In Lane’s Home in the central city.
Niga, Mad Beast Yagan, and Satan’er were completely rigid. They stared at the light screen showing Ye Chui’s group circling the edge of the darkness invasion, constantly sniping other hunters, and could not utter a word.
On the Divine Sin Continent, survival required constant trials. The experience of trials had been passed down for five thousand years. Each of the three had participated in countless trials themselves. Yet watching Ye Chui’s actions now, their only thought was: there is this kind of play?
Circling the edge of the darkness invasion to hunt hunters.
When the darkness invasion descended, all hunters rushed toward the central area. It was like a hunt on the grasslands, where hunting dogs and magical beasts formed an encircling line to drive prey. The prey fled in haste, and without doubt the most prey gathered near that encircling line. In the vast trial venue, encountering other hunters was not easy, but guarding the edge of the darkness invasion naturally allowed faster encounters with others.
Though the three had no mood to count Ye Chui’s kill numbers, they knew his group’s kills had undoubtedly surpassed the record of any previous trial. This left their emotions extremely complicated for a moment.
“Those magic creations Ye Chui carries! He can create records only because of these magic creations,” Satan’er said, pushing away the pretty girl beside her and analysing calmly. “In trials, the only mount for other hunters is the barbaric ox. Barbaric oxen are not very fast, at best matching the speed of the darkness invasion. So no one ever thought of having the leisure to circle the darkness invasion edge and snipe others during it. Ye Chui can do this now only because he has these powerful magic creations!”
Pausing, Satan’er seemed to grasp a key point. A cold smile appeared on her face. “But magic creations, once taken out, are sealed by the rules of the Divine Sin Continent. He will not be able to use them in the next trial. His good luck is limited to these few times. It is impossible for his magic space to hold countless such magic creations!”
“This kid makes me very uncomfortable…” Mad Beast Yagan said in a deep voice. He suddenly stood up and said to his two companions, “I suggest we immediately mobilise all our forces to invade Stan World and resolve it soon. Otherwise, if he performs like this in every trial, in just a few times Stan World’s strength could rise several levels. Then it will be hard to deal with.”
“No rush,” Niga waved to calm Yagan and shook his head. “His trial has ended now, and who knows what he left in Stan World. If we cannot take Stan World quickly and he returns with more terrifying magic creations, we will be the ones to suffer.”
“We cannot just ignore him, can we? He does not look like someone who would ally with us. Besides… we are already irreconcilable,” Mad Beast Yagan frowned.
“No, we will never ally with him,” Niga said with a cold laugh. “He only has this dazzling performance because of the magic creations in his hands. Stan World’s own strength is completely incomparable to ours. What we need to do now is wait. Wait for him to bring out all his magic creations, let us see clearly what cards he holds. Only then can we launch an invasion with absolute certainty.”
“I agree with Niga,” Satan’er nodded. “We can afford to wait a few trials. Even if he collects all the resources from these trials, the boost to Stan World will be negligible. It remains under our control.”
“Fine. Since you both say so, we will wait a few more times,” Mad Beast Yagan sat back down somewhat unhappily, grabbed his roast meat to continue eating, but thinking of the earlier “A Trial on the Tip of the Tongue” programme, he suddenly found the meat in his hand tasteless. Irritably he threw it aside, thinking to himself: when I return to Black Dragon Pool, should I secretly slaughter a barbaric ox to taste it?
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In the trial venue, the heavy truck Ye Chui drove had reached the central light pillar. Looking at the pillar emitting white light, Ye Chui knew this trial had ended.
“This trial is finally over. This time we killed a total of one hundred and thirty-two hunters, ranking first. Oh, and we broke the record too,” Lesha said dutifully in her broadcast.
“We broke the record,” Debbie asked with surprise. “It was that easy to break the record?”
In fact, during their initial trial they had killed thirty from thirty-two teams, already breaking a record, but that was only the initial trial record. It was different from regular trials. Initial trials had only one hundred participants, while regular trials had at least three hundred, and the hunters were stronger.
“I thought our performance this time was not great. On the way we let several hunters escape accidentally,” Glin added.
Guni immediately showed a self-reproachful expression.
So Glin comforted her. “It is not your fault. The president said even a god-tier sniper cannot guarantee every shot hits, especially when those guys were at least a thousand metres away, almost beyond bullet range. Missing is understandable.”
Ye Chui also joked. “Next time I will exchange a gun for you that explodes heads from eight hundred li away.”
Debbie curiously asked Lesha. “We killed one hundred and thirty-two hunters and broke the record. What was the original record? It must have been over a hundred at least, right?”
Celis also said. “Our performance this time was not very good. Breaking the record should only exceed by a few people.”
As a believer, Lesha could perceive certain information, such as team survival in trials, rankings, and past records. Hearing her companions, a rather strange expression appeared on her face. She glanced around at everyone and smiled. “You definitely will not guess… the original record was only sixty-seven kills.”
“Sixty-seven!?” Ye Chui and the others were stunned.
In the initial trial with one hundred people, over thirty kills broke the record. With three hundred in regular trials, proportionally the original record should approach one hundred. Moreover, trials occurred almost constantly, while initial trials only happened when newcomers were exiled. Yet the trial record was only sixty-seven?
But thinking carefully, it made sense. Trial difficulty far exceeded initial trials. Killing other hunters in a trial was probably not easy. Only someone like Ye Chui, who played unconventionally, could break these records so easily.
After Ye Chui and his companions exclaimed over how low the original record was, they all showed regretful expressions.
When viewers in front of light screens wondered why they were regretful, they heard the group chattering.
“Big loss, big loss. This time we really lost big!”
“Yes. Breaking the initial trial record gave fifteen hundred points reward. Breaking a trial record would definitely give more. We raised it straight to one hundred and thirty-two in one go. Now breaking the record again in future trials will not be so easy.”
“Exactly. If we had known, we should have only killed sixty-eight. Then each trial we could increase by one.”
“It is my fault. I was not skilled enough with believer perception, so I did not find the record immediately.”
“Lesha, it is not your fault. First time, inexperience is understandable… Besides trials, there are battlefields. When we do battlefield competitions, we can break records incrementally. This time just take it as a lesson.”
“Yes, yes. Ye Chui is right.”
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Everyone watching the light screens: “…”
What is the highest realm of showing off? It is casually saying something in idle chat that leaves listeners stunned and speechless for half a day…
The darkness invasion was about to completely swallow the trial world. Ye Chui’s group drove the heavy truck into the light pillar as before. White light flashed, and the next moment they appeared before the heavenly ladder light pillar of Stan World.
Entering trials could be through any world’s heavenly ladder light pillar or the central city’s. But to participate in battlefield competitions, only the central city’s pillar allowed entry.
When a trial ended, entering from a certain pillar meant returning through that same pillar.
When Ye Chui’s group appeared in Stan World, all the town residents gathered around them. Almost everyone had tears in their eyes. This was understandable. Previously they worried about not having enough food, but suddenly their strength had grown to crush other worlds. The shock and joy of this contrast was overwhelming. They could not help being moved.
“You resolved thirty-two teams in the recent trial, killing one hundred and thirty-two hunters, obtaining a total of nine thousand seven hundred and sixty-five heavenly ladder points. At the same time, you broke the five-thousand-year trial kill record, receiving a fifteen thousand heavenly ladder points reward. You will receive a total of twenty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty-five heavenly ladder points reward. Points will be allocated by team leader Ye Chui.”
The familiar voice of the heavenly ladder master rang in everyone’s ears.
This trial they obtained over twenty-four thousand points.
This number probably broke a record itself, far exceeding the previous one.
“With this we can unlock more powers,” Debbie said excitedly at once. She looked at Ye Chui. “But how do we unlock?”
Heavenly ladder points could unlock their sealed powers, but full unlocking was not easy. Needless to say for Debbie and the others, fully unlocking Ye Chui’s various spells, buffs, and spirits would cost millions of points.
But for the points from this first trial, Ye Chui had already planned their use.
“Stan World could face invasion from other worlds at any time, especially the Blood Dragon Flower Alliance. They will not wait long. The urgent priority is to raise Stan World’s strength first,” Ye Chui said with a smile, stating his plan. “First, I will unlock two spirits…”
In the end, Ye Chui alone spent fifteen thousand points to unlock two spirits.
Of the remaining points, Debbie used three hundred to unlock the Jolly Clown spirit. In future streams she could perform clown tricks for everyone.
Glin spent one thousand three hundred to unlock his [Teleport] spell. This spell was only low-level, but because Glin had mastered it to perfection, it received secondary sealing, requiring one thousand three hundred points to unlock. After unlocking, Glin could directly smack people with his frying pan from afar.
Thus becoming the Frying Pan Ranger.
Guni and Shalomei each spent one thousand three hundred to partially unlock their [Strength Talent]. Full unlocking needed four thousand three hundred each, so for now only part.
Most importantly was Baby the elf. Ye Chui spent four thousand three hundred to unlock her [Elf Talent] ability. Unlocking Baby’s talent let her listen to plants’ voices and promote growth through elf magic. This would greatly improve Stan World’s food problem. A handful of seeds could yield massive harvests in moments.
This left a few hundred points, which Ye Chui saved for future unlocks.
After all this, Ye Chui and Glin brought out all resources from the trial. Good heavens, they piled into a small mountain. The quantity left everyone dumbfounded. Then Ye Chui took out useful items like magic scrolls and healing scrolls. The rest he gave to Cass and Los to take to the central city for material exchange.
“Besides necessary supplies, I need large amounts of steel,” Ye Chui said to Cass at that point.
“Steel?” Cass was stunned. Steel, like blank scrolls, could be exchanged in the central city. Blank scrolls for inscribing, steel for forging equipment. Cass was puzzled. “What do you need steel for? Forging equipment? You do not seem short, do you?”
Ye Chui smiled mysteriously. “I naturally have a use. Exchange as much steel as possible.”
“Alright. I will exchange plenty, but you should let Glin come with me. Too much stuff, we will need his [Storage Space],” Cass nodded. He knew Ye Chui had a plan, so he asked no more.
Soon Cass, Glin, Los, and others left for the central city.
Ye Chui took Debbie, Lesha, and the others mysteriously to the church in the central town.
This was the most open place in the whole town.
After Lesha followed Ye Chui away from Stan Town, the Church sent a new nun to preside here. But after Ye Chui’s fame spread, that nun feared his reputation and fled secretly. The church had remained empty.
Lesha curiously asked Ye Chui. “Little brother, what are we doing here? And what exactly are the two spirits you unlocked earlier?”
“The Blood Dragon Flower Alliance will soon invade Stan World. They have numbers and power. Relying only on Stan World’s people cannot oppose them. So what we need now is to mass-produce troops!” Ye Chui said mysteriously.
He walked to the church centre and began pulling things from [Storage Space]. Various magic creations, exchanged from the resource bank with countless points. These directly converted the church interior into something like a production workshop. Then Ye Chui took out two spirit cards. After unlocking the two spirits, they appeared as cards in his hand.
After releasing more than a dozen low-level scrolls, Ye Chui finally summoned the two spirits.
“This place is for your use. These instruments are also exchanged from the Ultron robot factory in the Avengers world,” Ye Chui said to the two spirits before him. “Soon large amounts of steel will arrive here. Next… I need you to help us build an Ultron army!”
Ye Chui planned to create an Ultron production factory here, continuously mass-producing troops, building an Ultron army!
