Youmugu Base.
The Command Hall was deathly silent.
After a long while, someone finally said softly, "Am I seeing things?"
"Zhu Nü is dead?"
"Didn't it manifest its beast soul?"
"It was within the Nether Vein's range. Wasn't its power supposed to be even greater?"
"It just died like that?"
"Captain Luo Yan killed it with a single sword strike?"
"Phew."
Xu Tao let out a breath, the shock on his face gradually fading.
"No wonder Captain Luo Yan could kill a Nightmare Level giant beast single-handedly."
"On the Desperate Battlefield, near a Nether Vein, he could kill a hegemon that had manifested its beast soul with a single sword strike."
"Even though a giant beast like Zhu Nü wasn't skilled at frontal combat, its battle prowess still ranked in the middle to lower tier among hegemons."
"But Captain Luo Yan killed it with one sword strike."
"That's truly unbelievable."
Wang Chong laughed heartily. "That's the value of a 150% resonance depth. The younger generation is truly formidable, truly formidable."
Xu Tao folded his arms and smiled. "At this rate, it'll be hard to say who the Dragon Rider Sword Master really is."
Wang Chong glanced at him. "It's not that serious. Captain Bai's title as Dragon Rider Sword Master isn't based solely on mecha combat."
Xu Tao reminded him, "But Captain Bai sparred with Captain Luo and seemed to lose by one move. And that was in the past."
Wang Chong grew anxious. "So what? Captain Bai is a swordsmanship genius. After all this time, who knows what level she's reached?"
Xu Tao laughed and patted him on the shoulder. "All right, I was just teasing you."
"I know you're a fan of Captain Bai."
Wang Chong's national-character face immediately turned red and black. "I—I merely admire Captain