Return of the King, Dominating the City

Chapter 2094: Chapter 1866: Natives

After finishing off Dubian Zhenjian, Song Yun turned around and looked at everyone.

He went quiet for a moment, his sharp gaze sweeping over them as he said solemnly, "From today on, X Squad will exist forever. I, Song Yun, will definitely turn this squad into a true elite organization, and turn you all into true powerhouses. I’ll give everything I have to protect X Squad. Are you willing to walk this path with me?"

He said all that very calmly, without any fiery passion in his tone.

But when he finished, everyone’s hearts were stirred.

At the same time, they all understood he was asking them to make a choice.

To just stay in this team for now, or to stay together with everyone forever.

After a brief silence, Juan Mao hobbled toward Song Yun, his steps unsteady. He grinned and said, "Song Yun, I’ll follow you from now on. You better cover me."

Little Sword God sheathed his long sword, said nothing, and simply walked to stand behind Song Yun.

Master Bei walked over. "Juan Mao and Little Sword God have already made their choice. What other choice do I have?"

Lin Jun chuckled and shook his head. "Never thought my bro would turn into my captain. And from now on, I even have to listen to him."

Gu Man shouted, "Captain, Gu Man stands with you."

Gu Meng mused, "I hope that following you can make me stronger."

Gu Zi said excitedly, "Song Yun, I’ll be with you forever, and I’ll be with X Squad forever too."

Dongfang Yun gazed deeply at Song Yun. She didn’t say much, only gave a slight nod.

Nine people in total, all willing to stay with the squad forever.

Seeing their burning eyes, for a moment, Song Yun was moved as well. "Nine people. From now on, our team will only have these nine people. No additions, no losses. I swear I’ll forge this organization into the strongest existence on Earth."

After saying that, he silently added in his heart, "If there’s space beyond Earth, then I’ll make this organization rule the universe."

His declaration sent everyone’s blood surging.

In literature there’s no number one, in martial strength there’s no number two.

Since they practice martial arts, everyone present wants to be number one.

But with Song Yun around, becoming number one is hopeless.

Then if the organization they belong to becomes the strongest, that’s enough to make people excited.

For a moment, everyone was looking forward to the future.

They believed that with Song Yun leading them, they would definitely make it happen.

Song Yun continued, "Before this, our team was called X Squad, basically nameless. Now we have nine people in total, matching the number of the Nine Stars, so from now on, this organization will be called Nine Stars. From today onward, we share hardship and advance and retreat together!"

Everyone was fired up, shouting in unison, "Share hardship, advance and retreat together!"

"The organization is called Nine Stars, so each of us will correspond to one of the Nine Stars."

Since Song Yun had decided to lead this organization to the peak, besides a resounding name for the group, everyone also needed a badass codename.

After all, this is an elite organization.

In the end, after discussion, they made their decisions.

Tan Lang, Song Yun.

Ju Men, Gu Man.

Lu Cun, Lin Jun.

Wen Qu, Master Bei.

Lian Zhen, Little Sword God.

Wuqu, Gu Meng.

Po Jun, Juan Mao.

You Bi, Gu Zi.

Zuo Fu, Dongfang Yun.

Nine people in total, each corresponding to one of the Nine Stars.

Once it was set, Song Yun said to everyone with confidence, "From now on, Nine Stars is established. This organization, and our codenames, will definitely resound across the land."

Gu Man said, "But you’re not called Captain anymore, so how should we address you?"

Song Yun’s lips curled into a faint smile as he said in a low voice, "The master of Nine Stars is the Star Lord. You can call me Star Lord."

Everyone nodded and immediately changed how they addressed him, calling Song Yun Star Lord.

But Dongfang Yun and Gu Zi weren’t happy about that, insisting on calling Song Yun by his name.

Everyone knew the relationship between them and Song Yun, so no one said anything.

Just like that, X Squad was renamed Nine Stars.

These few youngsters who were only SS-level could never imagine that Song Yun would later lead them to rule the world.

Each of their codenames, each of their personal names, would echo across the land.

"Not good, someone’s coming."

Just as everyone was still riding the high, Song Yun suddenly cried out.

Everyone’s hearts jolted, and then Song Yun said something that made them even more panicked: "SSS-level, at least ten of them. Run!"

No one expected that the first thing Nine Stars would do after being founded was to run for their lives.

Feeling more than ten SSS-level presences, Song Yun himself was shocked pale.

With his current combat strength, maybe he could survive.

But the others in Nine Stars, even at their peak, would struggle to withstand that kind of power, let alone now when every single one of them is badly injured.

"Go, move now!" Song Yun barked an order, picked a direction, and said, "You head that way, I’ll draw them off."

Everyone froze for a second, just about to persuade Song Yun to go with them, when Song Yun said in a deep voice, "We just founded Nine Stars, and you’re already not listening to my orders? Move it, don’t waste time."

They clenched their teeth, helped each other up, and turned to sprint away.

After Dongfang Yun and Gu Zi warned Song Yun to be careful, they followed the others.

As soon as they left, Song Yun unleashed Phantom Step, using the battlefield at the cave entrance as the center. Within a radius of one kilometer, he left countless footprints to confuse the newcomers’ line of sight.

After finishing all this, he then sprinted off in the direction Nine Stars had gone.

"Judging from their timing, the ones coming now look like natives!"

Song Yun ran full tilt while thinking, his expression growing more and more grim.

For forces coming from outside, having at most three SSS-level would already be impressive; there’s absolutely no way they could have more than ten SSS-level.