56: Chapter 56 A Ninth-Order True God Personally Intervenes to Mediate the Fight

"Why are you refusing?" Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang frowned, his tone revealing undisguised anxiety.

For such a shocking genius, even if he had to throw away his pride, he had to keep him firmly in his grasp.

"As long as you nod and join the Xinghai Garrison, you can enter the military district's top-tier resource vault as you please! Whatever you set your eyes on, I'll have someone clear it out for you immediately!"

Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang directly threw out a tempting offer that was impossible to refuse.

Pick whatever he wanted? Hearing this, Lin Feng's mind raced.

What was the most cost-effective thing to ask for? The words "Void Locator" instantly popped into his mind.

Right now, this was the strategic equipment he lacked the most.

With a locator, the Chaos Territory could completely break free from the Great Xia Alliance's air defense network and go out to gorge on resources in the boundless Outer Realm Battlefield.

However, one still had to have some sense of contractual integrity.

Lin Feng reached into his pocket, pulled out an exquisitely crafted metal tag, and handed it over directly. It was the internal identity tag that General Yan Xiao had given him a few days ago.

"This is..." Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang looked down, focused his gaze, and his face instantly turned a bright shade of green.

"Damn it! That old scoundrel General Yan Xiao actually played dirty!"

This was a special token from the Imperial Capital United Front Zone. This meant that Lin Feng had long been part of the Imperial Capital's main camp.

Even if it was just a reserve title for now, it was equivalent to having an official seal stamped on it; Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang couldn't force him to join.

"That old guy is truly shameless!" Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang was so angry he almost had a heart attack.

What did it mean to have the advantage of being close? This was what you called real scheming!

He had thought that blocking the exam exit to intercept him was fast enough, but he hadn't expected General Yan Xiao to have already locked him in months ago.

"No! A mere reserve title means nothing!" Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang completely threw caution to the wind and started acting like a rascal.

He absolutely could not let such a prodigy go to the Imperial Capital's camp.

Lin Feng was the only monster to pass with a perfect score in the Alliance's history for hundreds of years. If he really went to the Imperial Capital, within a few years, the Imperial Capital United Front Zone would definitely suppress all other brother units until they couldn't lift their heads.

How would everyone else survive after that?

"The reserve title doesn't count! Come back to the Xinghai headquarters with me tonight, and I'll directly give you the title of an official military officer!" Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang righteously threw out a heavy wager.

"Ahem... Old Lu, you're trying to snatch him in the middle of the street; that's a bit unseemly." Mayor Zhao Tingfeng had already walked down from the high platform at some point and was standing nearby watching the fun.

Although he was teasing, he had no intention of stepping forward to intervene. After all, as the top leader of Xinghai City, he wished for Lin Feng to stay here forever.

With such a legendary figure stationed here, the city's economic funding and talent attraction would definitely multiply several times over. Surpassing the Imperial Capital wouldn't just be a dream!

Faced with Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang's pestering, Lin Feng was momentarily speechless, not knowing how to dismiss this enthusiastic Commander-in-Chief.

"Do you have a locator in your vault?" Lin Feng asked tentatively.

"Yes! More than enough!" Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang answered decisively. As long as Lin Feng was willing to sign on the dotted line, he would find a way to pluck the stars from the sky for him.

"Old Lu! I knew you thick-browed, big-eyed guy would try to poach my talent!" Just as Lin Feng hesitated, an extremely displeased angry shout suddenly came from the horizon.

Immediately after, General Yan Xiao, wearing a crisp military uniform, shattered the void and landed steadily in the center of the Municipal Square like a meteor.

General Yan Xiao had long anticipated that his old rival would pull this move. So, as soon as the major exam ended, he abandoned the cleanup work and rushed over at full speed.

Who cares about proctoring? Escorting Lin Feng safely to the Imperial Capital was the top priority!

"Another Tier 7 Commander-in-Chief has arrived!" Tens of thousands of examinees who hadn't dispersed from the square collectively gasped.

Good heavens. Even a powerful bigwig from the Imperial Capital's military had personally entered the fray to snatch someone; this level of appeal was terrifying to the extreme.

Watching General Yan Xiao, who had rushed over in such a hurry, Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang was so angry he laughed.

"You, a commander from the Imperial Capital, running over to our Xinghai City to poach talent; are you even human?"

"Ahem!" General Yan Xiao coughed twice with a thick face. "Lin Feng volunteered to join our Imperial Capital camp; it's all there in black and white. I didn't use force."

"Which camp he wants to go to is entirely up to Lin Feng's own will."

Faced with this rhetoric from General Yan Xiao, Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang didn't want to hear a single word.

He wanted to snatch away the monster that Xinghai City only produced once in hundreds of years with a lousy tag? It was simply wishful thinking.

"No matter how you argue today, you absolutely cannot take him away!" Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang's attitude was exceptionally firm.

"Oh? It seems you want to trade blows with me?" General Yan Xiao crossed his arms, refusing to back down.

In an instant, the two Tier 7 Deities simultaneously released an earth-shattering aura.

The air around the entire Municipal Square seemed to be sucked dry, and a feeling of oppression that made one's bones go soft swept across the entire scene.

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In front of the No. 3 High School formation, Principal Qin pulled out a handkerchief and frantically wiped the cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

No one could have expected that Lin Feng would be tough enough to clear the entire exam.

Even less could anyone have imagined that two top military giants would be prepared to fight in front of tens of thousands of people over a high school student.

This was absurd to even talk about, yet it was happening right before their eyes.

Tang You clenched her pink fists, her delicate brows furrowed, her eyes full of worry.

She really wanted to rush up and help Lin Feng out, but in a standoff between gods of this level, her meager strength couldn't interfere at all.

Let alone her, even if her father Tang Tianchen ran over, he would just be cannon fodder.

A few months ago, Lin Feng was just an ordinary student who hadn't even evolved his own exclusive kin.

In the blink of an eye, he had become the prize that the highest power level of the entire Alliance was fighting over.

The pressure from the two Tier 7 giants continued to climb, with the situation ready to explode at any moment.

The entire place was silent as cicadas in winter; no one dared to step forward to stop the fight. Because stepping in at a time like this was simply asking for death.

Just as the situation reached a complete deadlock, a calm voice, devoid of any anger yet clearly falling into everyone's ears, suddenly came from beyond the nine heavens.

"That's enough, you two; stop here."

The next second, a massive, illusory face that covered the sky slowly condensed and formed in the clouds.

This giant face belonged to an old man with a full head of silver hair, his brows revealing a supreme majesty that looked down upon all living beings.

Seeing this face, General Yan Xiao and Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang collectively withdrew their auras, their expressions changing drastically.

"Elder Long!" "Elder Long!"

The two instantly abandoned their tense standoff and bowed respectfully toward the sky.

The Tier 7 pressure that had originally shrouded the entire scene dissipated without a trace in the blink of an eye.

"Manifesting an illusory projection in the Main World!" Lin Feng's pupils suddenly constricted.

Wasn't this trick the exact same one he often used in the Chaos Territory to show off?

The spatial barriers of the Main World were shockingly stable; for an ordinary deity, being able to fly in the air was already quite an achievement.

Only by entering the high-tier sequence could one barely interfere with the laws of reality.

But to project such a realistic and massive phantom from the sky, who knows how many thousands of miles away... General Yan Xiao and Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang, who were at least Tier 7, absolutely couldn't do it!

This also meant that the silver-haired old man in the sky was an invincible existence of at least Tier 8, or even a Tier 9 True God!

In all likelihood, this was the Tier 9 True God who had been secretly observing him in the territory just now. He was also the true owner of the Starry Sky Divine Dragon that had been eaten.

"Little Lu, I'm sorry to ask you to take a step back. Letting Lin Feng go to the Imperial Capital is a decision made by the Alliance's Supreme Council." The silver-haired old man in the sky spoke in a kind tone.

"As you command! Elder Long!" Commander-in-Chief Lu Gang, who was always hot-tempered and refused to submit to anyone, now showed no resistance at all, bowing his head to accept the order with extreme obedience.

"Lin Feng, you performed perfectly; the high-level officials of the Alliance are very optimistic about your future." The silver-haired old man cast a gaze full of approval toward Lin Feng.

"Thank you for your affirmation, Senior." Lin Feng straightened his back and responded neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Bringing you to the Imperial Capital is naturally to match you with the top-tier advancement resources. You don't need to have any burden in your heart."

The old man was very satisfied with Lin Feng's calm attitude. "If you want any extra rewards, you can bring them up directly, and the Alliance will try its best to satisfy your requests."

Try its best to satisfy? Lin Feng's eyes lit up instantly. If someone else was footing the bill, why should he be polite?

"Senior, could you grant me a Void Locator?" Lin Feng asked, opening his mouth like a lion without any hesitation.

"A locator?" The silver-haired old man's tone paused slightly. "According to the Alliance's laws, this item belongs to military strategic supplies and is strictly forbidden for private possession."

"However, since you have already half-stepped into the United Front Zone, it wouldn't hurt to make an exception in advance."

As soon as his voice fell, a brilliant golden light streaked across the horizon. A watch with an exquisite design and a full-on sci-fi metallic texture landed steadily into Lin Feng's palm.

This was the top-tier equipment that could accurately calibrate coordinates in the endless void! With it, he could go to the Outer Realm Battlefield and expand his territory without any worries.

Lin Feng gripped the locator and sincerely thanked the sky. He hadn't expected that the treasure he had coveted for so long would be obtained so easily.

"One week from now, Starry Sky University will hold its highest-specification opening ceremony; do not be late."

After giving this last instruction, the silver-haired old man nodded in satisfaction, and his massive phantom dissipated with the wind, as if it had never appeared.