Chapter 145 The End of the Exam (1/2)
The core crystal had belonged to a Commander tier parasitic monster, after all. Parasitic monsters had always been rare, so the core crystal would definitely fetch a decent price.
Ugh… However, it did not seem like he lacked money at the moment.
Gao Peng realized this and fell silent for a while. He suddenly felt ashamed about his thoughts. As the saying goes, ”Earning money is as hard as shoveling dirt with a needle, while spending money is as easy as waves finding sand.”
Gao Peng thought of the days when an egg had been all he had eaten for each of his meals. Those days were long past, but he could not help but fall into deep thought as he remembered them.
He let Dumby destroy the point pillar. The ground was covered in moss, which looked like a thick carpet laced with thin green threads. Gao Peng attempted to burn the place, but the flame would disappear after only burning a small area.
He sighed. It seemed like this thing's fire resistance was pretty strong.
Initially, his best solution was to use Da Zi's electric attack, but with such a large land mass, it would take too much energy to clear it all.
The main body of the monster had already been destroyed, and the only things left were the sub-bodies. Perhaps one day, these sub-bodies would evolve into another Commander tier body, but by then, they would already have become another life.
The moss on the ground moved slightly as it continued absorbing the minerals and nutrition within the earth, slowly growing thicker.
Fern type plants were already ancient plants, and they could even be called living fossils. The adaptability and evolution capability the plant showed at that moment amazed Gao Peng even more.
As he put his foot on it, it felt as if he had just stepped on a sandy beach.
The thick moss wrapped around the sole of Gao Peng's foot. Gao Peng's eyes sparkled.
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”We can see the scores of the examinees. The currently first ranked examinee is Ye Han, with 778 points. There's a small gap between him and the second rank, Jun Mo, with only a 10 point difference between them. Oh, Jun Mo added another four points, so he's close behind,” the host said while nodding. The screen behind him switched.
The unmanned drone tracked the examinees from high in the sky. Through the dense forest, one could see a large black anaconda moving between the trees.
The unmanned drone flew lower and past the tree branches. It entered the lowly lit forest where light barely penetrated. Some of the trees were scarred from their involvement in battles, and some had even fallen or broken.
The corpse of a monster lay on the ground. The corpse was distorted beyond measure, and it looked like an old rag. The blood had drained from its body, pooling on the ground and dyeing the earth red.
”Yes, the competition between these two is very fierce. The black anaconda doesn't eat the monsters; it kills for the sake of killing, only in the hope of earning a large number of points.”
”Yes, do you remember the guy from the flipping salted fish emoticon pack that was very popular on the internet?” the host suddenly asked.
The man sitting opposite the host was a guest. Yin Wu had been swapped out for a new guest for some reason… Of course, he did not enjoy participating in programs like this in the first place. He was very stubborn, though, and after he learned that someone from the upper ranks wanted to take him off, he deliberately held on and fought against the pressure. He used his bad temper and persevered through several episodes before leaving graciously.
”Of course I remember. Could it be that the salted fish and its owner are still around?” the guest asked, nodding.
”That examinee still hasn't been eliminated. Let's check his current ranking,” the host smiled mysteriously.
Name: Gao Peng
Rank: 15
The people in front of their TV's widened their eyes. Rank 15?!
The salted fish monster trainer actually managed to make it to rank 15.