Chapter 1442: Shocking! Barbarian Divine Guard Tokens

Soon the disciples stepped forward one after another and handed in their proof of kills. Only a small number of them had actually killed any barbarians. Even then, the tokens all belonged to ordinary barbarian soldiers or barbarian guards. None of them carried the identity token of a barbarian leader.

Next came Chu Tiange, Fairy Qingping, and the others. They also submitted their tokens. Among them, Fairy Qingping had the highest number with four tokens. She even surpassed Yin Jian by one.

The others each produced one or two tokens. At least no one returned empty-handed.

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Hm?

Not a single barbarian leader token has appeared so far?"

The middle-aged officer felt a trace of surprise.

Could it be that the barbarian leader had truly died together with Su Ming?

Among the people present, only Yin Jian, Feng Shaoan, and Su Ming had the strength to challenge the barbarian leader inside the Dead Soul Devil Abyss.

Finally Ling Feng stepped forward as the last one.

He placed six tokens directly on the table.

He had taken these tokens from Su Ming and from several disciples who had died in the volcanic lava cave. Strictly speaking, he had not fought those ordinary barbarian remnants head-on.

"Six?"

The officer inspected them one by one and nodded.

"Not bad. You have the highest number of barbarian kills among them. Unfortunately, none of you managed to claim the greatest merit by killing the barbarian leader. Very well. You may return. I will report the results truthfully to Supreme Elder Xu so rewards can be distributed according to merit."

"Elder, please wait a moment. I still have something I haven't taken out yet."

Ling Feng smiled faintly.

He opened his storage spirit ring, took out a shriveled head, and tossed it onto the table. A sword hole pierced through the skull. Ling Feng inserted the identity token directly into that hole.

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Hm?

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The officer's eyelid jumped.

He looked at the name on the token.

Aluyin!

The rank marked on the token clearly identified him as the leader of this barbarian remnant force.

"Goodness, boy. I didn't expect the greatest merit to fall into your hands!"

The officer was deeply shocked.

Yin Jian and Feng Shaoan were both top-tier experts below the Great Emperor level. Yet neither of them had managed to secure the kill. Instead the barbarian leader had died at the hands of this Spiritual Sea Realm youth.

"I was just lucky. I stumbled into the cave where the barbarian leader was hiding. I also practice some body refinement techniques. That was how I managed to kill him."

Ling Feng spoke calmly.

In truth, Aluyin's head was not even the real highlight. The items he planned to reveal next would be the true contribution.

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Haha!

You accomplished such a great feat yet remain so calm. Good. Very good! Supreme Elder Xu will surely be pleased to know that someone worthy will inherit his Astral Dragon Shield. Hahaha!"

The officer stroked his beard and laughed.

"You are Ling Feng, correct? Keep working hard. Very well, you may go. I must report this news to Supreme Elder Xu immediately."

"

Ahem...

"

Ling Feng rubbed the bridge of his nose and continued.

"Elder, I still have something else to present. No need to rush."

"There's more?"

The officer frowned and looked at Ling Feng with slight annoyance.

"If they are just more tokens from ordinary barbarian soldiers, why didn't you present them earlier?"

These were not ordinary barbarian soldiers.

Ling Feng thought to himself.

After all, these belonged to four Great Emperors.

He placed four more tokens onto the table.

"Another four tokens, is that it?"

The officer grabbed the tokens and raised his brush, ready to change the earlier record from six to ten. Suddenly his eyelid twitched. He noticed something unusual.

These four tokens were forged from a special mineral. Blades could not damage them. Fire and water had no effect on them. Their quality rivaled high-grade spiritual artifacts.

If even the token possessed such material, how could it belong to an ordinary soldier?

The officer flipped the tokens over and looked closely.

He nearly choked on his own breath.

"B-Barbarian Divine Guard!"

The officer sucked in a sharp breath.

The title Barbarian Divine Guard represented Great Emperor experts who had reached at least the fifth level of the Divine Destiny Realm!

Even someone at his level would lose his life in a single move if one of those guards attacked him.

Yet Ling Feng held four Barbarian Divine Guard tokens!

Did that mean this boy had killed four Barbarian Divine Guards in succession?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Barbarian Divine Guards were terrifying figures. Even if one assumed the impossible, those guards normally remained stationed in the Barbarian God Temple. Why would they suddenly appear inside the Dead Soul Devil Abyss?

And four of them had appeared together!

𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"Boy, where did you get these four tokens? Speak the truth at once!"

The officer's expression turned stern. The admiration from earlier vanished and was replaced with anger and suspicion.

In his eyes, Ling Feng now looked like someone attempting to claim false merit.

"I killed their owners and took them from the corpses."

Ling Feng shrugged.

In truth, he knew nothing about Barbarian Divine Guards. He had simply assumed they were four ordinary barbarian Great Emperors. Tokens belonging to Great Emperor experts had to be worth far more than those of common soldiers.

"You claim you killed four Barbarian Divine Guards?"

The officer stared at Ling Feng for a long moment. Then he suddenly burst into loud laughter.

"Everyone listen carefully. This boy says he killed four Barbarian Divine Guards!"

The surrounding disciples who had gathered to watch could not hold back their laughter.

Barbarian Divine Guards were not enemies one could kill casually.

Those experts possessed strength at the fifth level of the Divine Destiny Realm or higher. They spent their lives guarding the Barbarian God Temple. Even disciples who had remained in the Land of War for decades might never see a living Barbarian Divine Guard.

Yet Ling Feng claimed he had killed four of them!

"This kid must be crazy. If he wants to cheat merit, he should at least make it believable. He even forged Barbarian Divine Guard tokens. How stupid!"

"How could he possibly kill a Barbarian Divine Guard? Even inside the Dead Soul Devil Abyss where strength is suppressed, he is only a Spiritual Sea Realm cultivator. He is not even a Human Emperor. What ability could he have? I could not kill one myself. Hahaha!"

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Hmph!

Now that I think about it, even that barbarian leader's head and token might be fake. For all we know, everything he presented is forged!"

The entire square erupted into chaos.

Almost everyone concluded that Ling Feng could never have killed Barbarian Divine Guards. Some even claimed he had not earned a single merit at all. In their eyes every token was forged to deceive the Hall of War and steal military rewards.

Such behavior carried a severe punishment according to the rules of the Hall of War. The offender could be sentenced to death by slow slicing.

In the span of moments, Ling Feng changed from the lucky disciple who had claimed the greatest merit into a fraud condemned by the crowd.

The reaction was not entirely surprising.

Barbarian Divine Guards possessed a special status. Ling Feng had suddenly produced four of their tokens. The shock was simply too great. No one wanted to believe it.

More accurately, no one dared to believe it.

Even inside the Dead Soul Devil Abyss, how could a mere Spiritual Sea Realm cultivator kill Barbarian Divine Guards?

The idea sounded completely absurd!