flstandardbreds 121 Family Competition (4)
121 Family Competition (4)
The most interesting part of the second round of assessments is that the assessment locations for Nascent Soul stage and Spirit Division stage cultivators are actually in the same secret realm.
Of course, because the scoring bracelets were specially made by the elders of the Gao family, Nascent Soul cultivators can only see cultivators of the same cultivation level and the magical beasts in the secret realm, and the same applies to Spirit Transformation cultivators.
Even without this rule, the competition rules clearly state that cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage cannot attack cultivators in the Core Formation stage. Otherwise, not only will they not receive the points on the Core Formation stage cultivator's bracelet, but they will also be expelled from the competition along with the Core Formation stage cultivator.
The second round of assessment will last longer than the first round, lasting for half a month. After half a month, the scores of each cultivation level will be tallied, and only the top 300 scorers will be able to enter the final round of the arena competition.
However, Gao Zhun saw none of these regulations as useful.
First of all, she is a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, but in fact, due to the "Nourishing Essence Technique", her strength in all aspects has reached the peak of the Divine Transformation stage. Moreover, because of her own strength, she may not be defeated even in a one-on-one fight against a Body Integration stage cultivator.
Therefore, for her, the range of people she could take action to gain points has greatly increased, basically encompassing Nascent Soul stage cultivators, Spirit Division stage cultivators, low-level magical beasts, Nascent Soul stage magical beasts, Spirit Division stage magical beasts, and even Integration stage magical beasts.
It can be said that any living creature in the entire secret realm, except for her, can become a target for her to plunder points.
what?
You said that because of the bracelet, even if Gao Zhun could defeat a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, he couldn't see them?
Have you forgotten that one of Gao Zhun's golden fingers was awakening the Xuanyuan clan's Eye of Truth?
With the Eye of Truth, one can see through all the illusions of the world. How could the shielding function of a mere bracelet possibly block such a high-precision, discerning eye?
Therefore, Gao Zhun acted very leisurely in the first few days, appearing lazy and completely indifferent. When she saw a magical beast, she would raise her hand to reap its life. When she saw a Nascent Soul cultivator, as long as the other party did not come over to provoke her, she would pretend not to see it.
As for the Nascent Soul stage cultivators, Gao Zhun pretended that the bracelet was very useful. After all, people don't always remember that she has a pair of Eyes of Truth. In the early stages of the competition, when everyone doesn't have many points, playing dumb is the best choice.
When it comes to prey, you have to wait until it's at its fattest to harvest it and get the biggest reward, right?
As a result, Gao Zhun, who had been the star of the first round of assessments, seemed unmotivated in the second round, which made the onlookers watching the 'live broadcast' feel bored, and they all shifted their attention to the exciting fights elsewhere.
For example, two cultivators of similar cultivation levels are having a one-on-one duel, or someone is setting a trap to hunt down a high-level magical beast that is a level higher than him.
Everyone's attention shifted away from Gao Zhun, except for Ah Zhong, Gao Zhun's most loyal servant, Madam Zhu, Gao Zhun's biological mother, and Gao Ling, the younger sister she personally picked up and adopted. Their eyes never left Gao Zhun.
Of the three, Ah Zhong and Madam Zhu naturally hadn't forgotten Gao Zhun's Eye of Truth. Although Gao Ling hadn't yet come into contact with cultivation, she always felt that her older sister might make a big splash, so she stared at her sister with her bright eyes, quietly waiting for her to perform.
Sure enough, when two-thirds of the time had passed and 50% of the cultivators had been eliminated, Gao Zhun finally made his move.
Thanks to the passage of ten days, most of the low-level magical beasts and some solitary mid-to-high-level magical beasts were killed by the previous cultivators and turned into points. Now, there are not many low-level magical beasts left in the entire secret realm, and most of the mid-to-high-level ones are social species.
Even if it is a Nascent Soul stage gregarious magical beast, a Divine Transformation stage cultivator would not rashly go to attack it. After all, even an experienced driver can make a mistake.
However, Gao Zhun didn't care about any of that. Without the interference of those low-level magical beasts, the demonic energy carried by the high-level magical beasts that lived in groups, as well as some magical beasts in the Nascent Soul and Integration stages, was like a bright lamp in the darkness, clearly telling Gao Zhun where they were.
So, on the tenth day after the second round of assessment began, everyone outside the secret realm was wondering why Gao Zhun, whose ranking was already over 3,000, hadn't made any moves yet. Did she naively think that she could enter the top 300 just by casually killing monsters?
However, on the eleventh day after the start of the second round of assessments, Gao Zhun's eyes suddenly changed from lazy to serious. She closed her eyes, as if she was carefully sensing something, and then she rushed towards the settlement of a group of Nascent Soul stage magical beasts - magical rats.
"My God, has Gao Zhun gone mad? She actually went to cause trouble for those demon rats!"
Suddenly, some bored bystander glanced at the split screen belonging to Gao Zhun and shouted out loud.
This shout drew the attention of many people who had stopped paying attention to Gao Zhun. Although they didn't voice their thoughts as loudly as the previous person, their ideas were actually quite similar.
No wonder everyone thought Gao Zhun had gone mad. Although these demonic rats were the lowest-ranking among Nascent Soul stage magical beasts and their attacks were limited to a single type, they were still numerous enough to overwhelm anyone.
Even without counting, that dark mass of demonic rats must number at least 80,000 to 90,000. This is after some Nascent Soul cultivators came in groups to kill a batch and then ran away. Before that, there were at most 100,000 of these demonic rats!
Moreover, don't think that the group of Nascent Soul cultivators who came in and killed more than 10,000 of them and ran away was so satisfying, and that they got more than 100,000 points in one go. However, the truth is that although these Nascent Soul cultivators did run away, they were eventually drowned in the sea of demonic rats. In the end, without exception, all of them were eliminated due to their deaths in the secret realm.
Gao Zhun naturally didn't care what outsiders thought. Moreover, no matter how powerful her Eye of Truth was, she couldn't cross different spaces right now. The secret realm she was in was actually a small space independent of the Immortal Spirit Continent, created by a powerful being in the Tribulation Transcending stage using great supernatural powers. Perhaps when she also had such great supernatural powers, she would be able to see the outside world from within the secret realm.
This time, only Ah Zhong, who had seen Gao Zhun use that move before, twitched his lips. He understood that those who were waiting to see Gao Zhun make a fool of himself would probably all have their faces swollen from being slapped.
Author's Note: Ahem, author Ji is back. And please call me the master of short chapters (166 Reading Network).