The soldiers didn't look happy about Luo Feng and Wu He's arrival. Apparently, they were trying to warn them not to get close.

"The team captain is just," Wu He said, transmitting his voice. "Ku Fa has the best temper. As for Yu Luo, he's the one with green skin and 18 hoofs. He's very aggressive. More than half the strange beasts in our team are led by him. Normally, they would try to recruit us. However, we are facing the catastrophe-level task, and we've never cooperated with them. We haven't practiced any combined attacks technique with them. None of the squads will accept us for their own sake."

Luo Feng nodded. It was to be expected. Those three squads had been through countless life-and-death battles together, and they cooperated with one another well. If they let in the new soldiers, it would only hinder their cohesion. No matter how kind they might be, they wouldn't be willing to do that.

"Milky Way, Wu He," said the captain coldly. "You're on your own for this catastrophe-level task. Do you understand?"

Wu He smirked and said, "Of course, we understand."

Luo Feng nodded.

The team captain nodded. "Great." Then he stopped talking. To him, neither of these new soldiers had enough time to practice the inheritance, and they didn't even have the military credits to buy valuables or some better inheritance. Unless they got exceedingly lucky, they were bound to die.

******

Sou! Sou! Sou!

One being after another landed within their designated circles.

"Go!" ordered the captain. "Let's go get the task for this time."

Hong! Hong! Hong! Hong!

There were four teams: one led by the captain, one led by Ku Fa, one led by Yu Luo, and the new-soldier squad that consisted of Luo Feng and Wu He. They immediately flew out and teleported.

******

After nearly a day, all 39 soldiers arrived at an area dominated by a palace. The strange black palace was surrounded by many sculptures, and there were many great beings here.

Hong!

A light pillar shot toward the soldiers. Voices entered their heads telling them the detailed task from the military. The location was Nine Smoke Mars.h.!.+ 10,000 military points, which could be gained by killing a true G.o.d. Killing a law master was worth one military point. The required proof of killing a true G.o.d was to recover its body, and the required proof of killing a law master was its plundered weapons.

As for the deadline: It had to be completed before the next task. Otherwise, there would be punishment.

******

The description was simple, yet it frightened Luo Feng and Wu He. Kill a true G.o.d or law master in Nine Smoke Marsh?

"We're in big trouble," Wu He said, clearly worried. "It's Nine Smoke Marsh. Although that territory is not as powerful as Northern True Ocean, it's a still a great power. There are many true G.o.ds and countless law masters. It would be suicide for us to go there."

Wu He had been quite confident before receiving this task. He was powerful, and he had believed that no matter how difficult the task was, he would be able to finish it if he dedicated enough time. However, he crumbled after learning the task.

Luo Feng was nervous. 10,000 military credits! How could they do it?

He'd already seen Nine Smoke Marsh on his way here. It was a swamp surrounded by smoke and mist. While flying over it, he had spotted many true G.o.ds. To kill one true G.o.d in an era would have been possible for Luo Feng—after 800 eras of training. Of course, the true G.o.d couldn't hide in a supreme true treasure palace!

However, killing a true G.o.d in Nine Smoke Marsh would be very difficult for him. The other true G.o.ds in Nine Smoke Marsh wouldn't be foolish enough as to just let Luo Feng and the others attack without any consequence. There were 39 law masters, and a group of true G.o.ds from Nine Smoke Marsh could kill them all.

It's crazy. 10,000 military credits! Luo Feng thought. Even if I s.h.i.+ft my target to law masters, I would need to kill 10,000 of them. They are probably well protected in Nine Smoke Marsh… It might be possible to kill ten, but killing too many would certainly alert the true G.o.ds. Once surrounded, by a large group of true G.o.ds, I wouldn't be able to make it out, even with Boat of Mausoleum.

Luo Feng was really worried. He had been encircled by many universe supreme masters in Universe Ocean, but there weren't many universe supreme masters in Universe Ocean. Besides, they had all been suppressed.

In Nine Smoke Marsh, however, there could be hundreds of true G.o.ds encircling him, and none of them had their power restrained. He might not be able to get away even in Boat of Mausoleum.

This is madness, thought Luo Feng. Fortunately, true G.o.ds of void s.p.a.ce won't meddle in army tasks. Otherwise, I would have no hope.

Military tasks… There was a hidden agreement between the army and the tribal powers and strange beast powers. Squads who were sent to attack a particular power was clearly sent for training purposes. Luo Feng's squad didn't pose any threat to Nine Smoke Marsh, so the three true G.o.ds of void s.p.a.ce wouldn't interfere. However, true G.o.ds could partic.i.p.ate!

It's very difficult to succeed, but if I fail… Luo Feng thought.

According to the military rule, he would be executed!

With the authority of the army, one order could turn all the tribal powers and strange beast powers against them. They wouldn't be able to get away! If someone had 100,000 military credits, they could use them to save their lives, as merits offset faults. However, 100,000 military credits was an exorbitant sum. Even experienced soldiers didn't have that many military credits, let alone Luo Feng. If someone did have that many military credits, they would use them to improve their power.

******

The entire team stayed silent outside the strange palace. Everyone felt the pressure.

"Everyone knows the task now," the team captain said, glancing around. "There's a required location for the task, which means all the true G.o.ds and law masters we kill need to be from Nine Smoke Marsh. When we come back, the military will contact Nine Smoke Marsh to confirm our military credits. If this task wasn't in Nine Smoke Marsh, we could certainly kill a true G.o.d as individual teams, and if we kept doing that, it would only be a matter of time before we succeeded. However, this is Nine Smoke Marsh, so we could be surrounded by a large group of true G.o.ds, after which, we won't be able to get away." The team captain looked around. "I think… We need to cooperate."