Chapter 32: Assisted by an Expert? An Unusual Background

"Wh... what? Captain, are you saying that you saw Zhou Chu at the 55th Demon Cave?"

The scout was stunned at first, and when he reacted, his eyes instantly widened like copper bells, his face full of astonishment.

"Isn't he just a novice who bound an F-rank Soul Profession? How is it possible..."

The scout looked incredulous, his mind feeling like a tangled mess, completely unable to make sense of it.

Jia Mengshan's expression was grave as he nodded slowly: "That's right. According to the medical team members, Zhou Chu not only successfully controlled those Main General-Rank corpse demons but also saved the medical team and several wounded from the Vanguard Team."

The scout furrowed his brows tightly and said with a puzzled face: "This is too illogical, Captain. For an F-rank Soul Professional, the 55th Demon Cave is a certain death trap. Even our Exorcism Army's Vanguard Team is helpless there."

"Could it be that female Soul Professional named Xina is helping him?"

At this moment, Jia Mengshan was pondering in his heart.

He also felt that this was the only possibility.

However, those who can walk through a Demon Cave as if it were empty are few and far between; they must at least be a 7th Rank Soul Professional.

In the entire Shenxia Empire, apart from the City Lords of the major cities, the only one in the Exorcism Army who could barely count as having 7th Rank strength was Grand Commander Long Aofei.

The reason Jia Mengshan added the word "barely" was because although Long Aofei had the strength to advance to the 7th Rank, he had been stuck at level 70 for a long time and had never truly stepped into the ranks of 7th Rank Soul Professionals.

Moreover, female Soul Professionals with 7th Rank strength in Shenxia were even rarer.

Usually, Soul Professionals who reach this level are at least 50 years old.

But according to the medical team member's description, this Xina looked only in her 20s, which was truly baffling.

Jia Mengshan racked his brains but could not think of such a person in the Shenxia Empire.

Which mysterious expert could it be, who actually brought a novice like Zhou Chu to train in such a dangerous Calamity Front?

Just as everyone was completely baffled, a monitor suddenly let out an exclamation: "My God, the 55th Demon Cave! The 55th Demon Cave has been wiped out!"

Hearing this, Jia Mengshan's breath hitched, and he asked in disbelief: "What? The 55th Demon Cave has been wiped out? How is this possible?"

The scout also looked at the monitor in shock and asked urgently: "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong? Is it really the 55th Demon Cave?"

The monitor replied with certainty: "Absolutely correct! The detection instrument shows that the Calamity Qi of the 55th Demon Cave is dissipating rapidly, and the energy fluctuations of the Magic Source Core have disappeared; these are typical characteristics of a Demon Cave being destroyed."

The camp fell silent instantly, and everyone was left speechless by this sudden news.

After a moment, Jia Mengshan broke the silence first and hurriedly said to the monitor: "I heard Lin Yue'er went to the 55th Demon Cave to follow Zhou Chu; hurry up and contact her to see if you can get through!"

The monitor acted immediately, but after some attempts, he shook his head helplessly: "Captain, I can't reach her. It might be that the Calamity Qi at the 55th Demon Cave hasn't completely dissipated, interfering with the communication signal."

Jia Mengshan's brows were locked, and he was burning with anxiety.

Although Lin Yue'er was an SS-level War Priest with decent self-preservation abilities, it was absolutely impossible for the two of them alone to wipe out the 55th Demon Cave.

It was one thing that Zhou Chu couldn't be reached before, but now that even Lin Yue'er had no signal, how could he not be worried?

Lin Yue'er was a top student sent by the National Defense University to Scout Team 1; if something happened to her, how would he answer to his superiors?

As things stood, he had no choice but to go to the 55th Demon Cave himself.

At this time, Zhou Chu and Lin Yue'er were riding a cave demon on their way back to the base.

Zhou Chu was holding a Purification Stone filled with Disaster Energy in his arms, a triumphant smile on his face.

"Senior, how much military merit do you think this Purification Stone can be exchanged for? I can't wait." Zhou Chu was so excited his mouth was almost reaching the back of his head.

Lin Yue'er glanced at him and chided: "Stop being so full of yourself. Although we took down the 55th Demon Cave, don't get carried away; our success this time was purely due to luck!"

"By the way, Senior, why were you so bold back then, chasing after me directly?" Zhou Chu asked.

Lin Yue'er snorted and said: "It's all because of you, having no organizational discipline! Running off so fast by yourself without thinking of the consequences. If I hadn't come, your little life would have been gone."

Zhou Chu chuckled: "At worst, I'll share some of the military merit for destroying the 55th Demon Cave with you. When we get back, the Captain and the others will definitely have a bunch of questions to ask us; what should we say then?"

"You deserve the primary credit for destroying the 55th Demon Cave this time; I only helped a little, I definitely won't steal your credit..."

As she spoke, Lin Yue'er seemed to suddenly remember something and slapped her forehead, "Oh no, I was so happy I forgot to report the situation to the Captain!"

She hurriedly took out the Detection Instrument from behind her, only to find that the device had a large dent and was completely unusable.

In fact, if this Detection Instrument hadn't blocked an attack from a Pain Banshee for Lin Yue'er, she would have been seriously injured even if she hadn't died.

Lin Yue'er looked at the damaged Detection Instrument in her hand and sighed helplessly: "Sigh, this is great, now I can't contact the Captain."

Zhou Chu smiled and comforted her: "Senior, don't worry. We're almost back at the base anyway, we can explain it to the Captain then."

Lin Yue'er frowned and said: "I'm just afraid the Captain and the others are worried; they might have already sent people to look for us."

Just as the two were about to reach the base, the roar of motorcycles came from ahead.

Soon, a fully armed scout team riding motorcycles sped over.

Leading them was none other than Scout Team 1 Captain Jia Mengshan.

Seeing that Zhou Chu and Lin Yue'er were safe and sound, Jia Mengshan's heart finally settled.

The scout team members behind were the very same Scout Team 12 that had been saved by Zhou Chu earlier.

They had just finished their reconnaissance mission at the 69th Demon Cave and had set off with Jia Mengshan without stopping upon their return.

The members of Team 12 were all wide-eyed with surprise when they saw Zhou Chu appearing before them unscathed.

Zhou Chu was not only not dead, but he was alive and well.

And when they saw the Purification Stone in Zhou Chu's arms, everyone's eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.

Even the well-informed Jia Mengshan couldn't help but raise his brows slightly when he saw the Purification Stone exuding Calamity Aura in Zhou Chu's arms, revealing a hint of undisguised astonishment.

No matter how suspicious he was, no matter how much he couldn't believe what was before his eyes, after seeing this Purification Stone, he had to accept the fact that the 55th Demon Cave had been wiped out.

Jia Mengshan's gaze subconsciously looked behind Zhou Chu and Lin Yue'er for a moment, and he couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Is it just the two of you?"

Zhou Chu and Lin Yue'er were confused, but they still nodded subconsciously.

"Captain, it's just the two of us, there's no one else!" Lin Yue'er said, blinking her eyes.

Jia Mengshan then smiled and said: "Oh, that's good, let's head back quickly."

In fact, Jia Mengshan was looking for that female Soul Professional called Xina.

It was a pity that this powerful female Soul Professional did not appear, and Jia Mengshan could not help but feel secretly regretful.

It was obvious that this expert did not want to invite extra trouble, which was why she chose not to show herself.

The more powerful a person was, the more mysterious and unfathomable they often appeared.

For Zhou Chu to have such an expert's help, his true background must be extraordinary.