บท 12: Exposed
บรรณาธิการ: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Old Zhu, are you kidding me? One person killed more than a hundred, and you guys only killed a fraction?"
Wang Lei, the leader of the Ferocious Tiger Division, had a look of disbelief on his face.
Among the four tribes, their division was the strongest. Wang Lei's strength had reached 9-star Bronze rank. He was only a little bit away from 1-star Silver rank.
His words naturally carried weight to it.
"Do you think I would joke about this?" Zhu Jian scoffed.
"Alright." Seeing Wang Lei glaring at Zhu Jian, Zeng Rong raised his hand and stopped his two subordinates. "Clerk, bring up the recording from the battlefield!"
"Yes, Admiral!" The clerk immediately arranged for the person in charge to take out the video and projected it in the hall.
The city wall section under Zeng Rong's jurisdiction had more than a hundred special cameras installed.
Apart from providing timely warnings, these cameras were also used to understand and verify the Inheritors' battle results.
Not long after, the image of the Blue Dragon Division's battle was projected.
Everyone immediately saw a ghostly figure galloping back and forth on the city wall where the division was located.
As that figure appeared again and again, the monsters were being blown up in the air one after another.
"F*ck, is he that strong? That person doesn't seem to be the Blue Dragon Division's captain!"
"It's not Zhu Jian. He's dressed like a recruit!"
"Are new recruits supposed to be that strong? Is he a new Inheritor?"
"This is even more awesome than Zhu Jian's strength!"
"When did the Blue Dragon Division have such a monster?"
Everyone gasped in surprise when they watched the battle.
Except for the Blue Dragon Tribe and Zeng Rong, no one from the other divisions recognized the person in the video.
In their hearts, they were guessing who was the one killing every monster in the video, and was he really just a recruit?
When the video finished playing, an abnormal flush flashed across Zeng Rong's face.
He smiled proudly at the gazes of everyone present.
"Stop guessing blindly. The person in the video is a recruit I just brought in from the new armies today. His name is Xu Mo!"
He was really a recruit, and he had just been brought in today?
In other words, the guy in the video was a newbie who had successfully inherited a bloodline a few days ago.
On his first time on the battlefield, he set a record in which a new recruit had killed over a hundred monsters.
Almost everyone, including Wang Lei, looked at Zeng Rong in confusion.
Admiral, this must be a big joke!
"Are new recruits that awesome? He had only awakened his bloodline a few days ago, yet he was able to kill so many monsters already?"
"Why do I feel like this recruit himself is a monster? This is ridiculous!"
"It's really frustrating to admit, but none of us can compare to his battle record!"
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Zhu Jian had already confirmed Xu Mo's identity, immediately going to Zeng Rong to bring Xu Mo into his division.
"Admiral, I wish to bring Xu Mo into our Blue Dragon Division. I'm willing to give up the position of captain to him..."
At this time, if he didn't recruit the man into his team, he would be a fool.
"Zhu Jian, how can you be so shameless? Your Blue Dragon Division is really ambitious. If you let him join your division, wouldn't that be like casting pearls before swine?"
Wang Lei, the Ferocious Tiger Division's leader, was displeased.
"Admiral, a strong soldier like Xu Mo should join forces with us to intimidate the monsters outside the city."
As soon as Wang Lei said that, the Golden Phoenix and Dark Mysterious Division's leaders also applied to take Xu Mo under their command.
Seeing that his subordinates were about to quarrel, Zeng Rong glared angrily.
"What are you all arguing about? Is it up to you where Xu Mo wants to go?"
Hearing the admiral's anger, everyone stopped.
"Xu Mo can make his own decision. And before that happens, don't cause trouble for me!"
"Tao Yi, make an application to give Xu Mo the highest reward and send it directly to his temporary residence."
"Yes, Admiral!" Tao Yi agreed and immediately left for the Logistics Division.
The military rules on Zeng Rong's side were very simple and blunt. Those who made contributions would be rewarded, and those who made mistakes would be punished.
Moreover, the rewards for those who had contributed were very rich.
For example, in this monster tide, one-fifth of the number of monsters killed by any Inheritor would correspond to the number of crystal cores they will receive.
After all, there was nothing more precious than a crystal core when it came to Inheritors.
As Xu Mo encountered a monster tide the moment he arrived, they weren't sure if there would be another monster attack coming soon.
Therefore, Xu Mo didn't have a fixed residence yet. Instead, Zeng Rong arranged for him to stay in a station near the admiral's mansion.
This was in Yanjing Fortress's frontline, backed by the fortress itself. Other than the army, the permanent population here had reached a million.
Therefore, the room where Xu Mo lived was actually a reconstruction of a private house.
From outside, it looked like a normal residence, but it was made of a strong special alloy board, and its defense was extremely high.
At this moment, Xu Mo was in the single room that Zeng Rong had prepared for him. He was looking at his personal attributes.
[Host: Xu Mo]
[Bloodline: Chongming Bird]
[Fusion Rate: 50%]
[Ability: Sky Power]
[Weapon: Thunderous Flame Sky-Shaking Halberd]
His fusion rate with the Chongming Bird already reached half, and his strength had already gone up to 2-star Silver rank.
Reading through the data, he felt extremely excited.
Based on his current progress, as long as there were a few more monster tides, he was confident that he would be able to make the fusion rate reach 100%.
If nothing unexpected happened, he would have a chance to awaken another Divine Beast after fusing with the Chongming Bird.
Xu Mo's gaze fell on the weapon column, and his eyes froze.
"Thunderous Flame Sky-Shaking Halberd!"
After he said that, a snow-white halberd with two small branches appeared in his hand.
The halberd was heavy and felt very good to hold. Xu Mo casually played with it and slammed the halberd onto the ground.
"Boom!"
With a muffled sound, the halberd stopped in place. The ground cracked like a spider web, quickly spreading across the entire ground!
"Interesting!" his eyes flashed with excitement as he waved his halberd again.
A vigorous sound echoed through the atmosphere as his aura soared. All of a sudden, the Chongming Bird was behind him.
It was as if an ancient god had appeared.
"With this Thunderous Flame Sky-Shaking Halberd in my hand, my strength on the battlefield can go up by at least double!"
He looked at the faint lightning on the halberd, his heart skipping a beat.
With the bird's strength, the weapon would be invincible.
When the two were combined, it wouldn't turn out as simple as one plus one equals two.
"Give me more time to improve, and I will be indomitable!"
Xu Mo waved the halberd. As his heart surged with emotions, the Chongming Bird in his body seemed to have sensed the former's joy. Suddenly, a bunch of energy outpoured as it fused with the Thunderous Flame Sky-Shaking Halberd.
"Kill them!"
Xu Mo waved the halberd forward.
The weapon stretched and nailed itself onto the alloy wall.
"Crack!"
With a crisp sound, it pierced through the hard surface. Xu Mo's casual strike actually poked a hole into the specially-built alloy wall!
"F*ck, I'm in trouble…"
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