Listening to Gao Yingjie’s explanation, the others simply nodded. They could roughly guess these things. However, when Gao Yingjie reached his final point, the seven members of the Rank-1 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad, all fourteen eyes, lit up like illuminating magic stones.

For the Rank-1 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad, what did they lack most? First and foremost, it was secret skills. Sima Xian had just advanced to the fifth rank. He could learn ordinary skills at the Priest Temple’s Holy City branch. However, fifth-rank priests had several important attacking secret skills. If he could learn them, his strength would be greatly improved.

At the same time, after the Rank-1 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad acquired the Soul Shackles, an epic-level piece of equipment for sharing life force, the lack of group healing became prominent. This was something Han Yu needed to improve.

Although the entire team also lacked equipment, the lack of skills was clearly more important. If they could make up for the lack of skills, they could temporarily avoid supplementing their equipment. This was also one of the benefits that Soul Shackles brought them.

Long Haochen originally leaned towards his second option, planning to invest all 8,000+ merit points in improving his partners’ strength, then working hard to complete tasks. But with Gao Yingjie’s words, they clearly needed to re-plan.

After a brief consultation, the Rank-1 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad reached a consensus: upgrade the Demon Hunt Squad!

With six opportunities to select secret skills, Long Haochen, after careful consideration, decided to give Sima Xian three to strengthen that aspect, Han Yu two, and Wang Yuanyuan one. Long Haochen, Cai’er, Lin Xin, and Chen Ying’er would not supplement any secret skills for the time being.

This was the advantage of a team, strategic allocation of resources when necessary. Long Haochen had obtained the Light Elemental Elf and the Assassin Temple’s Misdirection secret skill, and had already taught Misdirection to Cai’er. They had already received considerable enhancements. And Lin Xin’s various fire-based defense skills did not need to be supplemented for the time being, and Chen Ying’er didn’t need to learn any skills. This arrangement was clearly the most reasonable.

As for the missing 1,500 merit points, Long Haochen, after discussing with his partners, rejected Lin Xin’s suggestion of selling elixirs and decided to borrow them.

Selling elixirs could certainly earn merit points, but for them, at crucial moments, a single elixir could save the entire team’s lives.

Therefore, Long Haochen first approached the Rank-4 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad. He couldn’t waste time, otherwise, what if they spent the merit points? In the absence of being able to upgrade the Demon Hunt Squad, increasing immediate combat power was very important.

Besides themselves, who had won the championship, the Rank-4 Knight-level squad was the wealthiest Demon Hunt Squad he knew. They had just received a reward of 3,000 merit points for their second-place finish, and with their original amount, they had a total of more than 5,000 merit points.

In the same white villa, Long Haochen met Lu Xi and Li Xin. Long Haochen came here largely because of Li Xin’s presence.

Lu Xi and Li Xin were both somewhat surprised to see Long Haochen. After hearing Long Haochen’s intention, Lu Xi fell into thought. Li Xin called out the other members of the team.

1,500 merit points was not a small amount for the current Knight-level Demon Hunt Squads. It wasn’t something that their captain and vice-captain could decide on their own.

“Squad Leader Long, please wait a moment, we need to discuss it,” Lu Xi said to Long Haochen.

Long Haochen smiled and nodded, gesturing for them to proceed. He came here and frankly expressed his intentions, without any concealment. Of course, the Rank-4 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad wasn’t his only option. If this didn’t work out, he could still look for someone else.

Lu Xi led the other five members of the Rank-4 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad into a larger room.

“Before everyone expresses their opinions, let me briefly analyze,” Lu Xi said in a deep voice. “First, the strength of the Rank-1 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad. Since they can apply to become a General-level Demon Hunt Squad, it means that at least all of their members have reached the fifth rank or higher. Second, remember what Team Leader Gao Yingjie said? Long Haochen and Cai’er once joined forces to kill a seventh-rank Bloodthirsty Beta. Although they were severely injured as a result, if it were us, would we have that strength? Third, don’t forget that Long Haochen, who won first place in the individual competition, also has a Light Elemental Elf. If it’s a team competition, although we are also strong, we don’t have much comparability with them.”

“Of course, I’m not putting ourselves down. In terms of potential, we may not be worse than them. The second point I want to make is the identity of these seven members of the Rank-1 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad. Among them, I don’t know Long Haochen’s identity, but he can get the protection of the Holy Union’s Alliance Master, which shows his importance to the Knight Temple. Cai’er’s great-grandmother is the Assassin Temple’s Temple Master. And, as far as I know, that non-attacking mage in their team is the grandson of Vice-Temple Master Lin Chen of the Mage Temple. Maintaining a good relationship with the Rank-1 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad is a good thing for us. Alright, everyone can now express their opinions.”

Li Xin, as the vice-captain, should naturally speak first. She pondered slightly and said, “Long Haochen is my younger brother. For the sake of fairness, I abstain.”

The Rank-4 Demon Hunt Squad’s ability to achieve second place in the team competition was inseparable from the team’s strong overall strength. Within the entire team, only Li Xin and Bai Xiaomo were still at the fourth rank, but after three months of trials, they were both non-stop advancing towards the fifth rank. Especially Li Xin, who possessed a Rose Unicorn, held extremely high importance in the team.

The team’s fifth-rank mage, Yi Jundao, said, “Helping the Rank-1 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad can indeed improve our relationship with them to a certain extent. However, merit points are equally important to us. Whether it’s secret skills or equipment, 1,500 merit points can improve our immediate combat power and enhance our competitiveness in subsequent tasks.”

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Lu Xi smiled slightly and said, “What if I say, I have a way to allow us to obtain corresponding benefits from paying this 1,500 merit points?”

Long Haochen didn’t wait long. After just a meal’s time, Lu Xi, Li Xin, and the others came out.

“Squad Leader Long, after our discussion, we agreed to lend you the merit points,” Lu Xi said with a smile.

Long Haochen was overjoyed and hurriedly said, “On behalf of the Rank-1 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad, I thank you all. Please rest assured that as long as we can come back alive from the mission, we will definitely return these merit points doubled.”

Lu Xi shook her head and said, “No, there’s no need to return them doubled. However, we have a small condition that we hope Squad Leader Long can agree to.”

“Oh?” Long Haochen’s heart stirred. “Squad Leader Lu, please speak.”

Lu Xi smiled and said, “We hope to share the mission with your squad when your squad carries out its first General-level Demon Hunt Squad mission. Share the gains at a three-seven ratio. You seven, us three.”

Long Haochen was slightly stunned. Then, a bright gleam appeared in his bright golden eyes, and a smile appeared on his face. “Squad Leader Lu is indeed a smart person. Alright, on behalf of the Rank-1 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad, I agree to your request.”

Standing next to Lu Xi, Li Xin frowned and said, “Haochen, don’t you need to discuss it with your teammates?”

Long Haochen shook his head with a smile and said, “It’s mutually beneficial. I believe I can convince them.”

With just this simple expression, Long Haochen had fully proven his team’s cohesion and leadership to the Rank-4 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad.

A light flashed in Lu Xi’s eyes, and she said, “Since that’s the case, I’ll transfer the merit points to you now. I look forward to Squad Leader Long’s good news.”

Soon, the two squad leaders completed the merit point transfer, and Long Haochen bid farewell and left.

Long Haochen wasn’t just saying those words, “mutually beneficial.” Lu Xi was a smart person, and so was he. The Rank-4 Demon Hunt Squad’s ability to obtain second place in the team competition, surpassing the Rank-2 with Yang Wenzhao and the Rank-3 with Duan Yi, had already proven its overall strength. While Long Haochen and his team had the qualifications to advance to a General-level Demon Hunt Squad, there was no doubt that they would be the weakest among them. General-level missions would not be easy. If they had the assistance of the Rank-4 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad, their chances of completing the mission and their safety would be greatly improved, and they could even take on more difficult missions. Everyone was starting their first independent mission, and mutual assistance was definitely mutually beneficial. Moreover, the Rank-1 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad still received 70% of the gains.

Similarly, for the Rank-4 Demon Hunt Squad, Lu Xi’s choice was the most appropriate and clever. General-level missions were not on the same level of difficulty as Knight-level missions. The rewards were naturally much richer. Even though it was a shared mission, he believed that Long Haochen would definitely find a mission that was in line with their interests, or even a series of missions. Compared to them taking on Knight-level missions and climbing up little by little, this was a much shorter path. Maybe after one mission, they would be able to take a big step closer to becoming a General-level Demon Hunt Squad.

Watching Long Haochen’s departing figure, Lu Xi turned around and earnestly said to the other members of the Rank-4 Knight-level Demon Hunt Squad, “What Long Haochen and his team can do, we can also do. Let’s also divide the merit points equally, what do you think?”

Li Xin had a flash of inspiration and said, “Why don’t we unify the allocation of merit points and lean towards whoever needs them.”

Everyone else’s eyes lit up immediately.

Lu Xi’s heart stirred. “That’s a good idea. I have another suggestion. Li Xin, from now on, you will temporarily take over the position of squad leader.”

Li Xin was stunned, but she quickly understood. Lu Xi hurriedly explained, “Don’t misunderstand. I’m not trying to take advantage of the relationship between you and Long Haochen. But I think it will be easier for you siblings to communicate, and since you’re both knights, it will be better for both of our teams.”

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