Looking at the flushed faces in the hall and listening to the deafening roar that seemed to lift the roof off, Zhou Huai smiled on his pale face.

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

The movements were gentle, yet possessed a magical quality.

The shouts abruptly ceased, and the entire hall fell silent. Thousands of burning eyes focused solely on Zhou Huai.

"Fighting is not just about risking your lives, but also about testing your strength and resources." Zhou Huai's calm voice echoed in the hall: "You are fighting bravely on the front lines, shedding blood and sweat. As the commander, I will not let you shed blood and tears."

"Now, let's reward those who have made contributions!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Huai waved his hand.

Buzz—!

With a crisp spatial tremor, a beam of light shot out from the storage ring on his finger, heading straight for the dome of the hall!

Immediately afterwards, to everyone's astonishment, a series of clanging metallic sounds cascaded down like a waterfall.

Longswords gleaming with light, heavy tower shields, and suits of armor exuding a chilling aura fell from mid-air.

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

During this period, the master craftsman Ou Yezi has not stopped for a moment. He spends 24 hours a day in the forging room of the high-temperature furnace, turning the massive amount of high-level alien beast materials plundered from the ruins into ready-made combat power. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Now that it's all being unleashed at once, the terrifying energy surge it generates causes the air pressure in the hall to drop.

"hiss--"

A series of uniform gasps of astonishment echoed throughout the formation of thousands of people.

Even these hardened warriors who had just crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood were so shocked by the scene before them that their minds went blank.

"My God... so much equipment, there must be at least a thousand pieces!"

"Are you blind? Look at that luster, look at those energy patterns! Is that ordinary equipment? Most of it is top-tier, epic quality or higher!"

"Gulp... Look at those five items on top! That... that golden light... those are legendary items?!"

Someone in the crowd screamed, and everyone's attention was drawn to the five pieces of equipment at the very top of the equipment mountain.

Five legendary pieces of equipment!

The oppressive aura emanating from them even made some of the lower-ranking members in the front row feel breathless.

Everyone's eyes widened, their pupils bloodshot with fervor, and they swallowed hard.

That's incredibly generous! So incredibly generous!

Looking across the entire Great Xia Dynasty, or even the entire world, which guild could produce over a thousand pieces of epic-grade or higher equipment at once, including five legendary-grade items that are extremely rare and hard to come by?!

Only the vast national treasury of the Great Xia military could barely compare to it!

Thinking of this, every member of the Eternal Night looked at Zhou Huai as if he were a god descended to earth!

Long live the Lord!!!

Someone took the lead, and another roar erupted.

"Long live the Lord! Long live the Lord! Long live the Lord!!!"

A deafening roar of cheers erupted, even more intense and frenzied than before, with everyone trembling with extreme excitement.

Zhou Huai watched this scene quietly until everyone had vented their emotions, then he waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

"Qin Ming, Jasmine," Zhou Huai called out with a smile.

The two men at the front trembled, stepped forward, knelt on one knee, and said in trembling voices, "Your subordinates are here!"

Zhou Huai pointed to the five legendary pieces of equipment at the very top of the equipment mountain, which exuded a terrifying aura, and said in a gentle tone: "You two, as the vice presidents and core members of Eternal Night, have made great contributions to this national war. Each of you should choose one of those five legendary pieces of equipment and put it on immediately."

Qin Ming raised his head, his eyes slightly red: "My lord! This...this is too precious! My life belongs to you, why should I..."

"Enough with the nonsense." Zhou Huai interrupted him, smiling. "You all know my rules: those who perform meritorious service will be rewarded. Wearing this will allow you to kill more enemies for me."

Qin Ming and Jasmine exchanged a glance, then stopped refusing and kowtowed deeply: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for bestowing this treasure!"

The two got up and headed towards the equipment mountain. Qin Ming unsurprisingly grabbed the dagger burning with dark red flames, while Jasmine chose the pair of delicate earrings.

Watching the two caress their new weapon with obvious delight, Zhou Huai nodded slightly, then looked past the crowd to a shadowy spot in the corner of the hall, and said:

"Chuhe, Mohen, come out."

As soon as he finished speaking, the shadows in the corner of the hall began to writhe as if they were alive.

Immediately afterwards, two figures {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} exuding the aura of S-rank powerhouses emerged from the shadows. They showed no arrogance befitting S-rank powerhouses, walking straight up to Zhou Huai and kneeling down with utmost respect.

"Your subordinate, Chu He!"

"Your subordinate, Mohen!"

"Greetings, my lord!"

The entire audience was shocked! Especially the ordinary members who had never seen the two before, they were all horrified when they felt the terrifying aura of the two S-class powerhouses.

Zhou Huai looked down at these two former top experts of the Dawn Guild, who had now become the most loyal and fanatical believers under the dual influence of Li Er's words becoming law and the contract with Moria the Demon Lord.

"You should also go and pick out a legendary quality weapon."

Chu He's scarred face broke into a wild, savage grin, while Mo Hen, who had been silent all along, was also filled with excitement.

"After you've finished your selection, you have a new task." Zhou Huai's eyes turned cold: "From now on, you two S-rank members will be specifically responsible for leading the guild's brothers to high-level dungeons to quickly improve their levels. Don't disappoint me, because we still have tough battles to fight later. If you're not strong enough, you'll just become cannon fodder!"

Chu He grabbed the giant beast-shaped breastplate from the equipment mountain, grinned, revealing his gleaming white teeth, and patted his chest forcefully: "Hehe! Master, you can rest assured! Leave it to me, Old Chu! If any brat dares to slack off and not level up, I'll skin him alive!"

Mohen silently took down the Thunder Longbow and kowtowed deeply to the ground: "Mohen will not fail the master's trust."

After doing all this, Zhou Huai's gaze returned to Jasmine, and he gave the following instructions:

"Jasmine, you and Qin Ming are in charge of distributing the last legendary robe and these thousands of epic-level equipment pieces according to everyone's contributions and class characteristics. I don't want to see any equipment gathering dust in the warehouse; put them all on the brothers!"

“Yes, my lord!” Jasmine replied.

Zhou Huai paused, his tone becoming extremely serious: "Once all the equipment has been distributed and everyone is familiar with their new powers, I need you to continue leading the teams into the Misty Abyss Ruins to frantically collect one thing for me—Mortal Demon Source Stones!"