If it weren't for Dugu Xing's final outburst, Gu Yu and his group would have perished under the meteor's destruction.
At this moment, Dugu Xing's chest heaved, his gaze fixed on the spot where the Minotaur youth had fallen.
roar……………
A loud roar came from where the Minotaur youth had fallen; he was now in a very sorry state.
His body was hunched over, blood and mud clung to the corner of his mouth, and he glared angrily at Gu Duxing, but at this moment he was already at his last gasp.
Dugu Xing's sudden punch broke his spine, severely injuring him. At this moment, he was no match for even a peak-level first-level cultivator, let alone a peak-level fourth-level cultivator.
"If I hadn't been careless, you wouldn't have been my match, ah..." the minotaur youth said hysterically. His face didn't show the fear of being killed, but rather a feeling of humiliation. Although the humans had attacked him in a coordinated manner, he had still been defeated. He had been defeated by so many people whose cultivation was much lower than his, defeated by humans whom they had always thought were weak and vulnerable. The price of his defeat was the loss of his life and his dignity. As a member of the minotaur royal family, and the first member of the royal family to be killed by humans, he was unwilling to accept it!
But what can you do if you're unwilling? This is a battlefield; there are no second chances.
"Die!" At this moment, Ling Juefeng took the initiative to attack, and the primordial spirit of the eagle behind him swept towards the minotaur youth.
Pfft...
The eagle pierced through the body of the Minotaur youth, who fell straight down, his life force rapidly fading away.
"Minister, I killed a Commander-level monster, can you give me some points?" After killing the Minotaur youth, Ling Juefeng quickly cut off the Minotaur youth's horns and said to Long Aotian.
"Damn it, have no shame!" Upon hearing Ling Juefeng's words, everyone immediately realized what was happening. Looking at Ling Juefeng's expectant face, some people cursed.
Upon witnessing this scene, Gu Duxing's body suddenly went limp, but he did not faint. He was about to kneel on one knee, but he suddenly struggled and stood there swaying.
Looking at Gu Duxing, Gu Yu actually felt a little admiration for this person.
Even though it was already at its last gasp, it still refused to fall, truly worthy of being called the God of War.
"I'll grant you points," said Long Aotian on the city gate.
"Huh?" Upon hearing Long Aotian's words, everyone looked at each other in surprise.
“Minister, I think this is unfair. We killed the Minotaur in the Commander Realm together. Even if there are points, they should be split equally among us,” Sima Wentian said.
"I only saw that Ling Juefeng was the one who ultimately killed the Minotaur at the Commander Realm," Long Aotian said calmly. "Do you have some kind of problem with me?"
"No, nothing." Despite his indignation, Sima Wentian dared not say anything.
"Thank you, Minister. You are truly wise and powerful." Ling Juefeng was overjoyed. A single-level hero was worth points, equivalent to killing 100,000 minotaurs. Ling Juefeng had now secured his spot in the Kunlun Origin Sect.
Of course, his joy was met with everyone's dissatisfaction. At this moment, most of the people present pointed at him and whispered among themselves, and some even looked at him with resentment.
"What's going on?" Gu Yu looked at Long Aotian with some confusion. Ten million points! Even for a Killing General Realm expert, it would take killing ten. But how difficult is it to kill ten Killing General Realm experts? Could any of the people present accomplish that?
"Damn, could it be that Ling Juefeng gave the minister a gift?"
"This is blatant favoritism."
"How shameless! If I had known this would happen, I should have delivered the final blow."
Immediately, a chorus of complaints arose. Even Shi Polu, standing next to Long Aotian, looked at him in bewilderment. This was too unfair. If he didn't know Long Aotian's character, he would have suspected that Ling Juefeng had given Long Aotian a gift, which was why Long Aotian was deliberately favoring Ling Juefeng.
Even if all the points for killing a Commander-level expert were given to Dugu Xing, no one would object. But the fact that they were given to the shameless Ling Juefeng was considered unfair. At this moment, the smug Ling Juefeng was unaware that he had become a thorn in everyone's side.
"I believe everyone is well aware of the rules this time, right?" Long Aotian spoke again at this moment. "Points can be gifted to others, which means that if someone is willing to give their points to another person, it is allowed. As for how willing they are, that is your business."
As soon as Long Aotian finished speaking, everyone's faces lit up with joy, and they all turned their greedy eyes to Ling Juefeng. Gu Yu, on the other hand, also looked as if he had just realized something.
"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant." He thought Long Aotian had sided with Ling Juefeng, but it turns out he was setting a trap for this guy! Ling Juefeng's actions have aroused public anger. Although Ling Juefeng's cultivation is not weak, with tens of millions of points, he will become a hot commodity in everyone's eyes. It is likely that as soon as the qualifying competition begins, the few people in the Battle Commander Realm who are with him will make a move against Ling Juefeng.
Upon hearing Long Aotian's words and seeing the way everyone around him was looking at him, Ling Juefeng's face immediately turned ugly. The joy he felt a moment ago turned into sorrow, and he felt a chill run down his spine, like a lamb entering a pack of wolves.
"I'm somewhat satisfied with your performance. I won't waste any more words. I hereby declare the competition to begin now," Long Aotian said. "By the way, don't let me see you killing each other, or don't blame me for being impolite. Of course, friendly sparring is fine, but no one should be killed."
When Long Aotian said this, he clearly glanced at Ling Juefeng.
"Minister, I... can I not take these points?" Ling Juefeng said to Long Aotian. He looked at the people around him who were already eager to fight, swallowed hard, and said that ten million points were not a good thing at all, but a bad thing.
“No, the Minister has always been wise and capable. The Minister personally witnessed you killing that Commander-in-Chief. The Minister is impartial, so the points are yours,” Long Aotian said.
Upon hearing Long Aotian's words, Ling Juefeng's face turned even uglier than if he had eaten shit.
"Hmph! Tianshan Sect, who told you to provoke my Dragon Group while I was away?" Long Aotian muttered. His voice was soft, but everyone standing on the city gate heard him. Their expressions were strange. Everyone knew that the Dragon Group was extremely protective of its own. It seemed that Ling Juefeng's unlucky days had come.
But who can you blame? Who told you to be so incredibly greedy?
"Ling Juefeng, give me the points." At this moment, a group of people had already surrounded Ling Juefeng, and Sima Wentian said with his fist clenched.
“I’m willing to give you the points,” Ling Juefeng said to Sima Wentian.
"What about mine?" Zhang Huangling asked.
"I...I'll give you the points."
"What about Ling Juefeng's?" Li Daoquan asked.
"I……"
"What about mine?"
…………
The group that participated in the attack on the Minotaur youth said one by one that they all had the right to receive the tens of millions of points.
"Brothers, how about this? I'll give you ten million points, and I won't take any. What do you think?" Ling Juefeng said, his eyes darting around.
According to normal logic, ten million points should indeed be divided equally among everyone.
“Ling Juefeng, I won’t make things difficult for you. Just give me 2 million points,” Sima Wentian said.
“I also want 2 million,” Zhang Huangling said.
"I want one too..." Seven or eight voices immediately spoke up.
"Huh?" Ling Juefeng's eyes widened. There were nine people in total, each asking him for 2 million points, which would add up to 18 million points. But he only had 10 million points, which was not enough at all. "Brothers, I really don't have that many points!"
"I don't care, just give me my two million points," Sima Wentian said.
"I..." Ling Juefeng was at a loss for words. He looked at Long Aotian on the city gate. "Minister, I..."
"Ling Juefeng, I really like you. How about this? I'll give you a special favor!"
Seeing Long Aotian's expression, Gu Yu immediately laughed. Based on his understanding of Long Aotian, who knows what mischief Long Aotian was up to right now?
"Minister, thank you." When Ling Juefeng heard that Long Aotian was going to give him special treatment, he thought that Long Aotian was going to help him, and he immediately became happy again.
“Normally, points don’t have to be negative. However, considering your heroic slaying of a Commander-level expert, I’ll allow you to have negative points. Of course, for the sake of fairness, negative points are considered a loan from me, and you’ll have to repay me,” Long Aotian said.
Upon hearing Long Aotian's words, the group surrounding Ling Juefeng were overjoyed. They had only asked for 2 million points each as a trial, since they all knew that Ling Juefeng didn't have that many points. But now that Long Aotian said he would lend Ling Juefeng points, it was wonderful for them. The competition had just begun, and each of them had already gained 2 million points, which was equivalent to killing two Minotaur generals.
Although they are strong enough to fight against a general-level expert when they go all out, killing them is not easy and comes at a great cost.
At this moment, Ling Juefeng was almost in tears. Long Aotian lent him points, wasn't this just ripping him off? He dared not return any points to anyone else, but would he dare not return Long Aotian's?
He, who had initially thought he had the upper hand, now realized it was a nightmare. From the very beginning, he owed eight million points—eight million points! He…
"Ling Juefeng, you have to give me my points." At this moment, the extremely weak Dugu Xing also said.
"Hmm! This time, Dugu Xing deserves the most credit for killing that Commander-level expert. I think he should get at least 5 million points," Zhang Huangling said.
"What?" Ling Juefeng's eyes widened in shock upon hearing Zhang Huangling's words, his eyeballs almost popping out.
"Ling Juefeng, what? You're unwilling to give it?" Sima Wentian clenched his fist and released the Lion Primordial Spirit. An overwhelming pressure spread out, and the others also released their Primordial Spirits. Ling Juefeng, standing in the middle, was suppressed by so many Primordial Spirits and his body trembled.
"The minister said that we cannot kill each other, but we can spar. I think if I cripple your cultivation or something during a spar, it shouldn't be considered killing each other," Zhang Huangling said, looking at Ling Juefeng.
"I...I'll give it, I'll give it," Ling Juefeng said through gritted teeth. His heart was bleeding. He had 23 million points, and he was 13 million points in debt. With 13 million points, he simply didn't have the qualifications to kill a Commander-level expert. Killing one General-level expert might be possible, but 13 was absolutely impossible. The only way was to kill a Five-Cone, but with 13 million points, he needed to kill 130 Five-Cones. He only had a month to do that, which meant he needed to kill more than four every day. And even that would only allow him to barely pay off his negative points. To get a spot, he would need to kill even more.
Good heavens! This is terrible news. If I had known this would happen, I would never have dared to keep 10 million points for myself.
"Sigh! Trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice instead!" Gu Yu said, shaking his head as he looked at Ling Juefeng.
Ling Juefeng reluctantly handed over the points, and even owed Long Aotian 13 million points.
"Brother Zhang, all the points from that General Realm beast are yours." Gu Yu said to Zhang Huangling. Without Zhang Huangling, he would never have been able to kill that General Realm Minotaur. In fact, he might have been seriously injured and killed. Therefore, Gu Yu felt that the points should rightfully belong to Zhang Huangling.
“Brother Gu, there’s no need for us to be so polite. All 1 million points are yours,” Zhang Huangling said.
"Uh!" Gu Yu was taken aback. "How about 500,000 per person?"
“Brother Gu, you’re being too polite. If you do that, I’ll get angry,” Zhang Huangling said, his face darkening.
"Alright!" Seeing Zhang Huangling's serious expression, Gu Yu silently accepted the 100 points.
At this point, the rankings are as follows: first place is Dugu Xing with 500 points; second place is Gu Yu with 300 points; eight people are tied for third place with 200 points; Xiang Tianjiao and Ma Li are tied for fourth place with 1 million points; most of the other people have 100 or 10 points; and last place is Ling Juefeng with -13 million points.
The competition has begun, and some players have left to hunt minotaurs. Dugu Xing, however, is recovering from his injuries and has not yet taken any action. But with 5 million points, catching up will be difficult. Besides, there are quite a few Cone Realm experts in the Divine Dynasty, meaning that hunting minotaurs will also quickly increase one's points.
As for Gu Yu's side, although the number of people in the battle division is not small, there are only four people at the Cone Realm. The second tier consists of Lu Yun and Li Zhiran. Although they are very close to the Cone Realm, they are still not at the Cone Realm. Shi Shuai's cultivation has broken through very quickly during this period. He is now a 12th-grade Grandmaster, but this is far from enough. As for Qian Duoduo, he is quite lagging behind. However, he has also made progress, advancing from the strength of a high-level martial artist to the Grandmaster level, but this is still far from enough.
"All Grandmasters will be divided into teams of ten, led by a Grandmaster of Rank 10 or above. You will lead the hunt, but you must not go more than 20 miles beyond Tu Niu City," Gu Yu said to the group. "Furthermore, each team must not stray too far from the others, in case of unforeseen circumstances."
"The remaining warriors will be divided into teams of ten, each led by a Grandmaster. Your mission is not to hunt minotaurs, but to clear out the battlefields of the Grandmaster teams," Gu Yu continued. "The hunting teams of the War Department must ensure that each other can provide support at an extremely fast pace. If you encounter a powerful minotaur, the first thing to do is not to fight, but to run away and call for reinforcements immediately. All the eleventh-rank Grandmasters will be led by Lu Yun, Li Zhiran, and Shi Shuai. Your mission is to be ready to support the Grandmaster hunting teams at any time."
"Yes," Shi Shuai, Lu Yun, and Li Zhiran said simultaneously.
"He Wen, Yang Xinxin, your mission is the most important, which is to ensure the safety of my combat troops' students," Gu Yu said to Yang Xinxin and He Wen.
“Brother Yu, I will definitely complete the mission,” He Wen replied immediately.
"And what about me?" Ri Jiu asked at this moment.
"Of course you'll be at the forefront with me, hunting down the more powerful minotaurs," Gu Yu said, glancing at Ri Jiu. Ri Jiu was at the peak of the fourth cone realm. Although she couldn't fight against generals at full strength, she could easily fight against fifth cones. Most importantly, her charm skill was practically the nemesis of everyone below the fourth cone realm, including the fourth cone realm itself.
"I want to be at the forefront too," Yang Xinxin said, revealing her fierce competitive spirit.
“Yang Xinxin, your greatest strength is defense; the combat troops need you,” Gu Yu said, looking at Yang Xinxin. “Besides, aren’t you concerned about Shi Shuai’s safety?”
“That makes sense.” Upon hearing that Shi Shuai was safe, Yang Xinxin nodded and said, “Don’t worry, Chief, I will do my best to complete my mission.”
"Hmm!" Gu Yu nodded, but Shi Shuai glared at him. Gu Yu pretended not to see it. "Let me emphasize again, safety first. My goal is not for you to kill a lot of minotaurs or get a lot of points, but for you to save your lives, strengthen yourselves through battle, and break through your cultivation level as soon as possible."
Gu Yu reiterated that although there were many people, even if they only killed minotaurs at the martial arts realm, they could still gain a considerable number of points. However, he did not want that. Rather than having the members of the War Division exchange their lives for points, he would rather exchange points for the lives of the members of the War Division.
"Brother Gu, you are indeed extraordinary. You have truly impressed me." Zhang Huangling walked over and praised Gu Yu upon hearing his words. "Other gangs send their members to kill minotaurs at any cost to gain points, but Brother Gu prioritizes survival. This makes me even more certain about cooperating with you."
"Cooperate with me?" Gu Yu was stunned when he heard Zhang Huangling's words. He did not expect Zhang Huangling to choose to cooperate with him. Zhang Huangling did not belong to any gang, and his cultivation was already very strong. His lightning technique was particularly good at group attacks. It would be easy for him to gain points. Of course, it would be difficult to rank at the top, but it would be extremely easy to get a spot in Kunlun Yuanmen.
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