Looking at the flushed faces inside the hall and listening to the earth-shaking roars that threatened to blow off the roof, a smile appeared on Zhou Huai's pale face.

He nodded slightly, raised his right hand, and pressed it downward.

The movement was gentle yet carried a magical force.

The shouting stopped abruptly, and the entire hall quieted down. Thousands of burning gazes converged on Zhou Huai alone.

"Fighting a war is not just about risking your life; it is also about foundation," Zhou Huai's calm voice echoed in the hall. "You have fought bloody battles on the front lines, shedding blood and sweat. As your master, I naturally won't let you bleed and cry tears as well."

"Now, it's time to reward everyone for their contributions!"

As his voice fell, Zhou Huai waved his hand.

Hum—!

Accompanied by a crisp spatial vibration, a pillar of light gushed out from the Storage Ring on his finger, shooting straight toward the dome of the hall!

Immediately afterward, amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, the clattering sound of metal collisions poured down like a waterfall.

Longswords radiating brilliant light, heavy tower shields, and suits of battle armor exuding a freezing chill fell from mid-air.

In the blink of an eye, a small mountain of equipment shimmering with colorful magical auras was piled up on the spacious open ground of the guild!

During this time, the Divine Craftsman of Myriad Forms Ou Yezi had not rested for even a moment, soaking twenty-four hours a day in the forging room of the high-temperature furnace, transforming the massive amount of Advanced exotic beast materials plundered from the ruins into ready combat power.

Now that they were all taken out at once, the overwhelming, terrifying energy fluctuation directly caused the air pressure in the hall to drop.

"Hiss—"

The sound of neat, synchronized sharp intakes of breath rang out one after another among the formations of thousands of people.

Even these iron-blooded warriors who had just crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood were completely shocked into a blank mind by the scene before them.

"My god... Th-this many pieces of equipment, there must be at least over a thousand pieces, right?!"

"Are you blind? Look at that luster, look at those energy patterns! Are those ordinary pieces of equipment? Motherfucker, a huge chunk of them are top-grade items of Epic-grade quality and above!"

"Gulp... Look at the top five items! That... That golden radiance... Could that be legendary-grade?!"

Someone in the crowd let out a sharp scream, and everyone's gazes were instantly drawn to the five pieces of equipment at the very top of the equipment mountain.

Five legendary-grade pieces of equipment!

The coercion they emitted even caused some of the low-Level members in the front row to find it difficult to breathe.

Everyone's eyes glazed over, their eyeballs filled with fanatical bloodshot veins as they frantically swallowed their saliva.

How magnificent! Simply too magnificent!

Just ask, looking across the entire Great Xia or even the entire world, which guild could pull out over a thousand Epic-grade and above top-tier pieces of equipment all at once, including five once-in-a-lifetime legendary-grade items?!

Perhaps only the profoundly resourceful national treasury of the Great Xia Military Department could barely compare to it!

Thinking of this, every single member of Evernight looked at Zhou Huai as if they were looking at a deity descended to the mortal world!

"Long live the master!!!"

Someone took the lead, and another roar rang out.

"Long live the master! Long live the master! Long live the master!!!"

Earth-shattering cheers erupted, even more fierce and crazy than before. Everyone trembled with extreme excitement.

Zhou Huai quietly watched this scene, and until the crowd's emotions had vented almost enough, he waved his hand to signal everyone to quiet down.

"Qin Ming, Jasmine." Zhou Huai smiled and called their names.

The two people standing at the very front trembled all over, stepped forward, knelt on one knee, and said with trembling voices, "Your subordinates are here!"

Zhou Huai pointed at the five legendary-grade pieces of equipment at the very top of the equipment mountain that were exuding terrifying coercion, his tone gentle: "The two of you, as the Vice Guild Leader and core backbone of Evernight, have made monumental contributions in this national war. Go pick one each of those five legendary-grade pieces of equipment and put them on immediately."

Qin Ming raised his head, his eye sockets slightly red: "Master! Th-this is too precious! This subordinate's life belongs to you, why would I need..."

"Cut the crap." Zhou Huai interrupted him with a smile: "You know my rules well; contributions must be rewarded. Put it on so you can kill more enemies for me."

Qin Ming and Jasmine exchanged glances, no longer declining, and kowtowed heavily: "Thank you, Master, for bestowing the treasure!"

The two stood up and walked towards the equipment mountain. Qin Ming without suspense grasped the dagger burning with dark red flames, while Jasmine chose the pair of petite earrings.

Watching the two caress their new weapons as if they couldn't bear to part with them, Zhou Huai nodded slightly, then his gaze swept past the crowd, looking towards a patch of shadows in the corner of the hall, and he spoke:

"Chu He, Mo Hen, come out."

As soon as his voice fell, the shadows in the corner of the hall wriggled like living creatures.

Immediately following that, two figures radiating the coercion of an S-Rank Expert walked out from the shadows. They did not have the slightest arrogance of an S-Rank Expert, walking straight in front of Zhou Huai, dropping to their knees with a thud, kneeling on both knees with utmost respect.

"Your subordinate, Chu He!"

"Your subordinate, Mo Hen!"

"Greetings, Master!"

The entire audience was shocked! Especially those ordinary members who had never seen the two before; feeling the terrifying auras belonging to the S-Rank Experts, all of them wore looks of utter terror.

Zhou Huai looked down condescendingly at these two top experts who formerly belonged to the Dawnbreaker Guild. Now, under the dual effects of Li Er's Words Become Law and Moria's Demon Lord Contract, they had become the most loyal and fanatical believers.

"You two also go pick a legendary-grade weapon."

A wild, grinning ecstasy appeared on Chu He's scar-covered face, while Mo Hen, who had always been reticent, also had eyes full of excitement.

"After you finish picking, you have a new task." Zhou Huai's gaze became stern: "From now on, the two of you S-Levels will be specifically responsible for leading the guild's brothers into Advanced Secret Realms to rapidly raise their Level. Don't let me down, because later on, we still have hard battles to fight. If your strength is not enough, you will only end up as cannon fodder!"

Chu He grabbed the giant beast heart-protecting mirror from the equipment mountain, split his big mouth open to reveal a set of stark white teeth, and heavily patted his chest: "Hehe! Master, you can rest easy! Leave it to old Chu! Whichever little bastard dares to slack off and not level up, this daddy will skin him alive!"

Mo Hen silently took down the thunder longbow and knocked his head deeply against the ground: "Mo Hen will definitely not fail the master's heavy trust."

After finishing all this, Zhou Huai's gaze fell back onto Jasmine, and he instructed:

"Jasmine, the remaining last legendary-grade magic robe and these thousands of Epic-grade pieces of equipment will be handled by you and Qin Ming. Distribute them entirely based on everyone's contributions and career characteristics. I don't want to see a single piece of equipment gathering dust in the warehouse; get them all worn on our brothers' bodies!"

"Yes, Master!" Jasmine acknowledged the order.

Zhou Huai paused, his tone turning extremely solemn: "Once the equipment is fully distributed and everyone has familiarized themselves with their new power, I need you to continue leading teams into the Abyss of Mist ruins to crazily collect one thing for me—Mortal Demon Source Stone!"