Yu Xian's Merit Stuns the Higher-Ups

Greater demons had extraordinarily tenacious life force.

Jin Dajun and Gong Qian had joined forces and thrown well over ten thousand punches before Deimos finally stopped breathing for good.

And during that process, Deimos had played dead several times. But the two of them ignored it, pounding him from his feigned death until he woke up, then pounding him right back into playing dead.

After several such repetitions, Deimos finally died completely.

Yet the two still did not stop. They continued beating him until Deimos's eyeballs fell out of their sockets, only then stopping.

"Dead?"

Jin Dajun kicked Deimos's corpse, still unwilling to lower his guard as he stood there.

Nearby, Gong Qian was drenched in sweat. Her arms felt as though they no longer belonged to her, but despite her exhaustion, a satisfied smile appeared on her face.

It was her first time fighting so freely.

Every punch landed solidly.

She did not need to consider the surroundings, run around, or aim. She only needed to close her eyes and throw punches with all her strength.

In fact, only in this state could she coordinate her waist and stance as one and unleash her full power. Deimos was probably the first enemy to endure the full, solid force of every one of her ten-thousand-ton punches.

At that moment, the staff originally responsible for teleporting Zhao Yi and the other generals over exchanged looks.

Deimos was already dead.

Did they still need to continue?

The team leader immediately contacted his superiors, who in turn contacted even higher-ranking officials. New instructions soon arrived: suspend the teleportation.

Qilin Headquarters began verifying the information. After a chain of calls, they finally reached Jin Dajun and confirmed that the Dragon Level greater demon Deimos had indeed been beaten to death. However, Jin Dajun had not defeated Deimos alone; Gong Qian and the others had also helped.

Jin Dajun could recognize Gong Qian from her fists, but he had never seen Yu Xian's Bubble before, so he did not know that Bubble was Yu Xian's ability.

But the higher-ups soon learned from Gong Qian over the phone about Yu Xian's MVP-level support ability.

At Qilin Headquarters, the upper ranks gathered in the conference room. Minister Yu Lie hung up the phone, looked at the other deputy ministers, and sighed in relief. "Everyone, it has now been confirmed. The Dragon Level threat, the greater demon Deimos, has been jointly killed by Jin Dajun, Gong Qian, and Yu Xian."

"It is not surprising that Gong Qian, with Pangu's Divine Might, could take part in a Dragon Level battle. But Yu Xian... isn't he Ant Rank?" a deputy minister asked in confusion.

When Yu Xian had first arrived in Silver City, this deputy minister had personally touched his head and confirmed his rank.

"Heh, not only did he participate, he was the key to killing Deimos this time. We should discuss how to reward him properly," Yu Lie said with a pained smile.

Yu Xian had ruined the Aberrant Insect's plan and saved tens of millions in Silver City. They had already rewarded him with everything they could.

Just two days ago, Yu Xian had discovered ahead of time that Zhou Tai possessed the ability to excavate the bloodline potential of extraordinary creatures, and he had promptly reported it, bringing a potential Dragon Level crisis into the open. They were still discussing whether that counted as a first-class merit or a second-class merit.

Who would have thought that before they could reach a conclusion, Yu Xian would render another great service?

The crowd looked at one another before finally revealing bitter smiles. Pangu's Blood had limited annual quotas. Qilin needed a share internally, while brother departments such as Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise also needed shares. Headquarters truly could not squeeze out any more.

"If nothing else works, reward him with a weapon. Make him a Dragon Level weapon?" one deputy minister said with a pained expression.

Yu Lie considered it. "Have Jin Sheng ask Yu Xian what he wants later. We'll decide then."

Although everyone had a headache over how to reward Yu Xian, they all knew perfectly well how many resources he had saved this time.

Without Yu Xian, they would have had to spend enormous resources and take huge risks to teleport several generals over. If some unknown monster had slipped through the Abyss Rift and entered Earth, it could have triggered another Aberrant Insect crisis in minutes.

Therefore, if Pangu's Blood had not truly been in such short supply, rewarding Yu Xian again would not have been impossible.

Extraordinary beings possessed power that rested entirely within themselves. Empty promises and false hopes could not retain talent.

Qilin had always been clear about rewards and punishments. Merit had to be rewarded, and the reward had to match the merit. Only then could they win people's loyalty and unite everyone as one.

At present, aside from Jin Dajun, no one could enter the swamp. Thus, the task of dismembering Deimos fell to Jin Dajun. The entire restricted zone would likely remain sealed off for a very long time, perhaps even be designated a permanent forbidden zone.

Yu Xian and the other two returned to the military camp outside Silver City. The entire camp was in a frenzy. When Gong Qian saw that one of her team members had lost a leg, she hurriedly said goodbye to Yu Xian and Zhang Shou and ran off to learn what had happened.

"Blue Bird, where's the captain?"

Yu Xian soon found Blue Bird among the crowd. Her expression was terrible, and she seemed to have cried. He asked her.

"Salty Fish, the captain is still being rescued, and... our squad only has us left." Blue Bird looked up at Yu Xian, her eyes immediately reddening as she spoke through tears.

After Yu Xian and Zhang Shou joined, the Demon-Slaying Squad had grown to seven members. But because of Deimos's sudden attack last night, three members had died.

"Sis, then what about Brother Bo?" Zhang Shou asked anxiously.

Blue Bird glanced at Zhang Shou and sadly shook her head. Zhang Shou froze completely.

Yesterday, Yu Xian had carried out a mission with Blue Bird, while Zhang Shou had been paired with Yu Bo. Yu Bo was the oldest member of the Demon-Slaying Squad. He was smooth and sociable without being calculating. Along the way, he had chatted and laughed with Zhang Shou, teaching him much from his experience.

After Deimos appeared, Yu Bo had told Zhang Shou to retreat immediately while he went to find the captain.

Yet once the two separated, it had become a final farewell.

The image of Yu Bo turning away with a smile surfaced in Zhang Shou's mind.

Hadn't he said everything would be fine?

Hadn't he said he was experienced? That he had seen this kind of danger ten thousand times, or at least eight thousand?

Zhang Shou clenched his fists, his eyes reddening. He wiped them and asked, "What about the captain? I'm our squad's healer."

"Come with me!" Blue Bird rose and led the way as soon as she heard that.

Yu Xian followed behind them with a heavy heart. When they reached the military medical station, many people were waiting anxiously.

Four or five men and women carrying swords saw Yu Xian and immediately stepped forward to thank him. They were among those Yu Xian's Bubble had saved.

After chatting with them, Yu Xian learned that they were members of the Evil-Slaying Squad. They were here because their captain, Gan Jiang, and vice-captain, Mo Ye, were still receiving treatment.

Among the four squads, the Evil-Slaying Squad and Monster-Slaying Squad could be considered relatively fortunate. Neither had lost any members, though both captains had suffered severe injuries.

The unluckiest was Gong Qian's Sin-Eradicating Squad. Other than Gong Qian, there was only one survivor; all the other members had died.