262: Arrive at the core

In the World Lord World of Canglan Star.

Chen Fan simply finished cleaning up the battlefield and left immediately.

Just like that, twelve silver-white universe spaceships continued their journey, flying towards the core area of the World Lord World.

“These people’s equipment and materials are really scarce. Seventy to eighty people combined still can’t compare to my personal wealth!”

“I didn’t expect the Third Prince to be so stingy, so tight-fisted even with his personal guards. He’s nothing like our Chen Fan!”

Inside the cabin, Xue Zhan was diligently organizing the spoils of war, separating and storing the equipment by category.

Don't underestimate these materials; even though they seem worthless to Xue Zhan now, they will be essential for Earth martial artists in the future.

“Stop complaining about this and that; even a mosquito’s leg is meat!”

“The Third Prince has so many Astral Rank personal guards under him; he can’t be generous to every single one of them.”

Ma Liang said, without turning his head, as he stared at the exterior simulation on the large screen.

Now, under Chen Fan’s leadership, these Universe Rank individuals had already upgraded their equipment significantly.

Each of them now possessed equipment, any single piece of which far surpassed the entire wealth of an ordinary Universe Rank ninth-stage martial artist.

Even a single leg guard they casually took out would be enough to make a common Universe Rank martial artist incredibly envious.

Not only that, everyone was equipped with a C5-grade Laser Cannon, capable of easily deterring ill-intentioned martial artists.

Unbeknownst to them, Chen Fan had already become their leader.

“There’s still about 500,000 kilometers to the core of the World Lord World, which is roughly an hour away!”

“Everyone, please rest for a bit. We’ll likely encounter a truly major battle next!”

Chen Fan looked at the information provided by the intelligent optical computer, lightly tapping the central control panel made of special alloy.

“Understood!”

“Once we get the nether river bloodstone, our Universe Mercenary probationary mission will be complete, right!”

“After that, it’ll be time for us to play freely.”

“Well, isn't that simple? Just do it!” Thunder God still looked full of fighting spirit.

The few of them just glanced at him and didn't say much... Unconsciously, night quietly fell.

“Full search system activated!”

With Chen Fan's command, the D-class spaceship's exploration system was immediately deployed, covering tens of thousands of kilometers around.

The World Lord World generally only suppresses a martial artist's five senses and consciousness, but its weakening effect on mechanical systems is not significant.

Inside the cabin, Thunder God and Hong lay on the large bed, quietly watching the wide screen.

After a brief moment of static, the surrounding scenery was displayed on the screen like a miniature map.

The five of them sat up with a sudden jolt.

At this moment, on the screen before them, numerous small red dots were floating.

Each red dot represented a martial artist, appearing scattered across the entire screen.

The closer to the core, the denser these red dots became.

“Wow, so many martial artists!”

Ma Liang stared at the moving red dots, his eyes immediately lighting up with excitement: “Now we can finally have a good fight!”

Xue Zhan was speechless, merely giving Ma Liang a faint glare without saying anything.

A Universe Rank martial artist fighting an Astral Rank martial artist was a complete dimensionality reduction strike.

In everyone's eyes, these dense red dots were not static; their positions were constantly changing.

From the distribution of these red dots, one could roughly discern the distribution of forces.

The two largest clusters of red dots, of course, belonged to the two great holy lands of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

Scattered not far from North Dragon City were indeed the White Tiger House, Three Axe Mountain, and the Black Cloud Society.

However, compared to the two major forces, these four forces were slightly smaller.

Six major forces?

Chen Fan stared intently at the distribution of these forces, quickly locating North Dragon City.

As for the rest, they were naturally the two holy lands of Black Dragon Mountain and the other three organizations.

“Let’s go, find North Dragon City!”

Rumble!!!

The sound of more than a dozen silver-white spaceships landing caused countless Astral Rank martial artists to look up in unison.

Just as the spaceships approached within a thousand meters of North Dragon City’s outpost, the twelve captains, led by Chen Fan, flew directly out of the cabin door, storing the spaceships into their spatial rings.

The sudden appearance of a group of martial artists wearing silver masks left the Astral Rank adventurers below utterly shocked.

This was because the aura emanating from Chen Fan and his group was precisely the powerful aura of Universe Rank individuals.

“These people… how could they all be Universe Rank martial artists?”

Some martial artists looked up at the group suspended in mid-air, their eyes blank with disbelief.

In their understanding, this World Lord World, under the control of the Universe Mercenaries, had already become a testing ground.

Any strong individual above the Astral Rank was not allowed to enter; otherwise, they would be punished by the Universe Mercenary Alliance's enforcement team.

This was the prestige and bottom line established by the Universe Mercenary Alliance over countless years through one bloody massacre after another.

Anyone who dared to cross this line would face incredibly terrifying sanctions.

One must know that the leaders of these Astral Rank adventurers—those Universe Rank, Domain Lord, and even World Lord powerhouses—were also barred from entering the Netherworld.

But now, more than fifty Universe Rank martial artists had appeared vividly before their eyes.

This made many martial artists incredulous.

“These sirs, please… are you from the Universe Mercenary Alliance?”

Finally, an Astral Rank seventh-stage female adventurer mustered her courage and flew forward to speak with Chen Fan.

“No, we do not belong to the Universe Mercenary Alliance. We are personal guards under Lord Yaso of North Dragon City!”

Having said that, Chen Fan looked in the direction of North Dragon City, completely disregarding the astonishment of others, his gaze calm.

In the area where North Dragon City was located, everyone wore standard armor embroidered with white dragons.

From a distance, it looked extraordinary.

“Greetings, sirs. I am Chris, the first captain and overall person in charge under Lord Kluowen. Welcome to North Dragon City!”

The one who came to greet Chen Fan was a black-haired young man with pointed ears and a height of about two meters.

He looked about ninety percent similar to Kluowen.

“Hello, Chris!”

Chen Fan responded with a smile, then merely glanced around briefly before leading everyone to rendezvous with Chris.

Everything proceeded steadily, just as Chen Fan and Yaso had discussed.

At North Dragon City’s outpost in the World Lord World, Chris hosted a grand banquet for Chen Fan, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

No other reason,

With the addition of Chen Fan's large group of Universe Rank martial artists, North Dragon City's deterrent power in the World Lord World would skyrocket.

Once they had strong deterrent power, doing other things would become much easier.

The arrival of Chen Fan's group directly stirred up a huge commotion in the core area of this World Lord World.

Fifty-six Universe Rank martial artists could easily sweep through a hundred thousand Astral Rank individuals.

However, Chen Fan also set some conditions with Chris, stating that his relationship with North Dragon City was purely cooperative, with no subordinate ties.

Even so, Chris was still ecstatic and immediately agreed.

The core of this World Lord World would soon become turbulent due to the unexpected arrival of Chen Fan’s group…