Throne of Gods: Divine thunder descends, and the Qilin descends upon the world!

Chapter 34 Moonlight Returns to Her "Mother's Home"
Han Qian's voice echoed clearly in the council hall:

"Tenth place, the Eighth Demon Hunter Team of the Warrior Rank, with a total team merit value of 1,280 points."

"Ninth place, the Ninth Demon Hunter Team of the Warrior Rank, with a total team merit value of 1,346 points."

"Third place, the fourth-level demon hunter team, total merit points: 2,115 points, each member will be awarded 300 merit points."

"Second place, the second-ranked Demon Hunter Team No. 2, with a total merit value of 2,158 points. Each member will be awarded 500 merit points."

When Han Qian finished reading, her voice unconsciously rose a few decibels:

"First place, the No. 1 Demon Hunter Team of the Warrior Rank, total merit points: 38,576 points, each member will be awarded 1,000 merit points!"

The entire council hall fell into dead silence instantly, and everyone's eyes turned to the direction of the No. 1 Demon Hunter Team.

"How...how is this possible!" Yang Wenzhao suddenly stood up, his voice trembling. "How could such merit points appear in a warrior-level demon hunter team!"

Gao Yingjie stepped forward slowly, his gaze fixed intently on Yang Wenzhao:
"Surprised? Then let's take a look at the record of the No. 1 Demon Hunter Squad of the Warrior Rank."

"In their first siege battle, they earned 504 merit points for their outstanding performance."

The other members of the Demon Hunter team looked at each other in disbelief; this number was a full four hundred points higher than their team's first siege battle.

"In the subsequent night raid, Moonlight single-handedly wiped out 101 sixth-tier demons, more than 160 fifth-tier demons, and hundreds of fourth-tier and lower-tier demons, earning a total of 32,000 merit points."

A collective gasp filled the council chamber.

One person annihilates hundreds of high-level demons?

Is Yuehui really a human?

But Gao Yingjie's report was not yet finished:
"Afterwards, Moonbeam used a ninth-tier magic scroll to defeat three demon gods outside the Exorcism Pass, saving three thousand Radiant Knights, three thousand Dark Night Assassins, and the former commander-in-chief Holy Spirit Heart. He received an additional ten thousand merit points, but these were not counted in this competition."

Finally, during the raid on the demon race's supply convoy, they annihilated five Emerald Dual-Blade Demons, five Eight-Eyed Dark Mages, and a seventh-tier Bloodthirsty Beta.

"Enough!" Yang Wenzhao suddenly interrupted loudly, bowing deeply towards the platform. "I was wrong. I shouldn't have questioned the Holy Alliance's data."

He turned to Yuehui and the others and apologized again: "I also apologize to you all; it was my unfounded speculation."

Yuehui waved her hand dismissively, not taking the matter to heart.

After all... anyone would suspect foul play if a demon hunter team that only participated in three days of battle won the championship.

In fact, if you include the merit points allocated to Han Yu, their team already has 55,000 merit points.

With the team competition rewards added, they now have 61,000 merit points.

A warrior-level demon hunter team that amassed 60,000 merit points after participating in just one competition is unprecedented, if not unparalleled.

"Hmph, so petty." Chen Ying'er turned her face away and muttered softly.

The pink pig she named McDull grunted twice at the opportune moment and rubbed against its owner's leg, seemingly echoing its owner's dissatisfaction.

……

The Holy City has many forbidden areas, among which there is a special area near the Demon Hunter Guild's quest tower.

This territory, surrounded by lush green trees and shrubs, is off-limits even to the highest levels of the Holy Alliance.

This is the exclusive base for the Demon Hunters, their home in the Holy City.

Nestled among the greenery, rows of simple, two-story white villas stand in neat rows.

Apart from the difference in house numbers, these buildings are almost identical.

Each villa permanently belongs to a demon-hunting group, and as long as the group doesn't disband, this will always be their base.

All ten demon-hunting teams that passed the trial received their own villas. At this moment, the seven members of the first-class demon-hunting team were gathered in the hall on the first floor of their villa.

"Finally, we have a base of our own!"

Chen Ying'er sank into the soft sofa and rubbed against the cushions contentedly.

McDull, who was next to her, followed suit, curling up in the gap between the sofa and snoring contentedly.

Seeing this, Lu Xi couldn't help but tease, "They say contracted beasts resemble their masters, but I think Ying'er is becoming more and more like her contracted beast."

"Huh?" Chen Ying'er blinked, stunned for three seconds before reacting, her face immediately turning red: "Lu Xi! You're the pig! Your whole family are pigs!"

As she spoke, she grabbed a cushion and threw it at Lu Xi.

Watching the two lovable characters bickering, the other members of the Demon Hunter team couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Even the usually aloof Cai'er had a slight upturn at the corners of her mouth, and a hint of warmth flashed in her eyes.

In these short two months together, Cai'er felt more warmth than she had in the previous fourteen years combined.

She gazed at Yuehui's profile, a tenderness unconsciously welling up in her eyes.

"Alright, quiet down." Yuehui clapped his hands, and everyone immediately stopped playing around, turning their eyes to him.

"Captain, are we going to the mission tower to pick up a new mission?" Chen Ying'er, who had just broken through to the fifth rank, asked eagerly.

Moonlight shook her head and took out a batch of precious spoils from the Forget-Me-Not Ring:
More than a dozen fifth-tier magic crystals, one sixth-tier golden-patterned double-blade magic crystal, one seventh-tier bloodthirsty beta magic crystal, and the bloodthirsty beta's corpse split in two.

"Convert these into points and promote the Demon Hunter Team to the General level," Moonbeam instructed methodically. "Then go to the second floor of the trading center and order six 'Holy Spirit Pills'."

"Next, everyone will go into seclusion to transform all available resources into strength."

“But… many of these spoils belong to you, Commander!” Lu Xi said.

"Consider it a loan from me. You can return it to me after you complete the mission," Yuehui said.

Long Haochen keenly sensed something was amiss: "Commander, are you leaving?"

Yuehui nodded in confirmation: "I have personal matters to attend to and need to leave the team temporarily."

Upon hearing this, Cai'er immediately grabbed Yuehui's sleeve, her dark eyes filled with determination.

“It’s not that I don’t want to take you,” Yuehui gently stroked Cai’er’s hair, her voice gentle yet firm, “This is a trial that only lightning attribute cultivators can participate in.”

"Was it arranged by the Temple of Magic?" Wang Yuanyuan pressed.

"I suppose so," Yuehui replied vaguely, then said seriously, "While I'm away, you must not slack off. When I return, I will be checking everyone's cultivation progress!"

His gaze swept over his six teammates, and when it lingered on Long Haochen, a strange feeling arose in his heart.

(Speaking of which, shouldn't this kid be considered my nephew?)

"Xiao Haochen," Yuehui suddenly changed her address, "while I'm not around, you'll be in charge of supervising everyone's cultivation, especially keeping an eye on Ying'er, understand?"

Long Haochen was clearly taken aback and slowly typed out a question mark.

This sudden, affectionate address made him feel a little strange, but then he thought that his leader would occasionally say strange things, and everyone was already used to it.

"I guarantee I'll complete the mission!" Long Haochen quickly composed himself and solemnly agreed.

Yuehui nodded in satisfaction, but her gaze unconsciously drifted into the distance.

(It's time to go home and visit.)
(End of this chapter)