"It's good that you're back. Good that you're back..."
Even Reincarnators, cold and ruthless as they were, felt the warmth buried deep in their hearts after Xu Yue had sacrificed himself to buy time for them.
The conscience they had thought long discarded resurfaced in their minds, rare as it was.
Quan Hu and his brother, whom Xu Yue had already saved twice, were especially moved.
Before this, facing Xu Yue—a young man who had reached this level after completing only a fraction of the missions they had—they would have been lying if they said they felt no envy.
It was only because his strength and potential were plainly evident that reason had forcibly suppressed those feelings.
Yet resentment had always lingered in their hearts.
But after going through that hardship together, all dissatisfaction, defiance, indignation, and jealousy vanished like smoke.
The stronger a teammate like this was, the better! He was someone they could truly entrust their backs to!
As for how Xu Yue had managed to escape, coming up with an excuse was far too easy. In fact, he did not even need to make one up—they could fill in the details themselves and imagine an entire drama.
That calamity-like disturbance earlier clearly indicated that some other factor had intervened, such as a god.
Seeing Xu Yue's pale face and the way he looked as though his severe injuries had yet to heal, it was obvious that he had been caught in the aftermath as well.
Moreover, he had saved Zhang Zuolin before. He probably had life-saving items similar to Long Zhen's on him.
Xu Yue then turned his attention to Long Zhen and asked with concern,
"Senior Long Zhen, have your injuries still not healed?"
Long Zhen had cobbled together a crude, low-quality heart for himself and