523: Commendation meeting
Although they had already heard the rumors, when these final, illustrious military achievements were spoken from the Sect Head's mouth,
Words like "Contending against a Void Refining Devil Sovereign" and "Preserving the Sect's Gateway" rolled across the square like thunderclaps!
The sound of countless people gasping for air rang out!
The gazes directed at Yao Delong shifted from awe to complete shock, and even reverence!
A Mid-stage Soul Transformation Cultivator head-on resisting a notoriously fierce Void Refinement Mid-stage old devil?!
What kind of Heaven-Defying and brilliant military achievement was this?!
This was no longer a simple case of being invincible within the same rank; it was truly crossing the chasm recognized by the entire continent!
It was a terrifying feat that defied common sense and wrote a legend!
After this battle, the name of Yao Delong would explode throughout the Ba Xia Dynasty's cultivation world! The "Hidden Dragon" had become a soaring dragon!
"The top merit!"
"Well-deserved!" Many Elders also couldn't help but marvel in low voices.
Sect Head White Cloud Master raised his hand to signal for silence, stopping the wave of noise.
He looked toward the First Seat of the Punishment Hall standing solemnly to the side—Ying, who was shrouded in black robes like a shadow.
"Junior Brother Ying, please reward the merits according to the Night Hawk Secret Records!"
Ying, clad in black robes like a ghost, stepped forward silently. Without any superfluous words, he simply raised a withered palm.
A simple, black Jade Slip floated up, suddenly bursting with ten thousand strands of faint light,
Interweaving above the square into a massive spiritual light screen that clearly covered the entire Peak's square!
On it, names and strings of numbers flickered coldly, recording chilling merits!
"The 'Record of Devil Slaying' states that merits must be rewarded and faults must be punished."
Ying's voice was dry and cold, like a rippleless ancient well, yet every word carried a thousand pounds of weight.
"The detailed battlefield records were all investigated by the 'Night Hawk' secret guards following along; not a drop was missed, and justice resides within."
He raised a slender, withered hand from his wide black sleeves, and a simple Jade Slip flashed with light!
Buzz—!
A grand light screen instantly floated above the square! The screen used profound ancient seal script to divide into hundreds of lines of clear records:
[Name, Peak Affiliation, Details of Devil Cultivator Kills (Realm, Quantity), Record of Destroyed Strongholds, Final Merit Points, Corresponding Reward]!
The scene immediately became extremely focused!
Eyes swept rapidly across the screen!
At the bottom of the ranking: [Li Haoyang, Late Golden Core Stage, Inner Sect Core Disciple]
Killed 6 Foundation Establishment devil Cultivators, 2 Golden Core devil Cultivators, and destroyed 1 Low Grade stronghold.
Reward: 10,000 Sect contribution points, one Low Grade Earth-Grade Weapon 'Wind-Rending Blade'!
This instantly drew a wave of envious whispers from the low-level Disciples.
The list continued to rise... to the Nascent Soul Elder level:
[Han Zhongshan, Mid Nascent Soul Stage, Inner Sect Elder] — Killed 11 Golden Core devil Cultivators, 1 Early Nascent Soul Stage devil Cultivator, and destroyed 3 strongholds.
Reward: 100,000 contribution points, top-grade Earth-Grade Weapon 'Coiling Rock Shield'!
Many Elders' eyes lit up; this was already quite a good harvest!
The list jumped quickly, entering the True Disciple sequence! A default note at the bottom of the list: Leading True Disciple, base merit 100,000!
[True Disciple Ji Xiaoman, Jinxin Peak, Mid Nascent Soul Stage] —
Killed 35 Golden Core devil Cultivators, 2 Early Nascent Soul Stage devil Cultivators, and destroyed 2 secondary strongholds. Total Merit: 220,000!
Reward: 220,000 contribution points, low-grade heavenly artifact 'Golden Thread Profound Silk'!
Ji Xiaoman's face reddened slightly, clearly not very satisfied with her ranking, but she also breathed a sigh of relief since she had obtained a heavenly artifact.
Continuing!
The higher up the list, the more familiar the names, and the louder the gasps of amazement!
Cang Yunyao's name hung high!
[Third Place, Cang Yunyao, Spirit Water Peak, Early Stage Spirit Transformation] —
Killed 127 Golden Core devil Cultivators, 18 Nascent Soul devil Cultivators, and one Early Stage Spirit Transformation devil Cultivator! Destroyed 5 strongholds!
Total Merit: 400,000 points! Reward: 400,000 contribution points, mid-grade heavenly artifact 'Profound Water Dragon Cry Ring'!
"Wow! Senior Sister Cang is amazing! She even slew a Soul Transformation Cultivator!" The female Disciples of Spirit Water Peak cheered instantly!
Cang Yunyao tilted her chin slightly like a proud Phoenix and playfully winked at Yao Delong.
Her pride was evident: Look at your big sister's battle record, not bad, right?
Everyone's eyes burned as they looked at the second-place position!
Dao Changge!
[Second Place, Dao Changge, Heavenly Sword Peak, Early Stage Spirit Transformation] —
Killed 283 Golden Core devil Cultivators, 42 Nascent Soul devil Cultivators, two Early Stage Spirit Transformation devil Cultivators, and one Mid-stage Soul Transformation devil Cultivator!
Destroyed 1 important stronghold! Total Merit: 800,000 points! Reward: 800,000 contribution points, supreme grade heavenly artifact 'Sky-Rending Azure Void Sword'!
Hiss—!
The sounds of gasping for air rose and fell one after another!
"Mid-stage Soul Transformation! Senior Brother Dao actually counter-slayed a Mid-stage Soul Transformation old devil?!"
"Terrifying! As expected of the former head of the True Disciples!"
"Eight hundred thousand contribution points! A supreme grade heavenly artifact! My god!"
Shock! A massive shock swept through the entire field! Slaying a Mid-stage Soul Transformation Cultivator with an Early Stage Spirit Transformation body!
This would be a world-shaking achievement anywhere! It was enough to lay the Foundation for a legendary figure of a generation!
Dao Changge's face was as calm as water, his eyes sharp as swords. He didn't show much joy.
Instead, with a trace of gravity and a scrutinizing gaze, he looked toward the only name at the very top of the list that had not yet appeared—Yao Delong!
Buzz—!
The top of the list suddenly erupted with an unprecedented gold-red divine light that almost pierced the clouds!
Like an ancient furnace exploding, red-gold molten liquid splashed across the sky!
Instantly, the brilliance representing [2nd Place] was suppressed until it was dim and lusterless!
A single name, carrying supreme dominance and honor, rose like the sun at the highest Peak, searing everyone's vision:
[Supreme Merit Champion] Yao Delong (Luoxia Peak)!
Following that, lines of characters that seemed stained with burning devil blood,
Carrying the momentum of ten thousand horses charging an iron wall, crashed onto the light screen!
Devil Cultivators Slain (Total): One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty-Seven!
Boom—!
The moment this number appeared, it was as if ten thousand thunders had suddenly exploded in the minds of everyone in the square! A dead silence descended!
Over a thousand?!
Those devil Cultivators weren't cabbages! They were vicious thugs who had crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood!
Even if they were low-level, killing them would take effort! One only had to look at the records of the other teams to understand!
This was a total nearly equivalent to a small army! Carved through by one person alone?!
However!
Even more violent and explosive information followed closely behind! Not allowing anyone a moment to breathe!
Among them:
[Mid-stage Soul Transformation Devil Cultivators Slain: Three!!!]
[Late Stage Soul Transformation Devil Cultivators Slain: Three!!!]
Silence! An absolute silence, as if even the air had been sucked away!
Nearly a thousand Disciples and Elders in the square stood frozen, as if enveloped by the majestic gaze of an ancient dragon devil!
The air seemed to have solidified into ten-thousand-year profound ice!
A Golden Core Disciple standing at the edge of the crowd had eyes that were about to burst, and a cracked, out-of-tune roar came from his throat:
"I... Holy crap! Six Soul Transformation Cultivators?! Three Middle and three Late Stage?! Our Peak only has... four Soul Transformation Elders presiding over it in total!
This... this Senior Brother Yao... actually killed six Soul Transformation old devils by himself?!!"
This roar completely detonated all the suppressed nerves!
Rumble—!
A massive, tsunami-like uproar suddenly swept through the entire square!
It was more fanatical, more shocking, and more frenzied than any time before!
"Six Soul Transformation Cultivators! He killed six Devil Heads by himself!"
"1257! How is this a Cultivator? This is a humanoid walking world-destroying cannon!"
"Swept through single-handedly! Truly a one-man army! What do ten thousand horses and soldiers count for in front of him!"
"Too Heaven-Defying! He's simply not human!"
"Senior Brother Yao! Invincible!!"
"Luoxia Peak is going to soar to the heavens!"
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