Yang Wenzhao led Long Haochen to the side and bowed slightly, paying his respects to Long Haochen.

Long Haochen moved to the side, quickly avoiding the gesture. “Brother Yang, what are you doing?”

Yang Wenzhao smiled wryly, “There’s something I want to ask of you, and I hope you’ll agree.”

Long Haochen was taken aback. “What is it?”

Yang Wenzhao said in a low voice, “I want to ask Brother Long to take good care of Ying’er for me.”

“Hmm?” Long Haochen looked at him in confusion. “When choosing teammates earlier, Brother Yang seemed to choose Ying’er, but she didn’t agree. Actually, you don’t need to ask, Brother Yang. I will protect her anyway. We are members of the same team.”

Yang Wenzhao hesitated for a moment, then said, “To be honest with Brother Long, Ying’er is my fiancée. Our families arranged the marriage when we were young. But this girl is a bit rebellious and doesn’t want to accept her family’s arrangements, which is why we’re in this situation. No matter what, I am her fiancé, but she’s not on my team, so I can only ask Brother Long to take care of her. I’m willing to give one-third of the merit points I earn in the future to Brother Long. What do you think?”

Long Haochen’s expression changed, and his voice lowered. “Brother Yang, I’ve already said that. Ying’er is a member of my team, and I will definitely protect her well. How can I accept your merit points? Okay, let’s leave it at that.”

With that, he turned and walked away. Yang Wenzhao’s attempt to bribe him felt like an insult.

Watching his back, Yang Wenzhao couldn’t help but pat his forehead. He was too worried and shouldn’t have said such a thing to him.

Just then, Long Haochen stopped and turned back to Yang Wenzhao, saying, “I will protect every member of my team and prevent them from being harmed.”

Yang Wenzhao nodded. “Brother Long, I’m sorry about just now.”

Long Haochen waved his hand and went back to his companions.

At that moment, Han Qian, the Paladin Head of the Knight Temple, led ten strong men, all over forty years old and wearing white uniforms, into the trial field. Seeing him, the demon hunter groups quickly quieted down.

Han Qian stopped in the center of the trial field, and the ten strong men stood in a row behind him.

“From today onwards, you have officially become members of the Soldier-rank Demon Hunter Groups. You must have seen what merit points can bring you. This is also an important reason why Demon Hunter Groups are known as the cradle of the strong. You can probably guess what you need to do next. That’s right, what’s about to happen is the newly promoted Demon Hunter Group Team Competition. Individual strength is always insignificant on the battlefield, while an excellent team is the source of miracles. The team competition will no longer involve face-to-face matches. That would just be a waste of time. Later, you will leave the Holy City and head to the frontier, where you will spend three months in military service.”

“There, you will face the ferocity of the demons, but it is also the most direct opportunity to obtain merit points. After three months, the team with the highest total merit points will be the first place in the team competition, and so on. Only the top three teams will receive rewards. The first place will receive one thousand merit points, the second place five hundred, and the third place three hundred. I’m talking about each person within the team.”

Even Long Haochen, the champion of the individual competition, only received a reward of one hundred merit points. Now, Han Qian is offering one thousand merit points per person for the winning team. This means that this team has a chance to quickly advance to a General-rank Demon Hunter Group! In an instant, everyone’s eyes lit up.

On the battlefield, individual strength will be greatly weakened, and the strength of a team is not simply the sum of the abilities of its members. Anyone could potentially win the final championship.

Han Qian continued, “Standing behind me are ten Guardian Knights, who will each become your team leaders. They are all heroes who have fought against the demons for many years. On the battlefield, you must learn from them. Team leaders, take your positions and depart.”

The Temple Alliance is also doing its best. The best place to train people is naturally the battlefield. If you want a team to grow quickly and develop tacit understanding, then a battlefield where you face life-and-death situations at any time is clearly the best training ground. For the safety of these children, the Alliance has sent these ten Guardian Knights. They not only have the task of protecting the newly promoted Demon Hunter Groups, but they also have the responsibility of cultivating core knights within the Demon Hunter Groups. For a team, the knight responsible for coordination, defense, and command is always the most important.

The ten Guardian Knights stepped forward and stood in front of each of the newly promoted Demon Hunter Groups.

The one for Long Haochen’s team was a burly man, about the same size as Sima Xian. He looked to be around forty years old. His chiseled face was full of seriousness. He had a scar on either side of his neck and a circular scar about two inches in diameter on the side of his head.

Coming before the group, Gao Yingjie clenched his right fist and struck his left chest, saying in a deep voice, “Hello, my name is Gao Yingjie. From now on, I will be your team leader for the next three months. I am not responsible for commanding your battles, but I have the right to correct your decisions at any time. My mission is to ensure that you can leave the battlefield alive after three months. The three months are counted from the moment we arrive at the battlefield. Before we set off, I need to understand your strength.”

Chen Ying’er asked curiously, “Team Leader, how will you understand?”

Gao Yingjie glanced at her. “Combat is always the best way to test strength. You have only just formed your team, and you probably haven’t fought together before. So, I will be the first target you will challenge.”

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Hearing his words, Sima Xian and Wang Yuanyuan were the first to react. They were the most war-loving, otherwise they wouldn’t have cultivated the shield warrior and priest into powerful warriors.

Wang Yuanyuan said, “Team Leader, what rank are you?”

Gao Yingjie said calmly, “Seventh-rank Paladin. However, in the competition with you, I will not use my flying ability or summon a mount.”

Wang Yuanyuan said eagerly, “If we win against you, will there be any benefits? Like some merit points or something.”

Long Haochen didn’t say anything. Just as Gao Yingjie said, this team had just been formed, and he needed to observe his partners more to become familiar with each person’s characteristics. Now he has discovered a characteristic of Wang Yuanyuan: she’s greedy for money… “Win?” A hint of a smile appeared on Gao Yingjie’s stern face. “I can’t directly give you merit points. However, if you win, I will act as a member of your team, temporarily becoming one of your guardian knights, and listen to your team leader’s command. On the battlefield, all the merit points I earn will be divided equally among your team members.”

“It’s a deal.” This time it was Long Haochen who spoke, making a final decision.

The team leader’s mission is to protect these newly promoted Demon Hunter Groups, so they will not directly join their battles against the demons. They will only take action when it is absolutely necessary. This person is a seventh-rank Paladin! If he can temporarily become a member of the team, then both the number and quality of the demons they hunt will make a qualitative leap. By then, which team can compete with them for the final first place?

Although challenging a seventh-rank would be very difficult for them, Gao Yingjie is, after all, a Guardian Knight, not a Punishing Knight. Plus, there’s no real danger, and he’s not even summoning a mount. Why not take this great opportunity?

Looking at these young people eager to try, Gao Yingjie couldn’t help but find it a little funny. These kids! Did they really think it was so easy to challenge beyond their rank? And it was two ranks higher. You know, the entry threshold for spirit energy for a seventh-rank Paladin is as high as 10,000. What’s more, he is not a level one Paladin.

The other Demon Hunter Groups left one after another under the leadership of their team leaders, and Han Qian also left. In the Knight’s Trial Field, only their Demon Hunter Group remained.

Gao Yingjie walked to the center of the field, a shield and a sword appearing in his hands, but he didn’t wear armor. The shield and sword in his hands looked like the most ordinary knight’s standard weapons. They probably didn’t even count as magical equipment.

“Come on.”

Long Haochen took a few steps forward, coming to the front of the team, and quickly put on his Holy Spirit Armor, a flash of white light activating Holy Spirit Guard. A layer of white mist immediately enveloped all the partners.

“Sima, Berserk. Yuanyuan, Embed. Ying’er, summon from the rear. Lin Xin, assist in defense. Han Yu, defend in front with me, Cai’er, improvise. Go.”

Long Haochen quickly gave instructions. This was their first collaboration, so there was no tacit understanding yet. They could only use direct verbal commands.

As he spoke, a flash of purple light appeared between Long Haochen’s eyebrows, and Haoyue appeared, but Long Haochen didn’t ride on him, but let him land in the rear.

Han Yu also put on his equipment, and his right-hand heavy sword quickly completed the rune summoning. A distorted light lit up above his head, and a strange magical beast appeared in the sky above him.

Seeing this magical beast, even Gao Yingjie, a Paladin, was stunned. Because his magical beast partner was really a bit of a freak.

It was an eyeball about two feet in diameter, looking as big as a millstone. Yes, it was a big eyeball, with a black tail hanging below the eyeball. The back was also black. The big eyeball rolled around. Distorted light patterns flickered around it, giving it a somewhat evil feeling.

Gao Yingjie said in surprise, “Is that an Evil Eye? It’s a rare magical beast partner!”

Long Haochen was also slightly taken aback. When he defeated Han Yu, Han Yu didn’t summon a magical beast at all.

The huge Evil Eye floated above Han Yu’s head, swaying back and forth, the eye rolling constantly, the distorted light patterns seemed to emanate from the center of its pupil.

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