Competing for the Post

Immortal Mountain, Northern Military Prefecture, Fifth Department.

Lei Xiao sat high upon the main seat, with eight Battalion Commanders under his command seated on either side. Each radiated the powerful aura of a Heavenly Immortal, their immortal power vast as the sea.

Lei Xiao's divine eyes resembled two spheres of lightning as he watched Jiu Xiao Commander and the man he had brought before him.

"Is he the man you recommended?" Lei Xiao asked.

"Reporting to Great General, Song Changming is the most capable Branch General under my command. Over the past century, not only has he rendered outstanding service and slain countless demons, but his strength has also surpassed my own!

"Therefore, I believe he is the only suitable candidate for the position of Great General of the Tenth Battalion!"

Jiu Xiao Commander's lavish praise drew the attention of the other eight Battalion Commanders present.

They especially scrutinized Song Changming beside him.

Song Changming wore the silver-white armor of a Branch General. He showed no unusual reaction to Jiu Xiao Commander's lavish praise, instead accepting it calmly and standing quietly to one side without saying much.

"What do you all think?" Lei Xiao leaned back slightly on his throne and asked the other Battalion Commanders under him.

"Jiuxiao, you say his strength exceeds yours. Isn't that somewhat exaggerated?" One Battalion Commander was the first to raise a doubt.

"I know Changming as well, but didn't he only enter the Heavenly Immortal realm a century ago? How could he possibly surpass you after merely a hundred years?" Another Battalion Commander shook his head in disbelief.

Back when Song Changming had first been promoted to Branch General, he had quickly made quite a name for himself within the army.

Even Thunderous Great Heavenly General Lei Xiao, who commanded fifty thousand heavenly