billions of Hunyuan units in universe currency.
Therefore, Luo Fan was now eager to hunt powerful foreign race experts.
He wanted to see what kind of rewards he could obtain by killing those strong enemies.
Seeing that Luo Fan agreed, everyone's eyes were filled with joy.
"Since it's decided, then let's head to the inner region right now."
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