Baby with Daoist Monarch System-Chapter 509 - 196: Seven-Colored Key

The crowd was bewildered and confused.

Seeing this, Xu Ran explained, "This Dao Heart Demon descended after devouring three Exotic Stars along with all the alien creatures, even the four supremes of the Exotic Stars were devoured!"

"So, there won’t be any more alien monsters appearing in the short term!"

Xu Ran’s words brought everyone to a halt where they stood, their pupils dilated, their minds blank.

What had they just heard?

All three Exotic Star planets were gone?

And they had been devoured by one of their own, only for the devourer, a monster that consumed everything, to be slain by Xu Ran?

The sudden joy left them at a loss!

After a while.

In the meeting room.

"Hahaha, hahaha!"

Laughter emanated from the mouths of the Five Elders of the Celestial Summit Pavilion, full of vigor, their mouths were opened so wide they could swallow a fist.

Upon a closer look, sunlight streamed through the window, casting a small glint in the corners of their eyes.

The five laughed while covering their eyes with their hands, then wiped them and looked at Xu Ran with reddened eyes.

"Good~ how are you~ Xu Ran!"

"Good~ you are truly good~"

The five couldn’t articulate much, only uttering the word ’good’ from their mouths.

Xu Ran also looked at them with a smile.

Xu Ran knew very well how much the Five Elders of the Celestial Summit Pavilion had contributed to humanity.

When his cultivation was low, all the burdens of opposing the Exotic Stars fell to them.

The Godslaying Squad’s strategies, the defense deployments of each safe zone, the distribution of cultivation resources...

And so on, all relied on these five to complete; it could be said that the entire burden of humanity was on the five of them, one can only imagine the immense pressure.

Moreover, the daily casualties of the Godslaying Squad, each warrior’s death report, all passed through their hands.

Each time they saw the death report of a warrior, a pang of pain would strike in their hearts.

This kind of pain did not diminish with repetition; rather, it grew more intense.

For the victory of this war, the sacrifices made by humanity, by Huaxia, were tremendous. Xu Ran’s father also died on the Alien Battlefield.

But for victory, there was no other choice; to alleviate the inner pain, they could only fully immerse themselves in the fight against the Exotic Stars.

Until Xu Ran’s emergence made them feel a bit better.

Xu Ran’s talismans, Xu Ran’s arrays, Xu Ran’s armor, Xu Ran’s weapons, and Xu Ran’s ever-growing power.

Xu Ran strengthened their confidence in resisting the Exotic Stars, Xu Ran showed them the hope of ending the alien invasion.

Initially thinking, this war would at least need several decades, even centuries to end.

Unexpectedly.

Today.

Just today.

Three Exotic Star planets were devoured, the alien monsters were all devoured.

Isn’t that equivalent to the end of the war?

While the crowd was excited, the Godslaying Squad that had been keeping watch outside heard the commotion in the Celestial Summit Pavilion meeting room and burst in.

"What’s going on? What happened?"

(Godslaying Squad ranking first)[Lightning] squad captain, Cheng Hongliang entered and asked.

Upon entering, he saw Xu Ran standing in the meeting room, with several people beside him, their eyes red as if they had cried.

Xu Ran? Cried?

The linking of these two keywords made those who came in think of something unfavorable.

Old friend Li Yan approached Xu Ran to examine carefully.

"Are you okay?"

"I’m fine!" answered Xu Ran.

Then he looked again at Tiger Girl and the Five Elders of the Celestial Summit Pavilion, who were still quietly wiping their tears.

Instantly, Li Yan’s eyes turned slightly red too, patting Xu Ran’s shoulder, "Have a good rest, everything will be alright."

"Huh?" Xu Ran looked puzzled.

At this moment, the Five Elders of the Celestial Summit Pavilion, whose emotions had returned to normal, understood Li Yan’s underlying meaning and explained.

"What are you thinking? Xu Ran is fine, not a thing happened to him!"

"But all of you, with red eyes, look like you’ve been crying!" Li Yan said.

As Li Yan, [Soul Suppressing] captain, Cheng Hongliang, and others entered, they witnessed this strange scene.

Not to mention, Xu Ran had previously gone out to investigate the mysterious hot air balloon, combining various matters.

Doesn’t it mean Xu Ran went to combat eerie creatures and came back gravely injured, even at risk of life?

Otherwise, why would they cry?

Then, [Heavenly Craftsmanship] relayed to everyone what Xu Ran had told him.

After hearing it, the crowd erupted in waves of cheers.

For a moment, the entire meeting room was filled with their laughter.

The people outside hearing laughter from the meeting room did not know what had happened.

Li Yan patted Xu Ran’s shoulder again, "Xu Ran did an excellent job, I knew you could do it!"

The words were full of praise.

The leaders of various Godslaying Squad teams, the commanders, and deputy commanders of each safe zone also loudly praised Xu Ran upon knowing this.

"At first, it was just to let Xu Ran go out and investigate the Dao Heart Demon, and he came back saying he directly slayed it!"

"Xu Ran always exceeds expectations and completes tasks superbly!"

"Now, the hatred of the Sixth Safe Zone is avenged!"

"With three Exotic Star planets gone, doesn’t it mean we can explore the Alien Battlefield without restraint!"

"Humanity has finally ended the era of alien invasions, fantastic!"

"Xu Ran’s distinguished achievements must be heard by the world, let them know Xu Ran is a hero of humanity!" 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

...!

As Xu Ran laughed, he looked at Li Yan and said, "Captain Li, that’s not what you said earlier!"