Realizing the gravity of the problem,

Tang Qi suddenly stood up.

"No, I must find a way to report to Minister Wei immediately!"

Zhou Huai raised his hand and pressed down on his shoulder.

"What's the rush?"

Tang Qi was stunned, looking at that calm, blonde-haired face.

There were no ripples to be heard in Zhou Huai's voice.

"What's the use of contacting him now?"

"Ask him to send troops for support?"

Tang Qi was at a loss for words.

Zhou Huai let go of his hand, walked to the window, and looked at the pitch-black rainy night outside.

"You guys should lay low for a while."

"The Patrol Team will soon conduct a systematic investigation of the entire Takamagahara, and you are now the number one wanted criminals."

He turned around, his gaze falling on the two of them.

"Find a way to protect yourselves and don't die."

"When necessary, I will still need your help."

Hearing this, Tang Qi paused his steps.

He looked at Maeda Hanami's pale face beside him, and then at the unfathomable young man in front of him. The anxiety and struggle in his eyes ultimately turned into deep thought.

He had to admit that what Zhou Huai said was right.

Transmitting the intelligence back to Daxia now had no practical meaning other than making Minister Wei anxious for nothing.

In fact, Zhou Huai really wanted to say:

The person who could truly stir up the storm in this disaster, and even had the ability to intervene in the fight between the Kujo Family and the Omiya Family, was already standing right in front of them.

Knowing more would be useless for anyone else, even Marshal Zhao.

Tang Qi took a deep breath and nodded solemnly.

"I understand."

Zhou Huai grunted in acknowledgment and said nothing more.

"I will contact you if there is any situation."

As his voice fell, the figure of Insect Emperor Caesar under his control flickered, and like ink melting into water, he quietly disappeared into the shadows of the room.

...

Over the next few days, the entire Takamagahara was unexpectedly calm.

Neither the Kujo Family nor the Omiya Family made any public moves, as if the earth-shattering battle that night had never happened.

But Nakamura Shinichiro had never returned since he left in a hurry that day.

Zhou Huai knew this was just the calm before the storm.

The Omiya Family had already entered the highest level of combat readiness.

And Zhou Huai was also crazily squeezing every minute and second to improve the strength of all his Avatars.

Lacking Ying Yinman, that super experience baby, although the Level improvement speed of Insect Emperor Caesar was much slower,

still the more than 6,000 laborers scattered all over Tokyo were sparing no effort to contribute experience values to their Insect Emperor.

Zhou Huai even quietly raised the extracted experience ratio from ten percent to fifteen percent.

Anyway, he was shearing the wool of Sakura Country, so he didn't have the slightest psychological burden.

Except for Insect Emperor Caesar hanging up, Zhou Huai's other Avatars had been soaking in dungeons twenty-four hours a day without coming out.

The intensity of the battle was no less than that of the beast tide in Donghai City back then.

Especially for that Guard Athena dungeon, the energy required to be consumed every day was as high as six to eight magic crystals.

Placed in any guild's dungeon, this was a horrifying expense.

Nor could any Classer withstand such high-intensity continuous combat.

Of course, high-intensity combat also brought rich rewards.

Da Yi made a breakthrough to Level 30.

Moria reached Level 36.

Sona came to Level 25.

Xiang Yu and Thunder Swordsman Yasuo both rushed to Level 43.

The one who leveled up the fastest was still Gandalf, who was crazily farming monsters in the military dungeon.

He finally reached Level 45.

And he also unlocked the position of the next Avatar for Zhou Huai.

...

Inside the conscious space,

Zhou Huai's conscious body floated in mid-air, looking at the familiar, huge, and sci-fi-filled dial machine in front of him.

He hadn't experienced this kind of blind-box-like anticipation for a long time.

Every draw was like a gamble.

Win the bet, get a powerful Avatar, and combat power skyrockets.

Lose the bet, and he could only hold his nose and admit defeat, acting as a functional support.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"System, start the draw."

【Ding! Avatar profession draw started!】

【Minimum S-Level, up to SSS-Level!】

The huge dial machine roared into operation.

Countless colorful light spheres representing different professions rolled and collided crazily in the transparent cover, like a boiling river of stars.

Zhou Huai's consciousness stared closely at those light spheres.

The speed of the dial machine became faster and faster, eventually turning into a blurred light and shadow.

Without hesitation, his mind slammed the 【Draw】 button!

Hum—!

A dazzling golden light sphere, like a comet piercing the darkness, shot out from the dial machine!

That light was holy and pure, carrying a majesty that purified everything.

Zhou Huai's conscious body was even slightly squinted by this light.

Red!

It's SS-Level!

The light sphere hovered in front of Zhou Huai, rotating slowly and emitting a soft halo.

Zhou Huai felt his heartbeat skip a beat.

He reached out and gently touched the light sphere.

"Crack—"

With a crisp sound,

a crack split on the surface of the light sphere, and endless Holy Light gushed out from the crack.

The light dissipated.

A simple scroll composed of light and shadow quietly floated before Zhou Huai's eyes.

On the scroll, a line of golden characters composed of holy runes slowly emerged.

【Congratulations to the host for drawing the SS-Level unique hidden profession: Glowing Judge】

Zhou Huai took a look at the profession name.

He was amused.

Good lord.

A few days ago, he was still saying that the weakness of the Ghost King that the Kujo Family wanted to resurrect was Holy-type or Light-type.

And now it's arranged for him just like that?

This System really understands his heart.

Zhou Huai quickly checked the attributes.

【Avatar Panel (Unnamed)】

【Profession: Unique Hidden Profession, SS-Level Glowing Judge】

【Level: LV1】

【HP: 250 / 250】

【MP: 500 / 500】

【Strength: 52】

【Agility: 55】

【Stamina: 60】

【Mental Strength: 210】

【Skill List:】

【Passive Skill 1: Photonic Divine Body (Passive)】

【Skill Description】:

Speed of Light Perception: Your perception attribute is increased by 500%, and any stealth or invisible units around you have nowhere to hide under your brilliance.

Elemental Stripping: The light-attribute damage you deal cannot be immune, and it forcibly reduces the enemy's shadow, undead, and toxin resistances to negative values (i.e., dealing true damage + extra vulnerability).

The Empire Where the Sun Never Sets: As long as you are in an environment with a light source (daytime or your own skills glowing), you automatically recover 5% of your max HP and MP per second.

【Skill 1: Spear of Judgment】

【Skill Description】:

Instant-cast skill. Dozens of long spears made of pure light condense out of thin air above the enemy's head, nailing down vertically at the speed of light.

Effect: Enemies hit not only suffer high magic damage, but their bodies are also photolyzed and stiffened, nailed in place and unable to move for 3 seconds.

Second-stage release: If released again, the judge can instantly move at the speed of light, teleporting to the position of any light spear, and trigger a light explosion.

This skill's effect on the undead-type and shadow-type is increased by 200%.

【Skill 2: Prism Refraction · Starstream】

【Skill Description】:

Summon 6 huge hexagonal Holy Light prisms to surround yourself.

Then fire a high-energy laser, which refracts infinitely between the prisms and the enemy.

Feature: Every time it refracts, the laser's damage increases by 20%, and the beam doubles in thickness. The maximum number of refractions is 50 times.

This skill's effect on the undead-type and shadow-type is increased by 200%.