"Welcome, War God Night Rain!"
At that moment, a figure slowly materialized in the room, eventually forming into a tall, AI-generated girl.
"Hello, introduce yourself," said Night Rain as he examined his body, feeling how realistic it was — even the hair was lifelike.
This surprised him greatly.
"Alright, War God Night Rain, this is your private room within the War God Palace. No one except you is allowed to enter this space…"
The AI girl chattered on, and Night Rain quickly got a general understanding of the War God Palace's layout and rules.
He glanced at the regulations…
Then, looking through the floor-to-ceiling windows, he saw a breathtaking, paradise-like view outside.
He opened the wardrobe, changed into casual clothes, and left the room.
Night Rain waited in the hallway for a while. Soon, Tang Xiang and Fu Junyu, now dressed in new outfits, came walking toward him.
The two women had taken off their battle armor and were now wearing elegant evening dresses, giving off a completely different aura.
From heroic and valiant, they now looked like noble ladies. Their long hair was tied up high, their features were delicate, and their fair, swan-like necks glowed.
One in red, the other in white, both wore elegant evening gowns paired with delicate high heels. They looked noble and refined.
"Come on, we'll take you to the banquet hall. Everyone's there — let's give General Jiang and Teacher Jiang a surprise."
The two women eagerly pulled Night Rain along toward the banquet hall below.
Just outside the hall, Tang Xiang and Fu Junyu smiled mysteriously at Night Rain and said:
"Don't be too shocked in a moment!"
Night Rain, having read the original novel, had no idea what was going to happen — nor did he care — and proceeded down the stairs.
Below was a massive banquet hall, more than a hundred meters wide and long, with a ceiling over thirty meters high.
It could comfortably hold thousands of guests moving freely.
The hall was buzzing with energy, with thousands of people chatting in small groups, wine glasses in hand.
They were all here to celebrate the upcoming debut of council members Tang Qin and Jiang Fang.
Amid them moved several hundred beautiful and charming waitresses with exceptional temperaments.
Looking at these hundreds of stunning women, Night Rain thought to himself, "Hong really knows how to enjoy life."
He then looked toward the massive central display screen, where the number 9799 was shown.
9799!
Night Rain was stunned. He hadn't expected there to be so many War Gods.
In the original story, he remembered there being just over 3,000 — now it had more than doubled.
Well, that was thanks to him!
"I wonder if this number includes the War Gods who have already died…"
The moment Night Rain stepped onto the banquet floor, the lights dimmed and the soft music abruptly stopped.
Everyone in the hall immediately sensed something was happening and turned toward the stairs in unison.
Whoosh whoosh!
Several beams of light illuminated Night Rain, making him the center of attention.
Clap clap clap!
In an instant!
Thousands of people rose to their feet and began applauding, welcoming Night Rain, the newest War God.
Applause filled the hall.
Representatives from the Five Great Nations, the HR Alliance, major mercenary groups, the Thunder Martial Arts School, the Extreme Martial Arts School…
On the giant central screen, the number 9799 changed to 9800.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the newest member of the War God Palace — Night Rain!"
A deep, god-like voice echoed through the hall. At the same time, a 3D holographic projection appeared in the center.
Name: Night Rain
Nationality: Huaxia
Rank: High-Level War God
Wow!
Upon seeing his rank, many guests in the hall began to whisper among themselves.
A High-Level War God — and he looked very young, certainly no older than twenty — a true prodigy.
Everyone began to speculate: who exactly was this Night Rain?
Currently, the War God Palace had over 9,000 War Gods, yet there were only a little over a thousand high-level ones.
Night Rain, upon joining, had already surpassed the vast majority.
"What? That's impossible!"
In the central area of the HR Alliance, Venina, who had just arrived, widened her eyes in disbelief when she saw Night Rain's name.
That frail, sickly child from years ago had not only become a War God, but a High-Level one.
And he was only 18 years old.
"What's wrong, Venina? You know him?" asked Polenas, her older brother and clan leader.
"That can't be. It must be someone with the same name. There's no way," Venina muttered to herself, ignoring her brother.
She couldn't believe that the little boy from the past now possessed strength equal to hers.
She and Li Yao had just been discussing Night Rain in the office moments ago.
Now, not only had they met him, but his strength had shocked her completely.
However, at that moment, when Tang Qin and Jiang Fang appeared, her self-denial shattered completely.
The two women, who weren't supposed to make their appearance so soon, came down from the second floor and walked directly to Night Rain, taking him away with them.
The hall erupted in another wave of commotion.
Tang Qin and Jiang Fang had shown up — and Night Rain had a connection with both of them.
Everyone began speculating about Night Rain's true identity.
In the crowd, Xu Yunguo and his son exchanged glances, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.
Night Rain was a High-Level War God!
And only 18 years old — it was certain he would eventually reach Planet-Level.
They were both secretly relieved that they had never done anything to offend Night Rain in the past.
Elsewhere, Grandpa Liu Xinyun, the grandfather of Liu Ting, was left speechless by the shocking news, as were several of his old friends.
"Old Liu, that Night Rain is…"
All of them looked at Liu Xinyun with complex expressions.
Though Night Rain rarely visited the Liu family, they had met him before and knew he was dating Liu Ting.
"Old Liu, I think we should rename you Old Sneaky," one friend joked.
"That's right — you're treating us tonight, and it better be a feast. You sneaky old man, hiding this from us."
"Dinner's on you!"
Liu Xinyun, finally snapping back to reality, laughed so hard his face wrinkled like a chrysanthemum.
He nodded repeatedly, accepting the teasing.
He had suspected that Night Rain wasn't ordinary, but hadn't expected this level of extraordinary.
He truly had struck gold — the Liu family's future looked brighter than ever.
Meanwhile, on the second floor of the War God Palace, Tang Qin and Jiang Fang were staring at Night Rain in shock.
Not only were they looking — they were touching, constantly checking him from head to toe.
One pinched his face, another his arms — they even went so far as to inspect his entire body.
In the end, they nearly had him strip completely.
Outside the room, ten girls of various styles were chatting noisily around Tang Xiang and Fu Junyu.