Ice Summit Master saw Ender applying for the 'Vast-Wood God General Inheritance' and nodded slightly, "The Original Universe is vast and mysterious. Not only are many Universe Secret Realms expanding and evolving, but the Universe itself is also continuously expanding."
"Among those evolving Universe Secret Realms, there are quite a few unique places that can temper the Soul and Will. Once your strength reaches the King-level Immortal standard, you can go to those places to temper your Soul and Will."
"When you return from the Extraterritorial Battlefield, I will give you a few Universe Secret Realms suitable for you, so you can temper your Soul and Will through the special areas of the Universe Secret Realms."
"The Vast-Wood God General Inheritance Hall will be activated, and the Human Race will notify you." Ice Summit Master said, "However, you must go and accept the Legacy within ten thousand eras of the Inheritance Hall's activation."
Ender nodded and replied, "Yes, Teacher."
He understood why he had to go and accept the 'Vast-Wood God General' Inheritance within ten thousand eras.
God General Inheritance, like God Envoy Inheritance, opens once every 10,081 eras.
However, unlike God Envoy Inheritance, the God General Inheritance location is fixed, and each God General Inheritance location has 32 Inheritance Halls, meaning there are 32 opportunities to receive God General Inheritance every 10,081 eras.
Accepting a complete God General Inheritance can elevate one's strength to the Universe Overlord level. Once one inherits the unique position of a certain God General, their strength will be raised to the Top-tier Universe Overlord level, comparable to an ordinary Universe Master.
Precisely because of the power of the God General Inheritance, opportunities for it are exceptionally precious and cannot be wasted in the slightest. Therefore, one must participate in the God General Inheritance within ten thousand eras.
The Human Race also grants 81 eras of Inheritance time. With this 81-era grace period, even if someone takes a very long time to accept the God General Inheritance, it is enough to receive the complete God General Inheritance.
Seeing Ender agree, Ice Summit Master turned and said, "Alright, go."
"Yes, Disciple takes his leave." Ender bowed respectfully, retreated a few steps, and left this independent space.
Ice Summit Master still stood in this eternal ice and snow kingdom, atop the cold Pinnacle.
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After leaving his teacher's independent space, most of Ender's consciousness left the Virtual Universe and returned to his human main body located in the World Ring.
He was still sitting on a giant root of Gu Yu Ancient Tree's second Clone, a root extending for thousands of kilometers. The 'Thunder God Envoy' Inheritance crystal in his hand had disappeared, replaced by a G-level metal piece about 1 millimeter in length, height, and width.
This tiny bit of G-level metal was part of the spoils he obtained after killing those five Immortals. Its value was not comparable to the weapons and armor of those Immortals.
"G-level metal has extremely high quality. Even this small amount weighs over 1 kilogram."
Ender lowered his head, looking at the tiny piece of G-level metal, which was not much thicker than a normal person's fingernail, and muttered, "This bit of G-level metal is worth about 100 Mixed-yuan Units, but I can increase its value to hundreds or even thousands of Mixed-yuan Units by refining weapons."
Normally, 100 Mixed-yuan Units of G-level metal are very common. Due to its minuscule weight and volume, even if added during the refinement of a sixth-tier weapon, it would be difficult to refine a top-tier weapon worth hundreds of Mixed-yuan Units.
Of course, this is common for many Powerhouses when refining weapons. When creating weapons suitable for themselves, due to their ordinary refining techniques, they must use very solid Materials to refine weapons that match their Realm.
Perhaps one might see a Marquis-level Immortal holding a seventh-tier weapon, but this weapon is worth tens of millions of Mixed-yuan Units, simply because it is entirely made of G-level metal, weighing hundreds of tons!
Ender put away that tiny bit of G-level metal, took out a sixth-tier weapon, observed it carefully, and then sighed softly, "F9-class Tungsten Flame Mother Metal, combined with G-level Green Splendor Copper Essence metal, yet only a High Grade sixth-tier weapon was refined. This Artifact Refining technique is truly complicated."
Boom!
A crimson flame rose out of thin air. The air around the flame did not twist or change, as if the flame were merely an illusory image, without temperature and not truly existing.
With a slight thought from Ender, the ordinary sixth-tier weapon was thrown into the flame, and soon its surface began to change, clearly affected by the high temperature.
After some time.
The sixth-tier weapon in the crimson flame had already melted into a metallic liquid. The two metals seemed to have fused into one, seemingly inseparable.
Seeing this, Ender's expression remained normal. Following the familiar 'Infernal Forge Artifact Refining Technique', he began to control the flame's temperature to separate the two metal Materials.
Soon.
Under his skilled Artifact Refining technique, the two metal Materials had separated. The metallic liquid, which was originally a single mass, had divided into two masses, one large and one small.
"It's done." Seeing the two masses of metallic liquid form, Ender smiled and muttered with some surprise, "A High Grade sixth-tier weapon can actually yield about three kilograms of Green Splendor Copper Essence. It seems that in the future, I can choose and exchange for weapon and armor spoils."
Aside from weapons and armor refined by professional Artifact Refiners, those refined by half-baked Artifact Refiners were more profitable for him. Just disassembling the Materials within them was enough for him to make a huge profit.
If his Artifact Refining level were to Breakthrough, he could easily refine seventh-tier weapons and armor, just as he refined sixth-tier ones, earning even more!
"I'm quite lacking in Law comprehension, Secret Pattern understanding, and Artifact Refining techniques, which leads me to be like those half-baked Artifact Refiners, needing to pile up Materials to refine seventh-tier weapons and armor."
Ender shook his head slightly, put away the two cooled metal pieces, and began to check the military merits he had obtained.
Killing five Immortals yielded a total of 250 million military merits. Jointly killing multiple World Masters yielded 133 million military merits, for a total of 383 million military merits.
Adding the military merits he had gained from several skirmishes over the past few months, his current total military merits were 494 million.
When Ender saw his military merits, he sighed softly, "Indeed, relying solely on Cloud Vine to kill enemies halves the military merits I can obtain."
"Fortunately, the three Demon race Immortal who were forced to self-detonate also counted towards my military merits, otherwise the military merits I could have obtained from that battle would have been more than halved."
Ender was very satisfied with the speed of his military merit accumulation. "Now, in less than a year, my military merits have approached 500 million, almost half of the 1 billion military merit quota. I estimate I will be able to complete the military merit quota for free movement in one or two years."
He knew that most of these nearly 500 million military merits were obtained from the recent battle, otherwise, tens of millions of military merits per year would be normal.
Ender murmured softly, "If there are a few more skirmishes with many Immortals, my military merits will quickly reach 1 billion."
Of course, he was just thinking casually. Although there are many elite teams in the 03 Area of the Cosmic Battlefield, not every team has an Immortal in command. Encountering an enemy team with an Immortal also requires some luck.
"I wonder which section of the 03 Area we're going to transfer to this time..."
According to what Ender understood, the 03 Area has a total area of tens of thousands of light-years, divided into 99,999 small sections. They were previously in the 03258838 Area, i.e., 03—258838 Area.
"The First Battlefield Cosmic Battlefield, a cosmic Starfield tens of thousands of light-years in diameter, has been utterly ravaged after countless years of slaughter. The entire Cosmic Battlefield, except for the Barracks Base, is almost indistinguishable, full of various wreckage."
Ender said softly, "Ultimately, the Cosmic Domain is too fragile. Even a slightly stronger Domain Master can tear space, so it's no wonder many Powerhouses prefer to fight in space folds."
"Once my military merits reach 1 billion and I can move freely, I will go to the Secret Realm Battlefield."
"Hmm..." He mused, "With my current strength, I can barely survive in the most dangerous Secret Realm Battlefield, but for safety, I'll temper myself for a while longer before going to the Hongwu Secret Realm."
Having been in the Extraterritorial Battlefield for so long, Ender had inquired about the First Battlefield's information and naturally knew the dangers of the Hongwu Secret Realm Battlefield.
Among the four Secret Realm Battlefields in the First Battlefield, the Hongwu Secret Realm is the most dangerous. The dangers of the Secret Realm alone are enough to cause ordinary World Masters to fall.
The slaughter among Powerhouses is even more perilous. If treasures evolve and derive within the Hongwu Secret Realm, it will undoubtedly stir up a bloody storm, with King Level Immortal Powerhouses falling one after another due to treasures.
Ender softly commented, "In terms of danger, the Hongwu Secret Realm Battlefield is only slightly weaker than the Star Tower in the Seventh Battlefield." The Star Tower had only recently appeared, and it still held immense attraction for the Powerhouses of billions of races in the Universe, drawing countless Powerhouses to the Seventh Battlefield for slaughter. It was incomparable to the Star Tower countless years later.
"Hmm... no rush for now. First, steadily Cultivate and accumulate military merits. The Hongwu Secret Realm Battlefield is definitely a place I will go, but before that, I'll visit other Secret Realm Battlefields."
After muttering to himself, Ender closed his eyes and began to comprehend Space Law, while his other Clones continued their respective research.
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More than ten days later.
Cosmic Battlefield, 0383171 Area.
It was still a dark, empty void, with only countless various wreckage drifting in this cosmic Starfield.
An E9-level Spaceship emerged from the Dark Universe, appearing in this cosmic Starfield.
As soon as he exited the Dark Universe and returned to the Original Universe, Ender activated the large-scale detector and began to check for allied and hostile teams in the vicinity.
"Oh... it seems my luck is good."
As soon as he activated the large-scale detector, he discovered an elite team of the Zerg Race millions of kilometers away.
Ender transmitted to the team members in the lounge, "Captain, at 7 o'clock, 4.12 million kilometers away, a Zerg team has been detected."
"I've detected them too." Fortress transmitted, "It seems their detectors aren't very good, without any shielding effect. We'll shield ourselves and go in for the kill."
"Oh, in that case, our luck is indeed good." Lightning Flash chuckled, "Only one Immortal. This time, leave it to Atlas and me. I'm increasingly eager to gain military merits now."
An old team member joked with a smile, "Vice-captain, are you thinking of retiring?"
"Haha, I've had that thought for a long time. My dream is to establish an intermediate universe country and be its local emperor." Lightning Flash laughed, "That sleeping alien Immortal we captured has brought me a big step closer to my dream."
"Vice-captain, your dream is truly simple and unpretentious..." An old team member shook his head and laughed, "Establishing an intermediate universe country requires a large amount of funds. Even a small Starfield would cost thousands of Mixed-yuan Units at least."
"People must have dreams. If they don't, what's the difference between them and a salted fish?" Lightning Flash said smugly, "Anyway, I'm very close to my dream. If there's a micro Starfield auction, my dream will be directly achieved."
"I think the vice-captain is right..."
As everyone chatted and laughed via transmission, the E9-level Spaceship had already moved towards the Zerg Race team.
...
Soon.
The E9-level Spaceship Ender was on was only discovered by the Zerg team when it flew within a million kilometers.
Inside a giant golden bone several kilometers long, the Zerg team, resting in a lounge made of F-class metal, discovered an alien spaceship rapidly approaching. They first communicated via transmission, then quickly moved into action.
"An alien Universe Spaceship is approaching!"
"Their detector is more Advanced than ours. We didn't detect their presence before, only after they got close."
"The enemy's detector is more Advanced, so aren't we weaker than them? Should we run?!"
"We can't escape. Their Spaceship is too fast. We need time to accelerate, it's too late. We can only fight!"
"Since we can't escape, let's fight them!"
After a brief transmission exchange, the Zerg Race reached a consensus, deciding to fight Ender and his team.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
One Immortal and seven World Masters, after putting their lounge into their World Ring, transformed into streaks of light and rapidly shot out from the golden giant bone.
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Inside the F9-class metal lounge of the E9-level Spaceship.
"At a million kilometers, that Zerg team just discovered us. They can't escape this battle."
Fortress transmitted to everyone in the lounge, "This is our team's first skirmish in the 0383171 Area. Let's kill them and get a good start!"
"Lightning Flash, Atlas, you two are responsible for killing the enemy's Immortal. The rest of the World Masters will be handled by us."
The team members nodded, "Understood."
"Battle!"
Fortress put the lounge and the E9-level Spaceship into his World Ring. Everyone was instantly exposed to the endless Starfield. They could see streaks of light, weaving through various wreckage, coming to kill them.
"That Immortal of the enemy is there!"
Ender instantly switched to his true body, then quickly moved towards that Immortal of the Zerg Race. Lightning Flash was a step faster than him, having already rushed over.
Boom!
Ender's massive body, over forty meters tall, crashed through several pieces of wreckage floating in the cosmic Starfield. He swung his long spear, directly striking the Immortal of the Zerg Race. The terrifying force instantly made the alien Immortal, who was fighting Lightning Flash, feel a shock.
"What! Two Immortals, and one World Master comparable to an Immortal!"
That alien Immortal was already of average strength. Now, being besieged by two Immortal-level combatants, he quickly fell into a disadvantage, and the rapid depletion of his Divine Body filled his heart with despair.
Besides that alien Immortal, the other World Masters of that Zerg team were even more pitiful, being hunted down by Fortress, an Immortal, leading his team of World Master Generals.
...
Just as Ender and the others were besieging the Zerg team, there was another team in the distant Starfield that had already targeted this Zerg team...