Becoming the Lord God from Devouring

Chapter 141 Meeting with the Army
"Zhuge Wu, I'm leaving the humans here to you for now. Xinxiang Star is the first planet we migrated to in the Golden Sword Empire. Keep it clean and don't tarnish the reputation of us humans on Earth or my reputation!"

Wu Hao gave a few final instructions and tossed Zhuge Wu a bank card. It was his funding for human activities on Earth, and the savings inside were almost the entire fortune of a normal domain lord, ensuring that the Earthlings would not be coveted.

Wu Hao then boarded the Dark King's spaceship, and the two left the Golden Sword Empire, heading towards the central area of ​​the Golden Orchid Universe Kingdom.

"Angel, contact Lord Lei Mang for me and tell him that I want to meet with all the officers of the legions involved in this mission!"

"Yes, Master!"

A message was sent to Lei Manghou via email, and after seeing the message, he immediately gave Wu Hao a specific time for the meeting.

Two days passed quickly, and Wu Hao landed on Blue Crystal Island in the virtual universe, where he met Lei Manghou and his six legions.

"Special envoy." "Special envoy!"

As soon as Wu Hao sat down in the conference hall, all the immortals, whether they were domain lords, realm lords, military lords, ordinary immortals, or even marquis-level immortals, immediately stood up and bowed respectfully to Wu Hao.

"Sit!" Wu Hao looked at the faces of every high-ranking military officer below as if inspecting the three armies, and then ordered everyone to sit down.

"Envoy Luo, you've finally arrived!" Marquis Lei Mang handed over a stack of documents and placed them on the table in front of Wu Hao, who was seated at the head of the table. "These are battle reports from the past seven years, recording the battles between our virtual universe army and the Jinlan Universe Kingdom's army and the rebels!"

Wu Hao glanced through the military intelligence and immediately flew into a rage. He looked at Lei Manghou and said, "What are you doing? Are you treating the orders from the Virtual Universe Company as mere decorations? In seven years, you haven't engaged in a single large-scale battle with the rebels, allowing them to plunder civilians?"

"This!" Seeing the genius's anger, Lei Manghou hurriedly explained, "Special Envoy, if you don't step in, none of us have the authority to make the decision to fight the rebels. Any losses would be beyond our capacity to bear the consequences."

"Hmph!" Wu Hao didn't dwell on it any longer. After all, he was in the wrong. The Virtual Universe Company had issued the mission seven years ago, and it was his failure to accept it immediately that led to the current situation.

Seeing Wu Hao's increasingly grim expression, Lei Manghou quickly changed the subject, saying, "Special Envoy Wu, now that all the legion commanders are here, why don't you first learn about the situation of our army?"

After speaking, he immediately looked up at the several Marquis-level Immortals below and said, "First, Third, Fourth, Eighth, Ninth, and Thirteenth Legions, each report on the status of your respective legion! In order, First Legion Commander, you begin!"

From the crowd below the stage, an immortal powerhouse who was more than ten meters tall stood up. He glanced at the other five legion commanders with a gloomy look, hiding his displeasure well.

As the commander of an army group, his strength is at the level of a Marquis and Immortal. He manages more than 100 Immortal powerhouses, more than 1,000 Realm Lord powerhouses, and more than 10,000 Domain Lord powerhouses. His influence can cover hundreds of medium-sized universe countries.

Wu Hao, a mere domain lord, had ten thousand men under his command. What right did he have to give orders to him? Yet, seeing how respectful Lei Manghou was to him, he dared not utter a single complaint.

"Your Excellency!" The First Legion Commander bowed respectfully and said, "The First Legion has 104 Immortals, 1058 World Lords, 11235 Domain Lords, and 1568953 Universe-level beings. They are currently stationed in the Zhamuer Star Sector and are ready to obey your orders at any time!"

After he spoke, the other five legions also reported the number of people in their respective legions and their locations.

After a moment's thought, Wu Hao marked the star regions where the various legions were stationed on the star map in his mind, and then discovered an encirclement targeting the rebellious star sector.

'It seems these legions aren't all incompetent fools; at least they know not to escalate the situation and have contained the rebellious princes within an encirclement.'

Seeing that everyone had finished their reports, Lei Manghou stepped forward, opened the star map, and began to introduce it to Wu Hao.

"Our Jinlan Universe Nation has a total of 95 army groups, of which 48 are under the jurisdiction of the Virtual Universe Company and 47 are under the jurisdiction of the Jinlan Universe Nation. Over the past few decades, apart from the two rebel army groups, the army groups that have fought against the rebels have always been the 43 that belong to the Jinlan Universe Nation!"

"However, most of the army of the Jinlan Universe-level Kingdom is needed to suppress its territory, prevent alien invasions, and suppress powerful figures of various races. The only legions that can be mobilized are eight armies to fight against the rebels."

As he spoke, Lei Manghou sent the information of the eight army groups to the screen. Wu Hao checked them one by one. The strength of the army groups belonging to the Jinlan Universe Kingdom was similar to that of the army groups of the Virtual Universe Company. Most of their army commanders were also at the initial level of Marquis.

For over thirty years, nearly ten million troops from eight army groups fought against hundreds of billions of rebel troops, suffering repeated defeats and incurring massive casualties.

The strongmen on the regular army side were not only the eight legion commanders who were initially granted the title of Marquis, but also a dozen or so kings and marquises belonging to the Jinlan Universe Kingdom.

However, the rebels' two high-ranking marquises and one peak-ranking marquis were far stronger than the regular army's marquises. In addition, they had fifty-three races that could supplement the rebel army. Some of the races that followed the rebellion even had their own armies. This was why they were able to suppress the regular army of the Jinlan Universe Kingdom.

However, once Wu Hao's virtual universe company army enters the fray, the balance of power between the two sides will be reversed once again, and these rebels will probably not have many good days left.

But the counterattack Wu Hao wanted was not a head-on battle with the rebels and a large-scale war.

Such a war, with such a large population and territory, would probably last for hundreds or even thousands of years, by which time his mission would have long since failed.

Wu Hao wanted a decisive battle, a swift and decisive victory to eliminate several rebel leaders, Feng Hou, and then use overwhelming force to quickly eliminate all rebel troops.

However, accomplishing these tasks is extremely difficult.

First of all, those powerful figures who have been granted titles are not fools. They also have the ability to teleport through divine kingdoms. Once the war becomes critical and they suffer a defeat, a few of them can simply pack up and teleport away. Their various immortal-level experts can do the same.

If Wu Hao doesn't handle the situation well, and a large number of rebels flee throughout the universe, he will truly become a laughing stock of all mankind.

If this matter reaches the eyes of the higher-ups, it will undoubtedly leave them with an impression of incompetence.

"I have a general understanding of the situation. You may all step back now. Once the battle plan is finalized, I will inform you all of the details!"

After the six legion commanders left with the immortals from their legions, Wu Hao looked at Lei Manghou.

This guy is also a peak Marquis, with strength close to that of a King. He is almost as strong as the Marquis Wang Mang who turned the tables, and will be a formidable force in the future.

"Give me information on the strength of the Burning Legion, the Fireborn race, and arrange for me to meet with their high-ranking members!" Wu Hao instructed.

"Okay, I'll go and make the arrangements right away!" Lei Manghou sent an email to Wu Hao, and then also sent it away.

Wu Hao opened the email and began to review the information about the Burning Legion given to him by Lei Manghou. The Burning Legion was an army formed by the Infernal Clan to deal with signs of extraterrestrial warfare against humanity, and it had no connection with a notorious villain from a certain universe.

The most significant feature of this army is that it contains almost no cosmic-level soldiers; it is entirely composed of domain lords, realm lords, and immortals of the Fire Prison Clan.

Currently, this army is led by a high-ranking Fire Prison Clan immortal, along with twelve other high-ranking Marquis immortals.

The Burning Legion's strength, apart from its leader who was a King, was roughly equivalent to that of the Golden Mist Universe Kingdom in terms of the combat power it had committed.

With this immortal king in hand, Wu Hao has many more options.

"Angel, please help me search for information on the Fire Hell race!"

"Yes!" The angel immediately used Wu Hao's permissions to search within the virtual universe company's internal network and quickly found information about the Fire Hell Clan.

"Master, the Fire Prison Clan is an alien race established by the Virtual Universe Company within the Golden Mist Universe Kingdom. Their clan has two Elementary Venerables, eight King-level Immortals, and over thirty Marquis-level Immortals, making them a relatively weak clan. The Fire Prison Clan are energy-based life forms, primarily composed of fire energy and rock. They excel at weapon crafting and are the most important source of weapons for the Golden Mist Universe Kingdom!"

Wu Hao nodded.

No wonder such a weak race could actually submit to humans and even reside in a relatively central universe within human territory; it turns out they possess the special skill of weapon crafting.

"So, how strong is the Jinlan Universe Kingdom's army?" Seeing Wu Hao exit the virtual universe, the Dark Demon King immediately asked jokingly.

Wu Hao shook his head and said, "The normal level of the Universe Nation's army is nothing to look forward to. On the contrary, I am very interested in the Fire Hell Clan of this mission."

"Oh?" Wu Hao of the Demon Dark Dynasty looked over. "How so? I've also heard about the Fire Prison Clan. It's said that they're a race skilled in crafting artifacts, but they can't craft any good treasures. They can only supply those who have been granted the titles of Marquis Immortal and Initial King."

"No!" Wu Hao shook his head and said, "The main thing is that the Fire Prison Clan gave a high-level King title this time, and I want to know how that high-level King title from the Fire Prison Clan compares to yours?"

"Hahahaha!" The Dark Demon King laughed loudly, almost bending over backward. "Wu Hao, don't even think about my strength. With your current level, you wouldn't understand how much of a gap there is between me and that Fire Prison Clan's King. Even if I told you, you wouldn't be able to comprehend it."

“However, I can tell you something!” The feathers on the Dark King’s face stood up, giving him a dangerous aura. His body was a mix of light and darkness. “I will kill that Fire Prison Clan King in no more than three seconds.”

Wu Hao was immediately filled with awe. The two kings of the same level were fighting each other, and they were competing in their understanding of the laws and the size of their divine bodies.

Once the battle starts, it will be a long and arduous fight. But now the Dark Demon King himself admitted that he killed the Fire Prison Clan's high-level King in less than three seconds. It only took a few attacks to obliterate the Fire Prison Clan's King-level divine body.

Half a month later, on the blazing fire, at the Burning Legion's base.

This is a world of flames, with vast stretches of lava everywhere. The average temperature on the planet reaches 500 degrees Celsius, making it completely unsuitable for carbon-based life.

But for energy creatures like the Fire Hell Clan, an average temperature of 500 degrees Celsius is just right.

When Wu Hao stepped out of the spaceship and felt the 500-degree heat, he immediately frowned.

He frowned not because the temperature affected him, but because there are far more rocky planets than habitable planets in the universe. So why haven't these energy-based life forms spread throughout the universe?

With these questions in mind, Wu Hao entered the Burning Legion's camp.

Inside the military camp, a tall member of the Fire Prison Clan sat at the head of the table, with more than ten Marquis-level Immortals seated below him.

"Wu Hao has already disembarked from the spaceship and is on his way. You all should know what to do, right?" said the leader of the Fire Prison Clan.

He was the third commander of the Burning Legion, and the only powerful figure left behind at the Flaming Star Army camp after the Burning Legion was conscripted to the outer battlefields.

“Yes, we’ve already seen Wu Hao’s information. He’s said to be the number one genius in billions of years of human history, and he’ll start as a Venerable-level being in the future,” a Marquis-level Immortal replied. Then, looking at the people around him, he continued, “Our mission this time is to make a good impression on this prince and try to get on his good side.”

"Yes, this mission must be carried out at all costs to fulfill any order from His Highness. The future of our Fire Prison Clan for hundreds of eras depends on our performance in this mission!" The leading Fire Prison Clan member immediately bowed and then shouted, "Everything is for the Fire Prison Clan!"

"For the Fire Prison Clan!" The other clansmen echoed.

"Alright, let's go out and greet them!" The group quickly got up and flew towards the training ground in the center of the military camp.

Looking at the large number of Fire Prison Clan members around him, Wu Hao was extremely curious, as it was the first time in his life he had seen energy life forms other than Ultraman.

Upon reaching a vast, open plaza, they immediately saw a group of powerful figures standing in front of it.

The leader was about forty meters tall and looked exceptionally tall.

The towering figure stepped forward instantly and shouted, "Commander of the Third Army of the Burning Legion of the Fire Hell Clan, 'Liebo Jie,' leads the Third Army to welcome His Highness Wu Hao, the special envoy of humanity!"

'The Fire Prison Clan's inability to learn human etiquette is truly well-deserved!' Wu Hao had once mocked various forms of etiquette, and now that he held a high position, he was slightly displeased that the other party did not bow to him.

However, considering that these people weren't very bright, he naturally wouldn't show it.

"Thank you for coming to greet us, King Yanyu!" Wu Hao said expressionlessly as he followed the Dark Demon King to the front of the crowd. He then looked around and commented, "Not bad, the size of your Yanyu Clan is indeed as huge as the legends say. They look quite intimidating!"

Hearing Wu Hao's praise, Yan Yuwang's face remained expressionless, but his voice revealed surprise: "Thank you for your praise, Your Highness. Our Third Legion has made thorough preparations for this mission. In order to complete the mission, we have specially drawn half a legion from the group for mixed reorganization. Please inspect it, Your Highness!"

"Oh," Wu Hao glanced at them sideways, surprised that these creatures were so easy to talk to, "Then thank you for the support of the Flame Prison Clan!"

The group then stood in one place, waiting for the Burning Legion's Third Army to begin assembling.

(End of this chapter)