Chapter 218 - Major Grandmaster (1/2)

Old school six-star martial artist, Ni Kun, who had lived through many storms of shots and shells, was dead.

The last battle of his life was neither splendid nor grand and spectacular.

Losing his lively life in such a dull battle left many people somewhat dismayed. He was killed by a martial artist of the same level instantly.

Wang Hao lightly shook his wrist as he hid the Netherworld Shadowless Needle back into his sleeve. Curiosity quickly flashed past his eyes before a jubilant smile appeared on his face. He kept on applauding as he said, “Sure enough, I didn’t misjudge the person. By taking the evolution pearl, I believe your future martial dao will be unimpeded.”

“I would also like to thank the General.” Chen Feiyu lightly cupped his hand. “Without you, I may not have had the chance to break through in this life.”

Hearing this, Wang Hao broke into laughter as his entire body exuded a heroic and domineering aura. He looked completely satisfied with Chen Feiyu’s reply. He had only mentioned evolution pearl once, and the other party immediately responded. Furthermore, he even used “in this life” to describe it. Such a huge favor would play a huge role in the days to come.

Chen Feiyu simply accompanied Wang Hao with his laughter. There were obvious differences in the understanding of “I may not have had the chance to break through in this life” between the two.

Had it been an ordinary day, Wang Hao would have clearly noticed the deep resentment hidden in Chen Feiyu’s tone for sure. But today, Wang Hao had encountered too many things that had stirred his emotions. Also, although the possessor of the Copper Solar Constitution wasn’t as strong as Qin Fen, he still had unlimited future prospects. Rarely would he make any misjudgments.

Ming Kun, who was following Chen Feiyu, suspiciously sized him up. That momentary eruption in his strength almost violated all the martial art’s common sense. He wasn’t like Qin Fen, who relied purely on his physical strength to push his speed, but rather with the combination of true energy and physical strength to achieve that kind of eruption.

Indeed, Chen Feiyu could use this skill during his fights in Gruesome Madness. However, the growth of this skill with the improvement of Chen Feiyu’s strength was simply too much.

Previously, this technique still had a bit of flaw in it. Perhaps it was highly improbable for the same level six-star martial artist to notice it, but it was absolutely impossible to hoodwink a higher star-class martial artist.

But today, Ming Kun couldn’t see any glaring flaws in this technique at all. It was as natural as the floating clouds and flowing water.

Unless this skill had been instructed by some highly talented master. Otherwise, even if Chen Feiyu had God-given wisdom and talent, it would be impossible for Chen Feiyu to breakthrough and eliminate the flaws in just a week or so!

A master!? Thinking of a highly talented master, Ming Kun’s face was laced with even more uncertainty. These days, Chen Feiyu had only been in contact with Qin Fen before entering their territory.

However, if Qin Fen was that master who guided Chen Feiyu, Ming Kun would be the first to deny it!

As everyone returned to the hall, the soldiers who had seen the fight were all looking at Chen Feiyu with awe in their eyes. It was as if they had completely forgotten that this man had just arrogantly made a seemingly unreasonable request to the General. They had completely forgotten that this newly recruited member had personally killed Ni Kun, who had once fought with them side by side.

And when their gazes fell upon Qin Fen, their eyes were filled with more than just praise and admiration.

Qin Fen didn’t feel much discomfort at all. He might have lived here for only a short period of time, but he fully understood the philosophy of the jungle. It was a place where the weak were the prey to the strong.

Only those who were stronger, more ruthless, and had hands dyed in more blood than the others could survive here!

Sitting in the most central location was Wang Hao, looking quite a bit like an ancient emperor. With a face beaming with smiles, he spread his arms out. “Everyone, my Emperor Army had always been fair in meting out rewards or punishments. It’s like the Federation where it depends on seniority. Today, everyone has seen Qin Fen’s performance. With his pair of iron hands, he tore the life out of an eight-star mutated beast, earning a ton of powder for my Emperor Army. He has made great contributions by destroying the face of Wu Lianda’s Black Cloud Army! Although he was a recruit before, this General will now promote him to the rank of major in accordance with the rules.”

Just as Wang Hao said this, Qin Fen could hear the gasps of everyone in the hall who was participating in the meeting.

Everyone stood gazing at each other, being at a loss as to what to do. Although the rank system of the Golden Triangle wasn’t like that of the Federation, which depended on the terms of seniority, every promotion and demotion in here was carried out depending on the military merit.

But, just a moment ago, Qin Fen was just a recruit, and in the next second, he was a major. Even in the Golden Triangle, this kind of thing was rarely seen.

Major! There were only a few in the Emperor Army! But they were considered VIP who could command more than five hundred people! It would not be too much to say that they were a feudal lord of a region.

He went into seclusion training, and the very first day he came out, he fought in a life and deathmatch and it was enough to turn him into a small feudal lord of a region!? Everyone sitting in the room didn’t say anything but some disagreement could clearly be seen in their eyes.

Everyone’s look was in Wang Hao’s full view. There was a faint complacent smile on his lips.

He needed precisely this kind of reaction! Qin Fen had beat the life out of an eight-star mutated beast with his fist just after entering the Emperor Army. If he couldn’t stir up a dissatisfaction towards Qin Fen in others, it would naturally turn into awe and admiration, which would ultimately make many things difficult.

Dissatisfied as everyone was, they didn’t really raise any objections. Not too long ago, Qin Fen had torn the fish-scaled gorilla into two with his bare hands as wildly as a demon. That scene was still vivid in their minds. No one wanted to offend him at this juncture.

“Haha…” Wang Hao broke into a light laugh. “Then, it’s decided! Qin Fen will be awarded the rank of a major!”

Qin Fen started to think that he was in the Federation, a recruit who had not truly left the recruit camp. Yet having arrived here, he’s already been promoted to the ranks of a major in the blink of an eye. God knows how those drill instructors would react when they came to know of this matter.

Everyone hastily stood up and congratulated him. Qin Fen kept on nodding with a slight smile on his lips.

Once the commotion died down, Wang Hao opened his mouth again, “However, my Emperor Army currently has no redundant position for a major battalion commander. As Major Qin has just entered my Emperor Army, I am afraid he has no experience in large-scale commands. I think it’s better to start with a team of a few dozen men!”

As everyone returned to their original seats, many of them had intriguing smiles on their faces. The rank of major with no real military power in exchange for a ton of powder. General, this deal is worth it!

With Qin Fen appointed as a nominal major, naturally, everyone wouldn’t be dissatisfied with Qin Fen. More importantly, no one would be dissatisfied with Wang Hao’s sudden promotion of new recruits.

Qin Fen gave a standard military salute to Wang Hao as he similarly sneered in his heart.* A dozen or so subordinates!? Officially, it’s giving me subordinates, but in fact, I’m afraid it’s more like keeping an eye on me, isn’t it?*

“As for Chen Feiyu…” Wang Hao dragged his words as he looked somewhat embarrassed.

This man hasn’t made the slightest bit of contribution. What’s more, the first thing he did after exiting his secluded training was kill my second lieutenant. In any case, he can’t be rewarded, let alone given a higher rank.

Wang Hao heaved a sigh. “How about you start as a private first?”

The foundation of the rapid development of the Emperor Army was the clear distinction between rewards and punishments. That was the only reason that the centripetal force of today’s army could be achieved. If because of Chen Feiyu, he broke the rules, it was highly likely that nobody would be here tomorrow.

In the Golden Triangle, those who had the ability would always go up and those who were mediocre would go down. This was the iron law followed by every lord of this place. If anyone failed to follow this rule, his or her subordinates would feel that there weren’t any bright prospects with him or her. They would disperse overnight. And it was not rare for them to run to the enemy camp.

Chen Feiyu gave a military salute that was much worse than Qin Fen. After all, he did not have any experience of serving in the army, unlike Qin Fen, who had military spirit forcefully instilled into him by many drill instructors.

“Finally, Lin Ling…” Wang Hao pondered in silence for a bit. “You should also start as a private. Lieutenant Colonel Ming Kun, you will see which unit has a vacancy and assign her to it.”

“I want to be Qin Fen.” Lin Ling immediately reached out and grabbed Qin Fen’s arm as she proclaimed in an ice-cold and resolute voice that wasn’t too loud but enough for everyone to hear it clearly.

“This won’t do.” Wang Hao’s face suddenly darkened. “My Emperor Army has its own rules, everyone must obey the arrangements. Since you have joined my Emperor Army, you must obey it completely.”

“I want to be with Qin Fen.”

Lin Ling’s voice was more determined as she stared back at Wang Hao with an uncompromising attitude.

“Private Lin Ling.” Wang Hao’s face clouded even more as his eyes radiated with a blade-like cold gleam. “This is Emperor Army, all you can do is obey.”

“I want to be with Qin Fen.”

Lin Ling’s tone was already filled with stubbornness. She was completely ignoring that gloomy look of Wang Hao’s.

For a moment, the frostiness on Wang Hao’s face grew thicker as the sharp look in his eyes slowly became deep and silent.

It was always quiet before a storm.

“General.” Ming Kun’s shout broke the silence of the hall. “I just checked, almost every place is full. But Major Qin doesn’t have any subordinates under him.”

Wang Hao’s clouded face slowly turned warmer as he waved his hand. “Since that’s the case, then, assign her under Major Qin.”

Everyone present in here repeatedly sighed in their heart. In the Emperor Army, only Lieutenant Colonel Ming Kun could speak in this kind of situation without infuriating General.

“Lieutenant Colonel Ming Kun, assign other members of Major Qin’s squad.” Wang Hao slightly pondered a bit. “His squad will have ten members. Since Major Qin has just joined, there are many things he still isn’t clear about. Assign three seasoned soldiers to help him.”

“Yes, General.” Giving a salute to Wang Hao, Ming Kun arrived before Qin Fen and said, “Major Qin, please follow me.”

Very soon, Qin Fen’s men were all assigned to him. Apart from Lin Ling, there were nine other men in his squad.

Only, the composition of his men wasn’t the same as Wang Hao said, which was three seasoned soldiers and six recruits.

All nine men were seasoned soldiers! The only difference was that the six seasoned soldiers were pretending to be recruits, while the other three simply didn’t need to pretend.

The nine men introduced themselves. Watching the six-seasoned soldiers doing their best to disguise themselves as recruits, Qin Fen sneered and smiled coldly in his heart.

They attained a certain level in disguise. Even a seasoned soldier with some experience might be fooled by them.

Unfortunately, compared to the skills of the camouflage drill instructor of recruit camp, as well as the tough psychological analysis skills of Squad Leader Hao, the skills of these six old soldiers who were pretending to be recruit truly looked somewhat immature.

After a simple introduction, Qin Fen turned his head and asked, “Lieutenant Colonel Ming Kun, can I take my people to choose their weapons now?”

“Of course.” Ming Kun shrugged his shoulder. “General has always wanted to create a rapid action special force like that of Federations. However, he had never found the right talent. Major Qin has killed his way through the Federation and even killed special forces. I think this can also be a specialty in this regard. General gave you this squad because he is hoping that you can train a special force that could counter the Federation’s special forces.”

“I will try my best.”

Qin Fen did not decline and followed Ming Kun.

The nine seasoned soldiers that followed Qin Fen sized him up. They had all heard of him killing an eight-star fish-scaled gorilla with his bare hands.

However, hearing and personally seeing with their own eyes were two different things.

The seasoned soldiers were somewhat skeptical about such rumors. They even believed that their omnipotent General Wang Hao had used some special means to help Qin Fen kill the fish-scaled gorilla.

A six-star martial artist killing an eight-star fish-scaled gorilla was basically no different from fantasy.

Under Ming Kun’s leadership, Emperor Army’s armory was as open as a supermarket to Qin Fen. He could take people to choose any weapon or part that he wanted.