Even those demon race experts at the King-level Immortal tier had already lost a considerable amount of divine power to the Sea of Blade Radiance.
Although Luo Fan's comprehension of laws was not strong enough and the level of his secret techniques was only top-tier, the weapon he was using at this moment was anything but ordinary.
This was a pseudo–heavy treasure–grade Whale Fin Blade.
Although it was not a true heavy treasure, the boost it provided to attacks was still terrifying.
In the Swallowed Star universe, aside from secret techniques, law comprehension, and foundational strength, weapons were also extremely important.
Moreover, weapons had a tremendous impact on combat power.
Luo Fan looked at the demon race King-level experts struggling within the Sea of Blade Radiance and began establishing missions.
[Mission: Kill, enslave, or force the demon race lower King-level White Wolf King to self-destruct. Reward: War Wolf Armor]
[Mission: Kill, enslave, or force the demon race lower King-level Spirit Serpent King to self-destruct. Reward: Divine Serpent Blood Crystal]
[Mission: Kill, enslave, or force the demon race lower King-level Nether Blade King to self-destruct. Reward: Netherworld Blade]
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[Mission: Kill, enslave, or force the demon race high King-level Sea Turtle King to self-destruct. Reward: Spiritual Water Giant Turtle]
Luo Fan established several missions.
He created one mission for each King-level Immortal.
He was confident he could keep all these demon race Kings here.
After all, none of them could teleport.
If the Sea Turtle King had mastered teleportation, Luo Fan would have been more cautious and would only have created the mission when the opponent was close to death.
Judging by the names of these mission rewards, they seemed to include weapons, armor, and certain treasure materials.
Very soon, as time passed, Luo Fan unleashed several full-power Whale Fin Slashes at each of the demon race King-level experts trapped in the Sea of Blade Radiance.
These Kings were finally wiped out completely.
The sound of mission completion also rang out in his mind.
At this moment, the members of the Demon Hunting Squad stared at Luo Fan with somewhat dazed expressions.
After all, the time Luo Fan spent killing these demon race experts was not very long.
Those at the peak Marquis level barely held on for long at all.
As for the remaining demon race Kings, although they managed to hold out briefly after burning divine power, they were still quickly exterminated by Luo Fan.
Once divine power was burned, its rate of consumption was already extremely fast.
With the Sea of Blade Radiance and Whale Fin Slash added on top of that, the rate at which these King-level experts lost divine power was like floodgates opening.
Only the Sea Turtle King lasted a bit longer.
This Sea of Blade Radiance was a secret technique Luo Fan created after mastering the branches of Spatial Lockdown and Spatial Strangulation, namely Spatial Freeze and Spatial Cutting.
He had modeled it after domain-type treasures.
Its ability to trap enemies was extremely strong.
As long as one could not teleport, escaping was extremely difficult.
Unless one's strength surpassed Luo Fan's.
Thus, once this move was used, those enemies could only wait for death.
At this moment, the members of the Demon Hunting Squad finally snapped out of it.
"Ice Blade, your strength is way too outrageous!"
Golden Marquis was the first to speak.
There was still lingering shock in his eyes.
The way everyone looked at Luo Fan was extremely strange, their emotions unusually complex.
"To think our squad actually produced a top-tier King-level expert."
Jingyi Marquis sighed with emotion, his face filled with sentiment.
"Luckily we had Ice Blade this time. Otherwise, we would have been finished."
Aside from shock, there was also a trace of surviving-a-disaster relief on Charming Fox Marquis's face.
At this moment, everyone reacted as well.
"That's right. Without Ice Blade, Nether Blade King would have killed us long ago."
"Thankfully Ice Blade was here."
"Having Ice Blade join our squad was truly our good fortune."
Hearing Charming Fox Marquis's words, a look of relief appeared on everyone's face.
If Luo Fan had not been here this time, the Demon Hunting Squad would have had virtually no chance of survival.
"This isn't a place to talk. Let's leave first."
After collecting all the loot from the King-level experts, Jingyi Marquis tossed the world ring containing the spoils to Luo Fan.
Then he took out a spaceship, preparing to leave with everyone.
…
On the spaceship.
After informing the human experts who had originally been preparing to come to their aid, Jingyi Marquis looked at Luo Fan with a complicated expression.
"Ice Blade, you…"
"You should have completed your military merit quota by now, right?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the Demon Hunting Squad, which had been discussing the battle, suddenly fell silent.
Very quickly, everyone understood what Jingyi Marquis meant.
As they looked at Luo Fan, there was a hint of reluctance and anticipation in their eyes.
However, no one said anything.
Luo Fan did not avoid the topic and nodded directly.
"Yes. I've completed my military merit quota."
"After this, I'll leave the squad and act on my own."
After receiving confirmation, the other members of the Demon Hunting Squad could not help feeling a wave of loss.
After all, during this period of time, they had all tasted the benefits brought by Luo Fan's presence.
Just a few months of fighting had earned them spoils that previously would have taken years to obtain.
Even without Luo Fan revealing his full strength, their gains had already been far greater than before.
"Ah…"
After sighing, Jingyi Marquis took out a bottle of wine and poured a cup for each person.
"Your strength really doesn't suit staying in our squad."
"All we can do is wish you a smooth journey ahead."
As he spoke, Jingyi Marquis raised his wine cup toward Luo Fan.
Seeing this, Luo Fan also raised his cup.
The others did the same, toasting Luo Fan.
"Safe travels!"
After drinking, Luo Fan took out the world ring Jingyi Marquis had given him earlier and said with a smile,
"As for these spoils, see if there's anything useful for you."
"If there is, just take it."
"After all, this amount of loot isn't much to me."
Because of the Sea of Blade Radiance used earlier, most of the items carried by those experts had been preserved.
The value of just these spoils alone was close to 100 billion Chaos Units.
Hearing this, the others immediately shook their heads and refused.
"No need. We didn't contribute anything this time."
"That's right. Without you, we'd already be dead."
"These spoils are extremely valuable. You should keep them yourself."
When Jingyi Marquis had handed all the spoils directly to Luo Fan earlier, everyone had tacitly agreed that they all belonged to him.
After all, they had contributed nothing.
Moreover, without Luo Fan, they would have died long ago.
Now that Luo Fan wanted to share the spoils with them, they naturally refused outright.
Hearing this, Luo Fan said directly,
"These spoils really aren't of much help to me."
"How about this. Each of you pick three items."
Everyone still hesitated somewhat.
Seeing this, Luo Fan said,
"If you still consider me a friend, then accept them. These truly don't mean much to me."
Jingyi Marquis hesitated for a moment before taking the lead in selecting three treasures suitable for himself.
Seeing this, the other members of the Demon Hunting Squad also began choosing three suitable items each.
They were all very restrained and did not choose the most valuable items.
After everyone finished selecting, Luo Fan put the world ring away.
"Then I'll be leaving first."
"You all have my Virtual Universe account."
"If you need anything in the future, you can contact me anytime."
Hearing this, everyone smiled.
"No problem. Don't forget us after you make it big."
"When the time comes, don't pretend you don't know us."
"I'll come find you to cling to your thigh after I retire!"
After bidding farewell to everyone, Luo Fan left directly.
He had no intention of returning to the military camp base with them.
After taking out his own spaceship, he looked at the mail sent to him by the battlefield system.
"Soldier Luo Fan, you have completed your military merit quota and left your squad. You now have two choices."
"First, continue fighting on the Extraterritorial Battlefield."
"Second, retire and leave the Extraterritorial Battlefield."
Luo Fan did not hesitate at all and directly chose to continue fighting.
In the next moment, another mail arrived.
"As a free individual, you now possess the right to 'exchange treasures' and may also directly exchange for currency."
"Every 100,000 military merits can be exchanged for 1 Chaos Unit of universe currency."
"Because you are a member of the Virtual Universe Company, every 100,000 military merits can also be exchanged for 1 point."
"You have chosen to continue fighting."
"Next, you have two choices."
"First, you may roam the Extraterritorial Battlefield alone."
"Second, you may choose to lead an army in battle."
"If you choose the first option, military merits will accumulate normally."
"If you choose the second option and are willing to lead and protect an army, you will receive an additional 50 percent military merits during accumulation."
"Please make your choice."
Luo Fan took a look. There was nothing particularly rare among the items available for exchange in the military merit system.
With his authority, he could completely ask his teacher to exchange for more precious items.
As for the battle choices.
The first option required no explanation.
As for the second option, the army consisted of 100 World Lords, 1,000 Domain Lords, and 10,000 Universe-level soldiers.
He would not need to be responsible for the army's safety and would only need to fight Immortals.
However, very few King-level or Marquis-level experts chose to fight while leading armies.
Thus, Luo Fan directly chose to fight alone.
After making his choice, he did not immediately set out to search for other races.
He planned to first check what rewards he had obtained this time.
At the same time, he needed to organize those spoils.
…
Very quickly, he finished sorting the spoils.
If sold back to the human race, their value would be around 90-plus billion Chaos Units, just under 100 billion.
However, doing so would be somewhat wasteful.
He directly had the subprograms of his mechanical race avatar control robots to classify them.
After that, he would send these spoils through system space to the incarnations stationed among various races for sale.
Doing so could potentially sell them for around 150 billion Chaos Units.
After handling the spoils, Luo Fan began collecting the task rewards from previously killing King-level experts.
In the next moment, several items appeared in his system space.
He took a look. The rewards for killing lower King-level experts were all quite good.
If taken for resale, each could reach a value close to 100 billion Chaos Units.
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