Long Haochen reached out and shook his hand, using an honorific as he did. "Hello. We are the Commander Grade Sixty-Fourth Demon Hunt Squad. I'm the captain, Long Haochen. It's an honor to fight alongside you."
"Commander Grade?" Tian Qing froze. "Brother, you aren't joking, are you?"
As they spoke, Long Haochen raised a hand and pulled back the hood over his head, then lowered the veil shielding him from the yellow sand.
The moment Tian Qing saw his handsome, youthful face, he was rendered speechless.
Not only him—the members of his squad were the same. The formidable strength Long Haochen had displayed during his explosive attack had shocked them immensely. The only thing they could not understand was why Long Haochen had not worn Mithril Base Battle Armor in battle. With the strength to heavily wound an Eighth Rank Yak Demon with two strikes, becoming a Mithril Base Knight should have been no problem for him! Unless he had a better equipment option of his own.
"This is truly unexpected. You're actually so young. But no matter what, on behalf of myself and my companions, I sincerely thank you for your timely rescue. If you hadn't appeared when you did, we likely wouldn't have escaped this disaster today."
Long Haochen asked with some confusion, "Senior, with your squad's strength, dealing with two Yak Demons shouldn't have been difficult. How did things end up like this...?"
For a Demon Hunt Squad to advance from Commander Grade to King Grade was absolutely a qualitative leap. Not only did they have to pay one million merit points, but every member also had to reach the Seventh Rank. Being willing to pay so many merit points undoubtedly proved that this Demon Hunt Squad possessed sufficiently powerful equipment. Although they were only at the