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The other side.
Inside the cliff cave.
Time passed.
Lin Yun’s healing, recovery, lasted a full forty minutes.
Forty minutes later.
Lin Yun slowly opened his eyes, internal and external injuries fully healed.
With his injuries completely recovered, his inner strength restored to over half, given another twenty minutes, Lin Yun could return to peak condition.
But with this match limited to five hours, only an hour and a half remaining, Lin Yun couldn’t afford to spend more time recovering, he’d already wasted too much on this.
“Time to head out.”
Lin Yun stood up, changed into a fresh Taoist robe, then stepped out of the cliff.
After leaving the cliff, Lin Yun immediately took to the air, found Mo Qing and Zhi Jin.
“Senior Sister Mo Qing, Zhi Jin, the demon beasts in this canyon are too few now, we need to hunt elsewhere for points,” Lin Yun said.
“Alright!” The two nodded in agreement.
Soon after, they followed Lin Yun, left this canyon.
After more than ten minutes of searching, the trio found another decent ‘hunting ground’.
In the air.
“Mo Qing, Zhi Jin, I’ll injure the demon beasts up front, you two harvest the points from behind,” Lin Yun looked at them.
Mo Qing quickly waved her hands in refusal, “Lin Yun, that won’t do! You need to climb the ranks too, let’s each earn our own points.”
“You two were delayed so long earlier, your rankings must have dropped, I already killed that demon beast, top hundred’s a sure thing for me, doesn’t matter the exact rank, I’ll advance anyway, the top ten, the first place in the Ten Thousand Flowers Tournament, that’s decided by later rounds, not this one,” Lin Yun said earnestly.
Lin Yun knew they’d lagged in the match because of him, with his personality, no way he’d leave them hanging.
Zhi Jin sighed helplessly, “Big Brother, even if we make the top hundred, with my strength, I’ll lose in the later rounds for sure, top hundred’s useless for me, so don’t worry about us.”
Lin Yun smiled, “How’s it useless, reaching the top hundred gets you a thousand-year spirit fruit, I don’t know its effects, but if Emperor Xingwu’s offering it, it can’t be bad.”
“Alright, it’s settled, follow my lead.”
After speaking, Lin Yun dove straight down, drew his weapon, swept through the demon beasts.
“Mo Qing, Big Brother Lin Yun’s just like that, he’d never abandon us, let’s accept his kindness,” Zhi Jin said with a wry smile.
After speaking, Zhi Jin drew his weapon, plunged into the battlefield.
“This guy, stubborn as ever,” Mo Qing pouted.
Though she said that, a warmth bloomed in Mo Qing’s heart.
Right after, Mo Qing dove into the battlefield too.
Lin Yun injured the demon beasts up front, the two followed behind, picking up points.
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Time slipped by.
In this kind of fighting, forty-odd minutes passed quickly, only half an hour left until the round ended.
This area, nearly cleaned out by Lin Yun and the others.
Next, Lin Yun planned to find another good spot, make one last push for points.
Mo Qing and Zhi Jin had already agreed with Lin Yun, this round they’d each earn their own points, no more relying on Lin Yun to boost them.
Outside, at the Ten Thousand Flowers Banquet.
The massive Ten Thousand Flowers Leaderboard hung in the air, shimmering with light.
Thanks to Lin Yun’s efforts, on the leaderboard outside, Mo Qing and Zhi Jin, both broke into the top hundred.
As for Lin Yun’s rank, it had slipped to the forties.
The Heavenly Sword Sect’s leader wasn’t worried, Lin Yun’s advancement was basically guaranteed.
Ahead.
“This round’s nearing its end, time to spice things up a bit,” Emperor Xingwu’s face broke into a smile.
With those words, Emperor Xingwu waved a hand, dozens of glowing orbs shot into the barrier space.
Inside the barrier space.
A booming voice suddenly echoed through the air.
“Last half hour, releasing thirty point orbs, each worth four thousand points, whoever holds a point orb gains its points, each person can hold only one orb, orbs must be carried on you, cannot be stored in storage spaces.”
As the voice rang out, thirty glowing orbs fell from the sky, scattered across various zones in the barrier space.
The arrival of point orbs, bound to spark scrambles and battles, for those hovering around the hundredth rank, unsure of breaking into the top hundred, these were clearly crucial.
For genius contestants aiming for the top few spots, even first place this round, the point orbs were just as vital.
So, the orbs’ appearance, obviously added uncertainty to the match, ramped up the intensity.
Lin Yun had now split from Mo Qing and Zhi Jin, each hunting points separately.
A streak of light flew their way, landed ten metres in front of Lin Yun.
“A point orb? Talk about good luck,” Lin Yun chuckled.
Then, Lin Yun stepped forward, grabbed the glowing orb in one swift motion, it was a cool bead in his hand.
Though for Lin Yun, as long as he stayed in the top hundred this round, that was enough, no need to chase these orbs deliberately.
But with the bead landing right in front of him, might as well take it.
Tucking the point orb into his chest, Lin Yun went back to hunting demon beasts.
On the Ten Thousand Flowers Leaderboard, Lin Yun’s points jumped by 4,000, his rank shot up to 28th.
Of course, if someone snatched the orb, those 4,000 points would drop off.
Lin Yun had just finished off a few demon beasts, when a streak of light plummeted from the sky.
The newcomer, a man wearing a mask.
In an instant, this masked man, landed right in front of Lin Yun.
“Hand over the point orb, or I’ll kill without mercy!” the masked man’s tone was chilling.
This masked man, none other than Li Shi, currently second on the Ten Thousand Flowers Leaderboard.
Lin Yun’s brow furrowed slightly, what an overbearing guy!
“Fellow cultivator, it’s already mine,” Lin Yun said coolly.
Though the orb wasn’t critical to Lin Yun, this guy throwing out a ‘kill without mercy’ threat right off the bat, would Lin Yun just hand it over?
“If you don’t give it up, I’ll make sure you die without a grave!” Li Shi unleashed, the peak aura of a Third-Order Great Vehicle Realm.
“Peak Third-Order Great Vehicle Realm, huh?”
A flicker of surprise crossed Lin Yun, no wonder he was so cocky, seemed like a tough one.
In the distance.
Mo Qing and Zhi Jin had noticed the scene.
“Mo Qing, let’s go over!” Zhi Jin said, about to head that way.
Mo Qing quickly stopped him, “Zhi Jin, don’t go, with our strength, if we head over, we won’t help Lin Yun, we’ll just burden him, if this guy can’t beat Lin Yun, he might turn on us, use us to threaten Lin Yun, we’d only be a liability.”
Zhi Jin, hearing this, saw Mo Qing’s point, stayed put.
In the field.
“Last chance, hand over the point orb now, you might still live,” Li Shi glared at Lin Yun, brimming with arrogance.
“If you want to take it, come and get it, if you’ve got the strength,” Lin Yun stared back coldly.
“Hmph, you ignorant fool!”
As Li Shi spoke, he grabbed with one hand, a pitch-black metal staff appeared in his grip.
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