"Seven-star."
This was the pinnacle recognized by all of humanity—the highest star rank and the strongest existence.
At most, a Six-Star Professional could reach the top in a rural Base City like Longyao City and become the de facto apex there. They were practically feudal lords, with little difference between them and an emperor of the land.
The true pinnacle recognized in people's hearts was still the Seven-Star Professional.
Throughout history, the heroes who had left a powerful mark on humanity's milestones had all been existences of this level.
Existences of this level were also humanity's strongest support, giving people the courage to resist the invasion of the Spirit Fiend Abyss.
Given that the Terror Breed had only appeared in the human world once so far, Seven-Star Professionals could even hunt Nightmare Breeds alone, cutting down powerful Phantom Demons that Six-Star Professionals were helpless against and could only barely hold at bay.
The only opponents capable of challenging Seven-Star Professionals were the small number of Phantom Demons who were unquestionably outstanding even among Nightmare Breeds.
Indeed, only Phantom Demons that had failed to evolve into Terror Breeds and consequently transformed into mutants could faintly surpass Seven-Star Professionals.
Under such circumstances, every Seven-Star Professional was a hero in people's eyes—a savior who might rescue countless people from terrible disasters at any time and reverse humanity's losing position through their own strength.
Even if a Terror Breed truly appeared in the human world, it would ultimately be the Seven-Star Professionals who stepped forward and fought back, relying on overwhelming numbers to oppose it and protect all of humanity from its grasp.
That Terror Breed sealed beneath Longyao City back then had been sealed by humanity's strongest experts in precisely this way.
Thus, the Seven-Star rank held an extraordinarily lofty position in human