The cry for help sounded very weak and feeble, as if the person was about to die.
He Xie frowned deeply.
He recognized the voice; it was Wen Xiuwen's.
But something's not right.
The voice sounded very close, but even with his senses fully activated, he couldn't detect Wen Xiuwen's presence.
This is clearly unreasonable!
"Thank you, someone up ahead is in danger, let's hurry over and check it out."
Lin Chuchu is beautiful and kind-hearted. As soon as she heard someone calling for help, she immediately set off to check the situation.
Seeing this, He Xie reached out and pulled her back, instructing her, "This sound is a bit strange. You stand here and wait, I'll go take a look."
After saying that, he took out the Soul-Slaying Blade from his system inventory and then carefully followed the direction from which the sound had come.
Lin Chuchu didn't know what was wrong with the voice, but seeing He Xie's cautious expression, she couldn't help but say with concern, "You need to be careful."
"Um."
He Xie responded with a curt, sparing words.
One step, two steps, three steps...
Soon, He Xie plunged his sword into a dense foliage and saw a purple mist among the treetops of a tree spirit.
The color of this misty substance is so deep that you can't see anything inside.
Using mental power to perceive things only results in a blank mind; nothing can be seen.
This mist has the effect of shielding living beings from the perception of spiritual power.
"Help...help me!"
Wen Xiuwen's voice rang out again, coming from within the mist, sounding very weak.
He Xie didn't rush to save her, but instead maintained a safe distance and used a "Know Yourself and Know Your Enemy" card on the tree demon.
Name: The Tree of Misty Clouds
[Race]: Demon Plant
[Level]: Advanced Tier 2
[Skill]: Divine Sense Barrier
[Weakness]: Fear of fire
A barrier of divine consciousness?
Does it mean creating a mist that obscures the senses of living beings?
He Xie made this guess in his mind, and then shattered the soul of the tree demon in front of him with a single slash.
[Soul +1!]
The tree spirit, having lost its soul, was rapidly losing its vitality; its branches and leaves withered instantly, turning it into a bare, decaying tree.
The mist among the treetops slowly began to dissipate, revealing Wen Xiuwen, who was bound tightly by vines.
He Xie cut the vines with a few strokes and rescued the unconscious Wen Xiuwen from above.
Then, he took out a mineral water bottle from his system inventory, used his mental projection to gather the dissipating mist back together, and then compressed it into the mineral water bottle.
"Help me...help me."
Wen Xiuwen kept her eyes closed, but she kept murmuring to herself.
He Xie put the bottle away, squatted down, patted her face, and gently called out, "Hey, wake up."
"What... thanks?"
Wen Xiuwen opened her eyes groggily, looking at He Xie in front of her with a somewhat dazed expression.
He Xie handed her a bottle of mineral water and asked, "Why were you all alone when you got entangled with the tree demon? Didn't you go with the others?"
Wen Xiuwen took the water bottle, hesitated for a moment, then pursed her lips and said, "I was originally with Ruoli, but I was a bit of a drag on her, so she chose to leave the team and become a lone wolf."
"I see..."
He Xie nodded, his opinion of An Ruoli worsening.
As expected, a demonic plant is a demonic plant; even if it transforms into human form, it will not possess human nature.
Yes, he was full of prejudice against An Ruoli.
"He Xie, are you there?"
Lin Chuchu, who was waiting outside, couldn't wait any longer. She walked over cautiously, calling out He Xie as she went.
He Xie used his mental power to push aside the dense branches and leaves in front of him, raised his right hand and waved to Lin Chuchu not far away, saying, "I'm here."
Lin Chuchu saw him and immediately ran over, then saw Wen Xiuwen sitting on the ground.
"It's you?"
Lin Chuchu looked at Wen Xiuwen, and the smile on her face immediately disappeared.
She disliked An Ruoli, and consequently, she didn't like Wen Xiuwen, An Ruoli's best friend, much either, and didn't have a good impression of Wen Xiuwen.
Wen Xiuwen was aware of this as well.
So when faced with Lin Chuchu's question, she simply smiled politely as a response, without intending to communicate with Lin Chuchu.
He Xie knew the two women didn't get along, so he looked at Wen Xiuwen and said, "Give me your map."
Wen Xiuwen didn't know why he wanted the map, but she didn't ask any further questions and quickly took it out.
He Xie took the map, drew a safe route across the Demon Plant Forest on it, and then handed it back to Wen Xiuwen, saying, "Follow this route, and you can cross the Demon Plant Forest without any obstacles."
"Thank you," Wen Xiuwen said with a sweet smile.
He Xie didn't laugh, but simply said, "Let's go. I'll take you away from this place and send you to the crossroads outside. You can cross the Demon Plant Forest by yourself without worrying about danger."
"Can I come with you?"
Wen Xiuwen didn't want to be alone, so she had no choice but to ask this question, even though she was a bit shameless.
He Xie replied without hesitation, "That's not quite appropriate."
Wen Xiuwen glanced at Lin Chuchu beside her and said helplessly, "Alright then."
Soon, the three of them set off and left the place.
On the way, Wen Xiuwen had many little thoughts running through her mind, and she kept finding different ways to praise He Xie.
Wen Xiuwen: "Hey, you know what? My roommates in the dorm praise you every day, saying you're so elegant and a true gentleman."
He Xie: "Am I a righteous gentleman?"
Wen Xiuwen: "Yes, they all say you are different from other boys. You have a very upright set of values and you are never frivolous with women. You are a true gentleman."
Does he have very positive values?
Do the girls in your dorm have values that follow their looks?
While complaining, He Xie replied, "If a man can avoid being frivolous with every woman he meets, then he has completely mastered the art of being frivolous with women, and that is already being frivolous with women."
Wen Xiuwen: "???"
Lin Chuchu: "???"
[The contrast value from Wen Xiuwen is +9987.]
[The contrast value from Lin Chuchu is +8996.]
The two girls were speechless, wondering what He Xie was saying. Why did it sound so unpleasant?
Not long after, Wen Xiuwen asked again, "By the way, He Xie, why didn't I see your name on the leaderboard?"
"Isn't my name on the list?"
He Xie was also a little confused, so he immediately opened the contact list to check the points leaderboard.
After quickly browsing through the list, I found that my name wasn't on it.
At first, he was a little confused.
However, he soon figured out what was going on.
The reason I didn't get any points was because I put all the monster plants I hunted into my system inventory, and the electronic components in my dimensional bag couldn't detect them.
The reason has been figured out.
But for now, he's not in a hurry to calculate his points.
Let the students at the top of the list have some fun first. When the entrance exam is almost over, transfer all the monster corpses in the system backpack to the dimensional bag.
It will shock everyone and generate huge profits from the contrast.
Five minutes later, He Xie escorted Wen Xiuwen to the intersection and let her walk alone.
Wen Xiuwen was very tactful; she smiled, said goodbye, and left.
There's nothing she can do; his girlfriend is watching him closely, and she can't just shamelessly stay put.
After parting ways with Wen Xiuwen, He Xie continued to hunt demonic plants with Lin Chuchu.
Whenever he found a place with demonic plants, he would raise his hand and slash with his sword.
Wherever the blade flashes, not a blade of grass grows.
They maintained this rhythm, and time passed quickly.
There is less than half an hour left before the entrance exam ends.
By this time, more than half of the new students had successfully crossed the Demon Plant Forest.
As for the remaining freshmen...
Not the top student who was still searching for demonic plants in the woods near the exit, making a final push for points.
It's like a student who, halfway through a test, gets into danger and has to call for help in the communication list to leave the test early.
Therefore, the rankings on the leaderboard are basically finalized.
The only remaining variable is the battle between the top two on the leaderboard.
Chu Bei, who is ranked first, and An Ruoli, who is ranked second, have very close scores at this moment.
The difference is less than 100 points.
With such a small gap, if just one more mutated demonic plant is hunted, An Ruoli, who is currently ranked second, can instantly overtake her.
Therefore, at this moment, Chu Bei and An Ruoli are still hunting demonic plants as much as possible.
One hopes to maintain their ranking.
One hopes to turn the tide.
With half an hour left, the competition for first place has entered a fierce stage.
The school leaders who had been spying in the examination hall had now moved to the exit of the Demon Plant Forest to watch the two perform up close.
"Holy crap, they actually overtook them! An Shen hunted down a mutated Tier 2 demonic plant, and his points jumped by 200 points in one go! An Shen is awesome!"
Upon seeing An Ruoli's score suddenly surpass that of the others, a female fan from Shanhai Middle School immediately exclaimed excitedly.
Some girls who didn't know An Ruoli before were also excited and silently cheered for her.
You know, this is the University of Mountain and Sea Evolution!
Geniuses are everywhere, and academic superstars are as common as dogs.
If An Ruoli, being a girl, can climb to the top while standing on the heads of a bunch of boys, given that the male-to-female ratio is nearly 8:2, then other girls can also benefit from the glory.
"Is this junior sister in the all-around class really that strong? It seems a bit outrageous."
Some of the older students who came to join in the fun couldn't help but sigh when they saw An Ruoli overtake Chu Bei.
In her memory, since the establishment of Shanhai Evolution University, apart from the current vice president Qin Haiyan, no girl has ever been able to become the top student in her grade.
Moreover, Qin Haiyan was able to become the top student in her grade back then largely because she benefited from the early transplantation of limbs from a prehistoric alien race.
By her sophomore and junior years, after others had also received transplants of limbs from the ancient alien race, she not only lost her first-place ranking from her freshman year, but she couldn't even make it into the top ten.
But at this moment, An Ruoli does not appear to be a transplant recipient.
At least from her exposed appearance and her attack methods, it was not clear that she had transplanted limbs from a prehistoric alien race.
"This An Ruoli is quite something."
Does anyone know whose second-generation heir this is?
"She's too strong. She has the aura of that female war goddess from the Dawn Organization back in the day."
The school leaders were full of praise for An Ruoli and were amazed by her performance.
Vice Principal Qin Haiyan was even more excited than when she saw An Ruoli overtake her to become number one.
She was a woman, and a very competitive one at that.
She firmly believes that women are no less advanced than men in the course of evolution.
An Ruoli's performance at this moment perfectly confirmed her point of view, which made her feel very gratified.
She secretly decided that after the entrance exam, she would take this girl from the all-around class as her apprentice and train her well.
"Oh, they've overtaken them! They've overtaken them!"
"My god, Chu Bei actually hunted a mutated third-tier demonic plant, gaining 300 points in total!"
"How did he do that? Has his biological level reached the third tier of mutation? Or is it simply a case of killing someone of a higher level, winning against the odds?"
"Hiss, this is terrifying!"
"Brother Bei, you're awesome!"
The boy, who had just been so overwhelmed by the cheers of the girls around him, immediately exclaimed loudly when he saw Chu Bei regain first place.
But her joy was short-lived, as An Ruoli also hunted a mutated third-tier demonic plant, and her score once again surpassed that of the others.
The boys immediately wilted upon seeing this.
Seeing this, the girls cheered for An Ruoli with renewed excitement.
In the next twenty minutes or so.
An Ruoli and Chu Bei were neck and neck, their scores constantly fluctuating, and it was difficult to determine a winner until the very last second.
Until there were less than 5 minutes left.
Chu Bei overtook them again, regaining first place with a lead of more than 300 points.
The girls were in despair.
Over 300 points!
It would take hunting a mutated fourth-tier demonic plant, or a mutated third-tier plant, plus many low-tier demonic plants to close the gap.
But now there are only 5 minutes left. Where can we find a demonic plant to hunt that will allow An Ruoli to overtake Chu Bei?
The area near the exit of the Demon Plant Forest has been almost completely hunted down.
If you want to hunt the demonic plants again, you'll basically have to look for them far away from the exit.
But time is limited now, and we simply cannot stray too far from the exit.
In other words, An Ruoli is basically doomed to lose.
"As expected, the first place in this entrance exam will ultimately go to one of us men."
"Luckily, Chu Bei was capable enough, otherwise we boys in this year's class would have been utterly humiliated, and we would have to walk with our heads down whenever we saw female classmates."
"There are five minutes left. As long as nothing unexpected happens in these five minutes, Chu Bei's first place is secure."
The boys were talking about it among themselves.
The girls, on the other hand, remained silent, looking dejected and unwilling to speak.
Meanwhile, the school leaders were also talking amongst themselves.
"It seems the results of this entrance exam are in, and Chu Xiao's son is still better."
"Yes, but to be fair, this girl named An Ruoli is also amazing. She will surely achieve great things in the future and should be given special attention."
"Hmm, we can find some videos of female warriors for her to watch, so she can learn from them."
Unlike the school leaders, Shen Shou and Lu Youwen, sitting in the principal's office, both had puzzled expressions on their faces.
Why thank me?
Where is this promising student who can easily outshine the seniors as soon as school starts?
Why is my score always zero?
The more they thought about it, the more puzzled they became, feeling completely baffled.
It's understandable that He Xie didn't have any points.
Even in the surveillance footage, it's impossible to see what he was doing.
It was very strange that the surveillance cameras in the place he went to would go black.
"oh--"
At the exit of the Demon Plant Forest, many people suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
because!
Just when everyone thought the situation was settled, an unexpected event occurred!
In the Demon Plant Forest.
Knowing that she couldn't overtake Chu Bei by hunting demonic plants, An Ruoli suddenly launched an attack on Chu Bei.
Chu Bei was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized that this woman wanted to beat him to the ground so that he couldn't leave the demonic plant forest, thus enabling her to overtake him.
He was a little angry. How dare a mere girl think she could beat me up?
Who do you think you are?!
Thinking it over, he immediately went all out against An Ruoli, showing no mercy to her just because she was a girl.
And just like that, the two started fighting.
It has an advantage in terms of Qi and blood.
One advantage lies in the mental aspect.
For a time, the fight was fierce and evenly matched.
Who will have the last laugh has suddenly become unpredictable.
......
Deep within the Demon Plant Forest.
Seeing that it was almost time, He Xie stuffed all the demonic plants in his system backpack into his dimensional bag.
The next second, the score, which was originally zero, suddenly soared to 100.
This score difference widened the gap between Chu Bei and An Ruoli by more than 40,000 points.
A pure case of dimensional reduction attack.
Lin Chuchu stared wide-eyed, her face filled with excitement, and exclaimed, "My God, He Xie, you have over 40,000 points! My God, my God, this is unbelievable!"
He Xie smiled calmly and said, "Basic stuff, come on, climb on my back and let me show you what it feels like to fly."
Hearing the sound, Lin Chuchu leaned over.
"Lie down properly, hold on tight."
As soon as he finished speaking, He Xie's eyes narrowed, and his Phase Rush was triggered, propelling him forward like a rocket.
The destination points directly to the exit of the Demon Plant Forest.
......
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