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

Chapter 65: From Slingshots to Cannons, Zhennan Pass Falls?

(Thanks, Jiuxing!)

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Moonbeam put the Moon Necklace around his neck, the cool metallic touch making him pause slightly: "What special effects does this necklace have?"

“Gathering and returning spirit,” Cai’er explained softly. “It works best under moonlight. I heard it’s made from the magic crystals of a sixth-tier Moon Demon.”

"Cough!" Yuehui suddenly coughed violently, her fingers unconsciously touching the necklace.

Cai'er tilted her head in confusion: "Not feeling well?"

"N-nothing." Yuehui hurriedly turned around. "Go see if the others have finished choosing."

(Wearing one's own kind around one's neck is pretty chilling...)
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When the two returned to the trading center lobby, their six teammates were already gathered together, chatting and laughing. Seeing their leader and Cai'er return, everyone immediately perked up and surrounded them.

"What good things did you all buy?" Yuehui asked, looking around at everyone.

Lu Xi raised a staff inlaid with golden crystals first: "I switched to this Brilliant-grade 'Swift Staff,' which reduces casting time by 30% and saves 15% of spiritual energy consumption. It cost me 12,000 merit points."

“Then it’s my turn!” Wang Yuanyuan patted her new armor. “Because I have a bloodline weapon, I bought this Brilliant-grade ‘Space Guardian’ armor, which cost me 32,000 merit points.” As she said this, she lowered her head a little shyly.

Although Yuehui allocated 60,000 to each person, she spent most of it on a single piece of equipment, while her teammates didn't use much, which made her feel a little guilty.

"Your skills are pretty good, aren't they?" Moonbeam asked with a smile.

Wang Yuanyuan immediately nodded: "It comes with a solidified fifth-order spatial shield, which I only need to consume one-fifth of a spatial mage's spiritual power to use! Moreover, the armor is mixed with mithril, which can enhance the spirit gathering effect by 30%!"

Moonlight nodded in satisfaction: "Worth it. What about the others?"

Chen Ying'er, holding McDull, raised her hand: "I didn't buy my own equipment, but I bought McDull an advancement pill worth four thousand merit points."

Han Yu patted the new shield at his waist: "I got this 'Wall of Holy Light' for 11,000 merit points." He deliberately showed off the three layers of light patterns flowing on the shield's surface, "It comes with three layers of light shields, its defensive power is comparable to divine blocking, and it can also reflect magic."

"I bought two sets. It cost a total of 30,000 merit points," Long Haochen said, unfolding the new equipment. An aura of light immediately filled the air. "One piece comes with Holy Spirit Protection, and the other can cast Holy Shield. The set bonus reduces the cost of equipment skills and increases skill strength by one-third!"

Moonlight waited a moment, then frowned slightly: "That's all? That's it?"

Lu Xi scratched his head: "Commander, didn't you say that the remaining merit points would be used to buy cultivation pills? And we've inquired, and it takes 100,000 merit points to advance to the commander level."

"I have McDull, that's enough for me," Chen Ying'er said softly, holding the little pig.

She is very clear about her current role—the team's mascot, whose limited function is limited except for casting the Gate of Life. Therefore, she voluntarily saves her merit points to help the team advance as soon as possible.

"Nonsense!" Moonlight suddenly shouted sternly. "This is not a suggestion, it's an order!"

He looked around at everyone, his tone more serious than ever before: "Nobody knows what's inside the Tower of Eternity. Does it really mean it's safe just because Elex says there's no danger? Glorious-grade equipment can at least be used up to Tier 7, while legendary equipment is scarce and not necessarily suitable."

"Equipment can retain its value and be resold, so why are you saving your merit points? Now, go and spend all your merit points! Those with complete weapons, buy armor; those with complete armor, buy accessories; and those who have everything, stock up on magic scrolls and combat pills!"

He swung his right hand sharply: "Remember, exchange all your merits for things that can enhance your strength!"

His voice suddenly turned cold: "Anyone who has more than five thousand merit points left—don't even think about going back to the Demon Hunter Guild's building tonight!"

The team members exchanged glances and responded in unison:

"Understood, Commander!"

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Yuehui and Cai'er walked side by side on their way back to the residential area, the bright moonlight draping them in a silvery veil.

"You looked really scary just now," Cai'er teased softly, a slight smile playing on her lips beneath her veil. Yuehui shook his head helplessly: "These guys... keeping their merits won't produce offspring. If they increase their strength, what can't they earn?"

“They just don’t want you to worry too much,” Cai’er said in a voice barely audible.

"But the more they act like this, the more exhausted I feel."

Yuehui sighed, her fingertips gently stroking Cai'er's hand, her voice extremely low:

"Cai'er, can we meet tonight?"

Cai'er suddenly stopped, her veil fluttering slightly in the night breeze.

She lowered her head and after a long while said in an almost inaudible voice, "Just once. The last time this month."

"it is good."

Moonlight curled his lips into a triumphant smile, his fingertips slipping between her fingers.

Cai'er's ears turned blush instantly, but she let him hold her hand.

……

Time flies, and three months pass in a flash.

The members of the 21st Demon Hunter Squad, all at the General level, have successively ended their seclusion, and their strength has significantly improved.

Cai'er was the first to emerge from seclusion, not only successfully breaking through the sixth-order bottleneck, but also reaching 4,300 points of inner spiritual power, becoming the first member of the team, apart from Yuehui, to truly step into the sixth order.

With Yuehui's patient guidance, Long Haochen finally let go of his inner turmoil and accepted the inherited knowledge of the Eternal Melody. In the final stage of his seclusion, he successfully constructed his spiritual aperture and officially stepped into the sixth tier.

Wang Yuanyuan, Han Yu, and Lu Xi have all reached the peak of the fifth rank and are diligently studying the method of constructing spiritual apertures in preparation for breaking through to the sixth rank and condensing spiritual power wings.

Even Chen Ying'er, who had always been at the bottom, improved her spiritual power to 3,800 points after three months of hard training, barely keeping up with the third tier.

As for Yuehui, the leader of the group, he did not deliberately cultivate during these three months, but instead focused on studying the legacy of the demigod thunder emperor and developing his own unique skills.

Even so, his inner spiritual power naturally increased from 8,000 points to 9,100 points, reaching the sixth rank, ninth level.

Little Rachel perched on Moonbeam's shoulder, her tiny purple eyes sparkling with intelligence.

Over the past three months, she has not only perfectly replicated all the lightning-based techniques developed by Moonbeam, but has even applied them in other ways.

For example, when she saw Yuehui unleash "Three Thousand Thunderclaps", she independently comprehended "Thunder Shadow Clone".

Meanwhile, the little Qilin in the corner let out a burp, its body crackling with lightning.

After consuming a large number of high-level magic crystals, it finally broke through the bottleneck, advanced to the eighth-level magic beast, and awakened the "Qilin Possession" inherited in its bloodline!
That is capable of providing contractors with a massive amount of internal and external spiritual energy in a short period of time, just like Little Lei Ji, becoming a mobile power bank for Moonlight.

As for Xiao Yating, that jealous girl, she had already "betrayed" him and joined Long Haochen's side.

She would lean on his shoulder every day to steal the overflowing light elemental energy.

Three whole months had passed, and she was beginning to show signs of evolution.

"Everyone's ready? Let's go!" Yuehui said, looking at the neatly dressed group.

Originally, they had no intention of leaving the seclusion, but instead chose to break through to the sixth rank in one go and then conquer the Eternal Tower.

However, an urgent notice from the Demon Hunter Mission Tower forced them to end their seclusion.

Forced war missions!

Reinforce Zhennanguan!
PS: After so much time to settle things, it's time to take action against the Demon God!
(End of this chapter)