I became a god through frontier slaughter, and I crushed the academy's prodigies!

Qin Zhenshan was stunned for a moment, then exhaled a heavy breath.

Fortunately.

Although that person is usually elusive, he is still clear-headed when it comes to matters of principle.

"Switch the camera over there!"

Qin Zhenshan gave the order.

The screen flickered, and a blurry drone footage appeared before everyone's eyes.

Amidst the swirling sandstorms and hordes of beasts.

A solitary figure is going against the current.

He wasn't wearing standard battle armor, but rather a dark red trench coat and carrying an exaggeratedly designed giant sword on his back.

Wherever it passed, the strange beasts dared not approach, and retreated in terror to both sides.

It's like Moses parting the sea.

"It's Lord Chixiao!"

Someone recognized the figure and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

The only greedy wolf in Jiangcheng.

Fifth-tier peak expert, Chi Xiao!

"With him there, the defense might still hold."

Qin Zhenshan's tense nerves relaxed a little.

But his gaze suddenly stopped as it swept across a corner of the screen.

That's the surveillance footage of the C3 gap.

Although the image was somewhat blurry due to signal interference, he could still clearly see a huge corpse.

That is……

"Enlarge the image in area C3!"

Qin Zhenshan suddenly shouted.

The camera zooms in.

The enormous corpse lying in the ruins, its belly ripped open, was none other than a fourth-tier lord—the Golden Armored Rhinoceros King!

Beside the corpse stood several tiny figures.

"The Golden-Armored Rhinoceros King...is he dead?"

Qin Zhenshan's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Who did this? Lord Chixiao isn't even in that position yet!"

"Could there be other experts within the Po Jun Division whom we are unaware of?"

"Quick! Find out who's currently guarding Sector C3!"

Qin Zhenshan's heart raced again.

On this night of despair.

Apart from that famous "Greedy Wolf".

seem……

There was also a dagger that had never been drawn, its fangs quietly baring in the darkness.

On the giant screen, the disemboweled corpse of the Golden Armored Rhinoceros King struck the hearts of everyone present like a heavy hammer.

Fourth-tier lord.

A defensive beast possessing the talent of "immortality".

He just died like that?

Its death was gruesome; even its prized horn was severed, and half of its body was almost split open.

"hiss……"

A collective gasp filled the command center.

Qin Zhenshan stared intently at the screen, his tiger-like eyes, which had seen countless people, flashing with a sharp light.

"Lin Qingyi..."

He murmured the name to himself, then shook his head.

"No, that's impossible."

As the commander-in-chief of the Jiangcheng defense line, he knew every combatant above the third rank in the Po Jun Division like the back of his hand.

Lin Qingyi is indeed a genius. She has reached the third rank at a young age and may even break through to the fourth rank before she turns thirty.

But even geniuses have to abide by the basics.

A monster of the Golden Armored Rhinoceros King's caliber would be utterly annihilated, let alone Lin Qingyi. Even an ordinary fourth-tier martial artist would be utterly crushed.

There is only one possibility that could cause such a devastating wound.

That's absolute overwhelming power!

Or perhaps it's some kind of extremely sharp weapon, combined with explosive power beyond reason.

"To hold the line? Could it be that Captain Lin broke through his defenses in the heat of battle?"

The adjutant beside him wiped away a bead of cold sweat and asked cautiously.

Qin Zhenshan sneered.

"A breakthrough in the heat of battle?"

"Even if she breaks through to the fourth rank, she still can't kill the Golden Armored Rhinoceros King in one strike."

"And look at her condition."

Qin Zhenshan pointed to a corner of the screen.

Although the image was somewhat blurry, Lin Qingyi's pale face and slightly trembling arms were still clearly visible.

That's a sign of exhaustion.

Even the long sword that had been with her for many years fell to the ground.

This doesn't look like someone who has just completed a stunning killing.

Instead...

He looked like a terrified bystander.

Qin Zhenshan's gaze passed over Lin Qingyi, over Lei Gui with a blank expression, and over A Fei who was slumped on the ground.

finally.

The image was frozen on the young man standing amidst the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood.

Dressed in black.

Hold the knife with one hand.

His posture was as upright as a pine tree.

Even through the screen, Qin Zhenshan could feel the composure and indifference emanating from that figure's back.

It's like I just finished doing something trivial.

"Who is this kid?"

Qin Zhenshan suddenly spoke, his voice steady and powerful.

The adjutant was taken aback for a moment, then quickly moved closer to the control panel.

"Facial recognition locking..."

"Searching the Tian Shu Bureau personnel database..."

A few seconds later.

A brief personal profile popped up.

The adjutant's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he looked at the information.

He rubbed his eyes, looked at it again, and his expression became extremely strange.

"To garrison...to guard the town."

The adjutant swallowed hard, his voice slightly unsteady.

"Found it."

"This man's name is Shen Tian."

"It belongs to the Third Special Operations Team of the Po Jun Division, which is Lin Qingyi's team."

Qin Zhenshan frowned slightly.

"How come I've never heard of this person before? Is he an elite soldier transferred from another city?"

The adjutant shook his head, his expression becoming even more strange.

"They weren't transferred here."

"He is... a new employee who just joined the company yesterday."

"A newcomer?"

Qin Zhenshan was stunned.

Several staff officers around him also stopped what they were doing and looked over in astonishment.

A new employee who joined yesterday?

Appearing on a battlefield of this caliber?

And he even stood next to the corpse of a fourth-tier lord, trying to act tough?

"The information shows..."

The adjutant looked at the line of text on the screen and felt his career was being challenged.

But he still forced himself to read it aloud.

"Shen Tian, ​​age seventeen."

"Martial Arts Realm: Mortal Realm Perfection"

"No awakened talent record yet."

Dead silence.

The entire command hall fell into an eerie silence.

Even the distant sounds of artillery fire seemed to fade into the distance.

The mortal realm is complete?

What kind of international joke is this?!

"Snapped!"

Qin Zhenshan slammed his hand on the table, making the teacups jump around.

"Nonsense!"

"Can someone at the peak of the Mortal Realm enter this kind of meat grinder?"

"The mere pressure emanating from a fourth-tier beast was enough to make him bleed from all seven orifices!"

"Not to mention the stray bullets and aftershocks filling the sky!"

"You're telling me that a mere mortal cultivator could survive the Golden Armor Rhinoceros King's ferocious attacks unscathed?"

Qin Zhenshan's roar echoed in the command hall.

The adjutant shrank back in fright, looking aggrieved.

"Guarding the area, but this is definitely data from the system..."

"The data entered by Lao Chen should be correct."

Qin Zhenshan took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.

He knew Old Chen.

That seasoned veteran who's been sitting in the service hall for decades, though he usually seems lazy, would never make a mistake on such crucial data.

In other words.

The information is authentic.

But that only makes it seem more absurd.

"Switch the camera back to its original position."

Qin Zhenshan said in a deep voice.

"I want to see it live!"

The screen flickered.

The drone's camera lens refocused on area C3.

on the screen.

Lin Qingyi had already picked up the long knife and was talking to Lei Gui.

The young man named Shen Tian remained standing in the same spot.

He seemed to have noticed the drone spying on him.

He slightly raised his head.

Those jet-black eyes, across kilometers of distance and through a cold screen, seemed to be calmly observing everyone in the command center.

Qin Zhenshan's heart skipped a beat.

That look in his eyes...

That's definitely not the look a newcomer should have.

There was no fear, no panic, and not even the relief of surviving a disaster.

Only peace.

A calm that is in control of everything.

"wrong."

Qin Zhenshan narrowed his eyes. His intuition as a fifth-level expert told him that there was a huge sense of incongruity about this young man.

"Pause the video."

Qin Zhenshan pointed at the screen.

"Enlarge their positions."

The image freezes.

enlarge.

Several staff officers gathered around, but at first they couldn't figure out what was going on.

But as Qin Zhenshan's finger swiped across the screen, everyone's expressions gradually changed.

Look here.

Qin Zhenshan pointed at Lin Qingyi.

"On the battlefield, the body is the most honest."

"There's only one explanation for this kind of 'star-studded' positioning."

"This so-called 'newcomer to the mortal realm'..."

"That's the true core of this team!"

"That's the monster who killed the Golden-Armored Rhinoceros King with a single strike!"