In the endless starry void, countless debris of various sizes floated.
An f-class spaceship flew slowly, eventually docking on a planetary remnant several kilometers in diameter.
Whoosh!
The spaceship's hatch opened, and several Spiritwing Clan members, only a meter tall with dragonfly-like wings on their backs, flew out first.
Thud!
Ender emerged from the spaceship's hatch, his feet landing on the ground of the planetary remnant. He could vaguely see the ruins of buildings on this remnant.
"It is said that the First Battlefield was once inhabited by a race, but that race was exterminated when the battlefield was opened. This means that even after countless years, traces of buildings can still be found on some planetary remnants."
Ender thought to himself, "Living in the midst of the four great races, if they didn't take sides or migrate in advance, they would inevitably suffer annihilation."
The struggle between races is very cruel, especially between neighboring hostile races. After countless years of conflict, they have long become mortal enemies.
If their strengths were comparable, neither side could do anything to the other, and they would live in peace. But once one side's strength far exceeded the other, a racial extermination war would definitely occur!
"Fortunately, the Human Race is a Pinnacle race. Although they are enemies with the other three Pinnacle races, their strengths are not vastly different, and the high-ranking members of the race remain calm, only engaging in minor skirmishes on the Extraterritorial Battlefield."
Ender thought to himself, "Although the Extraterritorial Battlefield is a battleground for the four great races, it is also a place for the Geniuses and powerhouses of the many races in the Universe to hone themselves."
Many non-four-great-race or subordinate-race participants are on the Extraterritorial Battlefield. For example, the Hunlu Clan, whom they had just annihilated, belonged to the Thorn Ring Alliance. The powerhouses of this clan came to the Extraterritorial Battlefield not only for training but also to obtain rewards from the Mechanical Race.
"The tempering of life-and-death combat is a necessary path to becoming a powerhouse. I cannot rely too much on the Cloud Vine to kill and trap enemies. I must rely on my own strength to fight, and only use the Cloud Vine as a last resort."
Ender made up his mind that unless the Cloud Vine absolutely had to act, he would avoid using it as much as possible.
Thud!
After everyone had exited the spaceship, Fortress jumped out of the spaceship's hatch, then turned and put away the f-class spaceship.
"Let's set up our residence here," Fortress transmitted to everyone. "I just checked the positions of our allies nearby; there are three Elite teams stationed around here."
"Hmm… this distance is acceptable." Lightning Flash checked the allies' coordinates and nodded, "We won't interfere with their hunting range, and we can also provide assistance at critical moments."
Upon hearing this, Ender connected his consciousness to the Virtual Universe to check the coordinates of the surrounding allies.
7 o'clock direction, 310 million kilometers.
11 o'clock direction, 280 million kilometers.
3 o'clock direction, 180 million kilometers.
These were the coordinates of the three allied Elite teams.
On the Extraterritorial Battlefield, as long as one belongs to the Human faction, even if they are not humans or their subordinate races, they can still use the Virtual Universe with some restrictions.
The main thing is to connect one's consciousness to the Virtual Universe and keep it active. Then, the Virtual Universe System will display the coordinates of all comrades and allies within a billion-kilometer radius.
1. Display coordinates of comrades and allies (within a billion-kilometer radius).
2. Call for help in an emergency (all humans and allies within ten billion kilometers will receive the distress call).
These are the two main functions of the Virtual Universe Network on the battlefield.
Of course, there are other incidental functions, such as contacting superiors, calculating military merits, and so on.
"The furthest is 310 million kilometers, and the closest is 180 million kilometers." Ender calculated, "After calling for help, support can arrive in about a minute at the fastest, and four minutes at the slowest."
"Support can arrive in a minute; it seems very fast, but in reality, whether one can hold out until support arrives is also a question mark."
A Pinnacle World Master flying at full speed in the Universe can reach over 100,000 kilometers per second. If the flying speed is so fast, the combat speed is naturally astonishingly fast.
Dozens of exchanges per second are normal; the stronger one is, the faster the speed, and the same applies to combat speed.
For example, when fighting the Hunlu Clan's Immortal, Ender and Fortress teamed up and spent dozens of seconds to kill the enemy. This killing speed was very slow.
The reason was that Fortress was reluctant to burn his Immortal Divine Power, and the opponent's Divine Body was quite large, with a shoulder height of over ten meters, which made his kill take a relatively long time.
"Let's go, we're going to establish our residence." Fortress transmitted, "Then we'll distribute the spoils of war."
Everyone dug a hole inside the planetary remnant, then hollowed out a larger space. After perfectly installing the F9-class Mechanical lounge into the hollow, they all entered the lounge.
...
Inside the lounge.
Having just experienced a battle with twists and turns, everyone rested on single sofas in the most comfortable postures they could find.
"The situation in this battle was somewhat beyond our expectations. Although that alien team's apparent strength wasn't strong, their hidden strength was very powerful."
Fortress felt lingering fear; he was the one who directly faced the Immortal plant life, Black-Patterned Flower.
Lightning Flash interjected, "Yes, that Immortal plant life is very strong. Although it's only equivalent to the most ordinary Immortal, its Divine Body is enormous and its body is also very tough. Not only can it exhaust ordinary Immortals to death, but it can also contend with a normal Divine Body's High-level Military Lord-level Immortal."
Whether it's human or alien-cultivated plant life, they all belong to auxiliary plant life, but as long as they are well-cultivated, the volume of such plant life will be extremely exaggerated.
Of course, the Universe is fair. Such vast plant life requires a lot of cultivation resources to be cultivated to the Immortal Rank.
Even the most ordinary auxiliary plant life cultivated to the Immortal Rank is not something an ordinary World Master can afford.
If one wants to cultivate powerful plant life, the cultivation difficulty and required resources will further increase.
For example, cultivating a 360-main-vine Cloud Vine to the Immortal Rank with the best cultivation plan would cost nearly 11.6 billion points, and there would only be a 40% success rate.
If one wants to increase the success rate, it is possible, but the cost is too expensive and completely disproportionate to the gain, which is why there is the saying of a 40% success rate for the best cultivation plan.
"Fortunately, we have 'Atlas'." Lightning Flash continued, "If it weren't for ''Atlas' also having Immortal plant life, we would probably have had to flee in disarray this time."
Listening, everyone's gaze turned to Ender, who was using his avatar. They still clearly remembered how outrageous and terrifying Ender's main body, over 40 meters tall, was!
That majestic life aura, even compared to an ordinary Immortal, wasn't far off; it just lacked the Spiritual Pressure that an Immortal possessed.
Moreover, 'Ender' was not only powerful, but he also had an Immortal-level Cloud Vine by his side. This kind of life-saving method was much stronger than Naviya's, a King Immortal descendant.
"My previous guess was that 'Atlas' should be a Personal Disciple of a Marquis or even a King Immortal, but now it seems 'Atlas's' identity is not simple."
"To have an Immortal plant life 'Cloud Vine' by his side, the one behind him must not be an ordinary King Immortal, at least a top-tier one among King Immortal, and perhaps even a Universe Venerable's Disciple."
"'Atlas' not only has plant life, but he can also suppress an Immortal just by relying on his own strength. This is also something that cannot be cultivated by ordinary Marquis or King Immortal."
"Haha, the guidance of life was indeed correct. To be able to bring 'Atlas', this powerhouse, into our team, I am indeed favored by life."
As everyone had different thoughts, they were all amazed and speculated about the strength Ender had displayed in the recent battle.
"Atlas, thank you this time." Fortress thanked Ender, "If you didn't have Immortal plant life, I'm afraid I would have had difficulty resisting the encirclement of the Immortal plant life and that alien Immortal."
"Captain, no need to be so polite." Ender smiled, "We are not only of the same race but also comrades who fight together on this Extraterritorial Battlefield."
"Haha, Atlas." Lightning Flash laughed, "Bringing you into our team is the luckiest thing for us."
"This should be my credit." Naviya quickly raised her hand and said, "Back then, it was I who invited 'Atlas' to join our team."
Everyone was slightly stunned, then remembered that it was indeed so. When Naviya invited someone of unknown background to join the team, they had quite a few reservations about it.
But now it seemed that Naviya had done the right thing; 'Atlas's' addition had made the team's strength leap forward.
"I misjudged back then." Lightning Flash smiled and shook his head, "At that time, I thought Atlas was an 'Elite World Master Fighter', and only after learning he was a World Master General did I approve, and now I admire him even more…"
At this point, he showed a hint of self-mockery, clearly indicating that he really hadn't thought highly of Ender back then, and at that time, they were still thinking of using the last spot to invite a well-known World Master General.
When Lightning Flash's words fell, the others showed more or less awkward expressions; they had similar thoughts at the time.
The Spiritwing Clan's World Master Nuwa sighed in her heart, "Who would have thought that the World Master General, who at the time only had a majestic life aura, could possess such powerful strength and background, even having a 36-main-vine Cloud Vine, an Immortal plant life equivalent to a High-level Military Lord-level Immortal?"
Ender smiled, "It's normal to have a slighting thought when you don't know the full story."
Back during the Pinnacle Genius Battle, he won second place with a single Wood Origin Law, and many powerhouses were not optimistic about him, believing that he should not have received a Primal Secret Realm spot because he had not comprehended the Space Origin Law.
Even when he later comprehended the Space Origin Law and passed the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge at the end of thirty years in Primal Chaos City, many powerhouses still believed that his future achievements would not be as good as Kedi's.
But now, among the many high-level powerhouses of the Human Race, almost no one says he is inferior to Kedi; instead, many people believe his talent is higher than Kedi's.
Lightning Flash laughed heartily, "Thank you for your generosity, 'Atlas'."
Fortress watched, also smiling slightly. He, as the captain, was happy to see the team getting along harmoniously.
Then, he smiled and said, "Alright, let's distribute the spoils of war for this time."
Listening, everyone's gaze turned to Fortress, the captain, in the center of the lounge.
Fortress summarized, "This time, we killed a total of nine aliens, including one Immortal and eight World Masters."
"The weapons, armor, and World Rings of the eight World Masters, plus those intact or damaged E5-class Mechanical Puppets, have a total value of approximately 87 Mixed-yuan Units."
"And the weapons, armor, and World Rings of the alien Immortal have a total value of approximately 518 Mixed-yuan Units."
Fortress finally added up, "The total is 605 Mixed-yuan Units."
"Wow! 605 Mixed-yuan Units."
"It's one thing for an Immortal to have a high net worth, but I didn't expect those World Masters' net worth to reach 87 Mixed-yuan Units."
"Indeed, killing enemies on this Extraterritorial Battlefield is always the best way to get rich."
Hearing Fortress's summary of the spoils of war, both new and old team members rejoiced. 605 Mixed-yuan Units, that was a huge sum of money!
One must know that in the Human Territory, an ordinary World Master often only has a net worth of about 10 Mixed-yuan Units until their lifespan runs out, but now, a single battle has yielded the equivalent of the entire net worth of 60 World Masters.
They also understood that powerhouses who come to the Extraterritorial Battlefield often only carry treasures that enhance combat power and restore combat power, and only one-third to one-fifth of their total net worth.
Furthermore, powerhouses from non-Pinnacle race factions often have significantly lower net worth than powerhouses of the same level from Pinnacle race factions.
This is because their race's strength and resources are far inferior to those of Pinnacle races.
For example, the Gold Horn Race, a subordinate race of humanity, only has f-class spaceships for King Immortal, while some Military Lord-level Immortals in humanity can acquire f-class spaceships, which shows the disparity in resources between the two.
"According to the usual team practice, those who contribute more get more spoils of war. Lightning Flash and I should each get 30% of the spoils."
Fortress said, "However, 'Atlas' contributed the most to this battle, and since he's a newcomer on his First Battlefield, he'll get 30% of the spoils, Lightning Flash and I will each get 20%, and the rest will be split equally among you."
Everyone nodded in agreement. They had no issues with this distribution of spoils and knew full well that they were getting a great deal.
This was because the main contributors to this battle were Ender, Fortress, and Lightning Flash, these three Immortal-level combatants.
Especially Ender, if his Immortal plant life Cloud Vine hadn't intervened, they would have been in grave danger this time, and several of them might have been left behind.
"30% of 605 Mixed-yuan Units is roughly 181 Mixed-yuan Units."
"This amount is quite a bit less than the net worth of an ordinary Immortal." Ender thought, "But this is also normal. Powerhouses who train and fight on the Extraterritorial Battlefield carry treasures that enhance combat power, so naturally, it can't be compared to their entire net worth."
Fortress asked, "Atlas, do you want to receive cash after the spoils are processed, or do you prefer to select spoils first and then settle the difference?"
Their team always kept clear accounts, ensuring that everyone received their due share of the spoils. However, one could choose to select spoils first or receive cash after they were processed.
Lightning Flash reminded, "Atlas, our team generally calculates the estimated value of spoils based on the average value."
"This is to ensure that team members who choose cash can receive enough cash after the spoils are processed, and that the final cash received will not be lower than the estimated value."
"Therefore, if you don't need any of the treasures among the spoils, it's best to choose to receive cash after the spoils are processed." Lightning Flash said, "This will maximize your benefit."
"I choose…"