The reason the Lord of Icepeak gave Luo Fan the status of a Marquis-level Immortal was to allow him to directly join a Marquis-level squad.
Otherwise, an ordinary Domain Lord, even a Domain Lord Battle General, would not be accepted by a Marquis-level squad.
After all, even a Domain Lord Battle General could at most match an ordinary Immortal.
To a Marquis-level squad, that would be a burden.
As for strength, the Lord of Icepeak had great confidence in his young disciple.
He had long seen that Luo Fan's genetic level was anything but ordinary.
Moreover, he had watched every scene of Luo Fan challenging the Sky-Piercing Bridge.
With his discernment, he could tell at a glance that Luo Fan's body amplification had reached a staggering ninety times.
Although he did not know why his treasured disciple could possess a ninetyfold amplification at this level,
the Lord of Icepeak was still extremely pleased.
The more heaven-defying Luo Fan was, the happier he became.
With Luo Fan's genetic level combined with his amplification, he could already rival some Marquis-level Immortals.
As for his comprehension of laws, Luo Fan was not weak either.
Therefore, joining a Marquis-level squad posed no problem at all.
If Luo Fan were sent directly to the Extraterritorial Battlefield as a Domain Lord, not only might alien races discover such a heaven-defying Domain Lord,
it would also offer little in the way of proper tempering for him.
After all, upon first entering the Extraterritorial Battlefield, one must first complete the point quota assigned by the battlefield system.
Luo Fan would initially have no choice but to join an Immortal or Domain Lord squad.
The opponents of such squads were usually ordinary Immortals and Domain Lords.
For Luo Fan, such opponents would simply be a waste of time.
Without even using secret techniques, he could rely on pure strength alone to cleave an ordinary Immortal in a single strike.
Rather than that, it was better to let Luo Fan directly join a Marquis-level or even King-level squad to temper himself.
…
After returning to his original position, the Night Eye Race Immortal waited a few seconds before looking at the Domain Lords and speaking.
"There should be no issues now. Come one by one and receive your authority assignment."
Upon hearing this, the Domain Lords stepped forward in turn toward the Night Eye Race Immortal.
A blue beam shot out from the screen on the Immortal's wrist guard, enveloping each approaching Domain Lord.
"Ordinary Domain Lord Warrior!"
"Elite Domain Lord Warrior!"
"Elite Domain Lord Warrior!"
"Elite Domain Lord Warrior!"
"Ordinary Domain Lord Warrior!"
The wrist guard of the Night Eye Race Immortal automatically announced the results.
At the same time, the Domain Lords who received their authority were also notified by the Virtual Universe System.
Different authority levels naturally represented different statuses within the army.
Among the dozens of Domain Lords, not a single one received the authority of a Domain Lord Battle General.
Most of them were Elite Domain Lord Warriors.
The number of Ordinary Domain Lord Warriors was actually fewer than that of Elite Domain Lord Warriors.
After breaking through to the Domain Lord level, one could commune with the Origin Source Land of the universe, greatly accelerating the speed of comprehending origin laws.
Gaining the acknowledgment of origin laws was not particularly difficult.
Moreover, some weaker Domain Lords would not come to the Extraterritorial Battlefield at all.
After all, the Extraterritorial Battlefield was known as a meat grinder.
Among Domain Lords who came here, it was already considered very good if one out of ten could return alive.
Those who managed to survive were basically Domain Lord Battle Generals.
Ordinary Domain Lord Warriors rarely made it back alive.
Their death rate was even higher than the average.
Soon, the Immortal finished assigning authority to all the Domain Lords.
"The authority assignment ceremony is now complete."
The voice of the Night Eye Race Immortal echoed in everyone's ears.
"Follow me. I will shortly teleport all of you to the Extraterritorial Battlefield."
"This racial war involves an enormous number of combatants, so there are eleven battlefields in total."
"All eleven battlefields are outside our human territory, which is why they are called Extraterritorial Battlefields. You will be going to the Eleventh Battlefield."
Hearing this, the Domain Lords once again began transmitting messages to one another.
"All of them are outside the territory?"
"I heard the Eleventh Battlefield was newly opened and has an extremely high death rate."
"It's a pity we're not going to the Second Battlefield, otherwise I could see my brother."
When Luo Fan learned that he was headed to the Eleventh Battlefield, information about it immediately surfaced in his mind.
With his authority level, he could access quite a bit of information.
He could even search within both the Insect Race and the Human Race databases.
The Eleventh Battlefield was opened over a million eras ago.
Compared to other battlefields, it could be said to have existed for a very short time.
After all, the other battlefields had been opened for hundreds of millions of eras.
This battlefield had originally been a newly formed star region contested by four races.
However, the fighting escalated too intensely, destroying many secret realms and planets within it.
In the end, the entire star region was simply designated as a new Extraterritorial Battlefield.
The Original Universe was still effectively in its early stage.
As such, new star regions were occasionally being born.
If a new star region bordered only one race, that peak race would directly occupy it.
But if it bordered multiple races, conflict would erupt between them.
Typically, these conflicts involved Venerables or King-level Immortals.
Battles between Universe Masters were extremely rare.
Whoever won would claim ownership of the new star region.
The Eleventh Battlefield bordered four races.
As a result, when it first appeared, a massive war broke out among the four races.
Numerous Universe Overlords and even top-tier Universe Overlords fought, directly destroying many secret realms and planets within.
As for the native inhabitants, virtually all of them perished.
In the end, because there were few life-bearing planets left and the secret realms were mostly destroyed,
the region was repurposed as an Extraterritorial Battlefield.
Because this was a relatively new battlefield, there were still many areas that had been explored only a few times.
As a result, the Eleventh Battlefield had an enormous number of participants.
The entire battlefield had a diameter of over ten million light-years.
It was considered one of the larger battlefields.
Its death rate ranked first, reaching a terrifying 98.6 percent.
It could be said that the Eleventh Battlefield was the true meat grinder.
Some people who knew a bit about the Extraterritorial Battlefield already looked grim at this point.
Unfortunately, since the decision had been made, there was no turning back.
Although the death rate of each battlefield was generally above 90 percent,
this was largely because there were also many Universe-level and Domain Master-level soldiers on the Extraterritorial Battlefield.
These Universe-level and Domain Master-level soldiers were usually led by Immortals or Domain Lords.
Every ten thousand Universe-level soldiers and one thousand Domain Master-level soldiers formed a legion to fight together.
When these armies fought the enemy, it was generally Immortal versus Immortal and Domain Lord versus Domain Lord.
This was considered an unspoken rule of legion warfare.
However, if one side's Immortals or Domain Lords fell into a disadvantage during battle,
the enemy's freed-up experts would slaughter the Domain Master-level and Universe-level soldiers.
As a result, those Universe-level and Domain Master-level soldiers would suffer catastrophic losses.
If the leading Immortal or Domain Lord was killed, almost none of those Universe-level and Domain Master-level soldiers would survive.
Therefore, this death rate was largely built upon the sacrifices of Universe-level and Domain Master-level soldiers.
As for the leading Immortals, although they carried some burdens, killing enemies while leading a unit granted them an additional 50 percent military merit.
They also received a portion of the military merit earned by the Universe-level and Domain Lord-level soldiers under their command.
That was why many Immortals were still willing to lead troops.
However, the Eleventh Battlefield was somewhat different.
Many experts came here primarily to explore shattered secret realms.
There might still be hidden treasures within them.
Moreover, because this star region had only been born not long ago, there might be concealed secret realms that had yet to be discovered.
After all, some secret realm entrances might be only a few kilometers wide.
Without getting close, they could not be detected at all.
The Eleventh Battlefield had indeed produced many valuable treasures.
However, this also led to extremely frequent and intense battles.
As a result, even powerful experts faced a very high death rate here.
…
"Since everyone has received their authority, let us depart."
The Night Eye Race Immortal spoke to the group.
He walked to Luo Fan's side and, as they moved, explained some intelligence about the Eleventh Battlefield to him.
The others followed behind them.
Soon, they arrived at a vast hall under the guidance of the Night Eye Race Immortal.
The hall alone had a diameter of over a thousand kilometers.
Inside the enormous hall were eleven gigantic spatial teleportation channels.
The Night Eye Race Immortal led Luo Fan to stand before a curtain of water.
This water curtain was a full kilometer wide and a kilometer tall.
"This is the teleportation channel to the Eleventh Battlefield."
"Some of you may not know much about it, so I will briefly explain."
"Because the Eleventh Battlefield was opened relatively recently,"
"some regions may still be affected by shattered secret realms."
"With your current strength, entering those areas will greatly suppress your power."
"The entire Eleventh Battlefield spans over ten million light-years and contains one hundred garrison bases."
"The destination you are heading to now is Garrison Base 066."
…
Before long, the Night Eye Race Immortal finished explaining the basic information about the Eleventh Battlefield.
Without hesitation, Luo Fan was the first to step into the water curtain.
Splash!
Seeing Luo Fan enter, the group of Domain Lords behind him followed suit.
Soon, more than ten thousand soldiers had all entered the water curtain.
This spatial teleportation channel actually used a Divine Kingdom as a transit station.
A vast amount of precious materials had been invested into the Divine Kingdom used for transit.
The entire Divine Kingdom had been reinforced by the Human Race to an indestructible degree.
Even some ordinary Venerables would gain nothing by entering it.
There was even a possibility of falling.
Within the Divine Kingdom, Luo Fan stepped into another teleportation channel.
With a single step, he felt space and time shift before his eyes, and he arrived at another location.
"Haha, the rookies are here."
"Quick, quick, quick, stop sleeping and get to work."
"They didn't even fill the quota this time. Looks like some strong ones have arrived."
Shouts rang out one after another.
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