Chapter 147 It's Never Without a Price

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

During these few days, all the defense lines in Huaming District have been working hard to advance forward, trying to clear out the remaining phantom demons within the defense lines and push the war towards victory.

Su Ming no longer took any other actions, but just followed his teammates like an honest student.

These past few days, Su Ming either rode Longdan on the defense lines of Huaming District, acting like a ghost-fire boy, or carried out clearing missions with his teammates, eliminating all the phantom demons along the way.

Of course, without anyone noticing, Su Ming would secretly collect various phantom magic materials scattered on the battlefield to enrich his own pockets (chips), and the harvest was not small.

However, while reaping a great harvest, Su Ming also discovered that the Phantom Demon Legions he had sent out to collect Phantom Demon materials had lost contact one by one.

The reason is simple: they were conquered.

Today, Huaming District has fully entered into an operation to wipe out the phantom demons. Su Ming released his phantom demon army, and it was not surprising that they were encountered by professionals who were carrying out clearing missions in the wild and were eliminated on the spot.

Unless they are like Xiao Haier, who, under Xu Qianqian's arrangement, has infiltrated the official transportation channels and is ready to be shipped out as a commodity for blood extraction, otherwise, the phantom demons remaining in Huaming District at this moment have almost no chance of survival.

Su Ming didn't feel too bad about this.

They were just a group of lower-level phantom demons. Except for the mutant Scaled-Horned Demon whose strength was comparable to that of a normal four-star professional, the other thirteen phantom demons would be lost if they were lost.

The only pity was the mutant horned demon. Under Su Ming's perception, the spiritual spear on its body also disappeared.

This proves that the mutant either broke free from Su Ming's [Demon Binding] or is already dead.

However, if one wants to break free from the restraints of [Demon Binding], one must have a strength far stronger than Su Ming.

Unless the horned demon mutant evolves, it will not be able to do this.

As a mutant, the horned demon had already lost the qualifications for further evolution.

Therefore, the disappearance of the spiritual spear remaining on its body could only mean that the other party was dead.

"All right."

Su Ming was originally still thinking about whether or not to get rid of all the collected phantom demon army, but now he doesn't have to think about it anymore.

"It's a pity that they have collected so many magical materials. I don't know how much they have left."

The only thing Su Ming felt a little regretful about was this.

In this way, the battle in Huaming District began to enter its final stage.

The defense line where Su Ming was located was constantly advancing and merging with the defense lines ahead.

First is the third line of defense.

Then there is the second line of defense.

Finally, at the forefront of the first line of defense, all the combat power of Longyao City was assembled to fight a decisive battle with all the remaining phantom demons that were surrounded.

That battle was particularly fierce.

Anyway, Su Ming, who was in the rear, saw many shocking scenes.

It seems that the high-level spiritual arts that can destroy the world are no longer rare. They appear every once in a while, bombarding the entire place and shaking the world.

The high-level professionals who were extremely rare in the past also appeared one after another, standing at the forefront. They either launched a slaughter mode and charged back and forth in the army of phantom demons, or faced the high-level phantom demons whose strength could move mountains and fill the sea, and fought with them until the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, and the sun and moon lost their light.

Su Ming even witnessed with his own eyes a dangerous mutant being killed by a six-star hunter at all costs, with blood spilling into the sky.

That scene was truly shocking.

The only thing I don't know whether to be thankful or regretful is that this time when the entrance to the Spirit Demon Prison was opened and the army of phantom demons attacked, although there were many dangerous species leading the attack, no nightmare species appeared.

Otherwise, it is uncertain whether Longyao City can win this war.

It is said that in order to prevent the nightmare species from appearing in the world, the Warlock Guild seemed to have made some arrangements while using the [Distant Realm Gate] to seal the entrance to the Demon Prison.

Perhaps it is thanks to those powerful warlocks that the nightmare species has not appeared in the world?

Naturally, the price paid was not small. Not only had the Warlock Guild exhausted their stores of various alchemical items, alchemical potions, and alchemical weapons, but the Warlock Guild president, who was the only six-star warlock in Longyao City, was said to have withdrawn from the battlefield due to excessive consumption and spiritual damage.

If nothing unexpected happens, the guild president may retire, and Longyao City may lose its only six-star warlock.

In addition, casualties in other areas were also considerable.

Afterwards, Longyao City counted the number of casualties in this battle.

"One-star professionals: 13,876 people."

"Two-star professionals: 2559 people."

"Three-star professionals: 882 people."

"Four-star professionals: 57 people."

"Five-star professionals: 8 people."

"Six-star professional: 1 (severely injured and retired)."

This is the casualty toll of professionals.

In addition to the casualties among professionals, there is also the casualties among soldiers.

"106,477 people."

Yes.

In this battle, more than 100,000 soldiers died.

Even the professionals lost more than 10,000 people.

Among them there are also quite a few senior professionals.

This taught Su Ming a truth.

Victory never comes without a price.

But in the end, Longyao City won the war.

The war lasted for eleven days, starting from the day the entrance to the Spirit Demon Prison was opened and ending on the day the last phantom demon fell under the sword of a professional, which was rewarded with cheers that broke through the sky and horns that announced victory.

On the morning of the eleventh day, Longyao Base City solemnly announced to the public that the war was over and they had won.

This war was also recorded and entered into history books. It was not only mentioned in the textbooks of Longyao City, but also caused a sensation in other base cities.

People called this war the "Huaming Battle".

Huaming District, College Community.

As a camp allocated by Longyao City to the students of the Demon Hunting Academy, this community was perfectly preserved and was not affected by the war that swept across the entire Huaming District.

Eleven days later, off-road vehicles appeared outside the gate of the community again, welcoming the return of students.

The students gathered in the community, all tired and embarrassed. Some knew each other, some were not, but at this moment they all felt a sense of mutual appreciation and greeted each other warmly.

However, behind this enthusiasm lies the various aspects of life.

Some people recalled the eleven days of hard work and actually cried.

Some people are still feeling frightened as if they had survived a disaster, and their mental state is not very good.

Some people never come back Some people have a drastic change of character Of course, there are also good things.

At least, after this incident, many couples emerged in the Demon Hunting Academy, and many people who had previously held grudges finally put aside their grudges and laughed it off, as if they had grown up a lot overnight.

The dean, vice-dean, the director and vice-director of the Hunter Department, the director and vice-director of the Warlock Department, and all the instructors solemnly welcomed all the students and made this announcement.

"Congratulations! You have successfully survived a brutal war."

"The college has seen and remembered your efforts and contributions."

"We won't say anything more."

"At this moment, we just want to say, welcome back."

This announcement caused another round of crying among the students.

The dean said that in order to reward all the students who fought bravely, not only would Longyao City give them contribution points as rewards, but the college would also award them credits, scholarships and other substantial rewards as a reward.

Even for those students who died, the academy will provide pensions, and the base city also has corresponding policies.

In a word, no matter whether it is the college or the base city, no one will forget the hard work of everyone, and will not be stingy with any rewards.

After announcing these things, the dean dismissed the crowd and asked the students to return to their original rooms to rest.

Su Ming and his party also returned to Suite 404 on the fourth floor of the accommodation building and had time to breathe a sigh of relief.

“Finally I’m back!”

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The moment Lei Hao entered the room, he threw away his luggage and fell on the sofa, looking exhausted.

"call!"

Ye Bai also let out a long sigh of relief and wanted to fall on another sofa, but found that it had been snatched away.

"We made it back alive, right?"

Jiang Wanyu collapsed onto the sofa, burying her face in the soft fur, while asking in a muffled voice that seemed a little unreal.

"Well, we got back alive."

Yao Beibei held An Zijin's hand, and for some reason, she suddenly started to tear up.

From Yao Beibei's red eyes, it can be seen that this girl has cried once before.

This girl seemed to be quite sentimental. After returning to the college community, she saw everyone around her crying, so she started crying too.

When the dean was speaking, the others were crying, and Yao Beibei was crying too.

So, this girl has cried twice.

"Okay, it's okay, baby, don't be afraid."

An Zijin was comforting Yao Beibei on the side.

Su Ming was carrying a backpack and his eyes swept over everyone present.

These eleven days of war were not actually too difficult for Su Ming.

Firstly, he completed his plan during the war, successfully obtained the bloodline of the nightmare species, and awakened the seeing pattern, greatly improving his strength.

Secondly, he also plundered the remaining phantom magic materials on the battlefield and earned a lot of chips for this.

In addition, since he never stood out and stayed quietly in the back as an ordinary student, Su Ming really didn't encounter much danger.

Everyone in the team returned safely, without any loss, which perfectly confirmed this point.

But, it is impossible to say that I have no lingering fear at all.

Jiang Wanyu, in particular, almost died because of the poison from the venomous glue demon.

Lei Hao and Ye Bai were also injured. If it weren't for Su Ming's secret support, they might not have been able to return safely like this.

Yao Beibei was a little timid to begin with, so asking her to go to the battlefield, especially to charge into battle as a hunter, was really a bit of a stretch for a freshman.

Even An Zijin is not without pressure.

When Jiang Wanyu almost died, she worried all night.

When Yao Beibei followed Su Ming to fight on the front line, she was worried the whole day.

Lei Hao and Ye Bai were also very nice to her, and she was always afraid of being a drag, or hearing the news of their sacrifice.

What’s more, there is Su Ming?

What if something happened to Su Ming? When An Zijin thought of this, his eyes also turned red unconsciously.

There is no doubt that this time, everyone has a lot of feelings in their hearts.

"I used to think that even if my grades weren't that outstanding, I could still make a living as a one-star professional in the future, and I wouldn't lose face for my family." Lei Hao suddenly said, "Now I suddenly feel that I can give it a try and make myself stronger."

Lei Hao's sudden remarks stunned everyone.

But it’s not that people can’t understand.

It is understandable that one would have such thoughts after seeing such a battlefield and witnessing so much cruelty and sacrifice.

"Me too." Ye Bai agreed with Lei Hao and said, "This time I also realized my shortcomings. There are too many of them. I must find a way to improve myself."

As the only member in the team who has no output ability and can only assist in combat, it would be impossible for Ye Bai not to feel a little unwilling.

"Only the ability to assist is not enough. I really need to focus on offensive spiritual arts."

Ye Bai stated this.

As for An Zijin, Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei, there is no need to say more.

"This time, I am grateful to the seniors for their care."

"If it weren't for the seniors, freshmen like us would definitely encounter a lot of dangers, right?"

"Thank you so much!"

The three younger female students thanked the three older male students solemnly, lined up neatly, bowed, and their attitudes seemed extremely sincere.

Seeing this, even Su Ming couldn't help but say something.

"Your performance is not inferior to that of the seniors, right?"

Su Ming rarely spoke in a gentle and comforting voice.

"Yes, you guys are doing much better than we did back then."

"Junior sister An has amazing spiritual power. I don't know how many phantom demons she has helped us defeat with her spiritual arts. Junior sister Jiang's alchemical weapon is also very sharp. Many phantom demons have fallen to it. Junior sister Yao also has sharp senses and unparalleled strange power. Your performance is much better than that of us mediocre seniors."

Lei Hao and Ye Bai both smiled in relief.

An Zijin, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei looked at each other for a moment, then all smiled, feeling quite relieved.

The atmosphere on the scene became extremely warm and joyful.

Su Ming squinted his eyes, as if he saw something dazzling, and suddenly said something.

"It's decided, let's have hot pot tonight."

As soon as these words were spoken, five pairs of hands were raised.

“I agree!”

Everyone responded excitedly and happily.

That night, the six members of Su Ming's team enjoyed a delicious hotpot.

Invisibly, the relationships and distances between everyone were shortened a lot, allowing the comradeship to remain in everyone's heart.

(End of this chapter)