Every part of a high-level Demon was valuable, and Yue Shen certainly would not let any of it go to waste.
As for the mammoth skeleton, it was of no use to him.
The most valuable thing an undead creature possessed was its soulfire, but the Skeleton Mammoth's had already gone out. Besides, Yue Shen had no use for it anyway.
After dealing with the Demon's corpse, Yue Shen looked toward Long Haochen and the others, who were locked in a fierce battle nearby.
Because Long Haochen possessed the Holy Guidance Spirit Furnace, the Verdant Twin-Blade Demon would have to take him out first if he wanted to pick them off one by one.
And while he attacked Long Haochen, the others in the team kept launching attacks against him, easing the pressure on Long Haochen.
Judging by the current situation, Long Haochen and the others clearly had the upper hand.
Seeing this, Yue Shen stretched, then sat cross-legged on the ground, ready to begin recovering his spiritual power.
Just then, a flash of green light appeared beside him, and the Inspector emerged at his side.
"Inspector, sir, I've already exceeded the requirements for my assessment." Yue Shen chuckled. "You're not appearing beside me now to disqualify me from the tournament, are you?"
"How could a dignified Inspector like me do such a thing?" the old man said irritably. "Even if our temples are rivals, I would never do anything so disgraceful."
As he spoke, the old man took a bottle of pills from the sleeve of his mage robe, tipped one out, and tossed it to Yue Shen.
"This is a Spiritual Recovery Pill. It restores two hundred points of spiritual power within ten seconds," the old man said helplessly. "You've passed your assessment. The Temple Alliance provides these for contestants to recover their spiritual power after completing it."
"Then thank you, Inspector." Yue Shen thanked him and swallowed the Spiritual Recovery Pill.
As soon as the pill reached his stomach, Yue Shen felt his nearly depleted internal spiritual power begin surging rapidly.
Good stuff! Yue Shen's eyes lit up.
"Let me ask you a few questions. What attribute does your magical beast companion have?" The old man pondered for a moment. "I can't sense even the slightest fluctuation of the space element from it, so how does it travel through space?"
"I can't say," Yue Shen replied.
The old man was not annoyed by his answer and continued, "Then who is your teacher? And you aren't one of Haoyue City's contestants, are you?"
"I've overseen the assessments for Haoyue City's contestants in three Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournaments," the old man stressed. "I've never heard Nalan Shu mention you."
"I can't say," Yue Shen answered again.
"What's so secret about that?" the old man said irritably. "Once the selection tournament starts, the rest of our temples will find out everything anyway."
"You do have a point..." Yue Shen murmured.
"Exactly." The old man pursed his lips. "So, your teacher..."
"I still can't say," Yue Shen replied bluntly. "But you guessed correctly. I'm not from Haoyue City."
Seeing that Yue Shen would not divulge anything, the Inspector could only shake his head helplessly.
Watching Long Haochen and the others surround and attack the Verdant Twin-Blade Demon, the old man and Yue Shen began chatting.
"Actually, even if they can't finish off this Verdant Twin-Blade Demon, they've already completed their assessment," the old man said. "The Di Ke Clan Stealth Stalker you let them kill counts as five."
"Then why didn't you step in?" Yue Shen asked.
"If I had, how would I have discovered that your Knight Temple had produced a knight with a Holy Guidance Spirit Furnace?" The old man chuckled. "I was originally planning to intervene, but now it seems there's no need."
Before long, under the combined assault of Long Haochen and the others, the other Verdant Twin-Blade Demon
finally met his end on the spot. "Assessment passed."
The Inspector's voice rang in the ears of Long Haochen and the others.
"Huh?"
Long Haochen and the others exchanged bewildered looks, unsure what was going on.
The Inspector did not leave them confused for long and immediately answered their questions.
"My name is Feng Yangmu." The old man chuckled. "Congratulations on successfully completing your assessment."
"There's still a great deal I need to explain to you, but this isn't the place to talk," the old man said. "Although no other Demons are approaching for the moment, let's return to the border garrison before we discuss anything further."
After saying this, light flashed around Feng Yangmu once more, and he vanished from their sight.
Yue Shen: "..."
Before heading back, however, they needed to clean up the battlefield, especially by packing up the Verdant Twin-Blade Demon's corpse to take with them.
"Hey! Haoyue, how could you eat that Fifth Tier Magic Crystal?" Li Xin looked pained. "That thing was worth at least a thousand gold coins!"
"Burp~"
Having just eaten the Magic Crystal Long Haochen had dug out of the Verdant Twin-Blade Demon, Haoyue let out a satisfied belch.
"What?"
Hearing Li Xin's words, Long Haochen looked startled. He had never imagined it would be so valuable.
Besides, the Magic Crystal was not his personal property, but loot belonging to all of them.
"You can't eat that," Long Haochen said with a wry smile. "Haoyue, see if you can spit it out."
Haoyue seemed to realize a mistake had been made, sticking out a tongue awkwardly and shaking both large heads.
"It's fine. What's eaten is eaten," Lin Jialu said from beside them. "Haoyue deserves a lot of credit for our victory over this Verdant Twin-Blade Demon."
Recalling Haoyue's performance in the battle, the brothers Chen Si and Chen Chen nodded in agreement and offered to give up their shares of the proceeds from the Verdant Twin-Blade Demon's corpse.
Yue Shen: "..."
For some reason, Yue Shen suddenly found his own dragon more and more pleasing to the eye.
Only after Long Haochen finished sorting out the division of the spoils did their group finally set off on the return journey.
For some reason, Yue Shen felt an inexplicable heaviness hanging over the group.
"What's wrong with you all?" Yue Shen asked, puzzled. "You've passed the assessment, so why does everyone look so unhappy?"
"Brother Yue, isn't it because you're just too strong...?" Chen Si swallowed and could not help saying, "It took everything we had to finish off one Fifth Tier Demon. We saw what happened earlier, too. You killed that enormous Fifth Tier Skeleton Mammoth in a single move."
The others in the group remained silent, and there was no telling what they were thinking.
Seeing this, Yue Shen could only sigh helplessly.
He had a rough idea of what these prodigies from Haoyue City were thinking. The blow he had dealt their confidence was simply too heavy for them to accept right away.
But understanding was one thing. As for how to deal with it, he had no idea.
Yet the person in the group who had suffered the heaviest blow was undoubtedly Long Haochen.
Now, whenever he thought about how he would sooner or later face Yue Shen in the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament, he felt a wave of helplessness.
Teacher, do you think I really have a chance of defeating Brother Yue?
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