The only ones left were two at the Middle Stellar Level.
"Are you also surrendering? Alright then, Iâve never commanded subordinates at the Middle Stellar Level. Come, become my subordinates."
Tian Niu Langâs eyes suddenly brightened.
On the other side, the two subordinates of the Jia Yan Squad sneered at Tian Niu Lang, thinking he was quite selfish.
Having subordinates at the Middle Stellar Level naturally had great advantages. Their own strength had just reached the Middle Stellar Level, and although they knew that they could possibly defeat even three beings of the same level, having such subordinates was better than having none. After all, they were still just a skeleton crew; as for those biotic subordinates from the Orion Arm, not a single one was even at the Semi-permanent Star Level, so they did not consider them as their real subordinates since they couldnât even accomplish tasks.
Fortunately, even though these two were upset, Tian Niu Lang didnât take more advantage because after acquiring these two Middle Stellar Level subordinates, he knew he had gone far enough. So, he quickly left the selection of Stellar Class Junior creatures to the two Jia Yan Squad subordinates.
"That seems fair, otherwise, Tian Niu Lang, we would have reported you to our Lord."
"Donât, please, I donât want to be scolded by our Lord. Besides, if we recruit them as subordinates ourselves, our Lord shouldnât be upset, right?"
Tian Niu Lang was unsure if Jia Yan would be upset at them for recruiting subordinates of such significant strength without his consent.
"Haha, what is the Lord? Stellar Class Junior? Middle Stellar Level? Plus, theyâre all of normal strength. Do you think Lord Jia Yan would care? He could wipe out a swath with just a step, why would he mind us recruiting these subordinates, or rather, he would certainly be glad to have more people helping. After all, arenât our subordinates the Lordâs subordinates?"
"True, I judged the gentleman with my villainous heart."
Tian Niu Lang quickly laughed it off.
He thought he was overthinking. Given Jia Yanâs strength, why would he care about subordinates whose strength wasnât even comparable to them? They had sensed that Lord Jia Yan was already somewhat dismissive even of them, the small team members. If not for the camaraderie built from shared hardships, he might have already dismissed these somewhat burdensome subordinates.
If he could dismiss them, how much less would he care for those even weaker?
"Alright, stop overthinking it. Now that these fleets and strong ones have surrendered, letâs quickly send the message back."
Indeed, in this theater of war, the fleet that initially thought theyâd easily handle the mere three strong ones, occupied a vast expanse of the Starry Sky, stretching hundreds of thousands of kilometers, a region filled with the shadows of battleships, had completely surrendered, shocking the three Jia Yan Squad members who had never seen such a scene before, and leaving their hearts deeply shaken.
This was the advantage of learning Jia Yanâs Yin-Yang Dao and also the benefit of following Jia Yan; they truly had no regrets about following Jia Yan back then.
"Yes, send the message back. I guess even Lord Jia Yan didnât expect that we three could achieve such a great victory."
Tian Niu Lang chuckled mischievously at the two, imagining Jia Yanâs shocked expression when hearing that the three of them had entirely defeated the main force of the Biochemical Star Region.
Of course, what he was more curious about was the possible reaction of the other Jia Yan Squad members, especially âLuo Longsi,â who had begun to feel a sense of rivalry with him. Wasnât she against his decision back then, saying they would fail and have to retreat? And now?
"With the power of our squadâs three members, we could hit the nail on the head and destroy the core of the Biochemical Star Region. If we had done this earlier, we would have won already, instead of fighting endlessly on the periphery; itâs simply laughable."
Tian Niu Lang felt very proud of his wise and heroic decision, feeling that returning this time would elevate his position in front of Lord Jia Yan.
"But I canât be careless. Luo Longsiâs advantage is her extensive manpower, and her parents are also around Stellar Level. I heard she even convinced them to switch to the Yin-Yang Dao, and although their age makes it hard to surpass us, her team has a lot of potentially strong new blood from the Divine Spirit Major Domain. Iâd say the potential competition with her in the future is still somewhat daunting. So I have to cultivate my own system..."
With these thoughts, Tian Niu Langâs competitive feelings towards Luo Longsi grew stronger.
But what he didnât know was that the two Jia Yan Squad members beside him harbored similar thoughts.
And they werenât the only ones; at this moment, more or less, similar thoughts were surfacing in the hearts of Jia Yan Squad members scattered throughout the distant Biochemical Star Region.
"Hmm? Information from Tian Niu Lang has arrived?"
"Hmph, not listening to our advice, itâs probably a call for help."
"Let me see. Even though those three are a bit conceited, they are, after all, members of our system, and we canât just abandon them, lest we have no answer to give to Lord Jia Yan."
"What?"
"Whatâs the matter?"
In Luo Longsiâs led team, most of the subordinates didnât think highly of Tian Niu Langâs expedition.
They were mostly the same few female Divine Spirits from before, and the rivalry between the two sides still simmered, even though that female Divine Spirit from the Scorpion Tribe and her fellow Stellar-level Scorpion Tribe creature husband had already married and even had children. Still, occasional disputes arose due to strategy discussions.
Luckily, because of their union, the rivalry between the two systems remained beneath the surface and did not escalate into open conflict.
At this time, the Scorpion Tribe female hurried to see the information after it arrived, being quite anxious about the safety of her husband.
However, upon seeing the information, she couldnât help but widen her eyes.
"What... they achieved a great victory, even killing the Biochemical King, having slain eight Stellar-level strong ones of the Biochemical Star Region, and the remaining Middle Stellar and Stellar Class Junior beings all surrendered."
"Even the Biochemical Star Regionâs frontline fleet, numbering in the millions, surrendered. The super Science Class weapons they carried were all captured intact by us."
After hearing the report, Luo Longsi and the other Divine Spirit creatures were dumbfounded, hardly able to believe it.
Those three Stellar-level beings, even though they seemed confident when they set out, still had some lack of confidence. But what was this result?
The enemy was well-prepared and set to intercept in an ambush, yet in the face of merely three strong ones in direct combat, those many Biochemical Star Region enemies still collapsed in defeat.
"This... Tian Niu Lang will have quite the story to brag about when he returns. Who knows how Lord Jia Yan will react..."
Luo Longsi smiled wryly. She had indeed felt recently that her power, at least among Lord Jia Yanâs subordinates, was the strongest. But after this event, it was uncertain if that would still be the case.
Shortly after they received the news, the news of the war result, through extremely rapid quantum entanglement communications, reached Earth...
"Tian Niu Lang and the other two won a major victory?"
Just as Luo Longsi and others anticipated, Jia Yanâs first reaction upon receiving this message was a slight pause.
Then he smiled.