Divine Seal: I am a saintess of the human race, but also the heir to the Demon God.

Li Xin and Lin Jialu raised their hands almost at the same time and cast their votes for Long Haochen.

Long Haochen said helplessly, "With three votes and a tie, I can't become the captain."

Lin Jialu covered her mouth and chuckled, "Are you so sure that the two Brother Chens won't vote for you?"

As she expected, Chen Si glanced at the tall and upright Long Haochen and raised her hand as well, "I'll cast my vote for Brother Long too."

Elected by the crowd, the youngest guardian knight, Long Haochen, successfully assumed the position of team leader for the Demon Hunter Squad.

"Isn't this a bit hasty?"

Long Haochen looked at his older sister Bai Ling with eyes full of despair, trying to pass the captain's position to her.

Bai Ling snorted lightly, "Training, this is for you to train. Guardian Knights are the most suitable to be captains, otherwise, you can't let Sister Xin, a Retribution Knight, go first, can you?"

Long Haochen glanced at Sister Li Xin, who usually took good care of him, and gave up struggling.

Li Xin said, "Sister Bai Ling is right. I tend to get bloodthirsty when I encounter enemies. In that case, who will take control of the situation and protect some little crying mage?"

Lin Jialu put her hands on her hips and said, "Who are you calling a crying little mage? You tomboy!"

"That's strange. How come there are still people these days who take it personally and admit to being a crybaby little mage?"

Lin Jialu stomped her feet in anger, then took out her ice staff. "You damn tomboy, take this!"

Li Xin drew her knight's sword, not to be outdone, and said, "Come on then, I've been putting up with you for a long time!"

In this way, the two men, who would fight at the slightest disagreement, vividly taught the Chen brothers a lesson.

Topic: Never mess with female professionals, especially those from the Magic Temple and Knight Temple.

Just as they were fighting, a carriage slowly approached and stopped not far in front of Bai Ling.

The carriage curtain was lifted, and an old man stepped out of the carriage.

The old man looked to be in his sixties or seventies, with his gray hair neatly combed.

He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, but his gaze was slightly cold.

The old man's arrogant and noble demeanor gave him an air of being very difficult to get along with.

He is the overseer of the wind element in the Magic Temple.

Bai Ling subtly moved her hand behind her back. "Stop fooling around, the Inspector has arrived ahead of schedule."

The wind element transformed into her voice, conveying her words to Li Xin and Lin Jialu.

Lin Jialu was immediately taken aback. "What? The Inspector General arrived early?"

She barely managed to withdraw the ice spike spell she had thrown at Li Xin, and gracefully approached the old man, saying respectfully, "Your Excellency Inspector, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were in Haoyue City today."

"It doesn't matter."

The old man nodded, then turned to Bai Ling, his arrogant gaze softening slightly.

He seemed to want to say something, but due to his position as inspector, he did not show too much enthusiasm.

The crowd quickly surrounded the old man, like students who had just entered the temple, and respectfully greeted him in unison, "Greetings, Inspector."

"Yes, they are all promising talents."

The old man's gaze swept over everyone in turn, and he nodded with great satisfaction. "Come with me. Although the selection competition is not scheduled to start until tomorrow, there are no traces of magical beasts near Haoyue City. Therefore, we need to set off earlier than the teams from other districts."

Upon hearing this, Li Xin subconsciously looked at Bai Ling, who was walking at the back of the group.

Bai Ling blinked and made a shushing gesture.

Li Xin turned her head knowingly.

"I have cast a Breeze spell on you, which will make you run ten times faster than before, and will last for about two hours."

As he spoke, the old man casually waved his staff, and clusters of blue light enveloped Bai Ling and the others.

"We will depart from here on time in two hours. Please make sure you bring all the necessary items."

Bai Ling said, "Let's go, don't just stand there like idiots, time waits for no one."

"it is good!"

Two hours later, Lin Jialu arrived late, panting heavily, and said with emotion, "Your Excellency Inspector, you gave me far too little time. It took me ages just to get dressed."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

Upon hearing this, the old man glanced at Lin Jialu indifferently and remained silent.

He waved his blue scepter and quickly carried everyone into the sky.

In about fifteen minutes, they arrived at a desolate wilderness about two hundred kilometers away from Haoyue City.

"You can pretend I don't exist, and I won't give you any help. Take this round token; it's your number for the Demon Hunter preliminary round. The back records your identity, origin, and parameter number."

At this point, the old man paused, deliberately glancing at Lin Jialu.

The next moment, the old man suddenly disappeared, leaving behind only a few tokens inlaid with pale purple gems, floating in mid-air.

The others were all startled, but Long Haochen's eyes flickered slightly as he glanced to the side and behind him.

Bai Ling was speechless when she noticed an old man in the shadows. Then, she took out a scroll from her bosom and unfolded it in front of everyone.

"To make a long story short, now we should consider how to obtain a large number of points in the shortest amount of time."

Holding several tokens in her arms, Lin Jialu handed them out to everyone in turn, saying nonchalantly, "All the contestants participating in the preliminary rounds only need to kill a total of one hundred demons and twenty magical beasts to retire successfully. How else can we obtain a large number of points?"

Bai Ling was stunned for a moment; she clearly hadn't expected Lin Jialu to have such a unique way of thinking.

Lin Jialu asked in confusion, "Bai Ling, am I right? Why are you staring at her face like that?"

Bai Ling pointed to the small print on the scroll, "Now that we're here and the team has been successfully formed, we can't just go back to Haoyue City after we've met the passing standard and wait for the qualifiers to pass, can we?"

As the team leader, Long Haochen nodded, "Sister is right. I think we should take a long-term view."

Li Xin chimed in, "That's right, stop throwing your spoiled princess act, this isn't Haoyue City!"

Lin Jialu waved her little hand dismissively and said, "Alright, alright, my good little sister and good little brother, you're in charge. I'll listen to you, okay?"

Chen Si and Chen Chen exchanged a glance and shook their heads simultaneously.

This young lady not only seems difficult to serve, but her vision is also far inferior to that of Bai Ling and Long Haochen.

Bai Ling didn't care about Lin Jialu's thoughts. She discussed with everyone for a while and finally decided to head towards the demon border region marked on the map.

Li Xin was the first to summon her Moon Lotus Unicorn, and after mounting it, she glanced smugly at Lin Jialu, who had no mount.

Chen Si and Chen Chen followed suit, summoning the Warrior Temple and temporarily giving them low-level magical beast horses under contract.

As a result, only Bai Ling, Lin Jialu, and Long Haochen remained who did not summon their mounts to travel.

Lin Jialu knew that Haoyue, the magical beast partner that Long Haochen had contracted, had not yet grown up and could not be ridden.

Instead, she turned her expectant gaze to Bai Ling and asked, "Little sister Bai Ling, can your magical beast accommodate two people riding together?"

Bai Ling said, "Okay, but I think it would be better if you and Sister Li Xin rode together."

Soon, a Starry Unicorn with a strength of about level six emerged from the emerald green light gate.

Everyone was amazed by the light emanating from the Starry Unicorn and its innate aura as a high-level magical beast.

The dazzling Starry Unicorn made its grand entrance, hoofs trotting affectionately to Bai Ling's side, nuzzling her head, and then bending down to greet her.

Bai Ling had Long Haochen sit on the back of the Starry Unicorn first, and after adjusting his position, she sat down herself.

Seeing this, Lin Jialu pouted, "Bai Ling, you can let Hao Chen sit with Chen Si and Chen Chen!"

Bai Ling politely declined the other party's request, saying, "Magicians are suited to sit behind knights and keep a close eye on their surroundings. I am also a magician, so it's not really appropriate for us to ride together."

The Chen brothers nodded, indicating that they were too big, and the monsters they had recently contracted were of low rank, making it difficult to carry a lightly armored knight around.

Lin Jialu wanted to struggle a little longer.

Li Xin, who couldn't wait any longer, reached out her hand and said, "Stop talking nonsense, Bai Ling is right."

As she spoke, she pulled the person directly onto the horse's back.

Lin Jialu was startled and angrily said, "I don't want to! Put me down!"

Li Xin whistled, "Too late, Moon Lotus Unicorn, let's run!"

Amidst Lin Jialu's high-decibel screams, the Moon Lotus Unicorn raced forward like a silver crescent moon.

"It's up to you, Starry Unicorn."

Long Haochen gave orders with satisfaction, instructing the Starry Unicorn to follow Li Xin closely.

The Starry Unicorn seemed quite willing to be ridden by the boy with the Light Physique. After letting out a long cry, it charged forward with all its might.

It quickly overtook the Moon Lotus Unicorn and maintained its leading position.

"Wait for us!"

Seeing the group of people running away and disappearing from sight, the Chen brothers quickly spurred their horses and chased after them.

As night deepened, after traveling more than 200 kilometers, Bai Ling found a relatively quiet place to rest.

A large difference in elevation can also have its advantages.

From their current position, they can easily see the camp with torches lit not far away.

Judging from the arrangement of the torches, that was probably a small tribe of demons temporarily stationed there.

Bai Ling decisively took out her elemental staff and gently waved it. A cyan ripple rose upwards and drifted towards the light.

Long Haochen asked curiously, "Sister, what kind of magic is this?"

Lin Jialu answered quickly: "Eagle Eye, a high-level spell similar to Eagle Eye, used to explore the surrounding environment."

After saying that, she took it upon herself to throw the ice-blue Eagle Eye spell in her hand off the cliff, continuously providing Bai Ling with a large amount of reserve spiritual power for the wind-type spells she was casting.

Sitting next to him, Long Haochen suddenly realized that Lin Jialu's reckless behavior would bring them unexpected setbacks.

However, when he looked into Lin Jialu's sparkling eyes and her serious expression...

Long Haochen, who seemed about to speak but hesitated, silently shut his mouth and focused on perceiving his surroundings.

Meanwhile, Bai Ling, who manipulates wind direction, closed her eyes intently, carefully sensing how many demons lived in the tents below.

Recognized by the Magic God's Codex, the wind magic she unleashes is infinitely close to the gentle breeze created by nature itself.

Therefore, the thick-skinned demons are unlikely to be able to distinguish whether the breeze touching their bodies is a naturally occurring wind.

Even if there are high-ranking demon mages among them.

However, Lin Jialu's ice-based spells disrupted the balance between the two.

"what?"

A questioning voice suddenly came from inside the main tent that the demons had temporarily set up.

Bai Ling's wind-direction spell was instantly cut off by the demons.

In the instant her consciousness faded, she saw that the person hiding in the tent was actually...

Bai Ling opened her blue eyes, gripped the scepter tightly in her hand, and exhaled a breath of stale air.

She glanced at the barely visible shadow behind her and said calmly, "Let's run. We should leave before it realizes what's happening."

While everyone was wondering who this "it" that Bai Ling was talking about actually was.

Suddenly, Long Haochen, who had been quietly listening to the surrounding sounds, shouted, "Watch out! Get down! The enemy is coming!"

Lin Jialu was pinned to the ground by Li Xin, crying out in pain, "Tomboy, slow down! My hair!"

At the foot of the distant mountains, a purplish-black stream of air slowly floated upwards.

One by one, bizarre creatures with grotesque appearances, somewhat resembling humans, appeared out of nowhere.

They were all about 1.7 meters tall, with bare upper bodies and fine black scales on their lower bodies.

Lin Jialu covered her mouth and whispered, "How is that possible? Long-distance teleportation is something that only a fifth-tier demon mage can do together!"

"When did they become so smart? We are so far away from them."

The moment Lin Jialu finished complaining, sharp spikes about 1.5 meters long flew past their heads.

If it weren't for Long Haochen's quick reaction, allowing everyone to lie down first...

Perhaps, they will be seriously injured in the first wave of attacks by the demons.

Long Haochen suddenly raised his lightsaber, and a layer of pale golden light instantly enveloped everyone.

"Fight and retreat at the same time!"

Bai Ling raised the Elemental Scepter, casting a blessing of light upon everyone before taking over Long Haochen's position and taking charge of the overall situation.

"Chen Si, Chen Chen, please deflect all the weapons they throw at us. Li Xin, concentrate and watch out for any demon assassins around us who might try to ambush us."

"Lin Jialu, you're in charge of using ice magic to cool down the demons, and it would be best to freeze their feet!"

The Luke tribe's special ability is their four spiked arms.

Their direct combat strength is not very strong, but they are extremely good at sneak attacks. Therefore, Bai Ling also arranged for Long Haochen to use his spiritual energy shield as much as possible to prevent Li Xin from being careless and causing someone to get injured.

Long Haochen summoned Haoyue and nodded, "No problem."

With the help of the blessing of light, the fear that had been quietly creeping into everyone's hearts vanished instantly.

There were only about fifteen soldiers teleported by the demon mage, and Long Haochen easily took out two of them.

Bai Ling also successfully released several third-tier spells in succession, clearing out the five Luke tribe members directly in front of her.

As the corpses fell one by one, Lin Jialu, who was hiding behind the crowd, barely managed to release a far greater number of ice spikes than expected, which successfully pierced the hearts and eyeballs of four Luke tribesmen.

As the demon's corpse fell, Lin Jialu gripped her staff in one hand, jumped up happily, and flashed a peace sign. "Yay! This young lady is still quite useful, isn't she!"

The next second, Bai Ling's expression hardened, and she pulled the oblivious Lin Jialu aside to dodge.

It seemed like only a second had passed when the spot where Lin Jialu had just been standing suddenly exploded from the bottom.

A regretful voice came from the deep pit, "Oh, little human brat, you reacted quickly enough."