"Huala!"
'Dummy 'Ba Weiqi leapt out of the ocean. Nine antennas with rings stood up on the head of his Crystal Suit, which looked like a fat fish. After amplifying his mental attack by dozens of times, the antennas shot into the sky and formed an overwhelming net of spiritual energy.
A moment later, a translucent humanoid phantom appeared in the sky, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. It tried to dash left and right, but was blocked by the invisible giant net. Finally, it had no choice but to flee back into Sang Hai's head.
"Sang Hai's demon soul has been forced back into his shell!" Ba Weiqi shrieked.
'Swallow 'Yan Yangtian, who had been hiding nearby, dashed forward. White light flashed in her hand. Sang Hai's head was immediately frozen with frost.
Emotionlessly, 'Swallow' Yan Yangtian plucked off the frozen head and stored it in a special container into her Cosmos Ring.
Since Sang Hai was one of the three thousand deadly demons, he must know a lot of intelligence about the Blood Demon Sector. His secret arts of biochemical beasts could fill the gaps in the study of 'True Life' in the Tian Yuan Realm, too.
This time, the execution was clean and neat. His brain cells were not destroyed, and his demon soul did not have the time to escape. After he returned to the Heaven's Origin Sector, naturally, there would be many research-type Cultivators who could exploit every secret in the depths of his brain.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "
At this moment, more than ten earth-shattering explosions finally broke out in the depths of the Dead Soul Ocean. Red light soared into the sky and dyed the gloomy sky red.
The marine biochemical beast breeding base of the Blood Demon Sector in the Dead Soul Ocean had been blown up by four Star Teams.
Li Yao took a long breath in relief. Watching the body of the eight-clawed sea demon floating in the swirl of the black ocean, he couldn't help but shudder.
If Occult Orbs Fellowship hadn't discovered the secret base in time, the marine biochemical beasts would have been projected into the waters of the Tian Yuan Realm when they were still seedlings, where they would have grown for twenty years without anybody knowing. When the time was right, a small team of demons would have snuck into the Tian Yuan Realm, controlled the biochemical beasts, and suddenly appeared on the coastline of the Xing Yao Federation, blocking the ports and cutting off the transportation routes … The consequences would have been dire.
"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! "
A dozen streaks of light flew towards them at high speed. They were the joint Orb Patrollers.
All the Orb Patrollers were dazed for a moment when they saw that the headless demon corpse was still twitching in midair with demonic energy enshrouding it. It was not until a couple of seconds later that they gasped in disbelief.
Although they had destroyed the base where the biochemical beasts were refined, Team Blue Bronze had slain an expert on the Deadly Demons List!
It seemed that Team Blue Bronze had earned the most contribution points in this mission again!
However, no one was dissatisfied.
If it were them, even if they had a way to destroy the biochemical beast base, they wouldn't be able to do it. He didn't even have a fifty percent chance of killing Sang Hai!
Team Blue Bronze had become the strongest team among the foreign Orb Patrollers!
…
"Chi!"
Four battered Star Shuttles slowly came to a stop at the end of the Star Path.
When Team Blue Bronze walked out of the star shuttle with their heads held high, they were surrounded by three to five times more staff than before.
Many research-type Cultivators had learned of the news in advance and were waiting to receive the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and the heads of the deadly demons from the Occult Orbs so that they could begin their research immediately.
At this moment, Team Blue Bronze had become one of the best teams.
Except for Li Yao. Ding Ling Dong and Captain Hong Tong were both experts on the Stars to Destroy List. They were considered by the demon race to be one of the three thousand people who posed the greatest threat to the demon race in the Xing Yao Federation.
Captain Hong Tong ranked 2,321st. Ding Ling Dong ranked 2,904th.
Three experts on the Stars to Destroy List in a Star Team suggested that the members of the team were well-balanced and had no obvious shortcomings. Even if they were heavily wounded in a battle and one or two main members were killed, they wouldn't lose their combat ability immediately.
After the trophies of the Dead Soul Ocean mission were accounted for, all the battle videos were uploaded so that the mainframe crystal processor could reevaluate the capability of the team.
According to the battle credits and the capability of the team. Soon, the system calculated their latest ranking.
11th on the Rank of Stars!
The ranking made all the six members of Team Blue Bronze feel deeply moved, especially Captain Hong Tong and the other three senior members.
"When Captain Yin perished, we never dreamed that we could return to the top 20 of the Rank of Stars in only one year after losing the soul of the team. We are only one step away from the 10th place in the comprehensive evaluation!"
Staring at the light beam, Captain Hong Tong's eyes were red. He exclaimed, "Li Yao, Lingdang, thanks to you two, Team Blue Bronze is revitalized again!"
"Captain, we've been through so many life-and-death situations together. You're being too polite with us!"
Li Yao smiled and said, "Ding Ling Dong and I are glad that we made the right choice, too. Only in Team Blue Bronze can we make the best use of our capability! There are still ten days to go before Occult Orbs Fellowship announces the candidate teams for the secret mission. We must make it to the top 10 of the Rank of Stars! "
"Exactly!"
Captain Hong Tong calmed himself down. His eyes were sharp again. He said solemnly, "Everything is meaningless if we can't make it to the top 10 of the Rank of Stars! We've been working hard for three months. There are only ten days left. We have to bite another tough bone!
"Only by making it to the top 10 of the Rank of Stars will we be qualified to receive the wholehearted enlightenment of Yuanying and even receive the spiritual seed of Yuanying!
"Of the six members of Team Blue Bronze, Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong are still young and full of potential. The other four, including me, are all in the middle level and high level of the Building Foundation Stage, but our potential has been exhausted. Our capability is basically fixed now!
"Without any fortuitous encounters, Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong would have to train themselves hard for dozens of years before they could step into the Core Formation Stage if they were lucky enough.
"But the four of us don't stand a chance at all!
"Spiritual seed! As long as we get the spiritual seed of Yuanying, the four of us will have a slim chance of perceiving the level of Jin Dan! Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong will be able to shorten their training time and enter the Core Formation Stage within ten years, too!
"Besides, exploring the never-before-seen Ultimacy will be the greatest glory of all Cultivators. As long as we embark on the journey, the names of the six of us will be recorded in the history of the Xing Yao Federation!
"Even if I have to die, I will stab my bones into the ground of Ultimacy!"
Captain Hong Tong's words stirred up a lot of emotions in everyone's mind.
Since ancient times, thousands of Cultivators had been pursuing the ultimate level of immortality, but none of them had succeeded.
Not only were their bodies decaying, they had also caused a great deal of suffering and destruction. Sometimes, the entire world was falling apart. Not only themselves, even their descendants were doomed, and their names would be cursed for eternity.
However, although their bodies were not immortal, their minds were. All the Cultivators who participated in the expedition to Ultimacy were destined to leave their names in the history of the Xing Yao Federation for eternity.
As long as the Xing Yao Federation existed, the names of the Cultivators would be immortal!
When the Xing Yao Federation expanded its territory and its influence to the entire universe, their names would spread to every corner of the sea of stars, too!
As modern Cultivators, it was the ultimate immortality that they were willing to pursue at the cost of their lives!
"I suggest that we take a three-day break. 80% of the contribution points won't be distributed. Li Yao will be in charge of purchasing secret treasures and upgrading all of our magical equipment. Then, we will carry out the most dangerous mission so that we can enter the top ten of the Rank of Stars!"
Captain Hong Tong waved his fists and declared proudly.
But the other five didn't agree as he had expected. Instead, they were all staring at the light beam behind him in bewilderment.
Hong Tong was dazed. He turned around, only to discover that the rune numbers on the Rank of Stars were changing rapidly. Team Blue Bronze's ranking jumped up and became …
Tenth of the Rank of Stars!
Then, exclamations came from the Orb Patrollers who were chatting not far away.
Soon, the latest updates of the battlefield popped up at the bottom of the light beam. A message that was as red as blood stung everyone's eyes.
"Team Dragon Slaying, which ranked sixth on the original Rank of Stars, was ambushed by the demon clan during a mission in Fan Hai. All six members of the team, including the captain who ranked 2441st on the Stars to Destroy List, perished!"
…
Ten days later, in front of the central square of Empyreal Star City, there was an enormous, solemn building named 'Temple of Fallen Stars'.
Over the past ten days, Team Blue Bronze had exhausted all their resources and purchased a large batch of secret treasures to further improve their capability. They had also completed a mission successfully, leaving no chance for the other Star Teams to catch up with them. Team Blue Bronze had maintained the tenth place of the Rank of Stars until today.
The exploration of the Occult Orbs was extremely dangerous. Orb Patrollers would perish every month.
In the middle of every month, the Orb Patrollers who were still in Empyreal Star City would gather in the 'Temple of Fallen Stars' to commemorate the fallen Orb Patrollers.
Over the past few months, the competition for resources between the Tian Yuan Realm and the Blood Demon Sector in the Occult Orbs had been getting fiercer and fiercer.
Several experts on the Deadly Demons List of the Blood Demon Sector had been executed.
Thirty-one Orb Patrollers had perished in Occult Orbs Fellowship, including Team Dragon Slaying, which ranked sixth on the Rank of Stars.
Therefore, the Temple of Fallen Stars was particularly solemn today.
Inside the temple, Li Yao bowed to the 3D portraits of all the Cultivators who had perished in the past month respectfully. Then he retreated to the team and stood in silence to mourn. His heart was filled with complicated feelings.
Although the fall of Team Dragon Slaying had allowed Team Blue Bronze to rise to the top ten of the Rank of Stars, it was not the result that Li Yao wanted.
On one hand, such a top ten ranking was not justified.
On the other hand, although the Dragon Slaying Squad was a Star Team made of the Children of Occult Orbs, they were all part of the Heaven's Origin Sector after all. Although there were some conflicts between them, such conflicts were nothing compared to the war that would decide the fate of the entire race.
The death of so many Orb Patrollers made Li Yao feel sorry for them.
Looking at the vivid faces on the 3D portraits, some of them had trained together, some of them had carried out missions together, some of them had asked him to modify their magical equipment …
Li Yao clenched his fists tighter and tighter. (To be continued …)
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