191 Joint Operation (2/2)
The pair headed off and activated their immortal powers. They flew around and split apart, each approaching the mountain from the north and the west. On the north side, the air was soon filled with searing heat as a domain of blue flames landed on the mountain. On the west side, Jasmine launched moon beams like a hail storm, penetrating the rocky mountainside like it was made from tofu.
The mountain quickly teemed with rock scorpions. Large and small, there were thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands. They angrily snapped their claws at Chen Wentian and Jasmine in their air above them but it was useless. The strongest among the rock scorpions were only at the beginning of the Spirit Initiate Realm and it was not a fair fight.
High above, the other disciples watched the scene from the windows of Tortoise Can Fly. The scorpions quickly started fleeing but many were cooked alive by blue flames or blasted into nothingness by moonlight.
”Ayah… so many points!” Su Xue cried. ”Gone just like that.”
This earned her a light smack form Song Wushuang. ”Xue'er, don't you remember what master said? The plan is not to waste time killing the weakest monsters but to gather up the strongest for the most points.”
Su Xue rubbed her head, ”I was only joking. Sis, you're so mean.”
Lin Qingcheng giggled and rubbed Su Xue's head as well, ”Sister Xue, don't worry. I actually did forget what he said, he talked for way too long!”
”Chengcheng!” Zhou Ziyun admonished.
”Hehe, I'm joking too!”
The squeals of laughter broke apart the serious air in the carriage and all the disciples visibly relaxed. This was the first for them all to work together all at once. Many felt strangely apprehensive, especially in the presence of Lin Qingcheng and Zhou Ziyun were the most junior and yet held the most senior positions.
In that sense. Lin Qingcheng performed her task as prime disciple wonderfully. With a few words, she improved the mental state of all of her fellow disciples.
The girls chatted with each other as they watched Chen Wentian and Jasmine drive the rock scorpions out of their burrows. Soon, there was no more movement on the mountain. Around half the rock scorpions had managed to escape and flee together in a south-east direction. The weakest ones remained on the mountain, charred, obliterated, or otherwise dead. Those that fled were around the Mind Focusing Realm and low Spirit Initiate Realm and they would soon provide a massive amount of points.
The point system of the Monster Fighting Competition was generally fair for everyone at the beginning of the competition. It allowed everyone to contribute to the war effort while giving out proportional points to the level of effort and the cultivation of the monsters. Now that the competition was approaching the end, it was apparent that those at the lower ranks had no chance of catching up to the higher ranks.
Stronger competitors were able to consistently slay stronger monsters and in greater number. The gap between the lower level competitors and the top grew wider with each passing day. The only method to catch up was to slaughter the strongest monsters. An upper Mind Focusing Realm monster was only ten points while a 10th Level Spirit Initiate Realm boss monster was one thousand points. Even a 1st Level Spirit Initiate Realm monster gave one hundred points. It was a huge amount of points. Simply slaying a single Spirit Initiate Realm monster could allow someone in the lower ranks to jump a few places upward!
Chen Wentian truly only had eyes for Spirit Initiate Realm monsters. His mind was filled with points as well. He wanted all of the ice sisters to get into the top one hundred and he was prepared to go all out to make it happen.