Yet the instant Chen Ying'er began chanting, a slightly pale hand settled on her shoulder.
"Don't rush to use your ability." Yue Chen's familiar voice reached her ears. "We won't be able to break out later without you and Mai Dou."
"B-Boss?" Chen Ying'er looked astonished. "You've finished breaking through?"
"Yes." Yue Chen nodded gently, his gaze falling on the little pig Mai Dou in her arms. "Do you remember the huge Black Dragon in the recording Xue Meng showed you earlier?" Smiling, he tapped the pig's head twice.
"Oink, oink~" Mai Dou enjoyed Yue Chen's petting. At his question, the little pig put on a confident expression, as though he had everything under control.
Since Chen Ying'er had carried out her Military Mission at Zhennan Pass, neither she nor her bonded summoned beast Mai Dou had seen the true form of the Devil Dragon that had appeared on the battlefield at Demon-Repelling Pass.
But that was all right.
After the squad finished its three-month Military Mission and returned to Holy City, their deputy captain Xue Meng had suggested spending the squad's merit points to rent a Scouting Gem containing footage of the Devil Dragon from the Demon Hunt Squad trading center, so Chen Ying'er's bonded summoned beast Mai Dou could watch it repeatedly.
Of course, Yue Chen wasn't entirely sure how effective that would ultimately be.
Still, Mai Dou's brimming confidence reassured Yue Chen and instantly eased much of the pressure weighing on him.
Before that, however, he had to deal with the Sixth Tier Bird Demons fighting Long Haochen and the others.
The next instant, a surging aura of sacred light element erupted from Yue Chen like a volcano, condensing into a pair of exceptionally broad, solid wings behind him.
Unlike the wings of light Sol had previously