After everyone had made their decision, Jingyi Marquis ordered the spaceship intelligence to head toward the inner region.
Luo Fan recalled the information on the foreign race squads in the inner region, and a trace of anticipation appeared in his eyes.
After all, in the inner region, they were basically all Marquis-level squads.
A squad composed entirely of ordinary Immortals would be courting death if it entered the inner region.
Any squad that dared to enter the inner region generally had high-tier Marquis-level experts.
Moreover, the number of Marquis-level experts in the squad would not be fewer than three.
Some squads even possessed early-stage King-level Immortals.
Right now, Luo Fan only wanted to quickly encounter a peak Marquis-level Immortal.
As long as he killed one such expert, he would be able to complete his military merit quota and leave the squad.
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Time passed quickly. Luo Fan had already followed the Demon-Hunting Squad in the inner region of the Shattered Star Domain for several months.
During this period, although they had not encountered any peak Marquis-level experts, they had still run into many squads with high-tier Marquis-level powerhouses.
Even after splitting a large portion of the merits due to joint kills with his teammates, Luo Fan's military merit quota had accumulated to more than 900 billion.
Now, as long as he killed one more high-tier Marquis-level expert, he would be able to leave this squad.
Although during this period, Luo Fan had gotten along fairly well with the squad.
Because they had been fighting side by side, a certain bond had formed.
However, it was impossible for him to stay in the squad indefinitely.
After all, remaining in the squad brought him little benefit.
The opponents Luo Fan wanted to seek out were existences that could instantly kill the other squad members.
Therefore, once his military merit quota was completed, he would leave the Demon-Hunting Squad.
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"This time was another huge harvest!"
"With Ice Blade joining us, hunting those demon race squads has become much easier. Hahaha!"
Golden Source Marquis was currently hugging a weapon seized from a demon race Marquis, laughing loudly.
The others were also smiling brightly.
"Indeed. With Ice Blade joining, in just a few months we've already hunted several demon race squads."
"If this were before, how could our efficiency have been this high?"
"And after hunting a few squads, we would have had to go back and rest to recover our divine power."
At this moment, Charming Fox Marquis also revealed a radiant smile, waves of charm radiating from her body.
Some weaker cultivators would fall into illusions just from taking a single glance.
Because of Luo Fan's arrival, the overall strength of the squad had increased significantly.
Now, hunting demon race squads had become much easier.
After all, everyone could see clearly that
based solely on the strength Luo Fan had currently displayed, he was no weaker than some ordinary early-stage King-level Immortals.
Now, even when Jingyi Marquis made decisions, he would first ask for Luo Fan's opinion.
He had even considered handing over the position of squad leader to Luo Fan.
In the universe, the law was simple: the strong prey on the weak, and strength was supreme.
Therefore, it was perfectly normal for Jingyi Marquis to have such thoughts.
Generally speaking, squads on the Extraterrestrial Battlefield were led by the strongest cultivator in the team.
In the past, when the Demon-Hunting Squad hunted demon race squads, although it was relatively easy due to their tactics,
if they encountered squads that were not afraid of soul attacks, the Demon-Hunting Squad would have to retreat.
That was why Jingyi Marquis had spent a large sum to purchase a high-quality detector.
It was specifically used to filter opponents.
After Luo Fan joined, even if the opponent was not afraid of soul attacks,
with Luo Fan present, they could still kill the enemy.
Over the past few months, they had also killed some lifeless entities.
As a result, the Demon-Hunting Squad no longer needed to carefully select opponents, and their efficiency in hunting foreign races had increased significantly.
The spoils of war they obtained were also greater.
In truth, the other members had no objections to Luo Fan becoming the squad leader.
However, Luo Fan himself had refused.
After all, he knew that he would leave sooner or later.
"Ice Blade, have you ever thought about what your King title will be called?"
Medicine Poison Marquis was sitting on the sofa in the lounge, leisurely drinking wine.
During this period, the one who admired Luo Fan the most was Medicine Poison Marquis.
This was because he had discovered that Luo Fan's level as an alchemist was also extremely high.
In terms of bloodlines, Luo Fan was even far stronger than him.
In the field of poisons, Luo Fan had also given Medicine Poison Marquis a great deal of inspiration.
As a result, Medicine Poison Marquis had developed several new special poisons that could annihilate Immortal divine power.
Although, since they had just been developed, they could only affect weaker Immortals,
if they continued to be refined, their potential was still considerable.
Hearing Medicine Poison Marquis's words, the others also turned their attention toward Luo Fan.
"That's right, Ice Blade. Have you thought about what your King title will be?"
"Are you just going to be called Ice Blade King?"
Golden Source Marquis sat down beside Luo Fan and asked curiously.
"Ice Blade King doesn't really reflect his defining traits. How about Giant Whale King?"
"After all, Ice Blade's signature secret art is Whale Fin Slash."
Jingyi Marquis also proposed.
The others immediately began discussing among themselves.
"Whale-Ruling King sounds pretty good too."
"Maybe because he became famous too quickly, there's still no widely circulated title for Ice Blade."
"With Ice Blade's current battle record, his title should spread very soon."
In everyone's eyes, Luo Fan was already a King-level expert.
After all, his strength was obvious to all.
That terrifying giant whale made people shudder just thinking about it.
Generally speaking, there were two ways to obtain a Marquis or King title.
The first was to choose one yourself.
However, if someone dared to give themselves a Marquis or King title without sufficient strength, it would not be recognized.
For example, those so-called "Three Hundred Kings and Marquises" of the Qianwu Universe Nation.
Although they all possessed Marquis or King titles,
outside the Qianwu Universe Nation, no one acknowledged them.
That was because they did not possess strength worthy of their titles.
The second way was to earn a title through battle achievements, causing others to bestow it naturally.
For example, Luo Feng in the original story gained the title Blade River King due to the Slaughter Wu Wings and his mastery of blade techniques.
Experts who obtained titles in this manner were never weak.
These titles were universally recognized and carried extremely high prestige.
Of course, if one wished, they could also release a message to change their title.
As long as it was not something like Insect-Slaying King, Demon-Slaying King, or Human-Slaying King, no one would object.
Even foreign races would respect a strong expert's self-chosen title.
However, generally speaking, experts who obtained their titles through the second method would not change them.
After all, such a title was a form of honor.
Luo Fan thought for a moment, then said directly,
"I don't have any particular ideas right now."
"It's better to earn a title through actual combat."
"Let's see what kind of title I end up getting."
Hearing this, the others did not say much.
In their view, it would be very easy for Luo Fan to obtain a title.
As long as he stayed in the Shattered Star Domain a little longer, his title would surely spread.
Just as everyone was chatting, a sudden change occurred.
Boom!
Bang!
Crack!
A terrifying Star-Shattering Cannon blast struck the hull of the Demon-Hunting Squad's spaceship.
The F3-class spaceship was instantly blasted open with a massive hole.
However, because the squad's lounge was made of G-class metal,
they were not injured.
Even so, the entire lounge was sent flying.
In just an instant, the flying lounge stopped in the void.
The members of the Demon-Hunting Squad quickly appeared in space.
At this moment, everyone's expressions were grim.
Not only because they had been attacked,
but because before the attack, they had not detected any abnormalities at all.
The detector had not issued any warning.
This meant one thing: the opponent's detector was of a higher grade than theirs.
One had to know that the Demon-Hunting Squad's detector was already extremely good.
Yet even so, they had not detected the attack.
This indicated that the opponent's detector far surpassed theirs.
Only powerful experts possessed such detectors.
Therefore, everyone's expressions were extremely solemn.
Sure enough, in just an instant, several figures surrounded Luo Fan and the others.
Upon seeing these people, the members of the Demon-Hunting Squad could not help but turn pale.
They instantly recognized who these people were.
Every single one of them possessed at least peak Marquis-level strength.
More than twenty people had surrounded Luo Fan and the others.
About half of them were peak Marquis-level experts.
The rest were all King-level experts.
Among them, the strongest was a high-tier King-level expert, Sea Ao King.
He was a King-level expert of the Dark Sea Crab Clan of the demon race, with extremely formidable strength.
The remaining ones included several early-stage King-level experts.
Seeing these people, the expressions of the Demon-Hunting Squad members became extremely ugly.
Previously, because of their squad's name, the Demon-Hunting Squad had been besieged by several King-level Immortals in the Shattered Star Domain.
Those who had participated in the last siege were almost all present now.
Moreover, this time, their numbers were significantly greater.
In particular, the number of King-level experts was double that of last time.
There was also the even stronger Sea Ao King.
This was a high-tier King-level expert.
Sea Ao King was a powerhouse who had mastered spatial lockdown.
"At the moment you named your squad the Demon-Hunting Squad, you should have anticipated this day."
"Last time, you managed to escape."
"And now, you still haven't changed your name."
"I'd like to see who can save you this time!"
A Nether River Leopard Clan expert, Netherblade King, stepped forward and looked at the Demon-Hunting Squad as he spoke.
The eyes of Jingyi Marquis and the others were filled with hatred as they looked at Netherblade King.
Because it was Netherblade King who had organized the demon race experts to besiege the Demon-Hunting Squad last time.
This time, it was still Netherblade King behind it.
Even Sea Ao King had been invited by him.
The reason was not entirely due to the squad's name.
In reality, it was because the Demon-Hunting Squad had previously killed Netherblade King's younger brother, an early-stage Marquis-level Immortal.
That was why he had always wanted to kill every single member of the Demon-Hunting Squad.
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