Chapter 388 Her Solo Show
The overall strength of the Fifth School was too weak. There were only two or three people at the King Tao Realm; the rest were at the Supreme Mystery Realm. Trying to hunt a sixth-order beast was undoubtedly as hard as ascending to the heavens.
Not to mention those of the seventh order.
If they wanted to hunt beasts of the fifth order, it might be relatively easier, but a lower level also meant fewer points!
For a moment, Yan Bei didn’t know how to retort, his face grim.
The gap was too large.
Zhang RuoLing smiled brightly. "Give up!" He seemed to have forgotten the earlier confrontation. Which made sense—since they were no longer fighting, there was naturally no losing situation for him.
However, the beast hunting competition was still ongoing, and so was the wager between him and Yan Bei.
Beside them, Zi Ji frowned slightly, recalling her Senior Sister’s instructions: she should only intervene if the other party made a move. If not, she was to help the Fifth School hunt beasts.
"Is thirty-plus a lot?" she tilted her head and suddenly asked.
Over the years, following her Senior Brother and Senior Sister on their adventures, COUGH COUGH... although she rarely took action, in their eyes, hunting beasts seemed like a trivial matter, easily handled. Not worth mentioning. So, shouldn’t hunting beasts be easy? That’s what she thought.
HAHAHAHA!
Upon her remark, all the disciples from the Second School laughed.
"Not a lot, but you can’t do it," Zhang RuoLing teased.
Looking at her naive and clueless expression, many wanted to laugh. This girl was just too amusing.
Only at the front of the crowd, Liu Changqing’s and Alan’s mouths twitched. You guys are really idiots, they thought.
"Oh?" Zi Ji didn’t argue with him but turned to Yan Bei and said, "Senior Brother, wait for me a moment." Then she stepped out.
Arriving outside the ancient town, she gently patted Hei with her delicate hand.
Hei let out a few WOOFs, calling out into the mountains. An invisible oppression was released, majestic and awe-inspiring. The beasts in the area all felt it, trembling uncontrollably, cowering on the ground, daring not to make any rash moves.
Then Hei barked a few more times, seemingly issuing commands.
A large group of fifth-order beasts surged forth.
Disciples from the various schools in the inn sensed the anomaly and rushed outside the ancient town. Seeing a dense and overwhelming swarm of dark beasts, they were struck with horror.
"Beasts, beasts! My God!"
"So many!"
"What’s going on? What happened?"
"Everyone run, the beasts are attacking the town..."
"Hold on, something’s not right!"
Seeing such a massive group of beasts, everyone shivered, ready to flee for their lives. But the more they observed the beasts, the more they felt something was amiss.
They didn’t roar or show ferocity, nor did they seem to be rushing to attack. Instead, they were very quiet, appearing incredibly eerie.
As the beasts drew nearer, only then did the people see clearly that they were trembling.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Their usual ferocity vanished. Now, this group of beasts crawled forward like mice, their bodies trembling, faces filled with terror and fear.
"???"
What happened?
The terrifying group of beasts eventually stopped before Zi Ji, still cowering and trembling, daring not to move.
A sense of unease rose in the hearts of the Second School disciples.
Zhang RuoLing’s mouth fell slightly open.
The First, Third, and Fourth Schools’ disciples all had their mouths agape.
"Senior Brother, how many do you want?" Zi Ji called out.
As expected...
Seeing the beasts stop in front of Zi Ji, everyone guessed that she had summoned them. However, they couldn’t and didn’t want to believe it, until this very moment.
Yan Bei breathed rapidly.
The excitement grew among the few people behind him.
Liu Changqing couldn’t take it anymore. Fuck, he’s just like that bastard Chen Pingping, he cursed inwardly.
"Senior Brother, they’re all fifth-order," a Second School disciple revealed the truth.
The points for fifth-order beasts were very low. Just three to five of them were equivalent to a single sixth-order beast. This meant the Second School’s thirty sixth-order beasts were worth as much as one hundred and fifty fifth-order ones.
SLAP!
Zhang RuoLing smacked him on the head and scowled, "Can you shut up?"
He understood the logic perfectly well.
The group of beasts before them seemed large, numbering about three hundred, equivalent to sixty sixth-order beasts. This meant that if they worked hard in the remaining six days, they still had a chance to win.
The prerequisite was that the Fifth School wouldn’t be provoked. But now that this idiot has spoken, what if the Fifth School *does* make another move? Zhang RuoLing wanted to strangle him.
Huh?
Zi Ji heard him. She fluttered her clear eyelashes, hesitating because Guang Xiaoyu had told her to keep a low profile before she left.
That’s why she only had Hei summon a pack of fifth-order beasts instead of higher-level ones.
Now, hearing what the Second School disciple had said, Zi Ji realized that this group of fifth-order beasts might not be enough for the Fifth School to secure first place.
So?
She raised her head and said to Yan Bei, "Senior Brother, wait a bit longer."
WOOF WOOF!
Hei barked at the mountains again. An invisible oppression spread out once more, seemingly a special command. Immediately after, several hundred sixth-order beasts shakily made their way there.
Everyone was stunned.
The First, Second, Third, and Fourth Schools, including the disciples of the Fifth School itself, as well as the crowds of onlookers, all gaped, staring fixedly at Zi Ji.
Who is this girl? Why can she summon beasts? She could summon fifth-order beasts if she wanted, and sixth-order beasts too. Does that mean she could also summon seventh-order beasts?
This thought was suffocating.
"Uh, can you summon seventh-order ones?" someone in the crowd asked.
SWISH SWISH SWISH!
All eyes fell on Zi Ji, nerves taut as they waited.
"I cannot!" she answered.
Oh?
The crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief. If she could summon seventh-order beasts, that would have been too terrifying!
However, just as they were relaxing, they heard Zi Ji say, "My Senior Sister doesn’t allow it. She told me to keep a low profile, so I can’t summon seventh-order beasts."
"???"
She couldn’t, not because she lacked the ability, but because she wasn’t permitted to.
Zhang RuoLing practically had a mental breakdown on the spot.
The disciples from the Second School behind him felt their composure shatter.
The remaining disciples from the other Schools, looking at Zi Ji’s slender back, felt a sense of despair wash over them.
They couldn’t win.
Was this even a competition? It was more like Zi Ji’s personal showcase!
"Is this enough?" Zi Ji asked Yan Bei.
HAHAHA!
Yan Bei laughed. "It’s enough, it’s enough, Little Junior Sister!"
Zi Ji made an "oh" sound, then picked up Hei and returned to stand behind the Fifth School disciples. She was very quiet, as if she were merely a bystander, as if the one who had just summoned all those beasts wasn’t her.
「 」
A young man, panting, burst into the depths of the Fifth School, gasping as he shouted, "Something terrible has happened! Senior Brother Bai!"
"What’s wrong?" Bai Yisheng raised an eyebrow. "Did the Second School’s people make a move again?"
"No!"
"The First School?"
"Not them either!" The young man grabbed the teacup from the table, gulped it down in one go, and then began to recount what had happened...
Pulling out Sacred Soldiers, pulling out eighth-order Spirit Pills, pulling out armor, summoning fifth-order beasts, summoning sixth-order beasts...
As Bai Yisheng listened, his face grew darker. He remembered Guang Xiaoyu’s earlier words: "I’ve already told her to keep a low profile."
Nearby, Guang Xiaoyu flickered her eyelids and said languidly, "She hasn’t even summoned seventh-order beasts yet! I think our Little Junior Sister is doing quite well."
Indeed! From her perspective, Zi Ji still had many trump cards she hadn’t revealed; this was already being very low-key.
Bai Yisheng looked utterly exasperated. "She’s going to attract unwanted attention like this."
Unwanted attention? Guang Xiaoyu narrowed her eyes, a thought striking her. Could this draw the Sword Saint’s attention? Could it make the Sword Saint come out of seclusion early?
Bai Yisheng said helplessly, "You should ask her to come back!"