They had long anticipated the arrival of the spaceship. Calmly sweeping their spiritual power over it, a dazzling radiance shot out from the vessel, tracing a parabolic arc before landing behind the two figures.

"Step..."

Qin Shou stepped forward, gazing at the duo's silhouettes, and smiled faintly.

"Haha, my apologies. Got held up with some matters—kept you waiting, didn't I?"

The tall figure clad in golden battle armor turned around, his ordinary square face showing mild displeasure.

"You're Earth's fifth supreme? Do you have any sense of time? Do you know how long we've been waiting?"

Qin Shou looked serious. "Your Giant God Race values punctuality?"

The big man before him was only slightly taller than a regular human, yet he was an authentic demigod-realm Giant God!

After advancing to the demigod realm, members of the Giant God Race not only enhance their spiritual power but also further augment their physical capabilities—and gain mastery of their body shape at will.

Seeing Qin Shou's earnestness, the big man responded seriously: "No, we don't."

Qin Shou clapped his hands and laughed heartily: "Haha, what a coincidence! Neither do I."

The pale and "frail" female Drue Star Person beside the big man shook her head helplessly.

So young and already this dumb—perhaps Earth's supreme traded brains for strength.

That's quite the cost.

Not wanting to witness two fools clowning around, she stepped forward and said: "I'm El, from Drue Planet. You were sent here by Principal Qin—you should know what to do, right?"

Qin Shou replied: "I'm Qin Shou. The principal told me that as we arrive at the Demon Eye Base, we need to join forces against a common enemy, so that the Demon Eye Planet doesn't exploit us as cannon fodder."

El nodded with satisfaction—it seemed Qin Long was taking this matter seriously.

How could she know that Qin Shou hadn't seen Qin Long before coming here? He had fabricated everything he just said on the spot.

On the side, the big man thumped his chest as he introduced himself: "I'm Thunderbolt Fire. Before coming here, the Clan Leader told me we must fight to gain the upper hand in this operation. What do you two think?"

El pondered for a moment and suggested: "How about we feign weakness first, then look for a chance…"

"No, we can't show weakness. The Nine-eyed Demon God is already very strong, and we're inherently the weaker side. It's unnecessary." Qin Shou interrupted.

Unhappy, El asked: "Then what's your plan?"

Qin Shou straightened his posture, declaring: "I haven't thought it through yet."

Thunderbolt Fire: "..."

El: "..."

Seeing their strange expressions, Qin Shou was entirely unbothered, saying: "I think the upper hand is secondary. What matters is what benefits we can gain from this operation—that's the most practical goal, right?"

The duo's eyes lit up.

"An alliance among the three of us, with all gains equally shared."

"I agree."

"That's only fair."

Qin Shou grinned: "Since we're aligned on this, let me share my plan next!"

...

Demon Eye Base.

The Earth spaceship, Giant God Race warship, and Drue Planet aircraft descended together onto a barren expanse, stirring up a storm of yellow dust.

Qin Shou and his companions landed with their respective teams, only to be greeted immediately by over a thousand Demon Eye Warriors.

The Demon Eye Warriors cleared a path, from which a figure among the crowd—an elegant Two-eyed Demon—slowly emerged.

The Two-eyed Demon's face radiated evil charisma, cloaked in a luxurious gold-threaded robe. As he walked, the surrounding space seemed to fracture faintly, revealing streaks of swirling red-gold patterns of spiral eyes—seven in total.

Combined with the two eyes on his face, there were nine in all!

The Nine-eyed Demon God!

As the Nine-eyed Demon God approached, an atmosphere of dread far surpassing the level of ordinary demigods descended upon everyone, while the red-gold eye patterns spiraled upward, gradually seeping into the sky.

In that moment, the crowd felt the illusion that they were facing an ancient, apocalyptic Demon God!

"Hmph!"

Moments later, Qin Shou, Thunderbolt Fire, and El each let out a low grunt. Their vast light energy, fiery giant phantom, and giant beast phantom burst forth one after another, shattering the illusion of the Demon God in an instant.

"Heavenly Eye, what's the meaning of this?" Thunderbolt Fire jabbed his finger at the Nine-eyed Demon God's nose as he roared.

Heavenly Eye's expression was arrogant. "Nothing at all—I just wanted to test your capabilities."

"Is this how you treat us after asking for our help?" El's face was dark with displeasure.

Heavenly Eye sneered. "You're here only as a delay tactic, not the main force—did you seriously think otherwise?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Shou narrowed his eyes slightly.

Delay tactic? Interesting.

He stepped forward, chuckling: "Seems like Demon Eye Planet doesn't really welcome us. In that case, we'll excuse ourselves—might as well return early and rest."

With those words, he signaled the other two with a glance and prepared to leave.

"Stop!"

Heavenly Eye suddenly barked, "You're here on orders from above to assist at Demon Eye Base. Leaving is fine—but only after completing your task!"

His domineering nature wouldn't allow Qin Shou to come and go as he pleased.

The "orders from above" referred, of course, to commands issued by divine-realm experts from the three factions.

In recent times, due to the Mirror Planet divine-realm experts fearing the Galaxy Alliance's four divine-realm experts—and vice versa—an unspoken agreement to avoid direct conflict had formed.

With divine-realm experts refraining from action, matters naturally fell to their demigod-realm subordinates to handle.

In this critical moment of Demon Eye Planet's plea for aid, Heavenly Eye knew the stakes well. Yet his pride as a top-tier demigod-realm expert prevented him from showing even a trace of humility.

Summoning you is an honor for you—that was his belief.

Meanwhile, Thunderbolt Fire and El exchanged uneasy glances, hesitation etched upon their faces, unable to decide.

Observing them, Qin Shou turned back with calm composure: "Orders are orders, but we are demigod-realm experts. Even if we go against them, it'd only result in some punishment, not life-threatening consequences.

But for you, it's different. The Mirror Planet People wouldn't spare your forces."

With this statement, Thunderbolt Fire and El fell into contemplation.

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