Silence reigned inside the Western Front Command Center for a full three seconds.
Then the Liaison Officer monitoring the battlefield spoke in a trembling voice, sounding as if he could hardly believe it:
"Confirmed: energy readings in the unoccupied area have dropped to zero! Blood River Typhon's signal has disappeared!"
Only then did the entire command room seem to "come alive."
The Chief of Staff, a major, let out a breath of relief. The heart lodged in his throat finally settled back into his chest.
He grabbed the communicator.
"Have Second Lieutenant Qin report his status!"
After a delay of several minutes, Qin Shi's steady breathing came through the fully open communications channel.
Then came his calm voice:
"The target has been driven back. Requesting medical support."
His flat tone made it sound as if he had merely completed a routine training exercise.
At the confirmation, the Western Front Command Center erupted.
"Incredible!"
"Professional Level 5! He's only at Professional Level 5, and he's already managed to drive back a Disaster Level 4 Servant Creature head-on!"
"That defies common sense! If I remember right, the Extraordinary Combat Power Assessment Manual compiled by the North China Imperial Capital says that Disaster Level 4 is infinitely close to Professional Level 2 or even Level 1."
"What exactly is Second Lieutenant Qin's domain trait? If I'm not mistaken, he withstood Blood River Typhon's 'Activation' without being affected?"
"That's right. That defies common sense too!"
The analysts in the command room were puzzled and baffled.
According to the principle governing how Extraordinary Domains' traits override one another,
Life Force units and purity determined the relative strength of a trait.
In other words, Blood River Typhon's "Activation Domain," at Disaster Level 4, should have been able to overwhelm Second Lieutenant Qin and affect him.
"Whether