19: Chapter 19 They are witnessing history!

"Lady Shangguan! Welcome to Yunmeng Star! I am Feng Lide, Vice President of the Linglan City Professionals Association. Our president is currently not in the association, so I am here to welcome you!"

Feng Lide stood straight on the cold metal floor of the teleportation hall, his right hand level with his ear and his fingertips pressed against his temple, executing a standard Alliance salute.

His voice was resonant and solemn, echoing faintly in the spacious hall.

Beside him, Advisor Jiang Lan likewise raised her right hand in a salute, the cuffs of her dark blue administrative robe neatly gathered at her wrists, revealing small portions of her slender wrists.

Her voice was stern and restrained: "Welcome, Lady Shangguan! I am Administrative Advisor Advisor Jiang Lan!"

On the platform before the two, the afterglow had completely dissipated, leaving only a few tiny specks of light clinging to the hem of her robe.

Shangguan Yunshu nodded slightly, her brows and eyes serene and detached as she said in a calm voice: "Hello, I am Shangguan Yunshu, very pleased to meet you."

A surge of irrepressible excitement welled up simultaneously in the hearts of Feng Lide and Advisor Jiang Lan.

The person before them was none other than the legendary figure of the Alliance, the [star-slicing veil] Shangguan Yunshu!

A stellar-rank powerhouse who single-handedly guarded the [Azure Pass] and directly withstood an entire assault legion of the Xeno Alliance!

Never had they expected that she would simply stand right before them, speaking to them!

Shangguan Yunshu did not linger much on pleasantries.

Her gaze swept past the two of them, scanned the hall, and asked: "Where is student Lu Yang? I want to see him first."

Feng Lide and Advisor Jiang Lan snapped back to their senses abruptly.

This big figure before them had come to act as Lu Yang's guardian!

Business comes first!

Feng Lide quickly composed his expression, his voice dropping: "Student Lu Yang is currently still inside the dungeon. The Deputy Commander of the Garrison, the Four Great Legions' recruiters, and others are currently guarding there!"

Shangguan Yunshu nodded slightly: "Let's head over first."

"Very well, Lady Shangguan, this way please!"

Feng Lide and Advisor Jiang Lan turned sideways to lead the way on her left and right, guiding her out of the teleportation hall.

The cold white light of the corridor fell down, casting the trio's shadows on the metal floor in lengthening and shortening distortions.

Inside the observation room, the atmosphere was completely different from just a moment ago.

Ian Montague's tuft of graying hair seemed to have been hurriedly combed twice, though a few rebellious strands still stuck straight up.

He pulled and tugged at his guild battle robe repeatedly, polishing the Silver Moon Oath badge on his chest until it gleamed brightly.

Robert Baker had unusually buttoned his collar all the way to the top button, his dark green legion casual attire meticulously neat for once.

Zhu Changye had gone so far as to put on his dark gray planetary garrison standard battle armor, the alloy shoulder guards gleaming with a cold luster under the lights, with his helmet tucked under his left armpit, standing like an iron tower.

Their spines straightened more than one another's, their gazes locked tightly onto the stele above the dungeon entrance outside.

Hearing the approaching footsteps from the other end of the corridor, a look of tension welled up in their hearts, and they turned their heads in unison to look toward the door.

Soon, Feng Lide and Advisor Jiang Lan pushed open the door and entered, followed by a cold, peerlessly beautiful young woman.

A plain white robe, black hair reaching her waist, and a face like frost and snow.

Shangguan Yunshu!

The moment they saw her, everyone who was already standing straight wished they could straighten their backs even more.

They raised their right hands in unison and executed an Alliance salute.

"Zhu Changye, Deputy Commander of the Yunmeng Star Planetary Garrison, greets Lady Shangguan!"

"Robert Baker, recruiter for the Four Great Legions, greets Lady Shangguan!"

"Vice President of the Silver Moon Oath..."

The crowd of Yunmeng Star higher-ups spoke in loud, firm, and enthusiastic tones, expressing their welcome to Shangguan Yunshu.

Shangguan Yunshu nodded slightly toward them, her tone detached.

"Hello, I am Shangguan Yunshu, responsible for Lu Yang's guardian mission. You may continue with your work and need not mind me."

Everyone present shouldered the responsibility of observing and screening geniuses while inviting them to join their own institutional factions.

Shangguan Yunshu was not the kind of formal bureaucrat who required everyone to revolve around her; she leaned more toward pragmatism.

After speaking, her gaze swept past everyone and landed on the dungeon record stele.

On the very first line was Lu Yang's name.

She gazed at it quietly for a few seconds.

In just over an hour, the number of monsters killed was extremely large, which even included a Hero-rank boss.

And right now, the kill count was still rapidly jumping upward.

Looking at the number of monsters Lu Yang had killed in just over an hour, which even included a Hero-rank boss.

Coupled with the rapidly jumping kill count at present.

A flash of solemnity crossed Shangguan Yunshu's ordinarily tranquil eyes, while pleasant surprise welled up in her heart.

Soul Talent has a corresponding strength limit for every grade.

As the owner of a Golden Legendary talent, Shangguan Yunshu had a relatively deep understanding of Golden Legendary talents.

Judging by Lu Yang's current performance, his Soul Talent most likely surpassed Golden Legendary.

It was very likely that it had reached the Demigod Rank!

Throughout the history of the entire Milky Way, had a Demigod-rank Soul Talent ever appeared?

It had appeared before.

However, no Genius with a Demigod-rank Soul Talent had ever truly grown up.

The reason was very simple.

Because a Demigod-rank Soul Talent was simply too powerful; if it were to grow up, it would very likely achieve a Breakthrough past Tier 6 and reach Tier 7.

And once a Tier 7 appeared, the structure of the Milky Way would no longer be a tripartite or quadripartite balance of four major factions, but rather one family calling all the shots.

For the four major factions of the Milky Way, apart from their own faction, no one was willing to see another faction possess a Genius of this level.

They would spare no cost to uproot the sapling before it could grow into a towering tree.

Ever since Feng Lide reported Lu Yang's combat record up, the Star Pivot Hall had already judged that this Lu Yang most likely possessed a Demigod-rank talent.

This was also the reason why she had appeared here.

Shangguan Yunshu's class was the Legendary-rank class [Void Sword Sovereign].

Compared to other Legendary-rank classes, the [Void Sword Sovereign]'s killing capability was not particularly prominent, but it possessed formidable survival and protection capabilities.

Especially the two core skills: [Spatial Leap] and [Void Curtain].

The combination of these two skills allowed her to be confident of retreating unscathed with Lu Yang even when facing Tier 6 galactic-rank powerhouses.

Shangguan Yunshu withdrew her thoughts, then turned her head to look at Feng Lide. Her gaze was calm, but her tone was an unquestionable command: "President Feng, next I hope the Professionals Association will impose a lockdown, close all entrances and exits, and forbid anyone from entering or exiting before student Lu Yang walks out of the dungeon."

Hearing this, Feng Lide and the others widened their eyes slightly, shock emerging in their eyes.

Making such a huge commotion?!

As the core institution for combat professionals, directly shutting down a Professionals Association branch was no laughing matter!

All professional affairs in the entire Linglan City would grind to a halt because of this!

Aside from shock, there was also excitement and wild elation in their eyes.

The [star-slicing veil] Shangguan Yunshu was personally acting as a guardian, and upon arrival, she ordered the entire Adventurers Association to be closed, forbidding anyone from entering or exiting.

Such a massive commotion demonstrated without a doubt that Lu Yang was very likely truly of Demigod-rank Soul Talent!

They exchanged glances and saw a shared sense of reflected pride.

Their Yunmeng Star's Linglan City had produced a Demigod-rank talent!

This was the very first in the several-thousand-year history of the Blue Star Alliance!

This was something that would go down in history books!

Among the hundreds of millions of planets under the rule of the Blue Star Alliance, planets with such an honor could be counted on one's fingers!

Feng Lide did not dare delay and immediately executed a salute: "Yes! I will go arrange it right now!"

He strode out of the observation room, and the sound of his footsteps growing more distant immediately echoed in the corridor.

Simultaneously, his personal terminal popped out, projecting his tightened profile on the light screen as commands were rapidly issued and the text on the screen jumped swiftly.

Shangguan Yunshu looked at Zhu Changye again, her tone unchanged: "Commander Zhu, step up the garrison patrols, especially for student Lu Yang's parents and family; security work must be fully in place."

Zhu Changye nodded solemnly: "Yes!"

After executing a salute, he turned and strode away.

The solid and powerful sound of his boot soles hitting the metal floor quickly vanished at the end of the corridor.

Shangguan Yunshu walked over to the observation room's glass curtain wall, looking down at the bustling crowd in the dungeon hall below.

A silver-white light flashed across her eyes and vanished, resembling a tiny electric arc.

She spoke in a cool, detached voice: "Everyone, come down with me and wait for student Lu Yang to walk out of the dungeon."

The others nodded hurriedly.

They followed behind Shangguan Yunshu, walking down along the metal stairs.

The sound of footsteps collided and echoed in the narrow stairwell, while the overhead lights cast the shadows of those in front onto the steps beneath their feet, one after another, overlapping layer upon layer.

Everyone's mood was incomparably excited.

They were witnessing history!

This moment would inevitably be recorded in the history books of the Blue Star Alliance!

The Blue Star Alliance's top Genius, the [star-slicing veil] Shangguan Yunshu, was leading them to guard the Blue Star Alliance's first Demigod-rank talented professional, Lu Yang!

If they were lucky, they might even leave their names in the history books!

Inside the dungeon area, a large number of novice professionals gathered together, crowding the area near the entrance almost to the point of impassability.

No one left, and no one was in a rush to enter the dungeon.

Everyone tilted their heads back, staring at the constantly changing numbers on that ranking stele.

The air was permeated with the smell of sweat, the smell of metal, and an indescribable sense of collective euphoria.

Everyone was waiting for an answer.

Could Lu Yang create history and become the first professional to clear the Nightmare-difficulty welfare dungeon!