Achieving Demon Godhood from Unlocking Talents

"Not good!"

Sensing the anomaly and hearing the roar of his blood, the fallen Superpower Members looked on in horror.

Gao Hu, who was closest, held his breath, his face filled with shock as he felt a powerful sense of crisis.

BOOM!!

Before he could react.

The air cracked. A fist powered by a threefold Stacked Force shook everything!

Like a tidal wave that had gathered its strength, it surged forward, threatening to overturn everything in its path.

All they could see was the blur of a fist streaking toward Gao Hu’s head, showing no mercy.

In the blink of an eye.

The buzzing tremor of the air reached Gao Hu’s ears, wrapped in a gale that seemed to tear everything apart, promising annihilation.

The tidal wave of force blotted out the sky, fully formed, causing his pupils to constrict.

The strength in his body was completely suppressed, impossible to gather. The skin on his face, whipped by the fierce wind, rippled like the surface of water. It was clear he was too slow to react.

"Vice Captain Gao!"

"Brother Hu!"

Cries of alarm rang out one after another. Even Gao Hu himself could only stare, wide-eyed, watching helplessly as the Fist Seal crashed toward him, ready to heavily wound and crush him.

HUMMM!!

However, in the next instant.

The turbulent wind stilled. Everything came to an abrupt halt.

Like the calm after a tsunami, a pale fist stopped before his eyes, a mere half-inch from his head.

All killing intent vanished in that moment.

"This..."

Gao Hu was slightly stunned. The lingering gusts from the punch washed over his face, rustling his collar.

He then came to his senses, his fierce, tiger-like eyes widening as he stared fixedly at the man opposite him.

Lu Chao’s white shirt was stretched taut over his bulging muscles. With his back to the cracked floor-to-ceiling windows and the spilling sunlight, he slowly withdrew his fist and lowered his arm.

"Let me introduce myself."

His tone was calm. Lu Chao met his gaze, his eyes sweeping over all the squad members lying on the floor behind him, clutching their chests.

"My name is Lu Chao."

"The Lu for ’land,’ the Chao for ’surpass.’"

BANG!!

The chairs and benches behind Gao Hu all shattered, bursting apart with a CRACK.

Amidst flying splinters, the round conference table to one side also collapsed with a crash, kicking up a cloud of dust. It clearly couldn’t withstand the aftershock of that single punch.

In an instant, the atmosphere fell silent.

In the deathly quiet conference room, only dust motes drifted in the air. Everyone swallowed nervously as they stared at the man.

Even the team leader’s assistant, Wu Fang, stood to the side, stiff and shocked, her lips parted as she gazed at Lu Chao’s tall, imposing figure.

"From now on, I am the captain of the Fifth Squad."

"So."

He scanned the crowd, taking in their complex and shocked expressions before looking away.

Finally, Lu Chao’s gaze shifted back to Gao Hu, who stood before him with a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth and a complicated look on his face.

"Thank you for the match, Vice Captain Gao."

He extended his hand for a handshake, his tone solemn. "I look forward to working with you."

...

...

A dozen or so minutes later.

The members of the Fifth Squad were either cleaning up the broken tables and chairs in the conference room or being helped to the medical room for basic treatment.

Lu Chao had held back and hadn’t seriously injured anyone.

But even so.

He could feel that the way everyone looked at him had subtly changed.

Perhaps there was still some resistance, a difficulty in adapting, but it was no longer as intense as it had been initially.

Even Vice Captain Gao Hu had, in the end, suppressed his many emotions, given him a firm nod, and addressed him as ’Captain’ before leaving.

"Captain Lu..."

At his side, Wu Fang finally snapped out of her daze. Her expression complex, she walked closer and looked him up and down a few times.

Only now did she realize that she might have truly misjudged him.

Even if he couldn’t compare to Jiang Hua, he still had his own extraordinary qualities. He was by no means as ordinary as she had initially thought.

He paid her no mind.

Lu Chao knew that respecting strength was an iron-clad rule everywhere.

Whether in the Patrol Department or the Superpower Bureau.

And now that he had used his strength to win the respect he was due and officially taken over the Fifth Squad...

Well then.

"Assistant Wu."

Looking at her, Lu Chao took the opportunity to ask, "Could I trouble you to tell me about the Fifth Squad’s duties?"

...

「At the same time.」

Inside the Third Superpower Team.

"Leader, it seems that Captain Lu has some real strength. Looks like he even beat Gao Hu into submission."

"Do you think Leader Yao actually scored a capable officer out of this?"

Looking at the office chatter coming from the Third Squad, Assistant Qian was slightly surprised and reported it at once.

Li Xiyuan, who was still cultivating in the Martial Arts Cultivation Chamber, opened the communication. Although somewhat surprised, his expression remained placid.

"It’s fine."

He was wearing a loose, brown martial arts uniform, sitting cross-legged on the metal floor of the Cultivation Chamber. "After all, for him to receive an ’Excellence’ evaluation from the assessor in Yao Capital, he must have some degree of strength."

"And with a master at the Limit-Breaking Level personally training him, it’s only natural he’d have some trump cards. It’s not unusual for him to be able to temporarily boost his combat power to the peak of the Elite Level."

"However..."

He shook his head, his eyes calm. "At the end of the day, he’s still just a veteran Elite Level."

"Jiang Hua is far more outstanding. He’s a publicly acknowledged top genius in the East Port city circle. His Life Energy has already been developed to 97 points, just one step away from the Superpower Level."

"When you do the math, we still came out ahead."

With that said, Li Xiyuan put down the communicator.

’Lu Chao having some extraordinary ability was actually a relief to him.’

’This way, Yao Jin would have a harder time backing out of their deal. Only then could the more outstanding Jiang Hua truly be assigned under my command.’

’So that’s how it is.’

Assistant Qian understood his meaning and didn’t ask any more questions.

’The leader’s methods are truly brilliant,’ he thought. He quickly followed his instructions and, full of anticipation, began preparing for Jiang Hua’s subsequent appointment.

...

「For ten consecutive days.」

Lu Chao spent most of his energy on the squad’s affairs, gradually taking full control.

Although Vice Captain Gao Hu had a blunt and reckless personality, he was a man of his word and became very cooperative.

Because of this, the other squad members also gradually let go of their resistance and grew accustomed to his arrival.

’A veteran Elite Level Vice Captain, plus Chen Xiao and three field team leaders, making a total of eleven professional-grade members.’

Sitting in the squad captain’s office, Lu Chao flipped through the personnel files. ’The field teams, including Fang Xu, have another twenty-seven Fighting Level members, responsible for matters like intelligence gathering, combat support, and logistics for weapons.’

’Among the nine regular support personnel, there are two Alchemists and three professional physicians. Including Yuanqing, there are three junior Prosthetic Repairers and one professional hacker...’

Lu Chao memorized everyone’s name, Superpower Path, combat strength, and professional skills one by one.

This was his future team, a vital force he could freely deploy and command in battle.

’If they were equipped with firearms, stab-proof vests, and corresponding Fighting Weapons...’

’Their overall strength would be much greater. They could even surround and kill several Elite Level opponents.’

His eyes bright, Lu Chao knew that both sides had been holding back in the conference room that day.

If they were facing criminals and thugs, a fully-armed Fifth Squad would undoubtedly be even more formidable. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call them an elite force.

’No wonder Captain Yang gave me so many reminders before I left, telling me to act with caution.’

’Looking at it now, the Superpower Bureau is truly full of talented people.’

A touch of admiration appeared on his face as Lu Chao finished reading all the files in his hands.

Every single person under his command possessed considerable ability; they were either fighters or skilled professionals.

And this was just a single squad.

’The Fourth Team alone has five Superpower Squads, and the entire Fourth Branch has a total of twenty squads.’

’Add to that the three Superpower Level team leaders, and the branch chief who also serves as the leader of the First Team...’

Putting down the files, Lu Chao’s eyes flashed.

A lineup like this, if placed elsewhere—in Ring City, for example—would be enough to intimidate the entire city’s factions and ensure peace in the region.

But in Red Maple Shelter City, they were only responsible for Satellite City No. 4.

He wasn’t puzzled, nor did he find it strange.

Because this super-city circle was exceedingly complex. It wasn’t just the surface; there were also massive residential districts in the subterranean spaces.

A single satellite city was comparable to the entirety of Ring City, and the Superpower Bureau’s tasks were piled as high as a mountain.

Besides needing several squads to rotate duties protecting the main city’s assessors, they also had to cooperate with Red Maple Shelter City’s patrol teams and the City Guard Army to investigate and hunt down warlord factions inside and outside the city circle, as well as Al-Qaeda-like organizations such as the Rebels.

Just like the current Fifth Squad.

On a typical day, they split into two groups and acted separately, with a third of the members on standby to support either group.

Thinking of this, Lu Chao then opened another stack of files.

Looking at their contents, he finally understood why the Fifth Squad had been so resistant to his appointment.

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