Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 116 Can't Think of a Title

In the entertainment area of ​​Barracks Base No. 026, there is a luxurious restaurant in the style of a suspended palace.

call out!

A golden streak of light flashed past and landed at the palace entrance, revealing Shen Mu's figure.

The waiters on either side of the door immediately greeted him respectfully, "Greetings, sir. What service do you require?"

Shen Mu's gaze swept over the restaurant's decor, which was incredibly luxurious.

This restaurant is the most upscale restaurant in the entire military base, and only immortal gods are qualified to enter it. The prices there are incredibly luxurious.

"We have an appointment in VIP room 0124," Shen Mu said.

Upon hearing this, the two waiters became even more respectful, because only those at the rank of Marquis could choose a private room in this restaurant.

"Please come with me, sir."

A moment later, Shen Mu was led by two waiters into a private room decorated with starry sky decorations.

There were seven figures in the private room, each with a distinct personality: some tall and imposing, some expressionless, and some alluring.

The only thing they had in common was that each of them exuded a faint aura of law, subtly affecting the space-time within the entire private room.

"Haha, you must be Qing, right? Let's get acquainted. My name is Jiaku!"

A thin young man stood up, his eyes sparkling with a dreamlike, enchanting light.

As the thin young man spoke, an invisible, alluring force swept out and enveloped Shen Mu.

Shen Mu glanced at the thin young man, whose face had strange and unusual markings, a unique feature of the Howling God Clan.

Among the countless bloodlines of human races, this race is one of the most skilled in illusion magic. Galesi, who fought in the Genius Battle, was born into the Howling God race.

Shen Mu completely ignored the illusion that was enough to bewitch ordinary people who were only at the initial stage of the Marquis rank, and instead looked at the person in the crowd whose aura was the most intense.

"I am Qing. May I ask which one of you is the captain of the 'Star God' team?"

The seven people present were all somewhat surprised to see Shen Mu completely ignore Gaku's illusion.

It seems this newly appointed marquis isn't someone who barely managed to be granted the title. Even a regular junior marquis wouldn't be able to completely ignore Gaku's illusions.

"Jaku, don't be rude."

A clear, cold voice rang out, and the Star Spirit woman who was the leader of the seven finally spoke, looking at Shen Mu with a hint of apology on her face.

"Qing, hello. I am the captain of the 026-4 God Squad, titled 'Star God'."

After introducing himself, Xing Shenhou continued, "Qing, I imagine you knew something about our 'Xing Shen Team' before you came here."

"In the entire 026 base, there are only three teams that are better than our 'Star God Squad', and those three teams have not recruited any new soldiers for more than 10 eras."

"As long as you're willing to join our Star God Squad, I can guarantee that the entire team will prioritize helping you reach the 'military merit quota' required by the military system. Besides that..."

Star God Marquis introduced the advantages of the Star God Squad, and Shen Mu listened quietly without rushing to express his opinion.

Actually, this Star God Marquis wasn't just boasting. In the entire God Squad of Base 026, only four teams had captains at the peak of the Marquis level.

Of these four teams, only the Star God Squad was established within the last epoch. The other three teams have been established for dozens or even hundreds of epochs and no longer need new members.

"...Qing, this is roughly the situation of my Star God Squad and the benefits we can offer you. What do you think?"

After a moment's thought, Shen Mu smiled and said, "In that case, I hope Captain Star God will take good care of me in the future."

"Qing, welcome to the Star God Squad. You can call me Captain or Big Sister from now on."

A slight smile appeared on Xing Shenhou's usually aloof face, and he said, "You bunch of idiots, introduce yourselves."

A burly man, ten meters tall, with two legs, four arms, and a single, upright eye, spoke up: "I am the vice-captain of the 'Star God Squad,' titled 'Dark Gold.'"

"In terms of defense, I'm even stronger than Big Sister. Call me the moment you're in danger!" Dark Gold Marquis waved his four arms, striking a majestic pose, and said to Shen Mu in a deep, booming voice.

"Is the vice-captain a member of the Dark Gara clan?"

Shen Mu looked at Dark Gold Marquis with some surprise, not expecting to meet someone from the Qianwu Universe Kingdom here.

The Dark Gara race is the most powerful bloodline in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, ranking among the top in the entire human race. They possess exceptional talent in the Law of Earth and are known as the darlings of the earth.

However, this Dark Gold Marquis exudes a strong golden aura, indicating that he did not achieve immortality through the laws of earth.

Dark Gold Marquis roughly understood why Shen Mu was surprised and explained, "Well, I am one of the few immortals in the Dark Gara clan who has walked a path outside the Law of Earth."

Jia Ku chuckled and said, "Brother Qing, I was very rude just now. I am the team's main offensive force, and my cultivation level is at the peak of the Army Lord realm."

"Qing, Jia Ku is no ordinary person; he is comparable to a common first-level marquis."

A tremendous voice rang out, and the speaker was a tall man with a dragon tail as big as a small mountain. He was the third Marquis-level expert in the Star God Squad, born into the Yanpolo Clan, and was a Marquis-level Dragon Thorn.

The veteran members of the Star God Squad introduced themselves one after another.

The seven members are Star God Marquis, Dark Gold Marquis, Dragon Thorn Marquis, Illusion Master Jaku, Apothecary Shen Ling, Assassin Ming Hui, and Beast Tamer Ze Shan.

Among them, Star God Marquis is a peak Marquis, while Dark Gold Marquis is a high-ranking Marquis, specializing in defense.

Long Cihou cultivated the Nine Refinements of the Flame Crystal Body, and his amplified power was comparable to that of a high-ranking Marquis. Soul Master Jiaku has already been introduced.

As for the remaining three members who are at the peak of the military lord level, they each have their own specialties and are much stronger than ordinary peak military lords.

For example, the beast tamer Zeshan possesses four beasts at the peak of the military lord level, while the apothecary Shenling cultivates a snail flower at the peak of the military lord level.

The remaining assassin, Minghui, comes from the Kongming Clan, one of the ten bloodlines of the human race, and by chance, he awakened the innate secret technique of "merging into the void".

This situation is somewhat similar to that of the Demon Slayer Clan, who can awaken their innate secret technique 'Domain' later in life, but it is not as outrageous and abnormal as that of the Demon Slayer Clan.

Listening to the introductions of the seven veteran members, Shen Mu couldn't help but feel emotional.

These seven individuals all hailed from extremely powerful human races, including three with Domain Lord-level bloodlines: the Flame Brahma Clan, the Star Spirit Clan, and the Void Clan.

As for the remaining four, they all possessed cosmic-level bloodlines, and were even slightly stronger than the Longko clan's bloodline.

Suddenly, Shen Mu even had the illusion that there were many people with these powerful bloodlines.

This is actually a survivor bias. Looking at the immortals of the entire human race, the proportion of ordinary bloodlines and planetary bloodlines, which have the largest populations, is actually the lowest.

Finally, Captain Xing Shenhou spoke up, his clear voice ringing out: "Qing, why don't you introduce yourself too, so your teammates can all see your strength?"

Shen Mu nodded slightly and said, "To be precise, I am only at the peak of the Military Lord level and cannot burn divine power. However, I have some special methods that are enough to kill a low-level Marquis, so I was certified as a 'low-level Marquis' by the Military Merit System."

Since he couldn't hide the fact that he couldn't burn his divine power, Shen Mu simply changed his story.

These words shocked the members of the Star God Squad.

Even Jia Ku, who is said to be comparable to a junior marquis, can only barely hold his own against a junior marquis. He has a suppressive force no weaker than that of a junior marquis when facing a peak military lord.

However, it would be a pipe dream to harm a Marquis-level expert who possesses an immortal body.

The defensive power of an immortal body is extremely abnormal. If a master of the same realm, without special means, wants to truly harm an immortal body, he must burn his own divine power.

If the secret techniques and divine bodies are on the same level, the amount of divine power burned will basically determine how much divine power the opponent can annihilate, and this is without considering defensive treasures.

At the King level, it becomes even more excessive. Under the same combat power, if you want to annihilate 1% of the opponent's divine power, you have to burn more than 1% of your own divine power.

Once the strength of the divine body exceeds the threshold of 1 times that of the peak of the Realm Lord, the degree of refinement of the immortal body also increases dramatically. This is the clear difference between being granted the title of Marquis and being granted the title of King.

Dark Gold Marquis couldn't help but speak up, his voice booming, "Qing, how much military merit do you have?"

All newcomers entering the extraterritorial battlefield will be granted military privileges by the military system, and a quota of military merits will also be assigned.

Only by accumulating enough military merits can one apply for retirement or choose to explore independently.

Upon hearing this, the other six people also looked at Shen Mu with some curiosity.

"The requirement set by the military system is a military merit quota of 1 trillion."

After Shen Mu finished speaking, everyone in the Star God Squad was startled.

"A trillion military merits? That's way too outrageous."

"Qing, are you sure you're not seeing things?"

"No wonder the peak military leader was granted the authority of a junior marquis. It seems there will be competition for the position of the second best player in our team."

Generally speaking, the highest amount of military merit a newly recruited military leader can earn is 10 billion military merits.

The quota for junior military commanders is between 100 billion and 10 billion for meritorious service.

The quota for high-ranking military commanders is between 1000 billion and 100 billion military merits.

The initial rank of marquis was awarded based on military merits ranging from 1000 billion to 1 trillion.

As for the quota for high-ranking marquises, no one knows. Currently, no new recruits have been granted high-ranking marquises on the battlefields outside the region.

However, based on existing patterns, the amount of military merit should be between 1 trillion and 10 trillion.

Long Cihou couldn't help but say, "I remember when the captain first entered the extraterritorial battlefield, he only had 500 billion military merits, right?"

Star God Marquis nodded slightly and said, "Yes, when I first became an immortal, my authority was certified as a high-level immortal military lord."

Dark Gold Marquis touched his head and said, "One trillion military merits require you to personally hunt down 10,000 ordinary immortals or 100 alien powerhouses who have been granted the title of junior marquis."

At this point, even Dark Gold Marquis couldn't help but gasp. He had been on the extraterrestrial battlefield for over 10 eras before he had barely accumulated 7 trillion military merits.

Don't underestimate this small amount. Even without immortality, as long as you condense an immortal divine body, your ability to survive will be greatly enhanced. In a life-or-death battle between people of the same realm, even if you can't win, you can still escape with ease.

This is especially true at the Marquis level; the price to pay for killing someone of the same level might be greater than the reward for military merit.

The reward for personally killing a low-level Marquis-level alien expert was only 10 billion military merits. At a rate of 100 military merits to 1 Chaos Unit, this was a paltry 10 Chaos Units – a thankless task.

For example, before becoming a marquis, Dark Gold Marquis killed more than a hundred experts of the same level.

However, after achieving the Marquis level, he killed fewer than ten Marquis-level alien races in total.

Sometimes it's not that they can't be killed, but that it's not worth it. Wouldn't it be better to use that energy to kill a few more peak-level military lords? You wouldn't even need to burn your divine power.

"It's alright, annihilating a low-ranking marquis isn't a big problem for me."

"My brothers will be there to cover for me when the time comes."

Shen Mu's tone was very calm, because the military system had only set a quota of 1 trillion military merits for him.

Killing 100 low-level Marquis is enough.

However, the Ice Peak Master was afraid that he would become too reckless after having the protection of the supreme treasure, so he set a military merit limit of 1000 trillion for him. Before he could complete this limit, he had to obediently follow the team to train.

Killing a low-level military leader usually grants 1 million military merits.

Killing a high-level military leader or a peak military leader earns 10 billion military merits.

Then there's the initial rank of Marquis, which requires 1 billion military merits; the advanced rank of Marquis, which requires 100 billion military merits... and the peak rank of King is 1000 trillion military merits.

Moreover, the military merits awarded for killing using Star-Eating Grass are not included in this quota; Shen Mu must personally kill the enemy.

However, Shen Mu was not in a hurry, as the gene amplitude of the Yan Shen Clan clone could only unleash up to 500 times the power of the gene.

Then, he will unleash the hundredfold amplitude of the "Flame God Battle Body," instantly unleashing power equivalent to 5 times that of a peak World Lord, comparable to a high-level King-level expert who does not burn divine power.

This level of power, even without the aid of treasures, can harm the immortal body of a Marquis-level expert, though it's not very efficient.

If the power of the treasured spear is used, a single strike can kill a high-ranking marquis and severely injure a peak-ranking marquis.

Even against a newly ascended Immortal King, he could easily suppress him. Unless the opponent fought Shen Mu to the death, disregarding the loss of their divine body and directly burning their divine power, their combat strength would increase a thousandfold.

According to Master Bingfeng's idea, Shen Mu's strongest opponents during his training with the team would be those at the advanced or peak level of the Marquis rank.

Even if Shen Mu is unlucky and encounters one high-ranking Marquis every year on average, and successfully kills him, it would still take him an entire era to train.

By then, Shen Mu will be experienced enough to act independently.

……

In the blink of an eye, seven days had passed since Shen Mu joined the Star God Squad.

Inside a large hall at the military base, the entire Star God Squad, including the new recruit Shen Mu, assembled, ready to enter the battlefield.

This hall contains countless spaceships of all sizes, some of which are large motherships, and among them are legions led by immortal gods.

However, most of them are small spaceships, only able to accommodate a dozen or so powerful individuals.

"Let's go, let's set off!"

The cold voice of the Star God Marquis rang out, and then a dark silver disc-shaped spaceship appeared out of thin air.

This is the vehicle crafted by the Star God Marquis, entirely forged from F9-grade tungsten flame mother metal. It also includes a rest area made of G-grade metal, which, in the event of encountering a King-level powerhouse, can at least buy time while awaiting reinforcements.

As the Star God team boarded the ship, the outermost gate of the entire massive military base began to open, emitting a series of booming sounds.

"Activate spaceship energy defense, launch!"

The voice of the Star God Marquis rang out again, and then an energy shield condensed around the entire spaceship. The engines started, and the entire spaceship whizzed through the long passage and left the military base.

(End of this chapter)