Chapter 1962: Year-End Assembly (7)

Gu Zhan was praising Shangguan Ting.

But Shangguan Ting's face had already stiffened.

Not just her—the entire venue erupted.

Especially the seats of the Jade Squadron and the Phantom Squadron.

After all, the better the results, the later they're announced—that's the usual practice.

Now they're announcing the Phantom Squadron's results first, and everyone knows the Phantom Squadron is second this month.

And… with a terrifying score of 17.36 million, they still only rank second.

Ordinary people really find it hard to imagine.

This record roughly equates to combat power.

In other words, the Phantom Squadron destroyed enemies worth 17.36 million combat power this month.

Of course, it's definitely converted combat power, but no matter how you convert it, it's still not low.

The lords of the Phantom Squadron looked to the left in unison.

"Damn it… how?"

"Impossible, right? This month Captain Shangguan took the other captains and wiped out the Dragon's Lair, didn't she? That still wasn't enough?"

"So that's how we got past 17 million this month. I thought it was enough too."

"What on earth did the Jade Squadron do? How are they higher than us?"

"No idea. Commander Gu is still playing it close, hasn't said yet."

"I don't think we can be second. Probably the Jade Squadron just didn't make the rankings this time."

"Are you okay? I can't believe it either, but there's no way they didn't make the rankings."

"Cheating!"

"Yeah, it has to be cheating!"

"What kind of cheating? You think those vice commanders are just freeloaders?"

"Then what's going on? How high is their score exactly?"

"Hard to say, probably at least around 17.5 million?"

"Damn, they're looking over here, looking so smug."

"Doesn't matter, let them be smug for a bit. They only beat us by one month. We're ahead of them by several million for the whole year. The annual prize is what really matters."

"You're right."

The Jade Squadron was naturally very excited.

No need to mention the low tier lords—Li Ruanyu wouldn't possibly take low tier lords out to fight.

But all the low tier lords bought extremely cheap Experience Fruits, all under 1 silver coin.

Even the female lords received a full set of fashion.

Even male lords with female heroes received an extremely powerful set of fashion.

Of course they had to pay, but compared to the quality of the fashion, the money paid was practically a token charge.

Fashion of this level is equivalent to getting top-tier equipment in the newbie village.

Even though there's only one set, it's a huge help to them.

At the very least, fighting enemies of the same level will be much easier.

And the Experience Fruits the high tier lords bought were also very cheap. Even though part of the discount was passed to the low tier lords, the Experience Fruits they bought were still only 2 silver coins—much cheaper than the market.

It's purely a benefit.

And the high tier lords got even more fashion.

No longer limited to one set per lord—instead distributed based on actual circumstances, given to female lords, or to female heroes.

Each lord got several sets.

Likewise, pajamas were also distributed.

And the pajamas are unisex—anyone can use them.

One could say…

Starting from this month…

The entire Jade Squadron has completely taken off.

Of course… some lords did resell their Experience Fruits and fashion.

But that behavior is truly killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

And it's an extremely rare case.

It only affects their own development.

It doesn't matter if the fashion spreads out—the quantity is small, and once the durability wears out, it's gone.

And no one knows this was done by Zhao Chi.

The source of all the lords' fashion is Li Ruanyu—master-level tailor Li Ruanyu, the goddaughter of General Yan Ling, Commander-in-Chief of the World-Breaking Army, Li Ruanyu.

Whether her identity or her night shift, everything is perfectly reasonable, and no one dares cause trouble.

On top of that, this month Li Ruanyu led the high tier lords in constant campaigns, with a very high sortie frequency.

Most importantly, Li Ruanyu's personal sortie frequency was extremely high.

With the extremely high morale boost from the Carefree Spring, Li Ruanyu's entire army never grew war-weary from continuous combat.

They were in great condition for every battle.

Combined with their extremely fast stamina recovery, they barely got tired on the battlefield. They were already extremely strong, and now they've advanced by leaps and bounds.

And with their ultra-high energy recovery speed, after battle they only need a very short time to fully recover and can move on to the next fight.

Because of this, whenever the other lords of the Jadeite Squadron went into battle, Li Ruanyu was able to accompany them almost every time.

At dawn, she went out with Tieshan's squad.

In the morning, she went out with Mo Ming's squad.

At noon, she went out with Yin Tenglong's squad.

In the afternoon, she went out with…

At dusk, she went out with…

With Li Ruanyu — this strongest combatant — participating around the clock, every squad achieved a complete victory, with minimal losses and impressive results.

Moreover, the enemies chosen were all somewhat weaker ones.

It could be said that within these twenty million battle merits, Li Ruanyu alone contributed an enormous amount.